The conference was attended by around 100 delegates from 17 countries. There were 80 papers presented at the conference.
Systems based on computing technology are powerful change agents in everyday society.
We need to consider not only the technological and economic issues but also the ethical and social issues when developing and implementing such systems. The conference focussed on the ethical and social impacts of these systems on society, organisations and individuals. In his keynote address, Don Gotterbarn drew these perspectives together. Software has been developed which, although meeting stated requirements, has significant negative social and ethical impacts. The Aegis radar system, for example, met all requirements that the developer and the customer had set for it.