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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 →
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Addressing Governance Gaps to Enable Technology-Driven Pandemic Recovery
The World Economic Forum’s recently released Global Technology Governance Report suggests that “the emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution have a vital role to play as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuild our economies.” “Fourth Industrial Revolution” refers to artificial intelligence, blockchain, internet of things, mobility and drones and unmanned air... Read more →
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Global Public Policy Community Established in IEEE Collabratec
A Global Public Policy Forum has been established in on the IEEE Collabratec community platform as a place to inform and engage IEEE members on national, regional and global public policy activities within IEEE and to explore technology-related policy issues that affect our members, the profession and the public welfare. Early features include... Read more →
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Earth Friendly AI, Protecting Privacy of Children Highlighted in IEEE Whitepaper
The IEEE Standards Association has released a report calling for engineers to consider the impact their work, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, will have on climate change, children, and society. The whitepaper highlights the need for policy makers to adopt goals and social metrics, and for technologists to develop standards for “utilizing... 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