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ExCom/BoD Report Region 8 Meeting

ExCom/BoD Report Region 8 Meeting. Lewis Terman 2007 IEEE President-Elect Bucharest, Romania October 13, 2007. IEEE - the World’s Largest Technical Professional Society. Over 375K members - Including 80,000 students - In over 160 countries ~ 1,400 Student Branches

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ExCom/BoD Report Region 8 Meeting

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  1. ExCom/BoD ReportRegion 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 MGAeffective 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 125th 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. ANNUAL CONTINUOUS REVIEW ADJUSTMENT KNOWLEDGE-BASED Decision-Making Four Planning Horizons 3 15 years 10 5 2 1 year Action Planning Strategic Planning Critical Factors Envisioned Future* Annual Strategic Plan Review Priority Setting Program Planning Action Planning Value Proposition Goals Objectives Strategies Operational Strategy Core Ideology* Scan Conditions, Trends & Assumptions Mega Issues Strategic Principles Big Audacious Goal Vivid Description Core Purpose Core Values * Adapted from Built to Last, Collins and Porras, 1994

  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,andbe universally recognized for the contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions

  12. 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 IEEE - New Directions

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

  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

  19. Thank you for your attention! Questions?

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