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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 25th anniversary of the Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE), sponsored by IFIP Working Group 5.5, was celebrated with a landmark event in Albi, France from 28-30 October last year. The theme of “Navigating Unpredictability: Collaborative Networks in Non-linear Worlds” captured the spirit of innovation and adaptability that has defined PRO-VE over the past […]
The 2024 winner of the IFIP IP3 David O’Leary Award, Dr Man Fung Lo, recently attended the 2025 7th Asia Pacific Information Technology Conference (APIT), which was held from 10–12 January at The Education University of Hong Kong. First held in 2019, APIT aims to bring together academic scholars and industrial professionals to share knowledge […]
ACM ByteCast: Jennifer Chayes
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts ACM Fellow and ACM Distinguished Service Award recipient Jennifer Chayes, Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she co-founded the Theory Group at Microsoft Research Redmond and later founded and led three interdisciplinary labs: […]
Geoffrey E. Hinton: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024, “Godfather of AI”
The IFIP IP3 Global Industry Council (GIC) serves as the principal forum for employers and educators to engage with IP3 and shape the global ICT profession. Each month, they feature relevant and insightful ideas in IFIP Insights. This month, GIC Chairman Stephen Ibaraki shares […]