Panel: IT in Practice: Status and Challenges

Information technology has irrevocably transformed businesses, education, healthcare, banking, government, and many other key sectors. It is impacting nearly every aspect of human activities in practically all fields redefining the way we live, communicate, socialize, collaborate, and transact. It also continues to leap ahead offering new capabilities and extending its utility. Adoption of IT in practice, however, presents several technical, organisational and societal challenges. This panel will present a snapshot status of IT in practice in the developed and emerging world, outline IT prospects and discuss challenges that IT sector, businesses and government must address to realize the fuller  potential of IT. It will also provide directions for further research and development.