This SSIT Distinguished Lecture focuses on social implications and ethical issues to be considered when co-designing and implementing interventions in resource-constrained environments.
This talk will present strategies based on experience, to make solar electric systems long term sustainable so that communities can continue to receive the benefits of electricity for the long term.
This lecture will describe Robotics for Equality and Democracy, a STEM and educational robotics program deployed in Tunisia public schools as a partnership between a local IEEE SIGHT Tunisia Chapter and the academic inspection for primary education of Dar Chaabane II, Nabeul, Tunisia Republic.
This webinar will focus on how women can be empowered for tackling climate change, especially by using their knowledge, skills, and abilities to adapt and mitigate climate change.
In this seminar, we will explore how energy efficiency can improve humanitarian conditions and discuss some of the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing energy efficiency measures in these contexts.
This event is open to anyone with an interest in ICT4Development and exploring opportunities to support local community needs by leveraging technological innovation.
The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is the flagship conference of the IEEE’s Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT).
This SSIT Distinguished Lecture (DL) by Miriam Cunningham (IST-Africa Institute, Ireland) shares lessons learnt and good practices from mHealth4Afrika related to the co-design of an appropriate technological solution to address healthcare challenges in resource constrained environments.
Dr Nikar Rokbani will share experiences from deploying technological solutions addressing community needs in Tunisia based on leveraging IEEE resources, volunteers, with a focus on educational programs and technology for health programs.
This lecture will cover the emerging threats and advances on technology ethics and will also refer to two IEEE initiatives in this context namely IEEE 7000 suite of standards and the Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS).