Moving IEEE Ahead in 2009 – Tentative Plans

John Vig2008 IEEE President-elect

26 April 2008

Plans are Tentative Because…

Term starts in 2009; 8 months from now. Plans will probably change by next January.

President’s powers are limited; can’t make major changes without the Board of Directors’ approval

Term is short; i.e., 1 year; I would like to do many things; but, can’t do everything; must focus on a few goals

What should be these few goals???

What I Would Like to Do - 1

Public Visibility, Marketing, MembershipChange the membership message to “be proud to be

a member…; identify with IEEE…, IEEE makes the world better,” instead of “Knowledge,” and “Community”)

Greatly improve student retention – develop loyalty & identification with IEEE

Reinvigorate the merchandise program, for students, especially

Expand the IEEE’s marketing efforts, including the marketing at conferences activity

Start a “Technology News,” similar to Science News

What I Would Like to Do - 2Membership (continued)Many members do not identify themselves as

“engineers” (e.g., about half of Computer Society members)

IEEE and its fields of interest are multidisciplinaryFrom what fields will future growth come? “Moose” Issue: Is IEEE an “engineering”

organization? Should we welcome & recruit all who work in IEEE’s fields-of-interest? YES!

Humanitarian Activities“Presidents’ Real-World Problem-Solving

Competition” for students

9.8%

9.6%37.0%

5.7%4.5%

5.3%

28.2%

IEEE Revenues From Operations1

1 Does not include Investment Returns

2 All amounts are preliminary, pre-audit, not including Geo Units & Standards Working Groups

ConferenceConferenceEventsEvents

PeriodicalsPeriodicals

Membership-Membership-otherother

MembershipMembershipDuesDues

StdsStds

Finance &Finance &OtherOther

ConferenceConferenceProceedingsProceedings

2007 Preliminary Operating Revenue ~$313 Million2

What I Would Like to Do - 3Improve IEEE Establish an open access policy Develop new sources of revenues in anticipation of an OA

publishing world Make conference presentations & tutorials available on-line Continue the India initiative Create a great IEEE website to improve member

satisfaction and reduce customer service costs Start a “milestones” program for seminal papers & patents Show how the IEEE, IEEE members and the profession

make the world a better place Increase nominations & app’tmts from R8-10 (N&A comm’s) Add blog-like features to Xplore and myIEEE Write IEEE’s and the OUs’ history

What I Would Like to Do - 4

Improve IEEE (continued) Start a “life sciences” activity - “What physics was to the 20th

century biology will be to the 21st” – headline, The Economist Reposition IEEE-USA as a global professional activities center Digitize IEEE Press books & make them a membership benefit Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships (leverage the IEEE’s

advantages) Collaborate more with other professional societies Use data mining of IEEE (members, authors, conf.

attendees…) Greatly improve submission-to-publication delays of our journals

What I Would Like to Do - 5

• Dance more!

John Vig2008 IEEE President-elect

26 April 2008

IEEE Conference Presentations Online

IEEE Conferences

• In 2007 IEEE…– Sponsored over 850 conferences

558 financially sponsored (52% in R7-10) 350 technically cosponsored (84% in R7-10)

– In 62 countries

– Touched approximately 400,000 attendees

– >100K presentations

– Generated over $100 million in revenue

Access to IEEE Conferences

– Typical attendance is a few hundred

– Typical attendance in a session is several tens

– Typical cost of participation ~US$2K to $5K

Airline tickets, hotel, meals, registration fee, loss of time from work…

– Cost (in time and money) is the major barrier for many potential attendees

– Many are interested in just one session, or just a few papers at a conference; not worth the cost of attendance.

Goals

Make conference presentations available online, quickly, easily, cheaply and, thereby:

– Make presentations available to a worldwide audience

– Provide timely information – preferably, the same day

– Enhance the value of conferences by providing on-line access to presentations during the conference

- Allow viewing of missed papers in parallel sessions

- Allow the replaying of papers for better technical and English understanding

– Create a new source of revenues for IEEE

– Increase the value of IEEE Xplore’s contents

Other Uses

– Tutorials

– Workshops

– Distinguished lectures

– Business meetings, e.g.,

Panel of Editors

Panel of Conference Organizers

Strategic Planning sessions

Committee meetings

– Etc., etc.

Status– New Initiative program by Gujarat Section, India, approved 4

March 2008 (subject to conditions) – will demo at POCOPOC: Deepak Mathur, mathur_deepak@ongc.co.in

– Chile distinguished lecturer new initiative program plans to use the technology to distribute DL talks throughout Latin America

POC: Doris Saez, dsaez@ing.uchile.cl

– Power Engineering Society pilot program; kickoff planned for PES General Meeting, July 20-24, 2008

POC: Cheryl Warren, Cheryl.Warren@us.ngrid.com

– Free IEEE Communications Society Conference tutorialswww.comsoc.org/freetutorials/

– Demo planned for POCO by IEEE Meetings and Conferences staffPOC: Susan Root, s.root@ieee.org

– Computer Society is experimenting with offering conference presentations online; may also demo at POCO

POC: Scott Roy Smith, ssmith@computer.org

– CASS: “If the technology is available, affordable, and easy to use, we would be very interested to record and post conference presentations.”

3rd Annual Panel of Conference Organizers 2008

POCO covers every aspect of IEEE Conferences, and is a must-attend for both the novice and veteran organizer

Agenda is under development Conference presentations online demos Strategy session for sponsoring OU volunteers Basics session for new organizers How-to workshops

Visit IEEE Conference Organizers website to submit your topic suggestions www.ieee.org/web/conferences/organizers/index.html

POCO 2008Marriott Seattle WaterfrontSeattle, WA USA24-26 July 2008

New Initiatives in IEEE

John Vig2008 IEEE President-Elect

IEEE R8 Meeting26 April 2008

• The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away.

Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

 

www.ieee.org/initiatives 

Update: Celebrating 125 Years

John Vig, Chair 125th Anniversary Committee2008 IEEE President-Elect

IEEE Board of Directors Meeting February 2008Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Public Perceptions of Engineering

AAES/Harris Polls, 2003

Engineers Scientists

Creates economic growth 69% 25%

Would make a strong leader 56% 32%

Cares about the community 37% 51%

Save lives 14% 82%

Sensitive to societal concerns 28% 61%

Protects the environment 17% 71%

Improves the quality of life 22% 71%

UK: Science/Engineering/Technology (SET) Degree Holders, 1992-2002

UK Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI): Promoting Science, Engineering and Technology for Women http://www.setwomenstats.org.uk/set4statistics/figures/index.htm

Why Celebrate?

IEEE started in 1884, AIEE• Enhance public visibility of IEEE

• Increase public visibility of the profession

• Broaden public visibility to nontraditional audiences

• Promote to the public the contributions of IEEE, our members and the profession

• Create environment to show prestige of IEEE

• Promote our critical role in the future for the benefit of humanity

Motion

• Resolved that up to US$1.0M in funding to support the IEEE’s 125th Anniversary Celebration planned for 2009 is approved.

• Resolved further that staff be authorized to commit and spend a portion of these funds in 2008, as needed, to prepare for a launch at Sections Congress in September 2008, and for early 2009 activities.

Clock is ticking

• Celebration year 9 months away; some materials deadlines soon

• Timing Crucial– Membership renewal for 2009 - deadline for all

materials, designs – June 2008

– IEEE Media advertising sales promotions, literature, mid 2008

– Kickoff stories, ads for January, 1st quarter 2009 in IEEE Spectrum, The Institute, IEEE Pubs – 3rd/4th qtr 2008

– Launch during IEEE Sections Congress in September 2008

Questions?