1. ExCom/BoD Report Region 8 Meeting Lewis Terman 2007 IEEE President-Elect Bucharest, Romania October 13, 2007

2. IEEE - the World’s Largest Technical Professional Society Over 375K members - Including 80,000 students - In over 160 countries ~ 1,400 Student Branches 324 Sections 39 Societies, 5 Technical Councils Over 1,600 Chapters

3. BoD/ExCom Agenda Items RAB becomes MGA effective January 1, 2008 Alternate Membership Models Globalization Product Management Public Visibility …..and… China office reports Shortening the BoD Series H1B Visa (IEEE-USA) Eta Kappa Nu merger (USA student honor society) IEEE/IRE-AIEE 125 th Anniversary in 2009

4. The Big Focus: Strategic Planning

5. Mega Issues Global Operation The Profession Fields of Interest Membership Products and Services Public Advocacy and Image Organizational Structure, Process, and Culture

6. Envisioned EnvisionedFuture* CriticalFactors StrategicPlanning ActionPlanning Big Audacious Goal Vivid Description Scan Conditions, Trends & Assumptions Mega Issues Strategic Principles Annual Strategic Plan Review Priority Setting Program Planning Action Planning Core CoreIdeology* Core Purpose Core Values Value Proposition Goals Objectives Strategies Operational Strategy KNOWLEDGE-BASED Decision-Making * Adapted from Built to Last, Collins and Porras, 1994 15 years 15 years 10 5 3 2 1 year

7. 10-15 Year Envisioned Future Big Audacious Goal: Be essential to the global technical community and to technical professionals everywhere, … and… be universally recognized for the contributions of technology and technical professionals in improving global conditions

8. On-Going Alternative membership models Globalization Public Visibility

9. IEEE Goals and Objectives: Priorities Web survey of BoD members 6 goals – 4 to 7 objectives per goal Under each goal, select 1 objective for priority attention in the 2008 budget year. 21 responses from BoD members

10. Goals Objective Statement

11. IEEE Core Purpose –To foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity Envisioned Future –Be essential to the global technical community and to technical professionals everywhere, and be universally recognized for the contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions

12. IEEE - New Directions HISTORICALLY Framework: Technology and discipline focused Roles: –Information collection and dissemination –Quality control –Archival information –Fast turnaround Primary Alignment –research, academia programs –journals, publications Technology Driven, activity based TOMORROW Framework: Issue/Problem focused Roles: –Leadership in shaping the problem and solution space –Collaboration, facilitation, and understanding solution options –Living Best Practice output, not archival products Aligns with groups –industry, academic, government and humanitarian –creates large and sometimes untraditional partnerships Goal-based/Project focused; trials prominent

13. Humanity’s “Top Ten” Problems for the next 50 years Energy Water Food Environment Poverty Terrorism & War Disease Education Democracy Population Richard Smalley, Nobel Laureate

14. The IEEE and GEOSS Group on Earth Observation (GEO) –72 members including the European Union, with 46 participating organizations Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) –a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustained system to monitor the changing state of the planet ICEO - The IEEE Committee on Earth Observation - New IEEE journal - New on-line magazine - On-line game - Standards - Best Practices - Workshops – 18 in 2 years

15. Humanitarian Technology Challenge Partnering: IEEE with UN Foundation IEEE Partnering with the United Nations Foundation –An unprecedented opportunity for a collaboration –to develop technology-based solutions to problems facing the world – particularly in developing regions

16. Disaster First Response, Management and Recovery Sustainable Infrastructures Available, Affordable Healthcare Environment- Climate Change UN Foundation and IEEE areas of mutual interest

17. Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Founded at 1995 at Purdue University –Pioneered by Leah Jamieson –Now has 18 universities involved Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) –Solving engineering/technology-based problems –With community service and educational organizations –Teams of university undergraduates –Multi-year, multi-discipline projects –Students earn academic credit

18. EPICS Now has 18 Universities in a national program Impact –Application of engineering knowledge to real world problems –Communication –Customer awareness –Project management –Leadership –Professionalism –Community involvement –Highly regarded by students, faculty, community

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