Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Janina Mazierska IEEE Asia Pacific Director

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Progress in Sciences, Engineering and Technology depends strongly on Exchange of Ideas between Kindred Minds Hence International Collaborations, Conferences, Workshops, Networking Are of Great Importance And this is where IEEE is involved!

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 This is the vision that captured our minds and hearts! IEEE VISION: Advance global prosperity, Fostering technological innovation, Enabling members careers, Promoting worldwide community IEEE is the World’s largest technical professional society for the advancement of technology

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Thanks to its members IEEE is the World’s largest technical society l Over 374,000 members in 160 countries l More than 80,000 students with over 1,615 Branches l Holds more than 500 international conferences annually l Publishes over 30% of the world’s literature in electrical engineering and computing (top, 8 of 10 journals most cited) l Offers more than 900 active industry standards

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 R9 – 15,410 R8 – 64,976 R10 – 67,157 R1 to 6 – 212,838 R7 – 15,947 IEEE Membership– 376,328 R1 – 37,973 R2 – 32,363 R3 – 30,782 R4 – 23,555 R5 – 29,020 R6 – 59,145 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the two largest IEEE Regions *2007 Preliminary

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 IEEE Top 10 Membership Countries 2005 RankCountry 2006 Membership 1UNITED STATES216,942 2INDIA23,683 3CANADA16,157 4JAPAN12,961 5UNITED KINGDOM9,267 6CHINA - including HONG KONG & MACAU 7,166 7AUSTRALIA6,231 8GERMANY6,225 9KOREA5,387 10ITALY4,064

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 The World is changing rapidly!!! Median age ( ) In 2002, China is the most populous country in the world and India, the second most populous. India gains population rapidly and eclipses China in total population in Half of the world’s more developed countries (MDCs), including those in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, are expected to experience population declines over the next 50 years. The United States is the only MDC expected to be among the ten most populous countries in MDCs will experience aging populations, while LDCs will have a “youth bulge.” Nearly 50% of the world’s population could be less than 18 years old by Source: U.S. Census Bureau - Population Division, International Programs Center, International Data Base Courtesy of M.Lightner

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Region 10 Membership History

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 R10 is complex!!! 2007/ Sections56/5247 Sub Sections99 Technical Chapters379/ Affinity Groups3431 Geographic Councils5/44 Student Branches524/ Student Branch Chapters57/4943 Student Branch Affinity Groups2113 Black as at 31 st December 2006

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Region 10 Membership 31 Dec Honorary 6 (0.00%) Fellow 740 (1.10%) Senior Member 3,716 (5.51%) Member 33,376 (49.49%) Associate Member 3,498 (5.19%) Student Member 26,106 (38.71%) Total R10 Members = 67,442 (100%) R10 Higher Grade Members = 41,336 (61.29%) R10 Voting Members = 37,838 (56.10%) ( ) = Percent of Total Region Membership

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Region 10 has The highest membership (but probably not for much longerunless we do something !!!!) The highest % of students, The highest % of female members, Very large diversity,

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 GOAL1: Regional and ExCom members: dedicated, very active, well informed, innovative, efficient Changes to Executive Committee New Sections and Section Chairs Two more Responsibilities of ExCom and Regional Committee members: –Training of successors –Preparation for work at HQ level, (Leadership training) 2007 Goals for the Region 10 GOOD PROGRESS: Increased Training for: EXCOM, New Section Chairs, Student Volunteers, GOLD and WIE Volunteers

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 GOAL2: Increased Role of the Region 10 on the HQ Level More Nominations: Voting – needs to increase! Improved Communication with HQ 2007 Goals for the Region 10: Reasonable progress: * R10 HAS NOW MORE REPRESENTATIVES ON MAJOR COMMITTEES * Voting improved but not enough!

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 GOAL3: Increased Collaboration with the Industry  New Position- Industry Liaison Coordinator  To be developed: Region 10 Awards for supporting Companies 2007 Goals for the Region 10: Great Progress Achieved!!!

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 March 2007 WISH LIST - - Region 10 by 2009: Increased membership by 20,000 - NOT PROGRESSING! Operate in one more country - DONE, Have increased proportion of volunteers at the HQ level at RAB, TAB, EAB, Standards and Pubs: - SOME SUCCESS Increased benefits for the members - We need to do something!

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST YEAR Introduction of Industry related Awards LINK program by Kerala Section to solve the problem of inactive student branches Several Awards from HQ for our volunteers IEEE in a New Country - Vietnam Very successful R10 Student Congress

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 Student Congress 2008

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 WHAT DO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IN 2008? No Growth in 2007 (a small loss in fact), Too small number of Higher Grade Members, Financial Constrains: Decreased Income for R10 while costs of travel increased and # of Sections significantly increased……. Inactive Student Branches, 37% Need for extra benefits of IEEE Membership –(eg IEEE Credit Card for India)

Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Ahmedabad, 3-4 February 2008 We need to “think big, think fast, think ahead”…… Dhirubhai Ambani Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish all of us a very efficient and successful IEEE R10 Meeting 2008!