An IFIP panel of experts from Working Group 5.15 and the new IFIP Task Force on Climate Change and Digital Technology delivered a thematic workshop on Thursday 20th April as part of the WSÏS Forum.
The online event, which explored the topic of on the topic of “IT in Disaster Risk Reduction”, was moderated by WG5.15 […]
Thank you to the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and President Dr Nick Tate for hosting the IFIP Strategy Day and Board Meeting at the offices of the ACS in Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia on April 13-14.
During the Strategy Day on 13th April, ACS President Dr Tate welcomed attendees to Country and IFIP President Anthony Wong […]
CIPS IFIP 60th Event Speakers Panel: Data Privacy and Digital Governance
1 November 9:00-10:00 ET
As of 2020, 3.8 billion people use the internet for about six hours and 43 minutes each day and 74 per cent say that are not aware that their activities and interests are being tracked. Seventy-eight per cent also say that they are uncomfortable […]
IFIP Names Anthony Wong New President-Elect
IFIP, the global apolitical organisation for Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences, has announced its new leadership team, electing Australia’s Anthony Wong as its new President and South African Moira de Roche as its Vice President.
Mr Wong will serve as IFIP President-elect for the next 12 months before taking over […]
IFIP#60 Future of Information Processing Event Series Continues
To celebrate IFIP’s 60th anniversary, we are putting together a series of 10 virtual panel events featuring members and associates of IFIP and showcasing the interesting and impressive work they do. Events in the series will consist of four or five panellists and a moderator presenting for an […]
Have you been following the extraordinary range of events being hosted by IFIP member societies to acknowledge IFIP’s 60th Anniversary? See below for upcoming events to be staged in the coming weeks.
Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges
29 September 14:00-18.30 AEST
This event will provide an open forum for experts, thought leaders and researchers to talk […]
IFIP IP3 has announced Don Gotternbarn as the latest recipient of the David O’Leary Award. The award acknowledges an individual or organisation that has promoted and demonstrated Professionalism (Professional Practice), has worked as an Ethics Evangelist, and/or has made strides in fostering diversity among ICT practitioners.
Don was Chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) […]
OCCE2021 DTEL – “Digital Transformation of Education and Learning – Past, Present and Future”
This IFIP TC3 conference had such an appropriate topic title – digital transformation was certainly fundamental to its success. Chaired by Dr Jaana Holvikivi and Prof Mikko Ruohonen, not only was it the first hybrid conference organised and run by IFIP TC3, […]
IFIP InterYIT (International Young ICT Professionals group) brought together professionals from around the globe this week for the World BLUMAR Youth IP Conclave, looking at Intellectual Property Rights and its Essential Management.
Part of the on-going celebration of IFIP’s 60th Anniversary, the event featured IP Strategist Rafael Pereira as keynote speaker along with a panel of […]
AI Governance will be the primary focus of IFIP’s newest Working Group (WG), which has been established within IFIP Technical Committee (TC) 12.
WG12.12 (AIGOV) will be chaired by IFIP Vice President, ex-CIO and technology lawyer, Anthony Wong, who has written and presented extensively on the issue of ethical and regulatory approaches to AI in his […]
