Short Title
    Shaping a greener digital future for all
    Proposer's Name: Ms. Emily Taylor
    Proposer's Organization: Oxford Information Labs Limited
    Co-Proposer's Name: Mr. Giovanni Seppia
    Co-Proposer's Organization: EURid
    Co-Organizers:
    Mr Giovanni Seppia, Technical Community, EURid Ms Emily Taylor, Private sector, Oxford Information Labs Ltd
    Additional Speakers

    Prof Carolina Aguerre, Universidad de San Andres, Argentina

    Peter Fateling, Acting Head of Unit, E3 Next Generation Internet, European Commission, Belgium 

    Felix Preston, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House, London UK

     

    Agenda

    1. Opening and introductions

    2. Questions for discussion in roundtable format, comprising discussion with speakers, roundtable participants and remote participants:

    • What is the environmental impact of current and future technologies, hardware, software, cloud services and internet of things, and to what extent are consumers aware of it?
    • How are businesses and governments reducing the carbon footprint of their current and future digital installations?
    • What are the environmental risks if insufficient action is taken?
    • What actions need to be taken by different stakeholders to ensure that we have an environmentally sustainable digital future, and what factors are preventing sufficient action being taken?

    3. Closing and next steps

    Note: the organisers will continue to actively approach participants from developing countries, Asia Pacific and Africa.  Discussions will balance both positive and negative impacts of ICTs will be discussed.  Faciliated discussion will aim to include multi-stakeholders from all over the world.