Speakers

IEEE ISTAS 2019 Program incorporates a rich mix of presenters through plenary sessions, and paper, panel and workshop sessions. Click here to download the Program.

Keynote and Plenary Speakers confirmed to date include

Welcome Address

Prof. Karen Panetta, School of Engineering, Tufts University
Gil Cooke, Chair, IEEE Boston Section
Robert Dent, IEEE SSIT President

Keynote Addresses

Tom Coughlin, President IEEE-USA
Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti, Director, IEEE Region 1

Plenary 1: Sustainable Development – Addressing Societal Challenges

Dr. Özge Karadag Caman, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Dr. Amy Pickering, Tiampo Family Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University
Prof. Paul M Cunningham, IST-Africa Institute / Past President, IEEE SSIT

Plenary 2: Creating Ethically Informed Standards

Dr. Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech, Chair, IEEE SSSIT Standards Committee

Plenary 3: Impact of Division VI Societies

John Allen, President, IEEE Product/Safety Engineering Society
Prof. Paul M Cunningham, Past President, SSIT / Director- Elect Division VI (Moderator)
Robert Dent, President, IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
Dr Jeff Voas, Past President, IEEE Reliability Society
Dr. Russ Meier, President, IEEE Education Society
Prof. Necia Werner, President, IEEE Professional Communication Society
Xinghuo Yu, President, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Dr Michael Condry, President, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

Plenary 4: Brave New Brain-Tech: IEEE Neuroethics Program Development of Guidelines for Use of Neurotechnologies in Practice

Dr. James Giordano, Georgetown University, USA
Dr. Laura Specker-Sullivan, College of Charleston, USA
Dr Francis X. Shen, Executive Director of the Harvard MGH Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior, USA
Prof. William (Jamie) Tyler, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
Mark A. Vasquez, IEEE TechEthics (Moderator)