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 recognitio...
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...
IEEE SA Taking the Lead for Industry Standards for Digital Skills Karen McCabe, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Marketing, IEEE Standards Association In September 2018, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) partnered with the DQ Institute and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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, usef...
By Karen McCabe, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Marketing, IEEE Standards Association 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...
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...
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
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 iss...
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Director, Technology Policy and International Affairs Among the world’s most serious economic and national-security challenges today is cyber-security, with implications across the many rights and civil liberties enjoyed by people throughout the world who engage in cyber-co...
Karen McCabe, Senior Director, Technology Policy and International Affairs, IEEE Standards Association The Internet of today, with its pervasive and expansive reach, has enabled transformational and impactful developments. It has enabled new levels of social engagement and networking. It has generat...