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Committee on Engineering, Science, and Technology Policy Charge

The charter of the ISA Committee on Engineering, Science, & Technology Policy is to advise the ISA Executive Board on, and to provide leadership to, Society activities directed toward any Society activities that would position ISA as an information resource and advocate for instrumentation, systems, and automation in government policy matters such as technology, certification, or regulatory policy. Further, the committee will actively seek cooperation with other organizations to build a strong, unified voice for instrumentation, systems, and automation. in society throughout the world. Specific responsibilities include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Promote understanding, at all levels of policy decision-making, of those issues that affect the well-being of the instrumentation, systems, and automation. research, development, engineering, and application communities world-wide;
• Promote and support Society activities aimed at developing government-industry-university interaction and joint projects of mutual interest and benefit;
• Advise the Executive Board and other Society groups on ways to expand the Society's role in public policy matters;
• Provide the Society leadership with current information on new initiatives and changes in both national and international governmental policies that might impact the Society's current and future activities;
• Consider relevant matters in all parts of the world, taking into account the level of ISA’s activities and membership in each area and the ability of the Society to play an influential role in that area; and
• Recommend, oversee, and execute as authorized by the Executive Board, specific actions the Society should take in the area of technology policy, including advocacy activities, technology transfer activities, and other topics that are within the Committee’s charter and that are within the limitations of ISA’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit United States corporate status, or the laws governing such organizations within other countries where ISA may conduct its activities. Click here to return to Public Policy Main Page