“GreenIT is an Australian-wide ICT industry body that is empowering the community through awareness and knowledge to adopt environmentally sustainable business practices.”
We work with ICT Professionals across all levels of management and clients of ICT services to address today’s sustainability challenges and identify solutions for a better tomorrow. Our goal is to drive nationwide change in technology, processes and people by providing credible, unbiased information and through direct engagement with a range of stakeholders including the IT industry, government and NGOs.
Aligned with the AIIA / ACS Green IT initiative the Client Computing Focus Group will engage ICT Professionals to help shape the use of sustainable and efficient ICT practices in the area of personal computing.
Key Objectives:
There a number of number of key group objectives including:
Increasing the awareness of how whole of lifecycle awareness and management of client devices and their use can reduce harmful gas emissions and energy use.
Provide a networking forum for professionals and provide accessible information for home users and small businesses
Generate, utilise and augment an open Green IT knowledge base.
Increase the adoption of Green IT through knowledge share, stakeholder engagement and best practice recognition.
Why Get Involved?
The focus group provides a forum for contributing to the improvement of sustainable practises in client computing. We can make a real difference by providing a synthesis of current information and package it for the full range of stakeholder groups. The group will provide an excellent kickoff for collaborating with peers, learning from them and sharing with them.
Sponsors
Hewlett Packard and Leading Solutions
Key Contacts
Alison Davis, Manager, Client Systems Infrastructure, Queensland University of Technology. 0414671864
Stephanie Beams, Leaning and Teaching Developer, Queensland University of Technology 0409477395
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Green IT presents four guest speakers who have been tasked with tackling this consumption and developing a more sustainable approach to the lifecycle of a PC.
The event is essential for IT Management and senior practioners wanting understanding or direction on developing their IT department or company's approach to sustainable IT practices and reducing their impact on the environment.
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