POCO Meeting ReportPOCO Meeting Report

Thuy Dao

8/16/08

Central Texas SectionCentral Texas SectionFall MeetingFall Meeting

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OverviewOverview

POCO: Panel of Conference Organizers http://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/organizers/poco/2008/presentations.html Benefits of conferences to industry. IEEE 125th celebration. Basic schedule for IEEE conference organizer: detailed check list & schedule. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING: MOU, Website PRICING OF CONFERENCES CONFERENCE FINANCES: closing conference, VAT, international banking HOTEL AND LOCATION MANAGEMENT BUSINESS EXCHANGE: organizing conference in Europe & China

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IEEE 125IEEE 125thth Celebration Celebration

• Five-year initiative

• Raise visibility of IEEE and its professions

• Increase public understanding of how technology benefits humanity

• Position IEEE as a trusted source of technology information

• Rolling out in 10 countries

Anniversary Website Site to launch 1st September Tool kit Media Center: (Video vignettes, photos, message board, etc..) Calendar of Anniversary Events Fun, viral video contest (using YouTube) Presidents’ Competition information and entry form

Encouraging Sections, Branches and Chapters to plan local celebrations and use the anniversary website

13 May 2009 “Official” anniversary day

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125125thth Anniversary Mark and Theme Anniversary Mark and Theme

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IEEE Global Conference BusinessIEEE Global Conference Business In 2007 IEEE…

Sponsored over 900 conferences – more than 40% range from 100-300 attendees.

In over 60 countries

Touched over 400,000 attendees

Partnered with over 500 non-IEEE entities

Acquired over 800 proceedings

Generated over $120 million in revenueTHANK

YOU

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Number of IEEE Financially Sponsored Conferences

50% increase

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IEEE Conference Budgeted Surplus Distribution by IEEE Conference Budgeted Surplus Distribution by RegionRegion

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Surplus still driven by Regions 1-6

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Questions? Questions?

Increase in number of no – show presenters. What to do?

Send comment to Gerald Engel – IEEE Conference committee Chair

g.engel@computer.org

New Copy right transfer form that included video / voice taping of presentation. How to inform author of this change?

Send comment to John Vig – IEEE President electCorporate-Communications@ieee.org