Karen McCabe
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Connectivity & Telecom
Leveraging Global Standards in Policy Making: Interviewing an IEEE GEPS Representative
IEEE Standards have long been leveraged by the public sector around the world as powerful instruments to support public policy initiatives, provide modern infrastructure, and advance humanity. To help governments better understand and utilize IEEE standards and related services, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) has the IEEE Government Engagement…
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Event Previews & Recaps
Advancing Technology for Sustainable Development
Right alongside sound strategy and nimble resource mobilization, innovative implementation of existing and emerging technologies is one of the essentials of sustainable development worldwide. There is substantial excitement around information and communications technologies (ICTs) and other innovations as valuable tools for achieving so many of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development…
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Artificial Intelligence Systems
IEEE SA at the Tallinn Digital Summit: Bringing Practical Solutions to the Table
Starting in 2017 the government of Estonia has held the annual Tallinn Digital Summit (TDS), where global leaders from governments to technical communities gather to address challenges we face in today’s digital life. IEEE SA was honored to be invited to TDS 2019 as a knowledge partner in recognition of…
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Event Previews & Recaps
IEEE SA @ The WSIS Forum 2019: Focusing On “Principles to Practice”
IEEE SA participated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, 8-12 April in Geneva. Held annually, the WSIS Forum brings the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) community that focuses on making the information society accessible to all. This year, more than 3000 ICT experts and implementation actors contributed to…
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Technology
Global Standards for Digital Literacy, Skills, and Readiness
IEEE SA Taking the Lead for Industry Standards for Digital Skills In September 2018, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) partnered with the DQ Institute and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in association with the World Economic Forum (WEF), in the launch of the Coalition for Digital…
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Artificial Intelligence Systems
Driving Ethical Implementation of A/IS from Principles to Practice
With autonomous and intelligent systems (A/IS) playing a larger and larger role in our daily lives, more and more attention is being paid to the ethical questions these revolutionary technologies raise. IEEE has spent the last three years helping the global A/IS community drive toward concrete, useful recommendations. A three-year,…
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Artificial Intelligence Systems
From Principles to Practice in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
As technology grows more and more pervasive across the ways that governments and citizens interact and relate with one another, hard ethical questions have arisen around the concepts of data, privacy, security and the potential benefits to and unintended consequences on human wellbeing. IEEE in recent years has worked to…
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Event Previews & Recaps
WSIS Forum 2015 Highlights
From 25-29 May, the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015 took place. The week was filled with panel sessions, high-level discussions and high-level statements from high-ranking officials representing governments, the private sector, civil society and international organizations. The sessions and discussions of the week supported the WSIS Forum…
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Networking & Internet
EuroDIG: A Regional Internet Governance Forum
IEEE is pleased to be participating in EuroDIG 2015 as part of our global efforts to connect engineers, scientists and industry leaders in an array of technology and industry domains, with policy expert
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Event Previews & Recaps
WSIS: What’s It All About
IEEE is pleased to be participating in the WSIS Forum 2015 as part of our global efforts to connect engineers, scientists and industry leaders in an array of technology and industry domains, with policy experts to help improve the understanding of technology and its implications and impact on IG issues.…