Conference Proposal: Student and Junior Faculty Support for the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2021

2021年可持续系统与技术国际研讨会(ISSST)将于2021年6月21日至25日举行。科学和技术问题国际会议的议事程序将遵循这样一种理念，即通过跨学科的方法解决复杂的可持续性问题。自然科学家、工程师、社会科学家、行业代表和政策制定者之间的思想交叉授粉是为了促进制定可持续的解决方案，以应对社会面临的重大挑战。ISSST 2021将突出四个主题：(1)可持续发展的计算工具，将数据科学和机器学习方面的新方法引入新的数据集和决策；(2)可持续发展的新想法，促进环境和社会评估工具以及社区参与方面的创新；(3)大型系统、建筑物和基础设施、运输和能源，重点是关于高影响技术系统的前沿研究；(4)废物管理、生命周期评估和可持续发展，审查现有管理系统的规模和对环境的影响，以及创新如何促进更循环、低碳的经济。会议还将举办特别会议，将与会者聚集在一起，参加教育会议、研讨会、交流和专业技能发展。会议将突出技术系统的社会层面和提出的工程解决方案。社会公平、差别获取和影响以及环境正义将成为2021年大会所有四个主题的突出主题。预计还将举行几场会议，讨论新冠肺炎大流行对生产和消费、污染和关键基础设施系统的影响。一群不同的成员将通过虚拟论文和海报演示以及正式和非正式讨论来分享他们在可持续发展科学和工程方面的工作。所有会议都将现场直播，作者将可以开放访问数字期刊FigShare上的出版物。会议还将有各种全体会议/主旨发言人。所有这些都将为参与者提供一个讨论愿景、教育方法和挑战的场所，并为教育工作者和学生提供机会，以获得全面的可持续发展研究经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2021 International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) will be held virtually June 21-25, 2021. Proceedings at ISSST will follow the philosophy that the solutions to complex sustainability issues will be achieved via trans-disciplinary approaches. Cross-pollination of ideas among natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, industry representatives, and policy makers are programmed to facilitate the development of sustainable solutions to the grand challenges facing society. ISSST 2021 will highlight four themes: (1) Computational tools for sustainability, bringing emerging methods in data science and machine learning to novel data sets and decision-making; (2) Emerging ideas for sustainability, fostering innovations in environmental and social assessment tools and community engagement; (3) Large-scale systems, buildings and infrastructure, transportation, and energy, highlighting cutting-edge research on high-impact technological systems; and (4) Waste management, life cycle assessment, and sustainability, examining the scale and environmental implications of current management systems and how innovations could promote a more circular, low-carbon economy. The conference will also host special sessions to bring participants together in educational sessions, workshops, communications, and professional skills development. The conference will highlight the social dimensions of technological systems and proposed engineering solutions. Social equity, differential access and impacts, and environmental justice will be prominent across all of the four themes of the 2021 conference. Several sessions are also expected to address the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on production and consumption, pollution, and critical infrastructure systems. A diverse group of members will share their work in sustainability science and engineering through virtual paper and poster presentations, as well as formal and informal discussions. All sessions will be live broadcasted and authors will have open access to the publications on the digital journal, Figshare. The conference will also feature a variety of plenary/keynote speakers. All of this will provide participants a venue for discussing visions, educational approaches, challenges, as well as provide educators and students opportunities to gain exposure to research experience on sustainability in a holistic manner.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.