Event

Digital technologies: ally and enemy of your sustainability journey

  • Location

    Webex

  • Topic(s)
    Computer Science & ICT, Engineering
  • Type(s)
    Free of charge, Virtual event

LunchTalk held in English

Host
Auban Derreumaux
Managing Partner, Innov’Iction

Co-Host
Dr. Benoit Ries
Research scientist
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
Department of Computer Science

Abstract

In the age of sustainability issues, digitisation has been considered as a key leverage, seen as a way to avoid material resource usage. The digital world is far from being virtual: its annual attribution to the global GHG emissions was estimated at around 4% in 2019, and subject to grow by 50% in 2025. And the environmental impacts throughout the lifecycle raise concerns beyond climate change. Digital Transformations (DT) are expected to integrate sustainability into the decision-making process and the roadmap. The example of Generative AI technologies, as a trigger for a new wave of DTs, illustrates the process, limits, and further considerations to take into account ecological, as well as social, implications.

This event is part of the Sustainability LunchTalk series