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POCO Meeting Report

Thuy Dao 8/16/08. Central Texas Section Fall Meeting. POCO Meeting Report. Overview. POCO: Panel of Conference Organizers http://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/organizers/poco/2008/presentations.html Benefits of conferences to industry. IEEE 125 th celebration.

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POCO Meeting Report

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  1. Thuy Dao 8/16/08 Central Texas Section Fall Meeting POCO Meeting Report

  2. Overview • POCO: Panel of Conference Organizers • http://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/organizers/poco/2008/presentations.html • Benefits of conferences to industry. • IEEE 125th celebration. • Basic schedule for IEEE conference organizer: detailed check list & schedule. • CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING: MOU, Website • PRICING OF CONFERENCES • CONFERENCE FINANCES: closing conference, VAT, international banking • HOTEL AND LOCATION MANAGEMENT • BUSINESS EXCHANGE: organizing conference in Europe & China

  3. IEEE 125th Celebration Five-year initiative Raise visibility of IEEE and its professions Increase public understanding of how technology benefits humanity Position IEEE as a trusted source of technology information Rolling out in 10 countries Anniversary Website Site to launch 1st September Tool kit Media Center: (Video vignettes, photos, message board, etc..) Calendar of Anniversary Events Fun, viral video contest (using YouTube) Presidents’ Competition information and entry form Encouraging Sections, Branches and Chapters to plan local celebrations and use the anniversary website 13 May 2009 “Official” anniversary day

  4. 125th Anniversary Mark and Theme

  5. IEEE Global Conference Business In 2007 IEEE… Sponsored over 900 conferences – more than 40% range from 100-300 attendees. In over 60 countries Touched over 400,000 attendees Partnered with over 500 non-IEEE entities Acquired over 800 proceedings Generated over $120 million in revenue THANK YOU Number of IEEE Financially Sponsored Conferences 50% increase

  6. IEEE Conference Budgeted Surplus Distribution by Region Surplus still driven by Regions 1-6

  7. Questions? Increase in number of no – show presenters. What to do? Send comment to Gerald Engel – IEEE Conference committee Chair g.engel@computer.org New Copy right transfer form that included video / voice taping of presentation. How to inform author of this change? Send comment to John Vig – IEEE President elect Corporate-Communications@ieee.org

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