IFIPnews-manager

About IFIP News

IFIP is the leading global professional association for people working in Information and Communications Technologies and Sciences. Established by UNESCO in 1960 and recognised by the United Nations, IFIP represents ICT professional associations from 56 countries and regions with a total membership of over half a million. It also brings together more than 3,500 scientists from industry and academia, organising them into over 100 Working Groups and 13 Technical Committees which conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing. Based in Austria, IFIP sponsors over 100 conferences each year, fostering the distribution of research and knowledge to academics and industry practitioners alike.
23January, 2025

Nominate Now for IFIP Awards 2025

By |January 23rd, 2025|1, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

Do you know an IFIP colleague who deserves greater recognition? If so, consider nominating them for an IFIP Award. 

There are currently three awards open for nomination: 

Silver Core 2025 
Service Award 2025 
IFIP Fellow 2025 

The deadline to submit for the Silver Core 2025 and Service Award 2025 is 15 July 2025. 

The deadline to submit for IFIP […]

23January, 2025

BAS Elects New Leadership

By |January 23rd, 2025|2, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has new leadership after elections in December and January.

Evelina Slavcheva was elected President of BAS by the organisation’s IX General Assembly on 2nd December 2024. Follow up elections on 20th January 2025 resulted in DSc Evdokia Pasheva, Professor DSc Emmanuel Moutafov and Professor DSc Shtelian Shterionov all being elevated […]

23January, 2025

CLEI Announces New Executive Committee

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Latin American Centre for Informatics Studies (CLEI) has announced its new leadership team for 2025-2026 after recent elections.

Taking over as President is Dr Luca Cernuzzi. A Professor at the Catholic University “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” (Paraguay) since 1991, he holds a Doctorate in Computer Science and a PhD in Engineering. He specialises in […]

23January, 2025

ACM Names 2024 Fellows for Outstanding Contributions

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 55 Fellows for transformative contributions to computing science and technology. All the 2024 inductees are longstanding ACM Members whose accomplishments were selected by their peers for making possible the computing technologies we use every day.

In keeping with ACM’s global reach, the 2024 Fellows represent universities, corporations, and […]

23January, 2025

Working Group Elections

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Two IFIP Working Groups have announced election results this month. We welcome input from other TCs and WGs who have changes to announce.

WG 10.4 Re-Elects Marco Vieira as Chair

Marco Vieira has been re-elected Chair of IFIP Working Group 10.4 (Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance) for the 2025-2027 term. This is his second consecutive term as […]

23January, 2025

IFIP Presents at UNIDO AIM Global Forum 2024

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

On 10 December 2024, IFIP President Anthony Wong, IFIP TC3 Chair Don Passey and the IFIP General Secretary Anatolii Marushchak organised and participated in the online panel discussion AI Governance: from Education to Regulations. It was a side event of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) the Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence for Industry […]

23January, 2025

Zimbabwe ICT Excellence Awards

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Minister of ICT Postal and Courier Services, Dr Tatenda Mavetera, hosted the Zimbabwe ICT Excellence Awards on 28th November 2024. The event was graced by the guest of honour, Hon. Kazembe Kazembe, Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT Postal and Courier Services, Dr Beaullah Chirume, […]

23January, 2025

IFIP Task Force on Sustaining Digital Education Publishes Case Study

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

In 2022, the IFIP President established an IFIP Task Force to explore how nations were sustaining relevant digital inclusive education for 5-18-year-old young people. Members of the IFIP Task Force undertook extensive consultation resulting in a report that identified how nations were focally concerned with five key success factors: aspiration; diversity, inclusion, the digital divide […]

23January, 2025

Submit Now for WSIS Prizes

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The deadline to submit for the WSIS Prizes 2025 is approaching fast. 

IFIP member societies and groups are invited to contribute to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Process by submitting ICT projects that are worth promoting through the various WSIS Platforms. 

The WSIS Prizes contest was developed in response to requests from WSIS stakeholders […]

23January, 2025

Promoting Events Via Social Media

By |January 23rd, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

IFIP is excited to propose a new process for how members can collaboratively use IFIP’s social media platforms to promote your events more effectively. This initiative aims to increase visibility for your events while maintaining a consistent and professional presence across our platforms.

Proposed Process for Social Media Posts

To ensure your event is promoted effectively, here’s […]