Monday - Radical Changes and Rethinking ICT

It can seem daunting or even difficult to take on sustainability in the broader context of ICT. All of us arriving from different backgrounds and motivations, we need to establish common terminology and get to know each other. On Monday, we start off our SICT 2023 week with a welcome, before grounding ourselves in shared knowledge on the many justice, equality, and ecological problems connected and not-yet-enough-connected to ICT and its sustainability.
  • Morning

  • Reception & Breakfast
    08:30 - 09:30
    Welcome to SICT 2023! We open our doors at 08:30 and start registering participants. Enjoy hot and cold beverages and a light breakfast while already getting to know your fellow participants before we kick off the week.
    Morning
  • Welcome and kick-off
    09:30 - 10:00
    We welcome everyone to the 4th edition of our doctoral summer school on sustainable ICT (SICT). We will explain the philosophy and objectives of SICT 2023, and overview the program of our workshop week. We will also explain how this edition will differ from previous years.
    Morning
  • Keynote #1
    10:00 - 11:00
    "When is something sustainable?", Anjila Hjalsted
    Morning
  • Ice-breaker (part 1): "A Collaborative Round-table on Sustainable Practices"
    11:30 - 13:00
    Through a world café, we will have an open discussion on the current state of sustainability in the fields surrounding ICT.
    Morning
  • Morning
  • Afternoon

  • Ice-breaker (part 2): "Conversations on Sustainability Through Time"
    14:00 - 15:00
    A chance to write out our own personal goals and set reflection points to recap on throughout the week.
    Afternoon
  • Keynote #2
    15:00 - 16:00
    "Designing for Just Sustainability: Is Computing Insolvent?", Christoph Becker
    Afternoon
  • Keynote #3
    16:30 - 17:30
    "Redirecting digital technologies for the deep sustainability transformation", Johanna Pohl
    Afternoon
  • Morning

Tuesday - Decolonising ICT: Understanding digital extractivism

For us, ICT is not neutral. We are far away from producing, building, researching, using ICT in just and equitable ways. As far as injustices and harmful structures exist in all of society, they have defined and continue to define ICT just as much. On Tuesday, we are introduced to how decolonisation, moving beyond (digital) extractivism, and strengthening our digital rights are essential to making ICT more sustainable. We try to unfold these concepts to learn about their many impacts and to identify in what ways they lie at the foundation of the problems of sustainability in computer science today.
  • Morning

  • Reception & Breakfast
    08:30 - 09:30
    Morning
  • Keynote #1
    09:30 - 10:30
    "Loud Men, Speaking Loudly - Can environmental activists participate in Internet governance?", Corinne Cath
    Morning
  • Keynote #2
    10:30 - 11:30
    "Feminist and decolonial infrastructure: supporting what sustains us", Alexandra Haché
    Morning
  • Keynote #3
    12:00 - 13:00
    "Democratizing Decision-making on Cloud Infrastructure in the EU",  Julia Rone
    Morning
  • Morning
  • Afternoon

  • Panel discussion: "Practicing sustainable ICT – A pipe-dream or reality"
    14:00 - 16:30
    Ilias Iakovidis, Pernilla Bergmark, Srinjoy Mitra

    In this panel practitioners, policy-maker, and industry will discuss how they are working towards sustainable ICT.
    Afternoon
  • Keynote #4
    17:00 - 18:00
    "Just Digital Transition? Latin American Perspectives on ICTs in the Age of Climate and Ecological Crisis", Paz Peña
    Afternoon
  • Evening

  • Social event
    from 19:00
    At Le Bar Radis
    Evening
  • Morning

Wednesday - How radical changes in ICT transform research on computing

Each of us plays many different roles in our everyday lives. Whether we are early-stage researchers, advanced academics, political activists, consumers, teachers, users, workers, friends, partners, organizers, citizens, humans in this world. For Wednesday, we ask how we can shape our professional, private, public roles to respect planetary boundaries and enable change in these contexts, acknowledging the inherent contradictions involved in doing this.
  • Morning

