ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on
Social Implications of Technology (link). The theme this year is Citizens,
Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies.
The ISTAS 08 online registration is site is now open.
Please click here
to register for the symposium.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have
social, cultural, political and economic implications. Technological
advancement, a key principle of IEEE and its member organizations, can have
different meanings in different contexts. ISTAS 08 will showcase and generate
discussion about the design and development of ICT and how they connect
citizens, groups and communities, as well as the challenges and wider
implications of connecting with ICT. ISTAS 08 will also address the broader
topic of ethics in science and engineering. ISTAS 08 will provide opportunities
for exchange between people who may not otherwise have the opportunity to meet,
including researchers and students in engineering, computer science, social
sciences, arts and humanities, community-based researchers, policy makers and
technology user communities. 
The conference organizers and hosts at the National
Research Council invite you to join us at 
ISTAS 08  June 26 - 28, 2008 for discussion,
debate and reflection. 
We look forward to welcoming you in Fredericton. 
Please visit the ISTAS 08 web site
for more information (link).
-- 
William McIver, Jr, PhD (Bill)        
Senior Research Officer, People-Centred Technologies
National Research Council Canada -- Institute for Information Technology
Organizing Chair ISTAS 08 / http://istas08.ca | E-mail: Bill.McIver@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca