Workshop Agenda

IWCSC Agenda is as follows:

  • 13:40 - 14:00 Opening section
  • 14:00 - 14:45 Keynote speaker - Prof. Sidney Fels *
  • 14:45 - 15:10 Paper presentation**: Selecting Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Intelligent Buildings. H.H. Shah, Y. Ma, S.R. Gulliver. University of Reading, UK.
  • 15:10 - 15:35 Paper presentation**: Evolving the Social Business: A look at Stages of Growth for Web 2.0 Integration with Business Activities. Aimee Jakobs, Keiichi Nakata. University of Reading, UK.
  • 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee-break
  • 16:00 - 16:25 Paper presentation**: Sustainability as a Value in Technology Design. Roberto Pereira, Marcela Lima, M. Cecilia C. Baranauskas. University of Campinas - UNICAMP, BR.
  • 16:30 - 17:40 Discussion setion.
  • 17:40 - 18:00 Closing section


    • * Sidney Fels, Ph.D., P.Eng is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and GRAND researcher. He is director of the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre and leads the Human Communication Technologies Laboratory at The University of British Columbia. His research and interests cover public art, voice synthesis, e-health, new human computer interfaces, community development and sustainability issues. Professor Sidney Fels will be presenting his talk "Sustainable Communities: Where Does Communication Fit In?".

    Abstract: In this presentation, I'll attempt to initiate discussion around the role that communication and communication technologies play in sustainable communities. Ellul's asertion that technology is not bad, is not good and not neutral will be a starting point to contextualize the future of communication and its active influence on sustainable communities. I will discuss some of the research that is being done at the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre and the Human Communication Lab at the University of British Columbia that are looking towards this future. By looking at the next wave of communication technology and how it relates to the sense of the individual within a community aesthetic, I hope to start a dialogue on what our role as communication researchers is to shape sustainable communities for this workshop.


    ** Authors will have 20 minutes for presenting followed by 5 minutes for questions and answers.

Important Dates



Submission deadline: August 14th, 2010 (extended)

Notification to Authors: September 2nd, 2010

Camera-ready: September 12, 2010

IWCSC'10: September 26th

SIGDOC'10: September 26th-29th