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Industry Support
IEEE Region 4 Meeting
January 30-31, 2004
Ron Jensen
Industry Support
• Relationships are varied
– Great support from some companies
– Negative support from other companies
– Indifference from most
Industry Support
• Significant Relationships
– Standards
– Journals
– Maintaining skills
• Conferences
• Training
Industry Support
• Opportunities for cooperation
– Facilities
– Speakers
– Communication
– Support for volunteers
Industry Support
• What is IEEE doing?
– R3 developed a program
– Board of Directors is very interested
• November meeting in Seattle
– Invited Boeing liaison to speak
– Related his companies plans to measure value
– Will make decisions on who they will support
– Staff has met with industry leaders
• Intentions to build a program
Industry Support
• RAB has an IR Committee
– Reports through Section & Chapter
Support
– Staff contact at IEEE- Cathy Downer
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Included in RAB Strategic Plan
Suggestions…
Successes…
Questions???
Industry Relations- Backup
1.1
Enhance Relevance to Industry
1.1.1
Review & Develop survey data from Section & Chapter Chairs into a functional database to
penetrate industry based on size, location, nature of industry, and other relevant factors
Update on Project 1.1.1 - Information is being transferred to private area of the RAB
IRC on the virtual community for the committee to review and work from. All
committee members have joined the community and Chair Kalasky has already
begun to post documents for the committee.
1.1.2
IEEE Corporate Partnership Program
1.1.3
Develop industry-focused programs and incentives in response to Sections Congress '02
Recommendations 3, 6, 24, 31, 32, 34, 35
IRC, MDC
1.1.4
RAB Awards & Recognition Committee Chair to contact the RAB Industry Relations Committee
Chair regarding advisement on the establishment of an Industry Executive Award.
IRC, ARC
Update on Project 1.1.4 - RAB ARC is current discussing the establishment of
another RAB Industry Recognition Award