1. Sustainable Technologies for the Developing World

• Challenges in adopting environmentally sustainable technologies

• Frugal Engineering and other sustainable solutions

• Society, Smart Cities and Smart Villages.

• The Internet as an Enabler for Social, Cultural and Economic Development

• Working towards UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2. Data, Code, Ownership, Security, Privacy and Human Rights

• Data and Human Rights, Surveillance, Anonymity, Privacy, Security and Confidentiality

• Internet and Child safety

• Free and Open Source Software, Open Data, Content Licenses, TOR & Anonymity

• IoT, IoE, Collaboratively Generated Content, and the Cloud

3. Ethics and Professional Responsibility

• Ethics in Education and Research

• Citizen Identification mechanisms & Human Rights

• Drones, Cyber-warfare, Cyber terrorism and weaponization

• Ethics in Services Sector and Industry

• Ethics in the context of pervasive technologies such as IoT and Genomic/Genetic Technologies

• Engineers, Students and Professional Responsibility in Times of Pervasive Technology

4. Advancing Humanity through Technology (IEEE SIGHT Track)

• Appropriate technologies for the developing world.

• Environment-friendly Energy Solutions

• Drinking water and Water Purification Systems

• Digital inclusion for the differently-abled

• Technology to augment core sectors

• Disasters and Disaster Risk Reduction

• Mitigating impact of Climate change

• Enhancement of Quality of Life for Developing Countries