On Behalf of the NPSS Membership Committee

The case of Europe

Jean-Luc Leray, Membership Europe(TNC Member and France Section Chapter Chair)

01 November 2013

18 year NPSS recruitment ??

Date of Report

# of

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2000

2200

2400

2600

2800

3000

3200

3400

3600

3800

~2% yearly net growth

Smaller swings

More recruits2013

Activity to Date

Region 8

• There are ~ 700 members in R8 vs ~3300 Worldwide• Membership concerns (quantitative)

– Attrition– Attraction– Retention

=> Being active in

In NPSS Conferences and

in Co-Sponsored Conferences as well

in NPSS Chapters

and Student Branches

Afer Sal PortilloMembership Chair

Conferences in 2013 in Europewith IEEE booth

globally about 20+ in-site applications + uncertain number on-line after=> “Attraction Rate” ~ 2.5 % on-site

(= IEEE applications / conference = 20/800)

ANIMMA – Nuclear and HEP Instrumentation, Marseilles, France

400 Attendees9+ new members

40 Undergraduate + Graduate Students adressed in 10 small groups

RADECS – Radiation Effects & hardening, Oxford, UK420 Attendees11+ new members including 8 graduate students (UK and France)

Dora Merelli+Tony Lavietes, Christoph Ilgner, Patrick Le Dû + J-Luc Leray

Other actions under way R8 Chapters and Special Concern on

Student Branches• Chapters R8

– Algeria Subsection Joint Chapter, NPS/DEI– Czechoslovakia – France – Germany – Italy

• Student Branches R8MSc and PhDs– Egypt Alexandria University – France Marseilles-Montpellier-St Etienne Universities, under creation

An Invited Talk is scheduled in January 2014 in Marseilles University for the Instrumentation Graduate and Undergraduates (about 100 students, three departments)