Dear colleagues, This week (24-28. June), at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden ( & online), "ICT4S" conference took place: https://conf.researchr.org/home/ict4s-2024 Here are my favourite papers, a keynote & a zine: 1) Papers: * How to favour more cooperative deployments for Network Infrastructures, by Dr. Nathalie Labidurie Omnes et.al (Orange) https://conf.researchr.org/getImage/ict4s-2024/orig/ICT4S2024_paper_67.pdf * ICT Sufficiency is Necessary: Results from Simulating Four Possible Futures, Gabriel Andy Szalkowski et.al, Dept. of Inf. Sec. and Communication Tech. Norwegian University of Science and Technology Gjøvik https://conf.researchr.org/getImage/ict4s-2024/orig/ICT4S2024_paper_64.pdf * All the papers from "The True Cost of ICT: From Materiality to Techno-Solutionism" workshop https://ict4s24-tcict.github.io/#call-for-contributions 2) "The case for digital degrowth" : Keynote by Neil Selwyn, Monash University, Australia: https://conf.researchr.org/track/ict4s-2024/ict4s-2024-keynotes It is increasingly argued that we are approaching the point of ‘peak digital’, with the continued mass production and excessive consumption of digital technologies set to become a key driver of climate crisis, ecological breakdown and ongoing societal instability. In this talk, Neil Selwyn explores how degrowth thinking and alternate forms of ‘radically sustainable computing’ might support ambitions of sustainable, scaled-down and equitable ways of living with digital technologies. Drawing on the latest thinking from across the social sciences, ecological economics, political ecology, environmental justice, and computer sciences, Neil argues that degrowth thinking offers a compelling basis from which to completely rethink our digital futures in these fast-changing times. 3) Zine "Liminal Excavations" (including my contribution, in personal capacity) : A zine that explores alternative visions, ideas and critiques on the topic of sustainability and ICT https://doi.org/10.21428/57a7f7a7.5d685a20 * * Upcoming Events: =========== * HotCarbon: Workshop on Sustainable Computer Systems Tue. July 9, University of California , Santa Cruz + Remote participation is free of charge: https://hotcarbon.org/register#registration * Hamburg Sustainability Session #8 (Sustainable Laboratories) September 12, 13:00 - 14:30 (CEST – Central European Summer Time) in English. Participation is free of charge. register at: https://esssr.eu/events/hss-8-sustainable-laboratories/ * 2nd Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development in Higher Education: 10 Oct 2024 – 11 Oct 2024 Hasselt, Belgium, University of Applied Sciences and Arts https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/events/hasselt2024/ I wish you a green summer, Vesna