2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41023I review and compare various techniques to obtain the value of the QED coupling, alpha, at the Z pole. GigaZ precisions would require a much more accurate determination than available today. A combination of the virtues of current methods may help to achieve this goal.3 pages, Talk presented at the Workshop "The Future of High Energy Physics" (Snowmass 2001)High Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext