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SSIT e-Newsletter
Volume 5. Issue 2. Summer 2007
2007 Summer Board of Governors Meeting
The spring board of governors meeting was held at the UNLV-Las Vegas, NV on June 2. At the meeting it was announced that SSIT had been formally put on the watch list by TAB. The complete minutes of the meeting can be found at http://chortle.ccsu.edu/BOG/BOGindex.html.
Distinguished Service Award
At ISTAS 2007 Joe Herkert received the first SSIT Distinguished Service Award. The award was established in 2006, SSIT’s 25th anniversary year, and recognizes distinguished service to the Society over the years. Prof. Herkert has served SSIT in numerous roles, most recently as editor of Technology and Society magazine. Additional information is available at http://ieeessit.org/publications_sub.asp?Level2ItemID=9&Level3ItemID=65.
SSIT Conferences
ISTAS 2008
The 2008 International Symposium on Technology and Society will be held at the National Research Council Institute for Information Technology in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on June 26-28, 2008. Citizens, groups, communities, and information and communication technologies is its them. More information is available at www.istas08.ca
Other Conferences
Economic Strategy for Healthcare through Bio and Information Standards and Technologies
This conference, co-sponsored by the IEEE Biotechnology Council and NIST, will examine methods and tools to help policy and decision makers understand the economic realities of Bio and Information Technology investments and make informed high value decisions to improve the quality of care and enhance wellness while minimizing costs. More information is available at http://www.itl.nist.gov/Healthcare/conf/index.htm.
2007 IEEE-IIRW International Integrated Reliability Workshop
The Integrated Reliability Workshop will be held October 15-18, 2007 at the Stanford Sierra Conference Center in Fallen Leaf Lake, California. More information can be found at: http://www.iirw.org
CFP Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security 2007
The 2nd Annual CFP workshop on Social Implications of National Security 2007 will be held October 29, 2007 at Wollongong University, Australia. The general theme is From Dataveillance to Uberveillance and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society. Additional information can be found at: http://www.homelandsecurity.org.au/files/2nd_RNSA_Social_Implications_Workshop.pdf
IPCC2007
The annual conference of the IEEE Professional Communication Society will be held Sept. 30-Oct.3, 2007 in Seattle, WA. The keynote speaker will be Ray Kurzweil. Additional information can be found at: www.ieeepcs.org/ipcc2007
Questions, comments, and items of interest should be directed to the newsletter editor: Karl Perusich, Ph.D., at perusich@sbcglobal.net. |
