Working Session: AI's Role in Digital Carbon Footprint
How AI can both contribute and mitigate environmental impact.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EST)
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Category: Working Session
About the event
This session dives into AI’s role in both adding to and reducing our digital carbon footprint, especially in data-heavy environments. We’ll look at how AI can streamline operations and drive sustainability in real, measurable ways, but also at the environmental challenges AI can introduce. From hands-on examples in data analytics to forward-thinking practices like mobile selective cloud, we’ll cover what’s working, what to watch out for, and how businesses can turn AI-driven data practices into a green advantage.
Objectives
- Get a clear view of how AI impacts digital carbon emissions and ways to dial down its footprint.
- Learn practical methods to measure and reduce the carbon cost of data practices.
- See how new tech like mobile selective cloud cuts down on the energy needed for data transfers.
- Discover steps to make AI work for sustainability, balancing impact with innovation.
- Walk away with ideas for greener, smarter AI applications that can strengthen your organization’s sustainability efforts.
Meet your presenters
With 24 years in data and analytics, Pierre-Louis Usselmann is driven by a mission to bring sustainability to the heart of digital practices. As CEO of Sweeft Analytics, he’s leading the charge to cut down the carbon footprint of data operations through new, efficient approaches like mobile selective cloud and AI-powered analytics. Pierre-Louis is passionate about making data-driven decisions work for the planet, not against it. He’s dedicated to showing organizations how sustainable data practices can actually boost performance and help them lead the way toward a greener future.
Davide Ricciardi is co-founder and the voice of sustainable growth at Sweeft Analytics, blending his passion for community-driven impact with data innovation. As an ISSP Programming Committee member, he’s always championing climate action and creating meaningful ways for people to connect around sustainability. Davide’s career has been all about making a difference—whether he’s guiding companies toward lower digital carbon footprints or rallying people around a greener future, he’s here to make sustainability something we all get to be part of.
This event addresses the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Continuing education requirements:
ISSP credential holders will earn 0.5 CEUs for attending this working session.
Recording:
The is an interactive working session and will not be recorded.