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Life Sciences New Initiative Status Update. Bin He, Moshe Kam, M. Vidyasagar and Bichlien Hoang for the LSNI Project Team [Adapted from the presentation to IEEE Board of Directors Phoenix, AZ, USA 19 February 2012 ]. DISCLAIMER (requested by Bichlien).
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Life Sciences New Initiative Status Update Bin He, Moshe Kam, M. Vidyasagar and Bichlien Hoang for the LSNI Project Team [Adapted from the presentation to IEEE Board of Directors Phoenix, AZ, USA 19 February 2012 ]
DISCLAIMER (requested by Bichlien) • "It's OK to share with your team, as long as you mention that this is work-in-progress and should not be shared outside of your Committee. "
2011 Accomplishments (1) • Strong support for and participation from 29 Societies, Council and Committees (see slide 3) • Created Life Sciences Steering Committee • Created Life Sciences Project Team (35 members) • Created five Life Sciences Sub-teams • Launched the Life Sciences Web Portal on June 22, 2011 (http://lifesciences.ieee.org) and refreshed Portal content on a regular basis • Organized and planned for the firstIEEE Life Sciences Grand Challenges Conference, Oct 4-5, 2012 , National Academy of Science, Washington DC • Started evaluating organizational structures for post-NIC operations, e.g., Multi-Society Technical Group
LSNI Project Team Structure LS Steering Committee Chair - Moshe Kam, LS Initiative Champion M.Vidyasagar, LS Project Team Co-Chair Bin He – LS Project Team Co-Chair Bichlien Hoang, LS Program Director Grand Challenges Bin He (EMBS) AniruddhaDatta (Control) Andreas Demosthenous (CAS) AtamDhawan (EMBS) Al Hero (SPS) Luis Kun (Computer) Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin (SPS) Jagath C. Rajapakse (CIS) Elliot Sloane (EMBS) LS PortalEditorial Board NitishThakor(EMBS)Georges El Fakhri(NPSS)ChapalathyNeti(Biometrics)MohamadSawan(CAS) LS Portal Operations Bichlien Hoang (Staff) Brian Hipszer (EMBS) Bruce Hecht (SSCS) Lee Moffitt (content manager) Membership, Roadmap & Branding John Walz(Computer) Bruce Hecht (SSCS) Koichi Ito (APS) Ali Khademhosseini (EMBS) Yong Lian(CAS) Elliot Sloane (EMBS) Tsong-Ho Wu (ComSoc) Fumihito Arai (RAS) Michael Berthold (SMC) Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer (IAS) Brian Cunningham (PHO) Peter Ghavami (RL) Arye Rosen (MTT) James A. Smith (GRSS) Dong Sun (Nano) Pubs & Conferences Frank Doyle (Control) Xue-Wen Chen (Computer) Alberto Del Guerra (NPSS) Frank Allgower (Control) Jose Principe (EMBS) GianlucaSetti (CAS) M. Vidyasagar (Control) .
IEEE Life Sciences Portal http://lifesciences.ieee.org
2012 Highlights • Promote LSNI outside of IEEE • Engage Marketing, PR/Media Relations firm and work with IEEE Public Visibility • Develop products and services as potential Post-NIC revenue sources • Subscription Service to selected content on LS Portal • Life Sciences e-Newsletter • Life Sciences Topical Blogs • Best papers from flagship conferences • LS Grand Challenges Conference • Webinars • Engage other OUs (e.g., MGA, Standards, EAB) • Develop partnership with strategic partners • Develop post-NIC organizational structure and transition plan
Business Model – Revenue Sources • On-going expenses to monetize the LS Portal • Staff and LS portal supplier • Revenue Sources • Traditional: LS conferences and webinars • New: LS Subscription service via the LS portal • Approach • Expand the LS Grand Challenges Conference into an annual IEEE Life Sciences Grand Challenges Summit, rotating among locations worldwide –Grand Challenges Team and Pubs and Conferences Team • Webinar: With EAB, create one “hot topic” LS Webinar in 2011 and evaluate results – Pubs and Conferences Team 9
LSNI Life Cycle Estimates Note – Assume revenues come from subscription service, conferences and webinars. Details are given in NIC Proposal