Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
IEEE membership should be personalized for each individual to make it valuable to him/her.
For his/her membership bundle, each individual should be allowed to pick the services/products that really matter to him/her.
I envision a simple token-based model for implementing such flexibility and adaptability.
Each individual pays the membership and receives some tokens corresponding to the type and level of membership that he/she purchased. This is the total value of his/her membership.
What will be bundled in it? The individual member will decide what compose his/her own membership by using the t...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
IEEE membership and product/service fees should be affordable everywhere, including within large countries where differences in the average income may be significant among geographical areas.
Even though people see value in membership and products/services, the cost is still a barrier in several areas. Electronic membership is still too high, especially for young people, in various places.
I believe that fees should be proportional to the average income in our field in industry and academia. This approach will make the burden fairer and IEEE more accessible to the scientific and professional c...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
STRATEGIC ACTIONS FOR OUR IEEE REGION 8 AND THE ENTIRE IEEE: A HOME FOR EVERYBODY … my vision as Candidate for 2021-22 IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect
IEEE is the leading association in science, technology, and innovation in our field, thanks to the extraordinary competences, efforts, and dedication of the many outstanding volunteers and staff. To continue to be the premiere reference in the world, we should timely identify and address all needs of our scientific and professional community, supporting scientific, technological, industrial, economic, and social development for the benefit of human...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
IEEE Region 8 for Industry Professionals and Industry
With our extraordinary volunteers in IEEE Region 8, I will focus on creating a personalized offer for every industry professional in our Region so that IEEE be a unique comprehensive experience for her/him. Specifically, listening to people in each geographical area, analyzing the local needs, and identifying effective solutions all together, I will work with all Region 8 committees, all IEEE Boards and organizational units catalyzing our efforts in five main areas:
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10, 2020.
IEEE Region 8 focus on young professionals, our future.
Young professionals are our future, the future of the humanity. They are essential in our scientific and professional community as well as in our Region and the entire IEEE.
We should always strive to support them to the greatest extent, ensuring that they are fully engaged and integral part of our community. They should have a pervasive presence in all groups in our Region and the IEEE (including Sections, Societies/Technical Councils, Chapters, and their Committees) to bring their views and aspirations in all decision processes since i...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
Entrepreneurs in IEEE Region 8. The engine for innovation and economic development.
Entrepreneurs are a group of industry people with specific needs, mainly directed to develop and support entrepreneurship skills and competences. The will be one of the essential and creative engines of industry innovation and the economic development. They are the ones who are taking the challenge of using or developing new technologies and applications and aim to create new agile companies.
A few years ago, the IEEE Board of Directors ran an experiment to analyze the needs of entrepreneurs and start understan...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
IEEE Region 8 support to underserved geographical areas. We are together!
There are several geographical areas in our Region where IEEE is not yet providing enough services and support to the scientific and professional community. IEEE Region 8 and the entire IEEE can do much more in these areas. Everybody should see IEEE Region 8 and IEEE as his/her professional home. Nobody should be ever left behind.
With our extraordinary people in the various geographical areas, I will focus on creating a personalized offer for every individual in our scientific and professional community, by taking into ...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
Students are the future of our scientific and professional community and IEEE Region 8.
Students are an essential part of our scientific and professional community since they will become the professionals and the scientists of the future. They will be the future. And, as IEEE Region 8, we need to provide them knowledge, tools, and services to support them in building their personal knowledge, skills, and career, complementing and extending the fundamental, applied, and advanced knowledge and the experiences provided by the universities.
I will focus on creating a personalized offer for every ...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
Women in Engineering: an extremely valuable part of our scientific and professional community in IEEE Region 8.
I believe that it is essential to expand the presence, visibility, and roles of women in our scientific and professional community as well as in our Region and in the entire IEEE. First of all, they are still not present in the engineering profession and in the various roles as they are in the overall workforce and the society worldwide. Second, diversity of views and thinking are essential to see problems and opportunities in a more holistic way and find better approaches. In the p...
Posted in Members on Sep 10, 2020.
Life Members: a vital valuable part of IEEE Region 8
Life Members are a vital valuable part of our scientific and professional community, our Region and the entire IEEE: they are the living knowledge and experience of our community. They can give an extraordinary contribution in building the community and the future, not only as scientists, technologists, and managers, but also as knowledge sources and role models.
I will focus on creating a personalized experience for each Life Member so that she/he can express her/his competences, collaboration, desires, and aspirations to the greatest exten...