Professor Simon Rogerson BSc FBCS FIMIS MCMI FRSA

Simon Rogerson is Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, UK. He is Europes first Professor in Computer Ethics and was named one of the world's top five experts in the field at the World Technology Awards 2003. He holds the 2000 IFIP Namur Award for outstanding contribution to the creation of awareness of the social implications of information technology. He was awarded a Visiting Research Professorship in 2005 to the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University/ANU, Canberra. In 2005 he became the first non-American to be given the prestigious SICAS Making a Difference Award by the ACM.

Following a successful industrial career where he held managerial posts in the computer field, he now combines research, lecturing and consultancy in the management, organisational and ethical aspects of ICT. His current research focuses on technological assessment, ethical systems development and qualitative stakeholder analysis. He is editor and member of the editorial boards of several academic journals. He conceived and co-directs the ETHICOMP conference series and created the worlds leading Web portal on computer ethics.

Simon has advised the European Commission and the Russian Government on the implications of the information society. He was a leading member on the Measures of Success project for the e-Envoy and the Implementation of Electronic Voting project for the UK Government. He led the development of the Code of Good Practice for the British Computer Society and the Ethics Curriculum Map for the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Parliamentary IT Committee, Vice President and Council Member of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems, and an elected board member of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology.