1. IEEE Industry Summit Program
Michael Condry, TEMS President-Elect, IES Senior AdCom
Creator and Chair of IEEE Industry Summit 2016
11/22/2018

2. Concept
Technology growth is moving fast in the academic research AND industry segments
Some IEEE events are diverging from Industry needs
Academic studies focus on citations and exposures
Industry studies focus on product design and marketing
Membership and cross engagement is shrinking
IEEE Industry Summit is a program to stimulate convergence of these industry and IEEE events
Convergence allows IEEE to be more valued by Industry
11/22/2018

3. Event Design Summit has industry speakers and showcase
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IEEE Industry Summit
Attached IEEE Events
Summit has industry speakers and showcase
Attached Events are IEEE Conferences and Workshops
Engagement allows any attendee to mix in any technical sessions
Stimulate a “Challenge” program for Industry to access IEEE community
Attached events aligned to possible industry audience interests
Overall theme of event can vary by each year

4. Objective Benefit for IEEE
Key is a program for industry to benefit and engage in IEEE
Establish resolution path for the Industry-to-IEEE dichotomy
Showcase events typically have exhibits in the area
Showcase operators often desire more technical content - IEEE has it
Registration allows attendees for Summit or Attached Events(s)*
“Attached Event” Registration required for papers, special activities, etc.
Possible Financial Benefit for IEEE
Showcase, say 30 exhibits at $10K = $300K
Summit Attendees 500 at $250 = $125K
Say 20% share, each IEEE event gets about $150K from Summit plus their registration
* Register for one and view open sessions from all
11/22/2018

5. Current 2016 Program Summit Events http://techindustrysummit.org/
Theme is Challenges of Industrial IoT
Summit
Events
Power Complexities of IoT 
Security and Industrial IoT
Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and IoT
IoT Architectural Framework (P2314)
IoT Computation Challenges
IoT Communication Challenges
IoT Sample Applications
25th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)
TEMS Workshop on Technical Management and Entrepreneurship Issues on IoT
IoT and Transportation Innovation Program
IEEE Standard for an Architectural Framework for the IoT Committee
IEEE IoT Community Workshop
IEEE ComSoc Workshop on IoT and Communications
11/22/2018
*June 6-10 Santa Clara Convention Center

6. Current Status
Finding volunteers to motivate Industry sponsors is a challenge
Section members are not used to finding sponsors
Some Society members are looking for sponsors but we need more help!
Summit speaker program is coming together
Some section and society members are helping with session organization
4 Companies offered diamond sponsorship to get started, more are being contacted
The operational model did not align with many traditional IEEE processes, many had unique requirements requiring custom agreements
We do need support particularly in sponsors/exhibitors for 2016
11/22/2018

7. Needed for Long Term Objective
A TAB level committee to own the effort – it is not a one person job
Engage Societies/Divisions to host Attached Events
A sponsorship committee
Motivate the Challenge Program
A Region (possibly Multiple Region) support team
Owners for next 3 years and planned events
Venue can move but stably-located events tend to grow industry engagement
Attached events need to focus on the theme and industry interest
Also make it a major recruiting event
Success can grow industry engagement – do the recalculation
11/22/2018

8. Helping the 2016 Event
The stongest need is sponsorship/exhibits and attracting attendees
Sponsors/exhibitors come from Industry partners to the IEEE
I have talked to many, need some stronger contacts
Help “getting the word out” for attendees
Would be able to support hack-a-thons at the showcase, maybe this might draw interest
Need more applications speakers (medical, factory, automotive)
Long term return for the IEEE could be major
11/22/2018

9. Backup
11/22/2018

10. Challenge Option
Industry Summit also enables company supported challenges
The program connects the IEEE engineering and research community to companies interested in sponsoring challenges
Company runs challenges
All rules defined (and managed) by company
Can be prototyping, hack-a-thons, benchmarks, proposed standards or whatever the company wants to use the IEEE resources
If desired, the Summit provides exhibit space for challenges selected by sponsors. This is independent of the showcase that is focused on companies exhibiting product
More see:

11. Industry Sponsorship Industry Sponsored and Senior Speakers
Sponsorship Fees
$25K diamond provides large exhibit, speakers and 30 attendee guests, focus sessions
$10K gold exhibit, speakers and 15 guests
$5K silver exhibit, 2 guests
Optional Focused topic analysis sessions
If a challenge is supported the demo space will be provided

12. Why Engage – Value Propositions
As a Company
Showcase your technologies and product directions
Observe competition and engineering interests
Network with a large engineering and research community
As an Engineer or researcher
Observe technology in use and directions, see demos
Listen to technology research directions, pick the ones interesting you
Present your research to a larger audience
As a Manager or Entrepreneur
Be educated in technology management skills and how they change
Engage in a hands on workshop to with Berkeley team on your challenges
Register for any event and get in open sessions to all: listen to what you like