The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) documents, including Geneva Declaration of Principles, Tunis Agenda, and NewYork overall review of the implementation of the outcomes, emphasize on sustainable development, as well as the central role of science in the development of the Information and knowledge Societies.

Over the past two decades, the internet and information and communication technologies yield to extremely large scientific data sets and highly distributed scientific networks as well as flexible and scalable computing power. So a new paradigm for science has been emerged called e-science, which is referred in WSIS Action Line 7. E-science has considerable effects on the way in which research is conducted and on the innovation process. Both of them are important prerequisites for sustainable development.

This workshop focuses on the role of e-science in sustainable development of the Information and Knowledge Societies. After a short review on the pillars of sustainable development, the panelists will discuss about the elements of the e-science ecosystem and their impacts on sustainable development