IEEE ISTAS 2019: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society School of Enginering, Tufts University Boston, MA, United States, November 15-16, 2019 |
Conference website | https://attend.ieee.org/istas-2019/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeistas2019 |
Submission deadline | August 23, 2019 |
IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society (IEEE ISTAS 2019 ) is the annual flagship conference for the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.
IEEE ISTAS is an interdisciplinary forum for engineers and policy makers, entrepreneurs and educators, philosophers and researchers, social scientists and technologists, practitioners and polymaths to collaborate, exchange experiences, and discuss the social and cultural, ethical and economic as well as environmental implications of technology.
IEEE ISTAS 2019 is organised by IEEE SSIT, supported by IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) and Technical Co-Sponsored by
- IEEE-USA
- IEEE Standards Association
- IEEE Region 1
- IEEE Boston Section
- IEEE Education Society
- IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- IEEE Product/Safety Engineering Society
- IEEE Reliability Society
- IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
Submission Guidelines
Submission Deadline 23 August
We welcome proposals for papers, discussion panels and workshop sessions focused on the relationship between technology, sustainable development and social issues ranging from the economic and ethical to the cultural and environmental.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Priority will be given to submissions addressing Intersections between the Social Implications of Technology and other topics, including but not limited those described below.
The site to accept papers is still being configured. The link will be published on https://attend.ieee.org/istas-2019/calls-for-papers/ later this week once it is active.
List of Topics
Conference Themes include (but are not limited to)
- Sustainable Development (including ICT4D, eAgriculture, eHealth, eGovernment, Technology Enhanced Learning) and Humanitarian Technology
- Technological and Social Innovation supporting the UN SDGs, including Agriculture, Education, Energy and Health
- Collaborative Open Innovation and Multi-Stakeholder Co-Design
- Ethics/Human Values (including Socio-Cultural Differences)
- Ethical Standards, Autonomous Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence
- Ethical Use of Big Data, Blockchain, Human Genome Editing, IoT, Neurotechnology & Open Data
- Balancing National Security with Personal Privacy
- Universal Access (including Digital Literacy and 21st Century Skills)
- Current Challenges in Technology Policy
- Societal Impacts (including traditionally disadvantaged communities including indigenous peoples, women, youth, elderly and differently abled)
- Protecting the Planet (Green Technology)
- GEOValue, Climate, Environment & Sustainable Technologies
Invited Speakers
Invited Speakers confirmed to date include
- Welcome Address
- Prof. Karen Penetta, School of Engineering, Tufts University
- Gil Cooke, Chair, IEEE Boston Section
- Keynote Address
- Tom Coughlin, President IEEE-USA
- Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti, Region 1 Director, IEEE
- Division VI Plenary Panel
- John Allen, President, IEEE Product/Safety Engineering Society
- Prof. Paul M Cunningham (Moderator)
- Bob Dent, President, IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
- Carole D. Graas, President, IEEE Reliability Society
- Russ Meier, President, IEEE Education Society
- Xinghuo Yu, President, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- Representative (tbc), IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
- Plenary Panel on Creating Ethically Informed Standards
- Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech, Chair, IEEE SSSIT Standards Committee
- John Havens, IEEE Standards Association
Committees
Organizing Committee
Organizing Committee Members confirmed to date include
- Prof. Paul M Cunningham (Conference Chair)
- Michael Cardinale (Conference Treasurer)
- Miriam Cunningham (Publications and Technical Program Chair)
Technical Program Committee
TPC Members are available at https://attend.ieee.org/istas-2019/about/committees/
Publication
IEEE ISTAS 2019 proceedings will be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore. Some papers may be selected for revision and publication in a special issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and/or IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society.
Venue
The conference will take place in Boston, MA, hosted by the School of Engineering, Tufts University on their Medford, MA Campus.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Secretariat.ISTAS@gmail.com