GOLD Importance to IEEE Keith B Brown, Ph.D., P.Eng. 2012-13 IEEE Canada President 2012-13 Director / Delegate Region 7 Toronto, Canada 18 May 2013

IEEE Quick Facts World’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity Not-for Profit (gains go back into the association) Volunteer-led Produces almost one third of world’s technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics Partners with over 1000 non-IEEE global entities over 1300 conferences / year in 80 countries

But how much of it do we do well? How much is outward focused? 1000 Staff 585 Student Branch Technical Chapters 1400+ standards & projects under development Education & Careers Support But how much of it do we do well? 404 Affinity Groups 116k students 429k Members 2173 Student Branches How much is outward focused? Charitable Foundation Subsidiary World-Class Awards Program 2110 Technical Chapters 333 Sections 45 Technical Societies Cloudy skies ahead? 160 Countries

IEEE Canada Quick Facts Result of 1994 merger between Region 7 and Canadian Society of Electrical & Computer Engineers 18k members (~4% of total IEEE membership) 5.4% annual growth rate (cf. 2.3% worldwide) 27 Active committees (e.g. TISP, WIE, GOLD, LM, Students) We tend to pull above our weight class (awards, fellows, financial & volunteer resources) 65% of region leaders are from INDUSTRY 50% of region leaders are GOLD or recent GOLD members! IEEE Canada National Strategic Plan: Visibility x Impact = Growth It’s not perfect. It takes time. And we must not get complacent.

Why GOLD Matters You want to make your mark in the world, establish your career = energy & drive to create change You’re connected; Socially responsible; Active Fresh ideas! Future leaders & mentors The foundation for most accomplishments is achieved by age 35 (Armstrong, Bollman, Carrier, Cray, Hawking, Einstein?) So why is GOLD voter turnout so low? Willis Carrier – invented first air conditioner only 1 year after completing MSc degree. Wendell Bollman – self taught civil engineer, created truss bridge design. Seymour Cray – invented and was shipping first supercomputer to customers at age 35. Edwin Armstrong – "the most prolific and influential inventor in radio history”. Invented and patented regenerative circuit, super regenerative circuit and super heterodyne receiver by age 32. Stephen Hawking – accomplished most of his fundamental work by age 33. Albert Einstein – an anomaly in that he published most of his important works after age 37…

FOCUS What is Your GOLD Role? To provide Leadership Strategic Direction Role Models Relationship Builders To provide Operational Management Oversight Growth Risk Management FOCUS

GOLD Volunteer Leadership Keys to our success Engaged GOLD Members Engaged Members Success GOLD Volunteer Leadership Volunteer Leadership IEEE Support