IEEE Conferences - Contributions to IEEE and the Members

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1 IEEE Conferences - Contributions to IEEE and the Members IEEE USA 2013 Meeting Conference Organizer Education 2 August 2013 Henry Benitez IEEE USA Kevin Hanft IEEE Meetings, Conferences and Events 1 9/26/2013

2 Topics Conferences contribution to IEEE Benefits & value of conferences IEEE IEEE-USA Individual Member Conferences as a member benefit 2 9/26/2013

3 Conferences contribution to IEEE 3 9/26/2013

4 IEEE Global Conference Business Through June 2013 IEEE. Will sponsor over 1380 conferences (27% in R1-6) 1156 have already been approved, 226 are pending approval 641 financially sponsored approved (40% in R1-6) 515 technically co-sponsored approved (11% in R1-6) In 84 countries Partner with close to 1000 non-ieee entities 69% of all IEEE Conferences are co-sponsored 86% of those are co-sponsored by a non-ieee entity Estimated attendance of nearly 400, K financially sponsored conferences 159K technically sponsored conferences Thru 1Q2013, 624 conference proceedings acquired 4 9/26/2013

5 Total Number of IEEE Conferences IEEE Society/Council/Geographic Unit/Other Sponsored/Co-Sponsored Financially Sponsored Technically Co-Sponsored Pending Approval 5 9/26/2013 Compound Annual Growth Rate, All Conferences ( ): 7.3% Conference Activity through 31May2013

6 IEEE Financially Sponsored Conferences IEEE Society/Council/Geographic Unit/Other Sponsored/Co-Sponsored S/C and Others GEO Units Pending Compound Annual Growth Rate, Financially-Sponsored Conferences ( ): 5.2% 6 9/26/2013 Conference Activity through 31May2013

7 IEEE Technically Sponsored Conferences IEEE Society/Council/Geographic Unit/Other Sponsored/Co-Sponsored S/C and Others GEO Units Pending Compound Annual Growth Rate, Technically Co-Sponsored Conferences ( ): 9.7% 7 9/26/2013 Conference Activity through 31May2013

8 2013 Top 10 Locations for Conferences by Country * USA China India Japan Singapore Germany Italy Malaysia France Canada 8 9/26/2013 * Conferences approved to date

9 Benefits and Motivations for Running Conferences 9 9/26/2013

10 Conference Organizing Motivations Organization Unit To benefit humanity by creating forums for idea sharing and discussion; advancing engineering Membership: Create opportunities for member participation Opportunities to develop leadership & management skills Reach potential new members Financial benefits: operating surplus; recurring IP revenue Create opportunities for authors & presenters Prestige, credibility and experience building for OU Networking: other entities, industry, government, vendors, etc. IEEE brand building 10

11 Conference Organizer Motivations Giving back Mentoring others Achievement 11 9/26/2013 Networking Participating in a team Career growth

12 Summary Conferences contribute broadly to IEEE Consistently #1 or #2 source of operating surplus #1 source of new articles to IEEE Xplore Over 200K annual IEEE brand experiences with potential new members Conferences provide members with engaging, enriching and satisfying activities Authors and speakers Leadership development Numerous level of conference volunteer activities and positions 12 9/26/2013

13 Conferences as a member benefit 13 9/26/2013

14 A brief primer on IEEE Membership R7: 17,861 IEEE Membership by Region, end of 2012 R10: 107,154 R1 to 6: 206,785 R9: 19,376 R8: 77, TOTAL MEMBERSHIP: 429,085

15 Higher Grade Membership Trends in Top Countries 15 *Past statistics required us to use the Section Level Data

16 16 Student Membership Trends in Top Countries

17 Percentage of Members Holding a Society Membership 17

18 One other important primer: IEEE is NOT just a bunch of academics Employment Status Total R1-6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Private industry 44% 52% 42% 34% 25% 29% Public/government 11% 10% 16% 11% 16% 12% Educational institution 24% 13% 18% 38% 43% 45% Non-profit institution (non-educational) 3% 3% 1% 3% 1% 2% Self-employed/consulting 7% 8% 11% 7% 9% 4% Retired 3% 4% 4% 2% 1% 2% Unemployed 4% 6% 3% 1% 1% 2% Full time student 2% 2% 4% 2% 3% 3% Other 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 1% However, we have seen declining percentages from industry, so we need to make sure we focus a significant amount of content and value for practitioners Higher grade members, not including GSMs 2012 Member Segmentation Study

