Moving IEEE Ahead in 2009 – Tentative Plans

1. Moving IEEE Ahead in 2009 – Tentative Plans John Vig 2008 IEEE President-elect 26 April 2008

2. 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???

3. What I Would Like to Do - 1 Public Visibility, Marketing, Membership • Change 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

4. What I Would Like to Do - 2 Membership (continued) • Many members do not identify themselves as “engineers” (e.g., about half of Computer Society members) • IEEE and its fields of interest are multidisciplinary • From 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

5. IEEE Revenues From Operations1 2007 Preliminary Operating Revenue ~$313 Million2 Finance & Other 1 Does not include Investment Returns 2 All amounts are preliminary, pre-audit, not including Geo Units & Standards Working Groups Membership- other Membership Dues Stds Conference Events Periodicals Conference Proceedings

6. What I Would Like to Do - 3 Improve 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

7. 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

8. What I Would Like to Do - 5 • Dance more!

9. IEEE Conference Presentations Online John Vig 2008 IEEE President-elect 26 April 2008

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. Other Uses • Tutorials • Workshops • Distinguished lectures • Business meetings, e.g., • Panel of Editors • Panel of Conference Organizers • Strategic Planning sessions • Committee meetings • Etc., etc.

14. Status • New Initiative program by Gujarat Section, India, approved 4 March 2008 (subject to conditions) – will demo at POCO POC: 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 tutorials www.comsoc.org/freetutorials/ • Demo planned for POCO by IEEE Meetings and Conferences staff POC: 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.”

15. 3rd Annual Panel of Conference Organizers 2008 POCO 2008 Marriott Seattle Waterfront Seattle, WA USA 24-26 July 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

16. New Initiatives in IEEE John Vig 2008 IEEE President-Elect IEEE R8 Meeting 26 April 2008

17. The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away. Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

18. www.ieee.org/initiatives

19. Update: Celebrating 125 Years John Vig, Chair 125th Anniversary Committee 2008 IEEE President-Elect IEEE Board of Directors Meeting February 2008Louisville, Kentucky, USA

20. Public Perceptions of Engineering AAES/Harris Polls, 2003

21. UK: Science/Engineering/Technology (SET) Degree Holders, 1992-2002 UK Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI): Promoting Science, Engineering and Technology for Womenhttp://www.setwomenstats.org.uk/set4statistics/figures/index.htm

22. 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

23. 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.

24. 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

25. Questions?