  • Reception & Breakfast
    08:30 - 09:30
    Morning
  • Keynote #1
    09:30 - 10:30
    "Scientific research in the Anthropocene: What freedom? What responsibilities? And how to navigate these questions collectively in academia", Sophie QuintonMathilde Boissier
    Morning
  • Keynote #2
    10:30 - 11:30
    "Meaningful climate activism in academia and beyond", Anaïs Tilquin
    Morning
  • Keynote #3
    12:00 - 13:00
    "Advocating For Ourselves & Others in the Tech Workplace", Raksha Muthukumar
    Morning
  • Morning
  • Afternoon

  • Hike
    14:00 - 17:30
    During this doctoral summer school, we propose to explore an unusual format for academic researchers by taking you out of amphitheaters and hike together in the beautiful mountains near Grenoble. This hike aims at fostering strong interactions between participants in a more "organic" way to explore the potential of empty spaces as catalysts for creativity and radical changes in research agendas. 

    Note: Please bring clothes and shoes suitable for a hike in the beautiful surroundings of Grenoble.
    Afternoon
  • Morning

Thursday - Taking the place of IT designers

On Thursday, we work on new imaginaries for sustainable futures. In the morning, we have a series of lightning talks, first from an artistic perspective (helping us to reimagine ICT) and then from various collectives working on alternative paths forward. Inspired by impressions, discussions, and learnings of the week, we collectively produce artifacts for radical imaginaries in the afternoon.
  • Morning

  • Reception & Breakfast
    08:30 - 09:30
    Morning
  • Lightning talk (part 1): "Re-imagining ICT from an artistic perspective"
    09:30 - 11:00
    - "Seeing through image training data", Vincent Thornhill
    - "New Extractivism", Vladan Joler
    -  "Sediment Spirit: Towards the Activation of Art in the Anthropocene", John Kenneth Paranada
    Morning
  • Lightning talk (part 2): "Collectives working for sustainable imaginaries"
    11:30 - 13:00
    - Framasoft, Stephane Crozat
    - Frugarilla, Pablo Pernot 
    - Iroco, Bruno Thomas
    - Commown, Florent Cayré
    Morning
  • Morning
  • Afternoon

  • Workshop: "Your sustainable ICT Future"
    14:00 - 17:30
    What is your radical future? This week we discussed feminist, decolonial, justice-centered, and sustainable approaches to ICT. This artifact workshop is a visioning exercise that challenges you to think, discuss, and debate how you can integrate the summer school topics into your own work.
    Afternoon
  • Evening

  • Social event
    from 19:00
    Gala dinner
    Evening
  • Morning

Friday - Transforming imaginaries around ICT

How to round off the week? To enable us to go home full of energy, we have one final talk on alternative futures, after which we hear about experiences/struggles of collectives working towards different futures in the form of a panel. We end the summer school with the ephemeral museum to which we all (participants, organizers, and speakers) contributed during the week.
  • Morning

  • Networking breakfast
    09:00 - 10:00
    Morning
  • Keynote #1
    10:00 - 11:00
    "Alternative approaches in research for sustainable futures and imaginaries: Openness, Commons & Low-tech", Sascha Hodencq
    Morning
  • Panel discussion: "Implementing alternative imaginaries for ICT within limits"
    11:00 - 13:00

    The panel will highlight concrete alternatives in line with sustainable imaginaries and open up a space for discussions around academic and professional perspectives towards just paths forward. It will also be an opportunity to understand the constraints that prevent the emergence of these imaginaries. 
    Morning
  • Morning
  • Afternoon

  • The Ephemeral Museum: "Reimagining ICT for Futures Within Planetary Boundaries"
    14:00 - 15:30
    By way of an ephemeral exhibition of artifacts that we produced, saw, discussed, learned about during the past five days, we wrap up SICT 2023. With some (non)caffeinated beverage in hand, we can explore the artifacts in a relaxed setting and exchange impressions and feelings from the week with fellow participants.
    Afternoon
  • Closing session and goodbyes
    15:30 - 16:00
    Afternoon
  • Morning