Change Management : There's Going to Be More Than a Change in the Weather
Bruce Kirkham, Savant Success
Successful greening of a business requires short-term and long-term change. Successful change requires careful and considered management. Successful change management requires process, procedures, discipline, people skills and a sense of humour. This session on Change Management looks at good and bad examples of procedures previously tried, processes to action, actions to process and will have discipline! It will be enlightening, challenging, amusing, invigorating and other ‘ing’ words - such as changing.

Sustainability Case Study : Investa
Craig Roussac, Investa
Since 2003, Investa has reduced water consumption by 38 per cent and electricity use by 19 per cent across its 35 office buildings. As Investa's general manager of sustainability, safety and the environment, Craig Roussac believes that a poorly performing building is an opportunity to improve ROI. In this presentation Craig will cover;
-the key concepts and who to engage with in your organisation
-the value of moving early versus following others
-the role of leadership and the importance of engagement
-what targets and metrics should be applied

Energy Efficiency Planning and Management
Suzanne Kerwan, Executive Sponsor for the Environment for IBM Australia
IBM believes that environmental sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand. Businesses that fail to tackle the present inefficiencies in IT are likely to see spiralling energy costs, draining profits and a possibly a poor brand image. On the other hand, businesses that see corporate social responsibility as a competitive differentiator can benefit from lower operational costs and from increased appeal to consumers, employees and investors.

IBM is investing heavily in making its technology more efficient, less costly to run and less damaging to the environment than ever before. Equally, IBM is using lessons learnt, with 3 decades of experience, internally to advise its clients on ways to restructure their business activities and reduce their overall carbon footprint.

By offering greener options in technology, services and consulting and applying them equally to its own operations IBM aims to take a position of leadership in the promotion of sustainable and profitable business.

Attend this presentation to understand how IT can take a leadership position in sustainable business practices.

The Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Software
Jeff Frank, Lawson Software
The heightened interest in the role that businesses play in our society has resulted in organisations, in all industries and regions of the world, reevaluating how they impact their stakeholders. From “green” business practices to responsible sourcing to corporate governance, organisations are developing corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. This presentation will focus on two key areas of CSR:
- Key trends in CSR and the forces that are driving organisations’ CSR programs. We will compare key findings from a January 2007 global CSR study conducted by AMR Research with a similar survey conducted by Lawson in Australia and New Zealand.
- The important role business software can and will play in the evolution of CSR. Like many other business practices in the past, CSR programs will become more strategic and effective through the use of information technology. We will look at examples from several innovative global organisations.

From the device to the datacenter - taking the low hanging (green) fruit
Christoph Schell, Hewlett-Packard
We know that our environmental impact and corporate standing are important and real issues. IT can make a real contribution and it raises the question: "what action do I take"?

The good news is that reducing the environmental impact of IT is possible right now, with improvements in the datacentre, PC fleet and print environment. All are consistent with improving your operations, reducing your costs and achieving better business outcomes.

While HP brings a wealth of experience (including our own) to invent new technologies and methods to create a more sustainable future, this discussion concentrates on the low hanging fruit you can pick right now.

We will look to the data on where are the main opportunities, what are the key actions, what results could you expect and where would you start to ensure IT is playing a key role in building a sustainable future.

Developing a Green Policy and the underpinning strategies of carbon neutrality
Andrew Rayment, Managing Director Ethan Group
Philip Argy, Australian Computer Society President.
Paul Harapin, Managing Director Australia & New Zealand, VMware Inc
The Ethan Group has prepared a report for the Australian Computer Society (ACS) on the carbon emissions footprint that ICT usage in Australian businesses contributes. The ACS will be presenting their views on Green Policy and the findings of the report.

The Ethan Group will be discussing the lifecycle that businesses and CIO's will experience in helping their businesses work towards become carbon neutral and present some of the key underpinning strategies and technology that will assist.