We live in a constantly evolving set of digital landscapes. This is why it is so important to meet often to debate those landscapes and their futures.
Over fifty people gathered together at a policy think tank to help educationalists and policy-makers move beyond the current focus on digital literacy and coding.
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“Is the cloud the ultimate centralised ICT architecture?” was one of the questions posed by Norberto Patrignani, chair of the new IFIP domain committee on cloud computing at a one-day workshop on the challenges of virtuality and the cloud: the implications of social accountability and professional ethics(1).
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A one-day workshop on ethics and social accountability for ICT
“The challenges of virtuality and the cloud:
the implications of social accountability and professional ethics”
To be held at Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, Hendon, London (Committee Room 1, Town Hall building)
Monday 23rd February 2015, 10:30 – 16:30
Drinks will follow at the Claddagh Ring pub. Self-paying dinner will be held at Lahore Restaurant, 148-150 Brent Street, London NW4; starting at 18:30.
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Monday, 23 February 2015, 10:30 – 16:30
A one-day workshop on ethics and social accountability in ICT
The challenges of virtuality and the cloud:
the implications of social accountability and professional ethics
To be held at Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, Hendon, London (Committee Room 1, Town Hall building).
This event is a joint initiative between the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 9.2 on Social Accountability and ICT, Special Interest Group 9.2.2 on Ethics and Computing, and the BCS ICT Ethics Specialist Group. 201502-MDX_Workshop on Ethics – FINAL Programme (PDF, 624kb)
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See what WG9.2 members and friends are during now, with some dates upcoming around February 2015. There are also plenty of activities around the eHealth and the sustainability/environmental fields.
NOTE: While the websites cited have been crosschecked, WG9.2 cannot guarantee 100 per cent accuracy of the sites either now or in the future.
See what WG9.2 members and friends are doing now, with some important dates coming up around February 2015. Plenty of activities also around the eHealth field.
NB. While the websites cited have been crosschecked, WG9.2 cannot guarantee 100 per cent accuracy of the sites either now or in the future.
Diane Whitehouse, chair, ICT and Society, IFIP TC9
Kai Kimppa, HCC11 co-chair, IFIP national representative to TC9
Forty years since the first Human Choice and Computers conference was held, over 70 people attended the bi-annual ICT and Society flagship conference (HCC11). Attendees came from as far afield as Australia, Japan, South Africa and the United States. There were also many local Finnish, Nordic, and European participants present.
Sustainability and green issues/ICT continue to be high on the agenda. See especially what WG9.2 members and friends are doing now, with some dates upcoming around 28 and 29 October 2014 (see below).
NB. While the websites cited below have been checked, WG9.2 cannot guarantee 100 per cent accuracy of the sites either now or in the future.
Ethics in ICT matter. And the competences to develop solutions to the infoethics challenges of the early 21st century are likely to be increasingly needed.
First of its kind, a one-day workshop on ethics and social accountability for ICT was held at The British Computer Society (BCS) London Office on October 22, 2013. This was a joint initiative between BCS ICT Ethics Specialist Group and IFIP’s Special Interest Group 9.2.2 on Ethics and Computing and IFIP’s Working Group 9.2 on Social Accountability and ICT. It was led by the two chairs, Penny Duquenoy and Diane Whitehouse. Continue reading »
Ethical ways of designing, handling, and deploying ICT is a key issue in today’s global society. The complexities of infoethics are increasingly intertwined with people’s daily lives. Having guidelines that help with this is vital. Continue reading »