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REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL MEMBERS 31

REPORT OF THE DANISH FEANI NATIONAL
COMMITTEE

English name: The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA
Year of Adhesion: 1960
Declared engineers: 83 000
Number of EUR INGs: 354
Member associations: The Ministry of Education has an Advisory Committee covering
all polytechnic and non-university education where IDA is represented and offers
advice on short cycle engineering degrees.
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33, - DK-1780 København V
Tel: + 45 33 18 48 48 - Fax: + 45 33 18 48 88
ida@ida.dk
www.ida.dk

Technology Pact
In May 2018, the Danish government launched a Technology
Pact and invited the President of the Danish Society of
Engineers (IDA) to join the board. The Technology Pact aims
at attracting more young people to study and work within
STEM. IDA has been very active in addressing the need of
this initiative, since Denmark expects a lack of some 10.000
STEM candidates in 2025.

The major activities of IDA in 2019 centered around the
© Mikael Schlosser
following professional areas:
The Voice of Technology – Realizing the Potential of IDA has been chairing the Commission which delivered its
in New Technology and Integrate the Ethics related report as well as a report on Artificial Intelligence
IDA has continued the dialogue with the Danish Government to the Danish Disruption Council established by the Danish
and the Danish industry about responsible algorithms. Government.
A conference at the Danish Parliament with the Danish
Research Committee of politicians and other stakeholders As a member of the Governments Expert Group for Data
focussed on technical research and the use of Artificial Ethics, IDA has been furthermore involved in councelling
Intelligence. the Danish authorities about the use of data and especially
personal data growing rapidly both among Governmental
Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics Institutions and in private companies and organizations.
IDA has been deeply involved in the Danish “Siri Commission”
dealing with Artificial Intelligence and Ethics. The President