Introduction to SSIT

Society on Social Implications of Technology

September 2015

Society on Social Implications of Technology

SSITIEEE’s Forum for Academic, Practical and Policy dialog

on Technology’s Impact on Society

Engineers and Technologists do care about how their products, discoveries, and services willbenefit humanity …. Or not!

Major topics include: Privacy, Security, Health, Ethics, Equity, Quality of Life

As affected by technology such as: NanoTech, Genomics, networks, computing, RFID, drones

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Dialog Channels: Peer Reviewed Papers

IEEE Technology and Society – our award winning magazine

ISTAS – our annual conference– 2014 with Ethics 2014– 2015 Dublin– 2016 India

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Dialog Channels:

22 Local chapters in 13 countries around the world

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Social Media – Public Dialog

Blog and commentsLinkedIn GroupFacebook GroupYouTube ChannelTwitter

WWW.IEEESSIT.ORG

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Co-sponsored Conferences and Distinguished Lecturer Programs

SustainabilityGlobal Humanitarian ConferenceNorbert Weiner Conference

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Internet of Things

Imaging for Crime Prevention and Detction

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Try it! --- Spin each dial

What are the <social> implications of <technology>?

SocialImpact

Privacy

Ethical

Equity

Health

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Technology

Drones

GenomeAnalysis

Data Mining

MyProject

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Join us!

Non-IEEE members can join as Affiliates

Participation via LinkedIn/Facebook is Free

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The Future is in Our Hands

All of these pictures are past covers from IEEE Technology and Society

If they make you wonder ….That’s our role

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www.IEEESSIT.org

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Well keep an eye out for you!

www.IEEESSIT.org

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