Report by the Long Range Planning Committee Paolo Dario AdCom Meeting San Francisco April 28, 2000

Structure of the LRPC Co-ordinating Committee 1 Chair 1 Vice-chair 1 Secretary (Dr. Silvestro Micera) N Chairs of the sub-committees Co-ordinating Committee Sub-committees An “ideal” LRPC should incorporate the opinions and advises of a large number of experts belonging to different areas of interest/expertise (a 2-3 members Committee is not sufficiently wide-ranging) A LRPC should work efficiently and produce concrete results (a 20-30 members Committee would not work)

Proposed structure of the LRPC Two kinds of sub-committees New sub-committees New Technology Direction Committee Industry and Technology Transfer National and International Policies Scientific and Cultural Issues Links with other Societies (in different fields, within and outside IEEE) (others….) Existing Committees Technical Affairs Board Education (others…)

Proposed structure of the LRPC Expected results Guidelines (“policy”) for future strategies of RAS Proposals for possible specific actions (“investments”) to be funded by RAS surplus