1. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Janina Mazierska IEEE Asia Pacific Director 2007-2008

2. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007  Region 10 celebrates 40 years!  R10 Regional and Executive Committees Role of Region 10 in IEEE Contacts with the Industry My Wish List

3. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 IEEE VISION: Advancing global prosperity, Fostering technological innovation, Enabling members careers, Promoting worldwide community This is the vision that captured our minds and hearts!

4. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Thanks to its members IEEE is the World’s largest technical professional society for the advancement of technology l Over 374,000 members in 150 countries l More than 70,000 students l Holds more than 350 international conferences annually l Publishes over 30% of the world’s literature in electrical engineering and computing l Offers more than 900 active industry standards

5. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 R9 – 14,598 R8 – 60,856 R10 – 67,442 R1 to 6 – 215,851 R7 – 16,020 IEEE Membership, 374,767, by Regions 31 December 2006 R1 – 38,617 R2 – 33,054 R3 – 30,615 R4 – 23,982 R5 – 29,444 R6 – 60,139 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the two largest IEEE Regions Region 10 was created on 1 Jan 1967

6. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 IEEE Top 10 Membership Countries 2005 RankCountry 2006 Membership 1UNITED STATES (1)216,942 2INDIA (2)23,683 3CANADA (3)16,157 4JAPAN (4)12,961 5UNITED KINGDOM (5)9,267 6CHINA - including HONG KONG & MACAU (6) 7,166 7AUSTRALIA (7)6,231 8GERMANY (8)6,225 9KOREA (9)5,387 10ITALY (11)4,064 ( ) = 2005 ranking

7. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Region 10 Membership History 1966 - 2006 as at 31 st December 2006

8. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 R10 Geographic Units 20062005Diff Sections52475 Sub Sections89(1) Technical Chapters33428846 Affinity Groups34313 Geographic Councils440 Student Branches49043951 Student Branch Chapters49436 Student Branch Affinity Groups21138 Total992874118 as at 31 st December 2006 As at 28 February 2007: 3 New Sections formed in 2007: Vietnam, Nanjing,Wuhan

9. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Region 10 Membership 31 Dec 2006 123456 Honorary 6 (0.00%) Fellow 740 (1.10%) Senior Member 3,716 (5.51%) Member 33,376 (49.49%) Associate Member 3,498 (5.19%) Student Member 26,106 (38.71%) Total R10 Members = 67,442 (100%) R10 Higher Grade Members = 41,336 (61.29%) R10 Voting Members = 37,838 (56.10%) ( ) = Percent of Total Region Membership

10. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Region 10 has The highest membership (at times), The highest % of students, The highest % of female members, The biggest growth rate, Very large diversity, A Need to Progress and Grow even Faster – Hence there is so Much to Do for Us!

11. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 GOAL1: Regional and ExCom members: dedicated, very active, well informed, innovative, efficient Changes to Executive Committee New Sections Two more Responsibilities of ExCom and Regional Committee members: –Training of successors –Preparation for work at HQ level, (Leadership training) Goals for the Region 10

12. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 GOAL2: Increased Role of the Region 10 on the HQ Level More Nominations Voting – needs to increase! Good Communication with HQ Goals for the Region 10:

13. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 GOAL3: Increased Collaboration with the Industry  We now have the Industry Liaison Coordinator!  To be proposed: Region 10 Awards for supporting Companies  Industry Internships????  Jobs and Scholarships Website: GOLD initiative???? Goals for the Region 10:

14. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 WISH LIST - - Region 10 by 2009: Increased membership by 20,000, Operate in one more country (!), Have increased proportion of volunteers at the HQ level at RAB, TAB, EAB, Standards and Pubs, Increased benefits for the members

15. Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 So there is so much to do in 2007 To Recover 20,000 members who have not paid dues this year, To gain new members, To Introduce new Programs, Initiatives and Activities, especially for students and new graduates even if we spend a part of our too big reserves! Ladies and Gentelmen, I wish you (and myself) very efficient and successful IEEE R10 Meeting!