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How Should The Law Treat Artificial Intelligences?
In a recent issue, IEEE SPECTRUM Contributing Editor Steven Cherry interviews Law Professor Ryan Abbott of the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom on the legal implications of Artificial Intelligence in a piece entitled “Can a Robot Be Arrested? Hold a Patent? Pay Income Taxes?” Abbott is the author of The Reasonable Robot:... Read more →
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EPPC Webinar Looks at New EU AI Policy Harmonization Proposal
On 30 June (1600 CEST), IEEE’s European Public Policy Committee (EPPC) is hosting a webinar exploring the EU approach to artificial intelligence, including possible roles and implications for the technology community in light of the European Commission’s new legal framework for AI. Panelists will explore opportunities to harmonize AI rules and highlight IEEE’s efforts... Read more →
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Spectrum TechInsider: Focus on Technologists and AI Policy
As part of its TechInsiders series, SPECTRUM is offering a webinar on Thursday, June 3 (2:00 pm EDT) entitled “From Code to Congress: What technologists should know to participate in defining AI regulation.” Featured speakers include Julia Stoyanovich, co-director of the Center for Responsible AI at NYU, and Mona Sloan, a Fellow of NYU’s... Read more →
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IEEE European Public Policy Committee Briefs Euro-Policymakers on Cybersecurity and Renewable Energy
Representatives of IEEE’s European Public Policy Committee (EPPC) held a pair of meetings recently with EU entities providing input to policy-deliberations on EU cybersecurity strategy and the European Green Deal. The first meeting with representatives of the European Commission involved presentation of findings and recommendations on cybersecurity. The meeting was instrumental in exploring how... Read more →
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IEEE TechEthics – UN Engagement on Sustainable Development
IEEE TechEthics is engaged in a new virtual event series with the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which aims to share technology solutions and promote substantive discussions among government officials, technologists, legal experts, ethicists, social scientists and others on topics related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The engagement began in... Read more →
Technology Policy For The Public Good
IEEE and its organizational units engage in coordinated public policy activities at the national, regional and international levels in order to advance our mission and vision of securing the benefits of technology for the advancement of society. Our goals include:
- Encouraging the multiple and beneficial uses of technology to advance the interests of humanity and serve the public good.
- Educating policy-makers, the public, and our members on the social implications of technology, including technology-related opportunities, threats and barriers.
- Providing non-partisan public fora for exploration and communication of how public policy can best capture and increase the public benefits derived from technology.
The IEEE Global Public Policy website provides a window into these activities in order to support these goals, as well as to engage and inform our IEEE members, the public and policy-makers around the world on technology-related aspects of public policy issues.
IEEE Global Positions
- Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
- In Support of Privacy Engineering (2018)
- In Support of Strong Encryption (2018)
- IEEE Adherence to the World Trade Organization Principles for International Standardization (2017)
- Advancing the Global Practice of Science and Engineering (2017)
- Building a Sustainable Global Information Society (2017)
- The Role of the Technical Community in Internet Policy (2017)
- IEEE Principles for Standards Development (2016)
- Universal Access to the Internet