IEEE President-ElectCandidate Forum

Region 1August 28, 2004

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IEEE Region 1Northeastern United States - Center of TechnologyRoger K. Sullivan, Director

Michael R. Lightner Candidate for

2005 IEEE President-Elect

University of Colorado, BoulderECE, CS, Rehabilitation Medicine

Denver Section, Region 5Local arrangements, 2005 Region 5 conference

Circuits and Systems, Computer, Communication,Signal Processing, Engineering Medicine and Biology, and Education Societies

ece.colorado.edu/~lightner/IEEE/

This is a Time of Change for IEEE

Major strategic studies on membership publications, conferences and societies

Expect changes this year and next Board is listening and supporting change Retiring ED allows revisioning IEEE staff

leadership This is not business as usual We must take advantage of this openness

to change

What are the Challenges

The value equation for IEEE is broken The value and importance of volunteers

is not adequately acknowledged Challenges to our publishing activities

This is a $30M net to IEEE that is at risk The pipeline for engineering and

computer science is too small The reputation of engineers and

computer scientists

The Value Equation

Need more options for members at reasonable prices

Professional Education Personal HomePages Personalized Information Services

Goal - General member fees $40-$60 (?) (Spectrum, Institute, TBD ,,,),

then buy services from menu gain additional services and recognition based on

volunteering

The Volunteers Volunteers -our most valuable resource - est. at

$750M/yr ! IEEE needs volunteers. Mechanisms for attracting volunteers

Reputation for excellence, community of peers Chance for leadership and making a difference 15% of members are volunteers. 50% of volunteers are not

members. Reviewers <50% IEEE members, authors ~50% IEEE

members, conference committees - no requirement to be IEEE member

We need more creative thinking to attract and retain volunteers

Senior Member & Distinguished Member based on Service

Publication and Information Access

Products and Services - Future is providing solutions not papers, journals, etc.

Open access movement a challenge to our publications and membership

My proposed response We should not have a library of publications, but

rather an evolving and richly featured research tool. Possible ‘iTunes’ model $1/paper download plain pdf Combining solution packages with iTunes downloads

gives us Open Access without charging authors and maintains our net revenue from publications.

Publications and Information Access

We must capture the tremendous educational activities of the IEEE

for professional education as a member benefit as product for non-members Build on partnership models of Computer Society

and LEOS, connecting with chapter and section activities and others

Building the reach of our Standards activities Participating globally in the future of

engineering education

Pipeline and Reputation

We must build a serious effort in pre-college education

Language in pre-college should have recognition and respect for engineering and computer science and not just a general science orientation

We have to be in primary schools as well as secondary schools

Pipeline and Reputation

Engineering and Computer Science must be viewed with respect and trust by the general public

Don’t just be known because of bugs, malware, major failures

Challenge the commodification of engineering

This is a long term effort that is necessary for the future of the profession

Summary IEEE is the defining organization for our profession As such it must embrace

Change Opportunity All elements of the profession

Members, non-members, industry, other organizations, customers and partners

We must set professional standards Now is the time to look to the future, building on our

inspiring past and current strengths We need your ideas, questions, participation and

leadership. Without you the IEEE would not exist I would appreciate your vote and help in building the

IEEE of the future

Thank you for your attention,

leadership and invaluable contributions to the IEEE!

ece.colorado.edu/~lightner/IEEE/