IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022

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Title IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022
Description ISTAS is the flag ship conference of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) whose constitution is "The impact of technology (as embodied by the fields of interest of IEEE) on society, including both positive and negative effects, the impact of society on the engineering profession, the history of the societal aspects of electro technology, and professional social and economic responsibility in the practice of engineering and its related technology."
Start Date November 10, 2022
End Date November 12, 2022
Location Online
Website Website
Virtual Access Yes
Keynotes

Prof. Kelvin Tsoi, Digital Epidemiologist, School of Public Health and Primary Care and Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Kelvin Tsoi is a Digital Epidemiologist, currently serving in both School of Public Health and Primary Care and Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre under The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on digital innovation in chronic disease management, including mobile and telecare application for hypertension management, technological implementation and social engagement for cognitive screening, artificial intelligent application on electronic health records. He also works as the traditional epidemiologist on evidence-based medicine and population cohort studies.

Prof. Tsoi is the President of The International Society for Digital Health (ISDH) since 2019. It aims to encourage interdisciplinary research with innovative technology between medicine and engineering. The Society has organized annual symposium in connecting experts from different sectors in the world and to promote digital health. His project entitled “Dementia Screening in 3 Seconds with 1 Simple Drawing” has recently won a Bronze Medal at the 2021 Special Edition of the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions.