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About ICST

Vision:

The Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST) is a professional society that sponsors research, innovation and technology transfer to harness and maximize the benefits and impact of ICT in all sectors of human society. ICST views the advancement of ICT as the axis of the next technological and societal revolution and it aims to create a global, grass-roots organisation of research communities in diverse technical and geographical areas representing the academic, research, regulatory and business sectors.

Mission:

ICST embraces web technologies to promote democracy, transparency and quality in science and innovation and to conduct activities that empower its members to succeed through direct participation as well as providing opportunities for objective recognition. With its universal outreach, ICST provides an effective and innovative platform for the ICT community where strategic partnerships are formed, research collaborations are enabled and business opportunities are created. By bringing together all members of the knowledge triangle, ICST is in a unique position to shape the global innovation paradigm.

Activities:

A wide array of technical and scientific activities falls under the ICST umbrella:

Over 70 annual scientific events worldwide – summits, conferences, workshops, symposia;
An extensive publication portfolio – journals, books, proceedings and magazines;
On-line tools and portals – social networking, multimedia sharing, collaboration;
Digital libraries – articles, audio-video recordings;
Recognition mechanisms – awards, lecture and seminar series;
Technical and functional organizational units.

EAI Participation:

As a member of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI), ICST provides the society tools and framework to support EAIs community to achieve its mission to foster innovation in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector at all levels of the innovation cycle. To read more about the European Alliance for Innovation and EAI society updates, or to join as member, please visit the European Alliance for Innovation website.