1. PACE Committee Report Hamid Vakilzadian (2009-2010) and Tarek Lahdhiri (2011-2012) Region 4 PACE Committee Chair Excom Webinar Meeting, January 22, 2011

2. 2010 Report Dr. Hamid Vakilzadian 2 13-Oct-15

3. Activities included: Participation in monthly meetings of regional Government Activities Coordinators Issues: federal legislation related to IEEE-USA. Key legislative issues related Intellectual Property Reform, Immigration Reform, Energy Bill, SBIR & STTR reauthorization, Smart Grid (power), and STEM Education. Posted updates from the GAC to the Region 4 Community site. Regional Government Activities Coordinator: Steve Kerchberger

4. SPAC Activities Coordinator Kristi Brooks Organized SPAC at: Central Michigan Valparaiso Michigan State Wayne State University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SPAC = Student Professional Awareness Conference SPAVE = Student Professional Awareness Ventures SPAW = Student Professional Awareness Workshop 13-Oct-15

5. Tech Policy Activities Coordinator Jim Fancher Energy Policy Committee 5 Meeting/presentations in the sections Hot topics include: Smart Grid, Electric/Hybrid Cars Archaic nuclear concept: under discussion Congressional Activity on Carbon-related Energy Policy Working on the annual update of the National Energy Policy Recommendation Vice-Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the American Nuclear Society Available for talks on Energy or Nuclear Policy issues 13-Oct-15

6. Pre-college Education Activities 2010: Will Kassebaum Very active in Teacher in Service Program (TISP) Central Indiana Section  E-Week, Engineer Children’s Day – 600+ kids  FIRST Robotics Essay Competition  Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting National Science and Engineering Festival – National Mall –IEEE-USA PEC committee sponsoring booth at the NSEF October 23- 24 th on the national mall. Development of Junior Eng. Technical Society (JETS) competition project 13-Oct-15Contact: Will.Kassebaum@IEEE.org

7. 2010 Professional Activities Recommendation of 10 PACE projects for funding Participation at the I PACE committee meetings Organization of best R4 PACE project posters at the Annual Meeting with help of Will Kassebaum and Aysha Yousef Presentation of Real-time Embedded Systems Session at the 2010 Annual Meeting Publicizing actively participation at Annual Meeting and organization of PACE projects in R4 sections PACE training at 2010 Annual Meeting Communication of IEEE-USA PACE activities to the sections 13-Oct-15

8. Funds from IEEE-USA for PACE, CY-2010 Item 2010 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4 Actual Spending by R4 Actual 2010 IEEE-USA Transfer to Region 4 Professional Development Funds for Regions 4$10, 985.17 $ 11,005.74 ($2,746.29+$8259.45) $10, 985.17 Funds for attending 2010 Annual Meeting$4,849.59$13,975.49$4,849.59 IEEE-USA funds for GOLD Participation at Annual Meeting$3,000 Total IEEE-USA funds for attending Annual Meeting$10,595.88 $16,975.49 (spent by R4) $10,595.88 Total $18,834.76 $25,234.94 $18,834.94 13-Oct-15

9. Section Attendance at 2010 Annual Meeting 1.Arrowhead0 2.Calumet 0 3.Cedar Rapids6 4.Central Illinois0 5.Central Indiana6 6.Central Iowa1 7.Chicago2 8.Fox Valley Subsec.0 9.Northwest Subsec.0 10.Fort Wayne0 11.Iowa-Illinois 1 12.Madison1 13. Milwaukee0 14.Missouri Slope0 15.Nebraska2 16.Northeast Michigan0 17.Northeastern Wisconsin0 18.Red River Valley 1 19.Rock River Valley 2 20.Siouxland2 21.Southeastern Michigan8 22.Southern Minnesota2 23.Coulee Subsection1 24.Toledo0 25.Twin Cities2 26.West Michigan0 Number of Section Participated: 14 Number of Section Xcom members participated: 31 Number of IEEE-USA/Region Xcom members participated:6 Total participation: 37 Section No. Participated Section No. Participated 13-Oct-15

10. 2011 Report T. Lahdhiri, PhD, PE, PMP, SM-IEEE 10 13-Oct-15

11. IEEE-USA Funding Allocation for Region 4 CY-2011 Item 2010 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4 2011 IEEE-USA Allocation to R4 Note Professional Development Funds for Regions 4 $10, 985.17$10,995.00 Funds for attending IEEE-USA Annual Meeting $4,849.59$4,853.93 Up to 25% from Professional Development Funds can be used for the annual meeting

12. 2011 Annual Meeting When: 3 - 6 March 2011 Where: Austin, Texas Theme - Employment & Careers For more details, Visit the following website http://www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/annualmeeting/2011/default.asp

13. Thank You!