Sustainability in Digital Transformation
Last modified by Angela Warkentin on 2026/05/13 12:24
Regular meeting:
- We meet once a month for a big update with everyone. Our work depends heavily on the initiative of the Action Group members between meetings.
- Discussions on individual tasks are carried out independently by those responsible. Quick discussions with the entire group via Mattermost.
- Our regular meeting (for progress update) is on the last Friday of every month at 11 a.m.
- Join the Mattermost Channel: https://mattermost.hzdr.de/erum-data-hub/channels/action-group-sustainability-in-digital-transformation
Kick-Off: Friday, August 29, 1pm
- Participation: Dwayne Spiteri, Kilian Schwarz, Jan Bürger, Benjamin Fischer, Cyrus Walther, Maximilian Horzela, Stefan Krischner, Vijay Kartik, Johannes Erdmann, Angela Warkentin (notes)
- Notes: (Incl. info on regular meeting, link to mattermost channel, next steps, decisions & to-dos)
- Google doc for research (we are working on setting up a Sciebo folder for the group): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFlKfDu1SDyRCFcvDcV1YRiVUg_zPdpdYID5lJIjsfw/edit?usp=sharing
September: Tuesday, Sept 23, 3pm
- Please note that our next meeting will take place on an exceptional basis outside of the regular schedule. Next meeting: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/p/69a3f95c9f2faaa4d30fcb1fc1816df2-1365224
- https://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/66948517450
- Slides & Notes:
October: The regular meeting on October 31 will be replaced by an unscheduled meeting on November 7, 11am:
Update Taskforce "Slide Deck": https://mattermost.hzdr.de/erum-data-hub/channels/where-to-start
Update Taskforce "Podcast": https://mattermost.hzdr.de/erum-data-hub/channels/podcast
Participation: Angela Warkentin, Vijay Kartik, Maximilian Horzela, Dwayne Spiteri, Thomas Kuhr, Kilian Schwarz, Benjamin Fischer, Luca Di Bella, Cyrus Walther
November, 28, 11am:
- No meeting
December, tbd
- No meeting
January, 8, 11am:
February, 6, 11am:
April, 24 10:30am:
Anwesende: Thomas Kuhr, Andreas Redelback, Max, Vijay, Cyrus Walther
Action Points:
- Podcast Team waits for final product
- Podcast Team approaches next thoughts about the episode with the Einstein Telescope
- Slide deck team will check on all the "further info" Material and How to sort it
- Slide deck team will implement feedback from Markus into the presentation
- Cyrus asks Angela whether she thinks it would be possible to have a presentation at the Big Data Analytics Workshop in Aachen next Week. (Idea Thomas, If yes: Could Angela present there? Who of us would be around?)
- Andreas submits abstract for Sustainable HEP on next Tuesday, minor comments or requests for being taken off the author list can be submitted until then (author list will be copied from CHEP contribution)
- Everybody please move to the new services and slowly migrate there
- Everybody consider joining the ErUM Community Summit in Hamburg in June
- Cyrus asks Angela to doodle the next meeting (8th, 11th , 12th, 13th, or 22nd of May)
Further Minutes:
- Max reports that the podcast team got the first post-processing version of the latest podcast episode, needs some more time for the final product
- Angela & Cyrus presented at the SUSFECIT Kickoff Meeting, overall good feedback and support for the project, various valuable comments and insights about the refinement of the presentation
- Vijay reports that there will be a Sustainable Computing Workshop at Desy for HEP as well as Photonics people, likely going to take place in the beginning of October

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