The following is a message from the new CRA-I Industry Committee. 

The CRA-Industry Committee is hosting a series of virtual roundtable meetings focused on issues of interest to our computing research industry partners. The first roundtable, “Corporate Responsibility and Computing Research” will be held on July 14, 2021 from 4:00-5:30 PM ET. In order to attend this event, please register here. Please forward this to your appropriate colleagues and encourage them to attend!

CRA-Industry Virtual Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility and Computing Research
July 14, 2021
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time

Today, more companies are deliberately extending their social responsibility initiatives at the behest of investors, customers, and employees. How should industry be viewing and factoring societal equity into its research agendas? This roundtable will explore the concept, principles, and best practices of socially responsible computing research. Ideally, participants will gain a sense of considerations that might apply to their strategic research planning by developing a broad framework for the concept of research equity that goes beyond recent examples in machine learning.

About the CRA-Industry Committee
CRA-Industry, a standing committee of the Computing Research Association (CRA), was created in the Fall of 2020 with the goal of reaching out to industry partners involved in computing research and giving them new opportunities to convene and connect on topics of mutual interest.  The committee also facilitates the interaction between industry partners and other organizations deeply involved in computing research, including academic institutions and government agencies.

You can learn more about CRA-Industry by visiting our web page and/or signing up for our mailing list.