1. IEEE Technical Activities J. Roberto Boisson de Marca IEEE Vice-President, Technical Activities IEEE Fellow

5. What does IEEE do? l Publishes literature in engineering, technology and computing l Organizes conferences l Develops standards l Gets engineers and technologists from different locales together (Networking) l Organizes professional activities among engineering students l …..

6. IEEE Organization MEMBERS Board of DirectorsAssembly PSPBIEEE-USA S tandards Assoc.Educational Act. Regional Act.Technical Act.Executive Comm. Regions & Sections Societies & Tech. Councils S taff & Society Executive Directors

7. IEEE-Technical Activities

8. Societies/Councils products and initiatives l Publications: Edit over 125 magazines, and journals. High Quality: 30 out of top 35 journals and magazines in world. l Sponsors the development of a large number of standards, including the 802 Series. l Conferences: financially sponsors more than 400 events a year. In addition, technically co-sponsors over 250 conferences/workshops

9. Where IEEE Sponsored/Co-Sponsored Conferences Were Held 43.9% R7-10 51.3% R7-10

10. Societies/Councils products and initiatives (2) l Develop educational products: Tutorials, on line courses, certification programs l Sponsors a large number of technical recognition awards. l Provide networking opportunities for professionals and students with similar technical interests.

11. Technical Activities Organization Technical Activities Board Presidents’ Forum Division Directors’ Forum TAB Strategic Planning Committee TAB Management Committee TAB Nominations & Appointments Committee TAB Periodicals Committee TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee IEEE Conferences Committee

12. Organization (Cont.) l 38 Societies and 6 Technical Councils l 10 Technical Divisions l Each Division Director sits on IEEE Board of Directors and TAB l Nominated by Societies within that Division l Elected by members of Societies within that Division

13. Single Society Divisions l Computers (77,000 members) l Communication Technology (42,000 members) l Power Engineering (22,000 members)

14. Multiple Society Divisions (Cont.) Division X: l Computational Intelligence (5,600) l Control Systems (8,000) l Engineering in Medicine and Biology (8,000) l Laser and Electro- Optics (6,600) l Robotics and Automation (6,200) l Systems, Man and Cybernetics (3,700) Division VI l Education (3,100) l Industrial Electronics (3,800) l Product Safety Engineering (600) l Professional Communications (1,100) l Reliability (1,800) l Systems Implications of Technology (1,850)

15. Technical Councils l Technical Councils have no individual members and are formed by Societies. l Nanotechnology l Sensors l Superconductivity l Systems l Electronic Design and Automation l Technology Management l Biometrics

16. Challenges and Opportunities

17. Top Issues (Cont.) l How do we create compelling value propositions for society membership? l How can TA create new means of delivering our products? l How do we create products (publications, conferences, educational offerings, ….) for practicing engineers with applications focus? l How do we continue to attract competent leaders?

18. Participate in tools where young engineers are playing Take IEEE/Societies to them, not require them coming to us Look for opportunities to bind together the Mentors and Youth through social networking opportunities

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20. Top Issues (Cont.) l How do we create compelling value propositions for society membership? l How can TA create new means of delivering our products? l How do we create products (publications, conferences, educational, ….) for practicing engineers with applications focus? l How do we continue to attract competent leaders?

21. Technical Activities Goals for 2008 1. Develop products of value to industrial technical practitioners and increase employer perception of the value of society membership 2. Make IEEE’s presence in emerging opportunities publicly visible, providing a single focal point for access to technical information in a given area. 3. Develop a technology roadmap for IEEE Technical Activities l Effort to organize IEEE-TA products by Sectors that better represent areas of broad interest and appeal to society. 4. Increase the perceived value of society membership to young professionals. 5. Identify and develop products and services that result in long term IEEE and S/C membership renewal.

22. Guarding the Future of engineering New Technologies l New Tech groups grew to 10 l Biotechnology and Bioengineering* l Distributed Intelligent Networks and Systems l Future Power and Alternative Energy Technologies* l Digital Intellectual Property l Earth Observations* l Organic Electronics l Biometrics* l Portable Information Devices l RFID l Technological Innovations for Efficient Energy Use and Energy Use management l "IEEE New Technology Connections” portal, integrated with Technology Discourses and features IEEE.tv short segments. http://www.ieee.org/web/emergingtech/home/ http://www.ieee.org/web/emergingtech/home/ l Conferences and Workshops l Portable 2007 l IEEE RFID 2007 l Second IEEE-Boeing Technology Conference l Second Electric Ship Conference (ESTS) l Biometrics l Energy 2030 (2008)

23. Technical Activities Goals for 2008 1. Develop products of value to industrial technical practitioners and increase employer perception of the value of society membership 2. Make IEEE’s presence in emerging opportunities publicly visible, providing a single focal point for access to technical information in a given area. 3. Increase the perceived value of society membership to young professionals. 4. Identify and develop products and services that result in long term IEEE and S/C membership renewal.

24. Humanity Major Challenges l Health Care l Energy l Environment l Disaster Recovery l Urban Problems (Megacities)

25. UN Foundation Collaboration The Humanitarian Technology Challenge l An unprecedented opportunity for a focused collaboration to develop technology-based solutions to some of the most intractable problems facing the world – particularly in developing regions l Led by the UN Foundation and IEEE l Participants should include: l Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) l Governments of developing countries l The United Nations l Universities, professors, and students l Interested corporations and their engineers l Interested individuals

26. Thank you! rdemarca@comsoc.org