Search

The author describes his growing involvement in Communications Society activities that had significant impact on his career. He describes his experience in presenting a paper at the 1982 IEEE International Conference on Communications in Philadelphia on the topic of how the Bell System would maintain its digital telecommunications network, which was then in its infancy. The Communications Society Board of Governors' recognition of the growing opportunities and challenges of conferences when it restructured the Board, with the new structure starting in 2008 is discussed.

This article presents a message on Social Implications of Technology from the president of the journal of "IEEE Technology and Society Magazine." The author is of the views that their progress has not been confined to logistics alone. alone. Within the past year, through the hard work of Board of Governors member Michael Loui, they have expanded their opportunities to meet by hosting their first regional Symposium on Technology and Society, at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Within the Institute, he is happy to report the development of a very positive rapport with their fellow societies.