For #ifip60, TC9 Chair David Kreps shared his mission: to strengthen ethical and ecological thinking in the information systems field. Watch the #ifip60 Panel webinar on the “IFIP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct: A document for our time,” proposed and moderated by David Kreps https://lnkd.in/d5FPdNbC
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#ifip60 Ethics Webinar
To celebrate the 60th anniversary, IFIP have put together a series of 10 events featuring members and associates of IFIP and showcasing the interesting and impressive work they do. Events in the series consist of five or six panelists and a moderator presenting for an hour and fifteen minutes, and run from 30 August to […]
IFIP Code of Ethics
At the virtual IFIP General Assembly (GA) held 24th September 2020 GA enthusiastically adopted a new IFIP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The Code had been adapted from the ACM Code of Ethics published previously, which itself had been through many years of consultation and development with members of IFIP, IEEE, other national and […]
A Tribute to Jacques Berleur
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Jacques Berleur, who made significant contributions to understanding of the impacts of technology on society. Jacques Berleur (b.1938, d.2020), was born in Namur (Belgium) on July 22, 1938. He received a ‘Civil Engineer’ diploma from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). In November 1961, […]
IFIP Position Paper on E-Waste: taking responsibility
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are often presented as tools that are put to use towards desirable outcomes, such as efficiency, development, security, and now also sustainability. ICT for sustainability and Green IT are increasingly promoted as fields that will produce new knowledge for more sustainable products and practices, countering current challenges such as climate […]
Presentation at the United Nations
At the International Federation for Information Processing’s (IFIP) World Computer Congress (WCC) 2018 in Poznan, Poland, last September, Shamika N. Sirimanne, the Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics at UNCTAD, called for Collaboration between the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) and IFIP. IFIP is a UNESCO-affiliated body (IFIP […]
13th IFIP TC9 Human Choice & Computers conference a success
13th Human Choice and Computers Conference: This Changes Everything – declared a success at IFIP General Assembly The conference organisers were warmly congratulated for their part in making a success of HCC13, and its part in the overall success of the World Computer Congress in Poznan, Poland, at the General Assembly of IFIP held in […]
WG9.4 European Regional Conference in Tirana, Albania looks to indigenous innovation
Working 9.4 has gathered in Tirana, Albania, for a Regional Conference, June 22nd – 24th with Endrit Kromidha of Royal Holloway, University of London, as Program Chair. Endrit reports: “The aim of the 2018 IFIP 9.4 European Regional Conference was to provide an engaging space for researchers and practitioners to share their work and participate, developing […]
Registration at WCC 2018 Now Open
Registration for the 2018 World Computer Congress, Poznan, Poland, is now open. Please visit: http://wcc2018.put.poznan.pl/registration Please note that participants in 13th IFIP Human Choice and Computers conference must register at least for the three days of our own conference – Wed 19th-Fri 21st – if not registering for the whole of HCC.
Programme for IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management
The list of accepted papers, workshops, and tutorials is now online here: https://www.ifip-summerschool.org/programme/
