Tag Archives: ICT

Would the 2011 Revolutions and Uprising have occurred without Social Media?

This blog was posted on behalf of Renee Kuriyan, Director of Social Impact in Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Office. 2011 showed the world that social media sites no longer solely signify just sharing favorite YouTube videos or photos with your friends. … Continue reading

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Live from Copenhagen: the importance of Eco-Tech

Dateline Copenhagen, December 10, 2009. What an experience to represent Intel and the IT industry at this amazing forum. I’m here to discuss the role of ICT (information and communications technology) in reducing CO2 emissions in a variety of forums, … Continue reading

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Final Thoughts from Davos

Friday was a strong day, with the opening two breakfast meetings being about the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change meeting in December, and then about how ICT can help. I pushed that we should be establishing a common website for posting … Continue reading

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The data behind ICT and climate change

On Nov 25th, my colleague Stephen Harper blogged about the role of Information Communications Technology (ICT) in combating climate change, and outlined some policies that Intel, through DESC, are pursuing to allow the solutions potential of ICT to be realized. … Continue reading

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How Can ICT Help Humankind?

I participated in a panel on this exciting topic last weekend at the annual Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto, Japan (in the same conference center that hosted the famous Kyoto climate negotiations in 1997). I am passionate … Continue reading

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Reporting from the Clinton Global Initiative

I had the pleasure of being in New York this week with Intel Chairman Craig Barrett for our participation in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting and several other events related to the UN General Assembly. It was an … Continue reading

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Profile: Julie Clugage

Julie Clugage is the Alliances Manager for the Emerging Markets Platform Group at Intel, where she works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), development agencies, foundations and governments to scale Intel’s efforts to improve education through the effective use of technology. In … Continue reading

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The Increasing Value of Energy Efficiency: $2B in Energy Savings

It’s been a while since I blogged, so I’ve been anxious to share what I’ve observed in my many travels and conversations around the world. I just returned to the US from a trip to India, where I was impressed … Continue reading

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Reducing Global Emissions through ICT

Last week an important report was published entitled Smart 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age. Coming from The Carbon Group on behalf of GeSI (Global eSustainability Initiative), the study has important data on information and communication … Continue reading

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Energy Efficiency: Be or Be Perceived

After almost ten years at Intel, I have lost track of how many times I have heard the phrase “be and be perceived” in meetings and conference calls concerning our environmental and broader corporate social responsibility operations and reputation. For … Continue reading

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