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The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum that explores the social implications of technology. ISTAS’09 will be held concurrently with the IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), with joint sessions related to an overall conference theme of sustainability. ISTAS ‘09 will bring together participants interested in sharing their research, projects, and ideas about:

• Technological innovation as a strategy for sustainable development
• Ethical considerations in sustainable development
• Roles for expert and lay knowledge in sustainable development
• Perspectives from South, North, East, and West in a context of globalization
• Role of ‘community’ in sustainable development
• Professional education for sustainable development
• Systems thinking as a frame for inquiry on sustainable development
• Other sustainability-related topics

Papers on other traditional ISTAS topics are also welcome.

ISTAS ‘09 will be a multi-disciplinary event for engineers, scientists, planners, policy analysts, researchers in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and field practitioners and decision makers in the public and private sectors. Papers and discussions will address the social implications of specific technologies, forms of knowledge and practice, and professional education as related to sustainable development.

Submissions:
This year we are continuing last year’s experiment designed to improve the quality of the conference proceedings: we ask that you submit full papers or exploratory papers for peer review. We will accept and peer review traditional abstracts for presentation. However abstracts will not be included in the conference proceedings. Full papers: approximately 5000 words * Exploratory papers: 1000 to 2000 words * Abstracts: panels (600 words) or informal presentations (300 words)

Important dates:
Submission deadline:          December 31, 2008
Notification of acceptance: February 20, 2009
Final papers due:

April 20, 2009

Publication outcomes:

The ISTAS ‘09 proceedings (full and exploratory papers) will be published (in CD format and online in the IEEE Xplore electronic library). Selected authors will be invited to submit manuscripts for consideration by the editors of a special issue of IEEE SSIT’s award winning, peer-reviewed Technology and Society Magazine.

Location and travel info: ISTAS ‘09 will be held at the Tempe Missions Palms Hotel near Arizona State University in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
Organizing Committee Chair: Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University
Program Committee
Clinton Andrews, Rutgers University (chair)
Maria Manta Conroy, Ohio State University
Nancey Green Leigh, Georgia Institute of Technology
David Hassenzahl, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
Susan O’Donnell, Canadian National Research Council
Laura Solitare, Texas Southern University
Emily Talen, Arizona State University
Ashwani Vasishth, California State University Northridge