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: SSIT Announcements
Monica Huerta Receives Region 9 Eminent Engineer Award
By terribookman on April 29th, 2024 in Articles, Blog Posts, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Dr. Monica Huerta (Ecuador Section) was awarded the IEEE Region 9 Eminent Engineer Award for 2024 for R9.
Message from President Luis Kun about IEEE REACH
By Luis Kun on February 26th, 2024 in Articles, Blog Posts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Dear colleagues, the February 2024, IEEE Series / TAB meeting gave me the opportunity to learn about an IEEE program that I was previously unaware of. It is called IEEE REACH, which is a short for Raising Engineering Awareness through the Conduit of History.
Last Chance – SSIT MATCHING FUNDS OPPORTUNITY!
By terribookman on December 27th, 2023 in Announcements, Blog Posts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, SSIT Announcements
Last Chance! Opportunity expires Sunday Dec 31! Matchi Click HERE
Murty Polavarapu elected SSIT President-Elect 2024
By Miriam Cunningham on November 28th, 2023 in SSIT Announcements
SSIT launched a Call for SSIT Board of Governors President-Elect Candidates with a deadline of 30 September 2023. SSIT thanks… Read More
IEEE SSIT Board of Governors (BoG) Member-at-Large (2024 – 2026 Term) Election Results
By Miriam Cunningham on November 15th, 2023 in SSIT Announcements
A ballot for the election of three members to the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology Board of Governors… Read More
SSIT Matching Funds Opportunity!*
By terribookman on November 15th, 2023 in Announcements, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Donate to SSIT online at https://ieeefoundation.org/ieee_ssit
Dr. Guru Madhavan Receives Norbert Wiener Award from SSIT
By terribookman on October 14th, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Ethics, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Dr. Guru Madhavan received the IEEE Norbert Wiener Award on Friday October 13, 2023, at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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.
Attention All IEEE SSIT Technology and Society Visitors!
By terribookman on September 16th, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Social Implications of Technology, SSIT Announcements
Please join our new IEEE Collabratec Technology and Society Community!
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
SSIT Matching Funds Opportunity!*
By terribookman on August 20th, 2023 in Blog Posts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
Donations made to SSIT through the IEEE Foundation between now and December 31, 2023, will be matched, up to a total of $5000. Donate now to double your impact!
IEEE SSIT’s Division VI Connections
By Luis Kun on June 29th, 2023 in Blog Posts, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements
The Society on Social Implications of Technology is one of seven IEEE technical societies that make up IEEE Division VI.
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)
Roba Abbas Appointed New Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society
By terribookman on May 13th, 2023 in Articles, Blog Posts, Social Implications of Technology, SSIT Announcements
The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) announces the selection of Roba Abbas of the University of Wollongong, Australia, as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS), beginning May 9, 2023.
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
SSIT Standards Committee Chair Ruth Lewis Honored with 2022 IEEE Standards Medallion
By terribookman on November 8th, 2022 in Articles, Magazine Articles, News and Notes, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements, Standards
Ruth Lewis, IEEE SSIT Standards Committee Chair, has been named a 2022 recipient of the IEEE Standards Medallion for leadership in promoting the development of IEEE technology and society standards.