Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Janina Mazierska IEEE Asia Pacific Director 2007-2008

IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24th & 25th March 2007

Region 10 Asia-Pacific

Janina MazierskaIEEE Asia Pacific Director

2007-2008



Region 10 celebrates 40 years! R10 Regional and Executive

Committees

• Role of Region 10 in IEEE

• Contacts with the Industry

• My Wish List



IEEE VISION:

Advancing global prosperity,

Fostering technological innovation,

Enabling members careers,

Promoting worldwide community

This is the vision that captured our minds and hearts!



Thanks to its members IEEE is the World’s largest technical professional society for

the advancement of technology

Over 374,000 members in 150 countries More than 70,000 students

Holds more than 350 international conferences annually

Publishes over 30% of the world’s literature in electrical engineering and computing

Offers more than 900 active industry standards



R9 – 14,598

R8 – 60,856

R10 – 67,442R1 to 6 – 215,851

R7 – 16,020

IEEE Membership, 374,767, by Regions31 December 2006

R1 – 38,617

R2 – 33,054

R3 – 30,615

R4 – 23,982

R5 – 29,444

R6 – 60,139 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the

two largest IEEE Regions

Region 10 was created on 1 Jan 1967



IEEE Top 10 Membership Countries

2005 Rank Country

2006 Membership

1 UNITED STATES (1) 216,942

2 INDIA (2) 23,683

3 CANADA (3) 16,157

4 JAPAN (4) 12,961

5 UNITED KINGDOM (5) 9,267

6 CHINA - including HONG KONG & MACAU (6)

7,166

7 AUSTRALIA (7) 6,231

8 GERMANY (8) 6,225

9 KOREA (9) 5,387

10 ITALY (11) 4,064

( ) = 2005 ranking



Region 10 Membership History1966 - 2006

2,5096,034

17,327

35,276

67,442

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

1966 1976 1986 1996 2006

as at 31st December 2006



R10 Geographic Units

2006 2005 DiffSections 52 47 5

Sub Sections 8 9 (1)

Technical Chapters 334 288 46

Affinity Groups 34 31 3

Geographic Councils 4 4 0

Student Branches 490 439 51

Student Branch Chapters 49 43 6

Student Branch Affinity Groups 21 13 8

Total 992 874 118

as at 31st December 2006

As at 28 February 2007:3 New Sections formed in 2007: Vietnam,Nanjing,Wuhan



Region 10 Membership 31 Dec 2006

1 2 3 4 5 6

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 has

• The highest membership (at times),• The highest % of students,• The highest % of female members,• The biggest growth rate,• Very large diversity,• A Need to Progress and Grow even

Faster – Hence there is so Much to Do for Us!



GOAL1: Regional and ExCom members: dedicated, very active, well informed,

innovative, efficient

• Changes to Executive Committee • New Sections • Two more Responsibilities of ExCom and Regional

Committee members:– Training of successors– Preparation for work at HQ level, (Leadership training)

Goals for the Region 10



GOAL2: Increased Role of the Region 10 on the HQ Level

• More Nominations • Voting – needs to increase!• Good Communication with HQ

Goals for the Region 10:



GOAL3: Increased Collaboration with the Industry

We now have the Industry Liaison Coordinator!

To be proposed: Region 10 Awards for supporting

Companies

Industry Internships????

Jobs and Scholarships Website: GOLD

initiative????

Goals for the Region 10:



WISH LIST - - Region 10 by 2009:

• Increased membership by 20,000, • Operate in one more country (!),• Have increased proportion of volunteers at

the HQ level at RAB, TAB, EAB, Standards and Pubs,

• Increased benefits for the members



So there is so much to do in 2007• To Recover 20,000 members who have not

paid dues this year,

• To gain new members,

• To Introduce new Programs, Initiatives and Activities, especially for students and new graduates even if we spend a part of our too big reserves!

Ladies and Gentelmen, I wish you (and myself) very efficient and successful IEEE R10 Meeting!

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Region 10 Asia-Pacific IEEE R10 Meeting, Kota Kinabalu, 24 th & 25 th March 2007 Janina Mazierska IEEE Asia Pacific Director 2007-2008