1. Future Directions Committee Region 9 Meeting
Roberto de Marca
Chair, IEEE Future Directions Comm.
2012 IEEE President Elect Candidate

2. IEEE Future directions Committee Scope
The mission of the IEEE Future Directions Committee is to anticipate and determine the direction of existing, new and emerging technologies, and related issues, and to spearhead their investigation and development by IEEE. The emphasis is on new, emerging technical areas either not adequately covered by existing IEEE Societies/Councils (S/C), or which overlap the fields of interest of the existing S/C's.
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3. FDC 2012 Roster Voting Members Staff J Roberto Boisson de Marca
Chair, 2008 TA Vice-President, Pont. Catholic Univ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ning Xi
Past Pres IEEE Nanotechnology Council, Dept Elect & Comp Engrg, Michigan State Univ
Thomas M Coughlin
VP of Operations and Planning, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
William T Hayes
Vice Pres/Past Pres IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
James D Isaak
Retired (Industry) Past President, IEEE Computer Society
Alan C Rotz
Past Pres IEEE Power & Energy Society, Retired from PPL Electric Utilities
Peter W Staecker
AMP-M/A-COM, retired, IEEE President-Elect
Heinrich J Stuttgen
Vice Pres of Research, NEC Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
Elie K Track
Pres IEEE Council on Superconductivity, Sr Partner Hypres, Inc
Staff
William R Tonti
Director, Future Directions
Bichlien Hoang
Senior Program Director, Future Directions
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4. Industry Advisory Committee (appointed)
Heinrich Stuttgen, NEC Europe
Yrjö Neuvo, Former Nokia CTO, Finland
Hugh Bradlow, CTO, Telstra, Australia
Jeff Voas, NIST, USA
Paul Farrar, Vice President, IBM, USA
Hideo Kuwahara, Pres. IEEE Photonics Society, Fujitsu, Japan
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5. FDC Emerging Activities
Working Groups for 2012 (so far)
Smart Grid (Chair: Wanda Reder)
Transportation Electrification (Chair: Russ Lefevre)
Cloud Computing (Chair: Steve Diamond)
Green ICT (Chair: Jaafar Elmirghani, Univ. of Leeds)
The first three groups have already received NIC funding
Life Sciences (separate initiative, supported by FD staff)
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6. FDC Emerging Activities (2)
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FDC Emerging Activities (2)
Other Potential Topics:
Enhancing the Performance of multicore computer systems (High Performance Computing)
Disaster Mitigation and Relief
Information Society (human centric)
Internet of Things (IoT)

7. Gaining brand recognition 7
IEEE Smart Grid
A cross-disciplinary initiative for all IEEE Smart Grid-related activities
Gaining brand recognition
Connects technical and business communities to IEEE experts and resources - globally
Drives additional revenues and membership
Promotes collaboration
Education
Publications &
Transactions
Conferences
Standards
Technical
Experts

8. IEEE Smart Grid Ecosystem8
IEEE Smart Grid Ecosystem
Provides sharp focus and comprehensive coverage
Significantly larger than the sum of its parts
Smart Grid Product/Service Ecosystem
Web Portal
Content
Update
E-Commerce
Engine
“Opt-In”
Group
Search Engine
Optimization
Newsletter
Editorial
Support
Staff Support
Article
Pipeline
Smart Grid
World Forum
2010 –
Brussels
2011 –
China
2012 –
Switzerland
Marketing
Brand
Logo
Collateral
Brochures
Inserts
Conference
Support
Competitive
Positioning
Communications,
Public Relations
Press Releases
Interviews
Placed By-lines
Supported
Media Events
Social Media
IEEE Smart
Grid LinkedIn
Group
IEEE SG
Twitter site
YouTube
Wikipedia
Direct
NIC
Funding
Publications
Transactions
on Smart Grid
On Sustainable
Energy
Journal of
Photovoltaics
Articles
8,500+ in
Xplore
SG- Specific
Conferences
ISGT
SmartGrid
Comm
Smart
Measurements
for Future
Grids
Conferences with
Smart Grid
Content
IEEE PES T&D
IEEE Power Line
Communications
Applied
Measurements
for Power
Systems
Standards
IEEE 2030
IEEE
IEEE 1701, 1702
IEEE 1901
90+ additional
SG-related
Continuing
Education
Smart grid for
MGA Metro Area
Workshops
Smart grid boot
camp
Related

