June 18, 2009 7:00 PM - 13 attended
From Desktops to Data Centers: Sustainable IT - Stanford University
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"The Environment and Sustainability" is one of Stanford's top initiatives, and reducing our own green house gas emissions is an important element of Stanford's mission. With Computing and IT equipment using nearly 15% of the campus' annual electricity needs, focusing on Sustainable IT is an important path to reducing overall green house gas emissions.
To do this, Stanford created the position of Sustainable IT. Reporting to both facilities and Central IT, this role allows the University to develop energy- and cost-saving programs that address desktop computing, administrative computing, and research computing. In addition, Stanford is using the IT infrastructure to enable energy savings for the rest of campus through innovative "work anywhere" programs, and is building a bridge between faculty conducting research on IT energy savings and staff seeking innovative solutions to their energy-saving efforts.
Joyce Dickerson, Director of Sustainable IT, will share how Stanford has framed these efforts, what specific projects it is embarking on, and how it calculates green house gas reductions and payback for each initiative it deploys.
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Bio
Joyce Dickerson
Director, Sustainable IT
Stanford University
Joyce Dickerson is Director of Sustainable IT at Stanford University. This position is a joint appointment between Facilities and IT Services, which enables her to bring resources from both organizations to identify and lead projects that reduce carbon emissions for the University. Her initial projects are focused on saving energy, which directly ties to reducing costs for the University overall.
In this role, Joyce is focusing on Personal computers & Office equipment, Datacenters (both administrative and research computing), and enabling energy savings through IT itself. Additionally, she meets with faculty across the campus in an effort to identify areas where University staff and faculty can work together to tackle some of the most challenging issues related to global warming and computer use. Future projects will include looking more closely at storage technologies and networking equipment.
Prior to taking on this role, she was Director of Project Management for IT Services at Stanford, where she created and led the Project Management Office. Her team of project managers led initiatives that launched new technology products & services across the University.
Prior to joining Stanford, Joyce spent 15 years in new business development for technology firms in Silicon Valley. Positions included Vice President of New Business Development at startups PowerMarket and HearMe, Director of Small/Medium Business at Pacbell Internet, and Latin American Channel Specialist at Apple Computer. Additionally, Joyce spent several years as Specialist in Electronic Commerce for McKinsey & Company in Silicon Valley. Joyce holds an MBA and BS Industrial Engineering, both from Stanford University.
$30 at the door
Gourmet dinner and wine will be served!
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Tatyana KanzaveliEvent HostChairmanAn amazing presentation from the person who is actually DOING Green IT - actionable items, measurable results, solid goals. Every single person who is somehow involved in Green initiative should listen and learn from Joyce. -
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