Region 6 Humanitarian Activities

Jay PearlmanChair

Goals

• Increase member interest and participation• Expand member networking• Applications of IEEE technologies• Visible, general interest programs• Support IEEE Corporate activities – “advancing

technology for humanity”• Forums for technical and application exchange• Inter-Region exchange and Collaboration

Opportunities

• Special Interest Groups for Humanitarian Technologies• Humanitarian Activity Committee• Conferences• Funding

• Region 6 Activities:– Idaho– Santa Clara– San Diego– (Ft. Huachuca)

Strategy Looking Forward

• Engagement - Introduction to YP and Life Members, Humanitarian Session at R6 meeting, Newsletter Articles, Web material

• Community Impact – quarterly webex for brainstorming including presentations by community leaders and entrepreneurship discussions

• Collaboratory • Hackathon and community activities