9. Cloud Computing – 2012 Plan Cu-65LP / 65nm Highlights Challenges
Milestone
Complete
Last
Status
Lead
Comments
Expand volunteer/staff team
02/10/12 NA
1/30
Grise
Diamond to send invite to all Society and Council Presidents and Division Directors
Finalize overall Marketing, Branding, Communications plan
03/01/12
Creation of official logo, branding, press release
CCI Testbed Administrative Structure
05/01/12
Grise/
Nielsen
Formalize CCI Testbed Administrative Structure with participation Ts&Cs document.
Web Portal Launch
06/01/12
Deploy dedicated web portal by 04/01 with full launch 06/01
AP Cloud Conference
09/01/12
Co-sponsor with IBM India, others
Transactions on Cloud Computing
12/01/12
Phase 1 review at TAB Meeting 02/16, Phase 2 due June, coordinate across societies & OUs
Cloud Testbed Creation
Beta functional
Educational online modules
02/01/13
Creation of continuing, professional education modules through eLearning
Standards development of P2301 & P2302
12/31/13
Working meetings ongoing
Highlights
Board of Directors approved NIC’s recommendation of $500K
Proceeding with project across multiple tracks: Conferences, Education, Pubs, Standards, Testbed
Challenges
Re-assessing overall project plans against approved funding - $1.8M needed in year 1
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10. FDC Conferences Smart Grid World Forum
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FDC Conferences
IEEE Custom Industry Seminars (“2” in 2011 Completed)
Motion approved in TAB for a proof of concept trial.
Smart Grid World Forum
2010 (Brussels), 2011 (Beijing)
2012 , December 5-7 (Geneva)
Technology Time Machine (TTM): a Symposium on technologies beyond 2020.
TTM 2011 Hong Kong
TTM 2012 Dresden, Germany (23-25 May, 2012)
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11. Custom Industry Seminars
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Custom Industry Seminars
Format
One-day IEEE conference at client location with 6 topics
In-person attendance and webcast
Process
Client selects initial list of topics
Iterative discussion (client and IEEE) to agree on final list
IEEE identifies speakers (who must be IEEE members) for topics selected
IEEE sends abstracts and speakers’ bios to client for approval
Client and IEEE finalize agenda
Long (4-6 month) process with a few surprises along the way
Customer handles local arrangements, IEEE handles speakers’ logistics
Net surplus returned to s/c’s as a function of their respective society memberships.
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12. NTC Aug 9, 2011 @ Boeing Seal Beach, CA
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NTC Aug 9, Boeing Seal Beach, CA
L to R –P. Sobel (IEEE), P.Staecker (IEEE), A. Ribeiro (S), F. Ghorrami (S), S. Rengarajan (S), H. Hihara(S)
K. Gifford (S), S. Keene (S), Tom Russell (Boeing), B. Hoang (IEEE)

13. SGWF 2011 - Outstanding Event!
400 Attendees
Invited Speakers Only
Targeted to Executives
Program jointly developed by IEEE and SGCC
Two Plenary and Six Technical Sessions:
Smart Transmission including UHV
Smart Dispatching and Generation
EV Charging/Discharging and Swapping
Smart Distribution and DG Generation
Demand Side Management
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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14. SGWF 2011 China

15. The IEEE Technology Time Machine: (IEEE TTM) June 1-3 Hong Kong
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16. The IEEE Technology Time Machine 2012
World Class Committee
and Speakers
5/23-25, Dresden Germany
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17. TTM 2012 Dresden, May 23 -25 2012 www.techbeyond2020.tu-dresden.de
Video link:  
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18. Concluding Remarks
We need participation of volunteers and leaders from Region 9
We need visions into the future
We need collaboration
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19. Thanks very much!! Muchas Gracias!! Muito Obrigado!! ……………………………………………
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