Cebit 2009 on Green ICT

Cebit 2009 in Germany in March will feature Green ICT. There will be a joint conference on "Sustainability in the Digital World" with the German Federal Ministry of Environment and the Federal Environmental Agency. Translation by Google:

Annual Conference: Sustainability in a digital world

Place: Forum "green IT World" at the CeBIT in Hanover (Hall 8), 5 March 2009

Agenda

from 9:30 Login
10:30 Welcome Moderator Dr. Matthias plate
10:35 Greetings Ernst Raue, Managing Board (Deutsche Messe)
10:40 Perspective of national policy, Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Environment
Green IT now! The chance competitiveness and environmental protection
11:05 Perspective of the economy, Martin Jetter, a member of the BITKOM Bureau
Green IT - work and live in the mobile world of tomorrow
11:25 Perspective of an international organization, Graham Vickery, Principal Administrator (OECD)
Green IT – improving the environment and boosting the economy
11:45 Coffee Break
12:05 Perspective of an IT provider, Prof. Urs Hölzle, CTO (Google)
Green IT in Practice - The green energy program from Google
12:25 Perspective of a user, Klaus Mühleck Hardy, CIO (Volkswagen)
BlueMotion IT by Volkswagen
12:45 Lunch Break
13:45 Impulse Statements:
From the energy-resource efficiency - New Challenges and Opportunities for Green IT

PD Dr. Klaus Fichter, Director (Borderstep Institute)
From the energy-resource efficiency - New Challenges and Opportunities for Green IT

Cornelia Heydenreich, Senior Advisor Corporate Accountability (German Watch)
Greenwashing or real opportunity for the Environment

14:15 Lighter, quieter, elegant: Challenges and opportunities for efficient materials IT solutions
Wolfgang Christmann, CEO (Christmann and media)
Resource-efficient IT solutions - from desktop to the supercomputer

Jochen Polster, Managing Director (AMD)
Future trends in IT equipment: Lightweight, portable, elegant

14:45 Green IT: the example of resource savings Teleworking

Dr. Stephan Scholz, CTO (Nokia Siemens Networks)
Environmental efficiency in and through ICT - A positive overall balance

Dr. Reinhard Höhn, company representative for the Environment (IBM)
e-place: opportunities for new office and work concepts

15:15 Conclusion & Outlook
Dr. Ulf Jaeckel (BMU) and Dr. Mario Tobias (BITKOM)

15:35 End