The theme of ISTAS 2024 is the Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). SSIT invites participation from practitioners in academia, industry, and government who contemplate the impacts of technology on today’s society in the areas of ethics, sustainability, and equity, and who particularly examine social values within the tech industry.
Category: Conferences
2024 IEEE Conference on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms – Call for Papers Deadline 15 April
By Miriam Cunningham on February 13th, 2024 in Call for Papers, Conferences
The 2024 IEEE Conference on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms takes place at American University, Washington DC, USA on 14… Read More
Puebla, Mexico, Announced as Next ISTAS Location, September 18-20, 2024
By terribookman on September 21st, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Conferences, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
The 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society will be held in Puebla, Mexico, from September 18-20, 2024, at the Universidad de Las Americas, Puebla (UDLAP). ISTAS24 will be the first ISTAS conference to be held in Latin America.
13th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2023)
By Edward G Perkins on September 17th, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Conferences, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
The 13th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2023) will take place in person at Villanova University (Pennsylvania) from October 12 to 14, 2023.
IEEE ISTAS 2023 Conference in Swansea, Wales, Hosts First of Two Scheduled Climate Change Panels
By terribookman on September 16th, 2023 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Some topics addressed on the September 13 panel included climate change challenges related to health and healthcare, contributions of computing to the climate change problem in terms of energy use, along with the potential of computing to contribute to solutions to the crisis, agriculture and food security issues related to climate change, systems design, finding solutions and improving communication across IEEE societies, carbon removal, and economic and social aspects of the crisis including forced migration, water supplies, and the responsibilities of developed nations to developing nations in climate change mitigation.
On Day 2 of ISTAS 2023, Second Climate Change Panel: “Public Safety Technologies and Climate Change”
By terribookman on September 15th, 2023 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Conferences, Environment, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS 23) continued into its second day of regular programming on Thursday September 14, and included the presentation of a second panel related to climate change, this one focused on “Public Safety Technologies and Climate Change.”
IEEE ISTAS 2023 Advance Programme / Register Here!
By Miriam Cunningham on August 21st, 2023 in Conferences, Social Implications of Technology, SSIT Announcements
IEEE ISTAS 2023 takes place at Swansea University, Wales from 13 – 15 September. IEEE ISTAS 2023 is the flagship… Read More
Registration Now Open! ISTAS 2023 – 13-15 September 2023 – Swansea University, Wales
By terribookman on June 13th, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Conferences, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Registration Now Open! IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS 2023)
IST-Africa 2023 – Opening Plenary Broadcast Live on National TV
By Miriam Cunningham on June 6th, 2023 in Conferences, Social Implications of Technology
IST-Africa 2023 took place in Tshwane, South Africa from 31 May to 02 June, hosted by the Government of South… Read More
IEEE ISTAS 2023 Call for Papers – Submit full papers and short papers by extended deadline of 21 March
By Miriam Cunningham on February 10th, 2023 in Call for Papers, Conferences
The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) 2023 takes place in Swansea University, Wales from 13 – 15… Read More
OCEANS 2023 Call for Abstracts – Extended Deadline 10 January
By Miriam Cunningham on January 5th, 2023 in Call for Papers
OCEANS 2023, jointly sponsored by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE OES) and the Marine Technology Society (MTS), takes place in Limerick,… Read More
IEEE ETHICS-2023 – Call for Papers – Deadline Extended
By Joe Herkert on December 8th, 2022 in Call for Papers, Conferences, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, SSIT Announcements
IEEE ETHICS-2023: Ethics in the Global Innovation Helix – Call for Papers – DEADLINE EXTENDED: Poster Abstracts and Full Draft Papers (short length and regular length) due January 13, 2023
2023 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
By terribookman on November 15th, 2022 in Articles, Blog Posts, Call for Papers, Conferences, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Call for Papers – ISTAS23 – Submission deadline March 1, 2023 – “Technology and Analytics for Global Development”. 13-15 September 2023, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales
SINS22 – Co-located with ISTAS2022
By terribookman on November 9th, 2022 in Blog Posts, Conferences, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
“Securitization for Sustainability of People and Place: A Call to Transdisciplinarity”
The Fifteenth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (SINS22
The IEEE Workshop on Electronics for mitigating Climate Change (EmC2)
By terribookman on October 31st, 2022 in Articles, Blog Posts, Conferences, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
The IEEE Workshop on Electronics for mitigating Climate Change (EmC2) will be a place to discuss issues arising by climate change such as the risk of passing a tipping point of planetary boundaries if we do not accelerate the path to reduce GHG emissions.
ISTAS 2022 – Nov 10-12, 2022
By terribookman on October 5th, 2022 in Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, Call for Papers, Conferences, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Privacy & Security, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT 50th Anniversary, SSIT Announcements, Standards, Student Activities
“Digital and Societal Transformations” – Conference website here: https://www.istas22.org/
ISTAS 2022 – Virtual Event – Register to participate
By Miriam Cunningham on October 1st, 2022 in Conferences
IEEE ISTAS 2022, the flagship SSIT Conference, will take place from 10 – 12 November as a virtual event during… Read More
ISTAS 2022 Program Now Available
By T.V. Gopal on September 8th, 2022 in Articles, Blog Posts, Call for Papers, Conferences, SSIT Announcements
ISTAS, the flagship conference of IEEE SSIT, will be held this year in Hong Kong, virtually November 10-12, 2022
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Digital Privacy and Social Media (ISDPSM 2022)
By Katina Michael on July 29th, 2022 in Conferences, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
The 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Digital Privacy and Social Media (ISDPSM 2022) with the theme “Applying Engineering Solutions to a Complex Set of Issues” will take place in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, USA on August 1, 2022 at San Jose Marriott Hotel.
IEEE ISTAS 2021 – Digital and Societal Transformations
By Miriam Cunningham on June 15th, 2022 in Conferences, Social Implications of Technology, Videos
The Special Session “Digital and Societal Transformations” took place during IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) 2021 on 31 October 2021…. Read More