IEEE Standards Association Raising the standard

Konstantinos KarachaliosIEEE-SA Managing DirectorMember of IEEE Management Council

420,000Members

1,800 Annual Conferences

160 Countries 46 Technical Societies and Councils

190Top-cited Periodicals

4,000,000Technical Documents

1,275 Active Standards

Continuing Education & Certification

Global Humanitarian Efforts

Global Reach

Technical Breath

Social Impact

Global Public Policy Ethics in Technology

117,000 Student Members

IEEEThe World’s Largest Professional Association

Global democracy of technical experts, with a formidable reputation of technical excellence in vast areas of technology and science, setting the stage for generations of scientists and technologists to

advance technology for humanity

IEEE Standards Association

• Consensus-building organization within IEEE that develops and advances global technologies - through facilitation of standards development and collaboration.

• Promotes innovation, enables creation and expansion of international markets; helps protect health, public safety.

• Drives functionality, capabilities and interoperability of a wide range of products and services that transform the way people live, work and communicate.

• Positioned for a new era of standardization• Meeting new industry and participant needs and embracing diverse

communities

• Going beyond functional design—addressing SDO’s and standards’ role in advancing technology for humanity

Standardization Innovation @ the IEEE-SA

• The IEEE Standards Association is a globally recognized platform for standardization and a home for Industry Consensus and Collaboration

• The IEEE-SA offers opportunities to leaders, drivers and influencers to:• Incubate ecosystem ideas and concepts• Develop global standards• Create market-relevant certification programs• Support market-driven innovation and mission-based projects focused on

fostering technological innovation and excellence• Develop open source initiatives as a broader public good• Create open source projects that complement standardization projects;

or are the standardization project• 14 pilot projects

• Provide training and education to support improved understanding and usage of collaborative processes and their rules, and their outcomes and outputs

Standardization Innovation @ the IEEE-SA

Fresh perspective and new initiatives on Technology Frontiers• Sustainable and clean electrical energy (decarbonizing the grid)• IoT and infrastructure• Telecommunications and connectivity• Heatlhcare and data governance• Mobility and transportation• Life sciences and technology

Beyond Functional Design @ the IEEE-SA

Digital Identity & Inclusion Through Trust & Agency Building collaborations with a global community of technologists, policy makers, advocacy groups, and industry experts to address critical factors impacting the digital citizen

• Develop solutions for a trust framework that enables personal agency through:• providing all digital citizens the ability to protect their digital persona, • the right to be forgotten, • Protection of the most vulnerable, • restoring dignity to the digital transaction amongst individuals and entities

• Identify and work towards affordable and meaningful accessible solutions for the “unconnected” around the world

• Maintain human agency and dignity, including what information we make available about ourselves

• Facilitate digital identity as a right for all, with particular focus on underserved populations and vulnerable individuals such as children

• Allow producers of digital products and services to create sustainable business modelsthat incorporate both policy guidelines and the end-user perspective

• Address issues of digital inclusion (affordability/accessibility)

Beyond Functional Design @ the IEEE-SAEthically Aligned Design in Autonomous and Intelligent SystemsWithin IEEE, consensus building around questions of social and ethical implications of science and technology, to align with IEEE’s larger mission to advance technology to benefit humanity

• 14 ground-breaking global standards projects• Explicitly focused on societal and ethical issues associated with certain fields of technology• Standards that can complement or provide an alternative to technical regulation and support policy

• Ethics Certification Program for A/IS--defining a process and series of marks by which organizations can seek certifications for the processes around A/IS products, systems and services

• Enabling a competitive edge and corporate responsibility for industry in countries by use of Certification and Marks focused on transparency, accountability and addressing algorithmic bias in A/IS

• Children’s Digital Rights Program• Developing a universal standards program for children in the digital age to help protect children’s digital rights

• Open Community for Ethics in A/IS (OCEANIS)• Founding member of open community of Standards Bodies, industry organizations and others engaged from around

the globe to address the role and impact of standardization in the A/IS ecosystem.

Ethically Aligned Design, First Edition• Developed under the auspices of the

IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

• The IEEE Global Initiative was launched in 2016 and has grown to a community of near 3000 participants from the private sector, government, academia and civil society

• Sets forth scientific analysis and resources, high-level principles and actionable recommendations

• Informs the broader public and inspires its global audience of academics, engineers, policymakers, developers and users of A/IS to take action

• A comprehensive body of work grounded in a global, open, iterative and collaborative process

• Providing credibility and integrity to the body of work; many/diverse voices heard

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Beyond Functional Design @ the IEEE-SA

Ethically Aligned Design, First Edition

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Conceptual Framework—From Principles to Practice

Thank You

Konstantinos Karachaliosconstantin@ieee.orgstandards.ieee.org