Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community

Fellermann, Harold; Penn, Alexandra S.; Füchslin, Rudolf M.; Bacardit, Jaume; Goñi-Moreno, Angel

doi:10.1162/isal_a_00133

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-17909

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community
Authors:	Fellermann, Harold Penn, Alexandra S. Füchslin, Rudolf M. Bacardit, Jaume Goñi-Moreno, Angel
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1162/isal_a_00133 10.21256/zhaw-17909
Proceedings:	Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019
Editors of the parent work:	Fellermann, Harold Bacardit, Jaume Goñi-Moreno, Angel Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel
Page(s):	21
Pages to:	27
Conference details:	International Conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE), Newcastle, United Kingdom, 29 July - 2 August 2019
Issue Date:	Jul-2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ISBN:	978-0-262-35844-6
Language:	English
Subjects:	Artificial life; Sustainability; Sustainable conference organization
Subject (DDC):	006: Special computer methods
Abstract:	The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that humanity has a time window of about 12 years in order to prevent anthropogenic climate change of catastrophic magnitude. Green house gas emission from air travel, which is currently rising, is possibly one of the factors that can be most readily reduced. Within this context, we advocate for the re-design of academic conferences in order to decrease their environmental footprint. Today, virtual technologies hold the promise to substitute many forms of physical interactions and increasingly make their way into conferences to reduce the number of travelling delegates. Here, we present the results of a survey in which we gathered the opinion on this topic of academics worldwide. Results suggest there is ample room for challenging the (dangerous) business-as-usual inertia of scientific lifestyle.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17909
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Applied Mathematics and Physics (IAMP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Fellermann, H., Penn, A. S., Füchslin, R. M., Bacardit, J., & Goñi-Moreno, A. (2019). Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community [Conference paper]. In H. Fellermann, J. Bacardit, A. Goñi-Moreno, & R. M. Füchslin (Eds.), Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019 (pp. 21–27). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00133

Fellermann, H. et al. (2019) ‘Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community’, in H. Fellermann et al. (eds) Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp. 21–27. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00133.

H. Fellermann, A. S. Penn, R. M. Füchslin, J. Bacardit, and A. Goñi-Moreno, “Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community,” in Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019, Jul. 2019, pp. 21–27. doi: 10.1162/isal_a_00133.

FELLERMANN, Harold, Alexandra S. PENN, Rudolf M. FÜCHSLIN, Jaume BACARDIT und Angel GOÑI-MORENO, 2019. Towards low-carbon conferencing : acceptance of virtual conferencing solutions and other sustainability measures in the ALIFE community. In: Harold FELLERMANN, Jaume BACARDIT, Angel GOÑI-MORENO und Rudolf Marcel FÜCHSLIN (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019. Conference paper. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Juli 2019. S. 21–27. ISBN 978-0-262-35844-6

Fellermann, Harold, Alexandra S. Penn, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Jaume Bacardit, and Angel Goñi-Moreno. 2019. “Towards Low-Carbon Conferencing : Acceptance of Virtual Conferencing Solutions and Other Sustainability Measures in the ALIFE Community.” Conference paper. In Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019, edited by Harold Fellermann, Jaume Bacardit, Angel Goñi-Moreno, and Rudolf Marcel Füchslin, 21–27. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00133.

Fellermann, Harold, et al. “Towards Low-Carbon Conferencing : Acceptance of Virtual Conferencing Solutions and Other Sustainability Measures in the ALIFE Community.” Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2019, edited by Harold Fellermann et al., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019, pp. 21–27, https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00133.