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BarcelonaFebrero, 2014

Manuel Castro, Professor UNEDPresidentIEEE Education SocietyProfessor of Electrical EngineeringUNED, Madrid, Spain

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council

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IEEE is a leading developer of industrial standard with a portfolio of more than 900 active standards and more than 400 standards in development.

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Objective 1 To enhance the Society's publications

Objective 2 To develop the Society’s conferences into premier, international conferences

Objective 3 To provide new professional development opportunities for members

Objective 4 To evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the governance structure of the Society

Objective 5 To increase the number of members

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72 Chapters more or less active◦ Very low turnover rate

6 Student Branch Chapters >>> new HKN Chapters◦ First IEEE-UNED

2 technical meeting per year requirement◦ Does not foster excellence-quality

Our highly functional chapters have:◦ Access to peer-reviewed student-only journal

Online only, TEE

◦ Outreach & Mentoring◦ K-12/pre university contact/activities◦ Student Branch/Chapter contact/activities

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Large branch of the Spain Section (and only along Spain)

First chapter of the UNED student branch on the IEEE Society Education

New HKN (Eta Kappa Nu) Chapter on going Support of the UNED Rectorate / Computer

Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Study Centers Madrid > Coruña > Barcelona > Teruel-Zaragoza > …

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