Technology and Society IEEE MAGAZINE A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SOCIETY ON SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 32 | NUMBER 3 | FALL 2013 | http://ieeessit.org/technology_and_society/ DEPARTMENTS 4 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE The Beauty of In-Person Meetings Laura Jacob 5 EDITORIAL Putting Technology into Perspective in Asia Katina Michael 7 ISTAS'14/ETHICS 2014 2014 CONFERENCE ON NORBERT WEINER IN THE 21ST CENTURY 8 POLICY PERSPECTIVES Empowering Sustainable Consumption Clinton J. Andrews 10 BOOK REVIEW Networks, Crowds, and Markets 11 COMMENTARY A Decision Support System to Assist the Rural Poor in Bangladesh Michael Gurstein 21 LEADING EDGE Critical Success Factors of Convergency Technology Commercialization: Near Field Communication* Sungbum Kim, Taeyong Yang, and Dongwook Kimhttp://www.ieeessit.org/technology_and_society/