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Enhancing Technical and Conference Activities: Insights from the Board of Governors Meeting

On February 6, 2010, in Anaheim, CA, John Walz, VP for Technical and Conference (T&C) Activities, led a crucial Board of Governors meeting focusing on enhancing IEEE's technical and conference initiatives. Key topics included improving the usability of TMRF/CIMA for conference organizers, gathering best practices for Technical Committees, and developing a robust conference competition strategy. The meeting also addressed 2010's strategic opportunities and challenges, emphasizing the need for better collaboration among the Computer Society's boards and external organizations to drive growth and excellence in technical meetings.

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Enhancing Technical and Conference Activities: Insights from the Board of Governors Meeting

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  1. Technical & Conference Activities Board John Walz VP for T & C 20 minutes Board of Governors Meeting Anaheim, CA 6 February 2010

  2. TCCharter Template CSCCharter Template Tech.Activities Operating Conf.Gen.Chair Conf. Organizing Committee TC Exec Committee TC Exec Committee Conf. Steering Committee Conf. Steering Committee TMRequest Committee T and C Board TCChair Conf. Advisory Technical & Conference (T &C)Activities Committee Governance

  3. T & C ExCom Org chart • Board VP, John Walz • Vice Chair on Technical Activities, Shukri Wakid • Vice Chair for Conference Activities, Roy Sterritt • CAC Vice-Chair, Chris Schober, • Vice Chair for Technical Meeting Requests, Bill Pitts • Secretary, Chuck Walrad • Treasurer, Frank Huebner • Past-Board VP, ad hoc Technical Leaders, Joe Bumblis • Member at Large, Vitality, Paul Croll • Member at Large, Stephanie White • Member at Large, André Ivanov • Member at Large, PAB, ESPC, MGA, SAB open 3

  4. T & C Committees Org chart • Vice Chair on Technical Activities, Shukri Wakid • Denis Baggi for new TC models • Adel Elmaghraby for Emerging Technologies • Nahum Gershon • Ron Waxman IFIP Liaison • All Chairs for TCs, TFs, and Communities of Interest • Vice Chair for Conference Activities, Roy Sterritt • CAC vice-Chair, Chris Schober, • David A. Bader, • Sushil K. Prasad, • Adit D. Singh, • Hong Z. Tan • Vice Chair for Technical Meeting Requests, Bill Pitts • tbd

  5. Top proposed 2010 Projects • Industry participants attracted to our conferences [2009 1A] • Conference Business: Make TMRF/CIMA easier to use by conference organizers, especially for budget processing [2009 4A] • Technical Committee best practices collected, categorized, and deployed to all TCs to make better use of IEEE CS funding for TC growth and Technical Meeting (TM) excellence [2009 5A] • Technical Committee Leadership review of CS Health [2009 5B, Computer Society First] • Conference Competition Strategy: best practices including ACM business model and registration fees • Conference Publications Strategy: Expand Board for conference publications and conference plagiarism review and transition away from Acquisition Payments with CPS • tbd

  6. IEEE-CS Staff Operations Plans associated with T & C Initiatives #

  7. Strategic challenges and opportunities in 2010 (opportunities for Board engagement with other CS Boards, IEEE, or external organizations)

  8. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats

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