Introduction to SSIT S ociety on S ocial I mplications of T echnology September 2015

Society on Social Implications of Technology SSIT IEEE’s Forum for Academic, Practical and Policy dialog on Technology’s Impact on Society Engineers and Technologists do care about how their products, discoveries, and services will benefit humanity …. Or not! Major topics include: Privacy, Security, Health, Ethics, Equity, Quality of Life As affected by technology such as: NanoTech, Genomics, networks, computing, RFID, drones 2

Society on Social Implications of Technology Dialog Channels: Peer Reviewed Papers IEEE Technology and Society – our award winning magazine ISTAS – our annual conference –2014 with Ethics 2014 –2015 Dublin –2016 India 3

Society on Social Implications of Technology Dialog Channels: 22 Local chapters in 13 countries around the world 4

Society on Social Implications of Technology Social Media – Public Dialog Blog and comments LinkedIn Group Facebook Group YouTube Channel Twitter 5

Society on Social Implications of Technology Co-sponsored Conferences and Distinguished Lecturer Programs Sustainability Global Humanitarian Conference Norbert Weiner Conference 6 Internet of Things Imaging for Crime Prevention and Detction

Society on Social Implications of Technology Try it! --- Spin each dial What are the implications of ? Social Impact PrivacyEthicalEquityHealth 7 Technology Drones Genome Analysis Data Mining My Project

Society on Social Implications of Technology Join us! Non-IEEE members can join as Affiliates Participation via LinkedIn/Facebook is Free 8

Society on Social Implications of Technology The Future is in Our Hands All of these pictures are past covers from IEEE Technology and Society If they make you wonder …. That’s our role 9

Society on Social Implications of Technology Well keep an eye out for you! 10