1. Vincenzo Piuri VP-TA Candidate 2015 VP-TA Elect Candidate 2014

2. Qualifications Educational Activities E-Learning Library, Tutorials S/C VP Education, Biometrics Certification Conferences From small workshops… …to 1000 attendees conferences General, Program, Finance, Publication, Publicity, Local Arrangement, Steering Committees Technical Activities S/C technical committees Society President, S/C Vice President, S/C committees TAB, TAB committees, New Technologies Division Director Publications EiC, Associate Editor, Special Issue Editor S/C VP Publications, Steering Committees PSPB Strategic Planning, TAB/PSPB Fostering scientific advancement, knowledge dissemination and technological innovation to promote knowledge, economical and social development for the benefit of the communities that we serve and the whole humanity Members Activities Chapters, Student Branches IEEE Awards

3. Vision To inspire, foster, and empower worldwide technologic-centric communities in research, profession, industry, government bodies, and education by enhancing technical activities and services as a trustable high-quality source of theoretical and practical knowledge

4. Specific Goals (1)  Reaching Out To involve IEEE members and communities who have not significant involvement with societies and councils To expand cooperation with scientific and technological interdisciplinary communities which can find home in IEEE To expand interactions worldwide with scientific and technological associations To further promote internationality of activities and presence in the IEEE To further promote public visibility Technical Activities To nurture the creation and the development of new technologies and the related communities To promote interactions and synergies among societies, technical councils and technical communities Conferences To expand conferences in new technological areas To enhance conferences of interest to professionals To promote cooperation of societies and councils in areas of common interest To preserve the technical excellence To enhance the geographical coverage with high-quality meetings

5. Specific Goals (2)  Publications To preserve the high quality of publications To expand high-quality publications in new or interdisciplinary scientific and technological areas To further enhance timeliness of high-quality journals To further enhance the offer of open-access publications To promote the publication of books To identify publications specifically suited for professionals and industry  Educational activities To expand tutorials, especially in emerging areas To integrate the tutorial offers available in IEEE, societies and councils To expand life-long educational programs  Standards To nurture the standardization needs and initiatives, especially in new technological areas

6. Specific Goals (3)  New products and services To expand the use of dedicated portals as comprehensive channels for knowledge dissemination in specific topical areas To identify new dissemination channels for scientific and technological material specifically suited for professionals, industry and students, especially on mobile devices  People Networking To identify and promote new opportunities for interactions in communities worldwide To expand the use of social networks for interaction, integration, and mentoring To increase the presence and the cooperation in chapters as local roots for scientific and technological activities  Finances To guarantee financial viability of activities To promote investment in the future by using reserves for new initiatives To promote sustainable activities in a larger time window To be reasonably conservative in budgeting and management while allowing for operational activities and initiatives

7. Approach New technologies, new areas and innovation Trustability and high quality Timely and open-access knowledge Application knowledge Cooperation, synergies and consensus Education as investment in the future: university, life- long and pre-university Internationality and worldwide view Diversity as a stimulus to growth all together New media and social networks Public visibility Caring for all communities and their needs: scientists, practicing professionals, and students Strategic perspective Gradual evolution Maieutic role: S/C are central to IEEE life with all other OUs ALL TOGETHER

8. IEEE Advancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity