1. IEEE President-Elect Candidate Forum Region 6 September 22, 2004 IEEE Region 6 Evelyn H. Hirt, Director

2. Michael R. Lightner Candidate for 2005 IEEE President-Elect University of Colorado, Boulder ECE, CS, Rehabilitation Medicine Denver Section, Region 5 Local arrangements, 2005 Region 5 conference Societies: Circuits and Systems, Computer, Communication, Signal Processing, Engineering Medicine and Biology, and Education Editor, Conference Chair, Society President, Division Director, VP-Technical Activities, VP-Publications, ece.colorado.edu/~lightner/IEEE/

3. This is a Time of Change for IEEE l Major strategic studies on membership publications, conferences and societies l Expect changes this year and next l Board is listening and supporting change l Retiring ED allows revisioning IEEE staff leadership l This is not business as usual l We must take advantage of this openness to change

4. What are the Challenges l The value equation for IEEE is broken l The value and importance of volunteers is not adequately acknowledged l Challenges to our publishing activities l This is a $30M net to IEEE that is at risk l The pipeline for engineering and computer science is too small l The reputation of engineers and computer scientists

5. The Value Equation l Need more options for members at reasonable prices l Professional Education l Personal HomePages l Personalized Information Services l Goal - General member fees $40-$60 (?) (Spectrum, Institute, TBD,,,), l then buy services from menu l gain additional services and recognition based on volunteering

6. The Volunteers l Volunteers -our most valuable resource - est. at $750M/yr ! l IEEE needs volunteers. l Mechanisms for attracting volunteers l Reputation for excellence, community of peers l Chance for leadership and making a difference l 15% of members are volunteers. 50% of volunteers are not members. l Reviewers <50% IEEE members, authors ~50% IEEE members, conference committees - no requirement to be IEEE member l We need more creative thinking to attract and retain volunteers l Senior Member & Distinguished Member based on Service

7. Publication and Information Access l Products and Services - Future is providing solutions not papers, journals, etc. l Open access movement a challenge to our publications and membership l Our successful packaged products challenge membership l My proposed response l We should not have a library of publications, but rather an evolving and richly featured research tool. l Possible ‘iTunes’ model $1/paper download plain pdf l Combining solution packages with iTunes downloads gives us Open Access without charging authors and maintains our net revenue from publications.

8. Publications and Information Access l We must capture the tremendous educational activities of the IEEE l for professional education l as a member benefit l as product for non-members l Build on partnership models of Computer Society and LEOS, connecting with chapter and section activities and others l Building the reach of our Standards activities l Participating globally in the future of engineering education

9. Pipeline and Reputation l We must build a serious effort in pre- college education l Language in pre-college should have recognition and respect for engineering and computer science and not just a general science orientation l We have to be in primary schools as well as secondary schools

10. Pipeline and Reputation l Engineering and Computer Science must be viewed with respect and trust by the general public l Don’t just be known because of bugs, malware, major failures l Challenge the commodification of engineering l This is a long term effort that is necessary for the future of the profession

11. Summary l IEEE is the defining organization for our profession l As such it must embrace l Change l Opportunity l All elements of the profession l Members, non-members, industry, other organizations, customers and partners l We must set professional standards l Now is the time to look to the future, building on our inspiring past and current strengths l We need your ideas, questions, participation and leadership. Without you the IEEE would not exist l I would appreciate your vote and help in building the IEEE of the future

12. Thank you for your attention, leadership and invaluable contributions to the IEEE! ece.colorado.edu/~lightner/IEEE/

13. Closing Remarks l My goal, if elected, is to take the tremendous organization that the IEEE is, and together with volunteers, members and staff, l develop appropriate responses to current and future challenges l so that the IEEE remains the integrating thread of our professional lives for generations to come.

14. Closing remarks l To accomplish this goal I am proposing five initial actions: l 1. Reduce the current membership dues and introduce a menu of member service and benefit options. l 2. Introduce a new membership category of Distinguished Member for outstanding contributions to the IEEE. l 3. Increase the range of technical areas explicitly supported by the IEEE and IEEE societies. l 4. Develop an initiative process that allows Societies to access their reserves for innovative projects. l 5. Develop the research tool of choice for the technical professionals in our fields.

15. Closing Remarks l Other key concerns are: l the image and reputation of engineers and engineering; l the global pipeline of engineering students; l offering professional education tools, publications and vital professional networks to support the practicing engineer; l developing a suite of global members services at affordable prices; and l strengthening the organizational units of the IEEE. l I humbly request your vote for 2005 IEEE President-Elect and your support in achieving and increasingly vibrant and vital, IEEE.