Promoting Ethical IT in Human Services: husITa.14 Conference

1. husITa 14 研討會分享 Eddy Lo & Shirley Keung 31 October 2014

2. What’s husITa (1) • An acronym of human services Information Technology applications • An international virtual association – and a registered US 501(c) non-profit organisation – dedicated to promoting the ethical and effective use of IT to better serve humanity • Members are human service professionals, managers and academics.  husITa’s focus and expertise is situated at the intersection of three core domains: • information technology, human services, and social development

3. What’s husITa (2) • Goals • Facilitate international cooperation in human service technology. • Collect and disseminate information on human service technology, including tackling the problems of language translation. • Provide technical assistance in human service technology and encourage the involvement of countries with a less developed human service IT infrastructure. • Stimulate international discussion on key human service technology issues and encourage position papers in areas such as security/privacy/confidentiality, curriculum content and teaching methods, and ethical issues in systems/software development and use. • Encourage publications about human service information technology. • Encourage international research efforts. • Encourage standards for making human service technology culturally independent. http://www.husita.org/about-us/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUSITA

4. husITa 14 • Was hosted by the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in Melbourne, Australia from 9th to 12th July 2014 • Main programme from 11th to 12th July 2014 • husITawas responsible for organising presentations at the Joint World Conference on the sub-theme: • Ensuring the sustainable and ethical use of technology in the human services • The keynote speaker was Doug Jaquier, VP Asia-Pacific, of TechSoup • ePoster presentations • The 2013 JTHS best article award

7. husITa 14 • Programme Content • Practical Issues • Education • Information Systems • Conference Keynote • Child, Youth & Family http://www.husita.org/husita14-programme/

8. husITa 14 – Programme (1) • Day 1 (11th July 2014) • Practical Issues

9. husITa 14 – Programme (2) • Day 1 (11th July 2014) • Education

10. husITa 14 – Programme (3) • Day 2 (12th July 2014) • Information Systems

11. husITa 14 – Programme (4) • Day 2 (12th July 2014) • Conference Keynote • Ensuring the ethical and sustainable use of technology in human services by Doug Jacquier (ICE-President, Asia-Pacific at Techsoup Global) • Child, Youth & Family

12. husITa 14 – Programme (5) • Day 2 (12th July 2014) • Practical Issues

13. husITa 14 – Reflection (1) • Trend • Online platform • Cloud • Social Media • Mobile Platform • Tele-programme • Concerns • Security • Confidentiality

14. husITa 14 – Reflection (2) • “誠宜開張聖聽，以光先帝遺德，恢弘志士之氣，不宜妄自菲薄，引喻失義，以塞忠諫之路也。” • Local Experience • NGO Day • 青協上網「見社工」：https://utouch.hk/ • 香港失明人協進會「芝麻開路」：http://bit.ly/1pGQijJ • 協康會「寫前遊學園」：http://bit.ly/1Bwc9iW • 基督教香港信義會「毒癮無可忍」：http://bit.ly/1uQiqnY

15. husITa 14: Reflection (3)

16. Thank you!!