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Please contact the SSIT Newsletter Editor-in-Chief, Shannon Lodoen (lodoens@erau.edu), if you have a news item, SSIT-related update, volunteer opportunity, call for papers, award notice, or “Feature Article” idea for a future issue.
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Current Newsletter
Click here to access the September 2025 newsletter. From that issue:
Dear Readers,
Happy Fall! As the leaves are starting to change and we transition to a new season, the SSIT Newsletter is also beginning a time of change (and new colors!). Debuting as the refreshed and renamed SSIT Insights, September’s issue is the “first look” at our response to readers’ requests and suggestions shared in the Newsletter Readership Poll. We are deeply grateful to our Marketing Automation Specialist, Beverly Yow, who has been instrumental in developing and implementing the many exciting changes we are bringing to you, our readers.
The biggest change you’ll likely have already noticed: a shorter newsletter email featuring only the Letter from the Editors, along with a link (“Get SSIT Insights Here”) to the full newsletter. The newsletter itself, now located on an HTML landing page, has undergone significant developments to reduce visual clutter. We are also piloting a new way of dividing our content, which will separate “SSIT Announcements” from what we’re now calling “In SSIT News.” While the former will focus on upcoming events, calls, and deadlines, the latter will provide recaps and reports from past events, conferences, and activities. We hope that all these changes create a smooth and enjoyable reading experience for you, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to tweak things over the next couple of issues.
In addition, we’re hoping to add a new segment to our “Regular Features” section entitled “SSIT in Action.” This segment will feature impact stories and commentaries directly from our volunteers around the world. While the Newsletter has long featured the goings-on of section Chapters, sponsored conferences, and standards committees (to name just a few), we hope that this addition will further promote the “on the ground” activities that our volunteers are engaging in globally to support the aims and goals of SSIT. Whether you’re a student or a life-member, we invite you to submit your impact stories through our Google webform, which will be checked monthly for “SSIT in Action” and all other features. The form contains more information about the type of information and items we are hoping to feature in this segment.
Here’s a quick preview of what you’ll find in this month’s issue, which you can access at the link below. September’s items include:
- A recap of ISTAS 2025, which took place 10-12 September.
- News of the successful inauguration of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Hyderabad Section Chapter on 9 September 2025 in Hyderabad, India.
- A recap of a recent talk on ethics and emotion organized by Jonathan Beever’s center at UCF, as well as two outreach events run by the SSIT Student Chapter at Anurag University.
- A guest spot and “crossover” Standards Committee Column from AgeTech IC, which will be of interest to our readers.
- September issues for both of SSIT’s publications, TSM and TTS.
- The new additions of ICEI2025 and IST-Africa 2026 to the Conferences section.
As always, I welcome your submissions for future newsletter content, which can be submitted via Google webform or email to lodoens@erau.edu. The deadline for inclusion in the next issue is 12 October. Thanks for growing with us and for your continuing support for SSIT and all its endeavors!
All the best,
Shannon Lodoen and Aleksander Franiczek
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