2010 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS ’10)

THEME: “Social Implications of Emerging Technologies”

June 7-9, 2010

Wollongong,* New South Wales, Australia

ISTAS’10 will be held at the University of Wollongong

The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT).

ISTAS`10 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia, will bring together participants sharing research, projects, and ideas about:

Automatic Identification
Automatic identification technologies including biometrics (DNA), RFID
Surveillance, dataveillance, sousveillance, anti-surveillance, uberveillance
National security, emergency response, border control, e-tollways, e-passports

Location-Based Services
Geographic information systems, digital mapping, geotagging, street view, CCTV
Location-based services, global positioning systems (GPS), tracking, monitoring

Social Networking
Social networking applications, blogs, glogs, cyberstalking, collaboration
Data collection, data merging, data matching, data mining, disclosure
Mobile comms, wearable computing, ubiquity, context-aware applications

Nanotechnology
Microchip implants, biomedical solutions, diagnostics, drug delivery
Nanotechnology, bionics, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, robots, cyborgs

Privacy, Security & Human Rights
Cyberethics, privacy, data protection, trust, control, consent, transborder flows
Security, law enforcement, covert/overt policing, laws, regulations, public policy
Social implications, registers, human rights, intellectual property, social equity

Additional papers on other traditional fields of interest to SSIT also are welcome.


ISTAS ‘10 will be a multi-disciplinary event for engineers, scientists, researchers in the social sciences, arts/law and humanities, and decision makers in the public and private sectors.


Important Dates
Abstract submission (200 words) October 2, 2009
Full/Short paper submission (5000/2000 words): November 13, 2009
Author notification: February 26, 2010
Final camera-ready copy: March 26, 2010

All submissions to Katina Michael at: katina@uow.edu.au.
For more information visit: www.ieeessit.org or www.uow.edu.au.

Sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology

Organizing Committee and Program Committee Chairs: Dr. Holly Tootell and Dr. Katina Michael, School of Information Systems and Technology, Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong.

* Wollongong is less than an hour away from Sydney by car/train/bus.