19 MGA Goals 2013/2014 Conferences play a major role! Create a world class IEEE Member Experience Expand IEEE s Global Membership Presence Modernize the IEEE Volunteer Experience

20 Conferences drive Member Satisfaction Satisfaction by Importance Higher Grade Members Without Graduate Students (2012 Segmentation) Satisfaction (Mean = 43%) Insurance and other financial products and services Opportunities for leadership roles Printed career resources Having access to and obtaining responsive answers from the IEEE Contact Center Social networking (such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+) Providing alias with virus protection Ability to participate in standards development Higher Grade Printed copies of conference proceedings Printed copies of standards Printed books Conferences Printed copies of transactions, journals, and magazines Online meetings/webinars Internet video programming of conference highlights, author interviews, and so on Local meetings with other professionals Online access to transactions, journals, and magazines Discounts on professional products and services Opportunities for professional networking Awards and scholarships Interaction with other members the general public Continuing education opportunities Forums, newsgroups, and other online collaboration tools Representation on public policy Online career resources IEEE online communities issues related to the profession Contributing to the people of the world through humanitarian efforts Online access to conference proceedings Online access to standards Promoting the appreciation of technology and our profession to 65% Best in Class Importance (Mean = 52%) *Higher Grade Members (without graduate students) - Arrows represent statistically significant satisfaction changes in direction since 2008

21 ... and the trend for conferences is improving in both Importance and Satisfaction IEEE Higher Grade Member Segmentation Surveys IEEE Conferences Importance Rank Satisfaction Score 2001 n/a* 41% 2004 #8 51% 2008 #5 57% 2012 #4 62% *some additional categories added after 2001

22 There is variation between Society & Non-Society Members, but conferences are satisfying non-society members too Importance Satisfaction Importance (T2B) and Satisfaction (T3B) % Society No Society Society No Society Conferences 77% 62% 65% 57% Online access to conference proceedings 82% 68% 65% 52% Printed copies of conference proceedings 45% 37% 52% 43% Printed books 59% 51% 53% 46% Printed copies of transactions,journal and magazines 59% 51% 62% 56% Interaction with other members 65% 57% 42% 37% Online access to transactions, journals and magazines 88% 79% 69% 57% Online meeting 59% 51% 49% 44% Local meetings with other professionals 62% 55% 44% 37% Discounts on professional products and services 68% 64% 49% 45% Opportunities for leadership roles 44% 40% 38% 32% Ability to participate in standards 52% 48% 45% 37% Printed copies of standards 47% 43% 48% 45% Forums, newsgroups, and other online collaboration tools 53% 50% 37% 35% IEEE Online Communities 48% 45% 36% 35% Online access to standards 78% 76% 57% 50% Representation on public policy issues related to the profession 64% 61% 38% 37% Internet video programming of conference highlights,author interviews 53% 50% 46% 46% Opportunities for professional networking 71% 69% 46% 39% Continuing education opportunities 69% 68% 42% 39% Printed career resources 35% 34% 31% 29% Social networking (such as Faceb ook, LinkedIn and Google+) 37% 36% 33% 33% Providing alias with virus protection 37% 37% 57% 57% Promoting the appreciation of technology and profession to the general public 72% 72% 44% 41% Contributing to the people of the world through humanitarian efforts 52% 53% 36% 34% Having access to and obtaining responsive answers from the IEEE Contact Center 45% 46% 43% 43% Student Branch meetings 68% 69% 57% 54% Awards and scholarships 51% 52% 42% 37% Student Contests 68% 70% 56% 52% Online career resources 55% 62% 37% 36% Insurance and other financial products and services 34% 42% 43% 46% Statistically significant differences Red=Society Higher ; Bold Black=non-society higher

23 Creating a world class IEEE Member Experience requires focus Long Term Goal: 65% Top Box Satisfaction* or higher in the areas most important to IEEE members. Career Development Access to Information Continuing Education Member Satisfaction Member Discounts Professional Networking Exponential returns? A well run conference improves the member experience in just about every one of these key areas! * = 8, 9, or 10 on scale of 1-10 or 5/5 on 5 point scale

24 Summary Conferences are one of the most significant drivers of member satisfaction at IEEE and have been for many years Conferences have the potential to significantly improve the satisfaction for key at risk segments of IEEE Membership Membership and conferences can work together to create a unified positive experience for members and potential members and the more we share, the better both will become 24 *all figures are end of June 2013 and reflect the same time period [YoY] for 2012 unless otherwise noted

25 Discussion 25 9/26/2013