Workshop description

Join us at the European Conference for Information Systems for a half-day workshop to discuss how to address climate change and the unfolding challenges following the innovative approach of data science where data and analytics algorithms bring new insights! This workshop is open to onsite participants only. It will provide the opportunity to learn more about climate challenges and the related data and algorithms used to address them. During the workshop we will co-create solutions on how to address climate change challenges and concerns using data and analytics. We also explore how data science may pose challenges for climate change and sustainability.

This half-day workshop is a great opportunity to learn more about climate change challenges and concerns, data science, and the blend on both in order to pave the way for innovative approaches to solve compelling societal problems. We look forward to your participation!

The workshop is scheduled for half a day. In order to facilitate interactions as well as the hands-on activity, the participation mode is on-site only. The workshop follows a reverse brainstorming approach. That is, the participants in groups will identify the digitalization activities that may make climate condition worse. Then after categorization of the identified issues, they co-create solutions for how these issues could be tackled, using data science. The workshop ends by sharing insights from different groups with the rest of the workshop participants. In so doing, the workshop addresses the two perspectives of the connection between data science and climate change, encompassing the use of data science to support or oppose climate change and sustainability efforts. Coffee break will also be included in adjustment with the whole conference program.

The workshop is open to everyone interested in data science and climate change, such as information system researchers, practitioners, PhD students, etc.