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Region 1
Conference Coordinator Report
Charles Rubenstein
<[email protected]>
Pratt Institute - SILS
Region 1 March Meeting
Downtown Hartford Marriott – 10 March 2012
R1 BoG Agenda Items
Conference Coordinator (Rubenstein) – 40
minutes
– General Information
– iStep
(Rubenstein)
– Area “Days” (Perkins, Pellegrino, Shay, Loui)
– IEEE-USA 2014 Annual Meeting Plans
(Providence Section)
– Sections Congress 2014 Planning
General Information
2010- 2011 R1 Conferences
R1 Student Conference (including Joint R1/R2 event)
R1 Innovation Day, Industry Day, etc.
CANEUS/IEEE Fly-By-Wireless Workshop (Co-sponsor)
IEEE Sections Congress 2011: 19-22 August 2011
(San Francisco, CA)
LISAT Conference
Trenton Computer Festival
WIE Conferences (Joint R1/R2 events)
NEW EVENTS CREATED DURING 2010-2011:
Smart Grid for Practitioners (SG4P)
Signal Processing in Medicine & Biology Symposium
(SPMB)
iSTEP; held one per area; Oct-Nov 2011
R1 Conference Coordinator
Please make sure to include me on all local conference
plans and discussions.
Although I am involved in the Metropolitan Area
Workshop (MAW) and other conferences in our region,
Do NOT presume that I have been notified about an event
in your Section or under your Region position.
Please keep me informed about WIE, GOLD, PACE, etc.,
conference opportunities.
See next slide.
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2012 IEEE Meetings Information
IEEE-USA Annual Meeting: Cincinnati,OH 3-6 May
LISAT Conference: Farmingdale 4 May
35th Sarnoff Symposium: Newark 22-23 May
IEEE Meeting Series II: Boston 28 June – 2 July
R1 Annual Meeting: Newark 18 August
R1 Booth: World Maker Faire NY Queens 29-30 September
Metropolitan Area Workshop: Southern Area October
IEEE Meeting Series III*: New Brunswick 8-12 November
Smart Grid for Practitioners: Brooklyn 16-17 November
Sig. Processing in Med. & Bio.: Brooklyn 1 December
* The November IEEE Meeting Series are held in New Brunswick, NJ
iSTEP
Project: Region 1 – iSTEP – 2011 Progress
PROJECT DESCRIPTION/SCOPE
2011 BUDGET & PROJECT METRICS
Design, implement and test "iSTEP" -an
enhanced and revitalized STEP/Mentoring Program in each of the
Region's four Areas in the remaining months of 2011.
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The 2011 iSTEP Working Group includes
our Membership, GOLD, SAC, PACE, WIE and Life Member Chairs,
the Area Chairs, D-E and Director. Subsequent WGs expect the 3Ds to
contribute. (Area Chairs to lead their Area events)
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DELIVERABLES
PROJECT SUCCESS – METRICS
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New Graduation Package: - in progress
Revised Congratulations Package - in progress
iSTEP training events at Region 1 Area Meetings - DONE
Validation of iSTEP success. - in progress
Detailed plan for iSTEP expanded roll-out in 2012 & 2013
- in progress, changes to be implemented Spring 2012
mentoring piece being reevaluated.
PROJECT CORE TEAM
• Charles Rubenstein : 2011-2013 iSTEP Project Manager/PI
• Soon Wan: 2011 iSTEP Co-Chair
• Ravi Todi : 2011 iSTEP Co-Chair
• Jignasa Ray : 2012 iSTEP Co-Chair
iSTEP COMMITTEE:
• Area Chairs, D-E and Director.
• GOLD, SAC, PACE, WIE and Life Member Chairs .
• Local iSTEP Event Chairs
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Project Funded Budget: $10K , Region Matching Budget: $10K
Budget Spent/ Committed $20K+ (Project Started 8/1)
100% of Budget spent with most of project complete.
Forecast : $10K MGA and $10K Region 1
Actual: $10K MGA and $10K+ Region 1
2011-2013 Region 1 Students to GSM/Higher-Grade membership
retention rate - > 50% = TBD
 Number of mentor/mentee Relationships matched - > 20 annual
 iSTEP Event Attendance - 50 per area event
 ISTEP Program Funding – Self Sustain by 2014
Milestone
Target
Completion
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Complete
8/1
100 %
12/31/11
100%
Face-to-face meeting
Rev.12/17/11
100%
Grad Pack Approved
11/30/11
25%
Congrat Letter Approved
11/30/11
25%
Advertising of iSTEP
12/31/11
100%
iSTEP &Area Training Event
12/31/11
100%
Mentoring collocated iSTEP
12/31/11
25%
Project Approved
Working Group Telecons
Project: Region 1 – iSTEP
Project Highlights and Results:
• An iSTEP announcement was created.
• Four iSTEP events were scheduled, advertised, and run.
• Each of the four Areas of Region 1 had an iSTEP event coupled with training of the local
Section Chairs and interested members.
• Only reached about 10-20 students at each event due to late start.
• Feedback was evaluated and a face-to-face training session held
• Plans are in process to incorporate iSTEP training in the 2012 R1 SAC and 2012 R1 Training
Workshop.
• iSTEP materials and letters are in prgoress and expected to be completed
2011 Project Metrics Evaluation - iSTEP Model Changes:
 “Number of mentor/mentee Relationships matched - > 20 annual“
The original iSTEP Mentoring Model was not possible to
accomplish in a single afternoon. Instead an overview of
mentoring possible through IEEE activities is presented.
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2012 Area ‘Days’
postponed to maximize
MAW Planning, iSTEP
IEEE-USA 2014 Annual
Meeting Plans
(Providence Section)
Sections Congress 2014 Planning
22-24 August 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS airport)
See what your section can do to earmark funds
to cover the travel expenses of your
Section Primary Delegate and reps…
A check of airfare yesterday showed for travel
JFK-AMS “9 Aug – 13 Aug 2012” is $1300
Don’t Forget Tonight!
In closing…
Let me know how Region 1 can help you
create a local conference in YOUR Section
this year!
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