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Join the Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO) educational event by IEEE to enhance event planning skills. Training sessions on conference guidelines, community building, and innovation. Event hosted at Hilton Singapore from July 17-19, 2014.
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17 - 19 July 2014 Hilton Singapore http://ieee.org/.go/poco
What Is POCO? • POCO = Panel of Conference Organizers • Annual Education Event for IEEE conference organizers and OU leadership, with a focus on: • Running a conference: • Training on IEEE guidelines and event planning best practices • Community building • Organizers • Meetings, Conferences, & Events (MCE) professional core • IEEE partners • Innovation • Exposure to new concepts, tools, and delivery channel • Produced by the IEEE MCE professional core in partnership with IEEE Conferences Committee leadership
Who participates in POCO? • IEEE Organizer Community • Conference chair and other officers • IEEE Key Leadership and Event Professional Core • VP of conferences for Societies and Councils • Regional conference coordinators • IEEE Section officers • Select IEEE event planning professionals • IEEE Conferences Committee • IEEE Meetings, Conferences and Events • Thought Leaders within the Event Industry • Key Global Event Industry Partners
POCO Content:Sneak Peek • Day 1 Thursday (Full Day)- Conference Basics & Best Practices • Training on Running a Conference • Updates, changes and information organizers need to know to stay current and be effective • Day 2 (Full Day)– Excellence in Conferences • Trends in Scholarly Conferences • Planning Events • Industry trends and emerging innovation discussions • IEEE partner and Meetings, Conferences and Events (MCE) initiative spotlights • Day 3 (Half Day)– Innovation Infusion
Communications Plans / Timing • “Save the Date” alerts distributed in various IEEE channels • IEEE Conference Organizers Newsletter • IEEE Society Sentinel • IEEE MCE CRM Team Monthly Leadership Communications • Past POCO Attendee List • IEEE Board of Directors and various Leadership • Invitation process and registration will begin March 2014
POCO Host Cities • 2006 R7 – Montreal, Canada • 2007 R7 – Vancouver, Canada • 2008 R6 – Seattle, WA USA • 2009 R8 – Prague, Czech Republic • 2010 R2 – Washington DC • 2011 R10 – Beijing, PRC • 2012 R8 – Budapest, Hungary • 2013 R6 – Portland, OR USA • 2014 R10 – Singapore, Singapore