Irish Computer Society
| Founded | 1967 |
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| Type | Professional body |
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Area served | Ireland |
| Website | http://www.ics.ie |
Irish Computer Society was founded in 1967 as the professional representing information and communication technology professionals in Ireland.
Its objective is to promote professional information and computer skills. The ICS is a member of the
The Irish Computer Society host seminars, workshops and conferences on current topics of interest and also conduct surveys of trends in the industry. National events include the National Data Protection Conference, the Public Sector IT Conference, the Leaders Conference, and in 2014 they ran the first Tech Week Ireland with 42,000 people taking part all over Ireland.
The ICS run a variety of courses aimed at those in the IT Industry.
The ICS has also made representations and submissions to government committees and forums (for example of e-voting[5]), where ICT knowledge is beneficial and on areas of concern for ICT professionals.
The ICS is a nomination body for the Industrial and Commercial Panel for
Membership
The ICS has different grades of membership dependent on the qualifications.
- Student
- Affiliate
- Associate
- Member
- Fellow
References
- ^ CEPIS Member Societies
- ^ Irish Computer Society Awarding Bodies, Postgrad.ie.
- ^ Certificate in Business Analysis National College of Ireland.
- ^ MSc in Software Solutions Architecture ICT Skillnet.
- ^ Submission of the Irish Computer Society to the Independent Commission on Electronic Voting and Counting at Elections on the secrecy and accuracy of the Nedap/Powervote electronic voting system and the testing thereof. by Fintan Swanton. Irish Computer Society, 25th of March, 2004
- ^ F1 in Schools Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine from ICS Skills
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