GCIO Issues Call for Participation: Sustainability in the Cloud
Long Beach, CA, December 10, 2009

Needham, MA, USA – September 3, 2009 – Green CIO (GCIO) today issued a Call for Participation for the Green Computing Think Tank: Sustainability in the Cloud, to be held in Long Beach, CA USA on December 10th, 2009. Submissions are due by October 15th, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.gcio.org/. 

The GCIO Think Tank: Sustainability in the Cloud is one in a series of on-going events looking at ways to improve sustainability for enterprises. This session is a forum for GCIO members and non-members to present and discuss experiences, recommendations and visions on the ways a business can most effectively promote and track sustainability efforts motivated by maximizing sustainability / greening the business. This particular event will be focused on Sustainability as it relates to Cloud Computing.

Submissions are limited to this focused topic and may include:

• Real-life experience in the creation of a Sustainability Center of Excellence (or similar)
• Strategies and tools for sustainability or for general optimization with sustainability (green) benefits realized
• Innovative use of tools, models or management approaches for same
• Governance experience / approaches for green business operations
• Implementations of tools or services that may improve sustainability as it pertains to managing sustainability efforts
• Implementations of tools or services, which could be used to baseline and measure improvements in sustainability with features for measuring and monitoring

Submissions
The submission deadline is October 15th, 2009. The program committee will consider all submissions. GCIO holds many events per year; if your submission is not selected for this event we may still contact you for another future opportunity. If you would only like your submission to be considered for the Long Beach, CA event please indicate this on your paper.

All papers should be prepared in English. Submissions should be limited to one to two pages in length and must include the title of the proposed session, a one-paragraph summary at the top of the paper and summary professional bio information. Submit papers to Program Director Karen Larkowski via e-mail at larkowski@gcio.org. 

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About Green CIO (GCIO)
Formed in 2008 by a group of Global-minded IT executives, Green CIO (GCIO) was created to be an active participant in transforming the enterprise business community from an environmental liability to an Earth conscious example of responsibility. GCIO does so through its collaborative membership programs and initiatives, which bring together enterprise business and IT executives, visionaries, pundits, authorities and practitioners all with a vested interest in the promotion and adoption of sustainable business practices.

As a community, GCIO’s members and sponsors provide the foundational information a company needs to make business sustaining and environmentally responsible decisions and directions. GCIO works with all facets of industry and government operations as well as educational institutions and complimentary non-profit agencies. GCIO is managed by OMG™. For more information on GCIO, visit www.gcio.org. 

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