The document provides an overview of the IEEE, including its vast membership, active standards, and technical societies. It details the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), its global reach, and the benefits of corporate membership, such as influencing technology development and participating in standards creation. Additionally, it outlines the rigorous standards development processes and various educational initiatives related to standards.

1. Overview of the IEEE, IEEE-SA &
Corporate Programs
April 2012
Dennis Brophy
chair
Corporate Advisory Group
IEEE P1904.1 SIEPON Seminar
20 April 2012
Prague, Czech Republic

2. IEEE Today
The world’s largest professional association advancing technology for humanity
MEMBERS
Over 400,000
COUNTRIES
Over 160
CONFERENCES
Over 1200 per year
PUBLICATIONS
Over 30% of world’s
electrotech literature
STANDARDS
Over 900 active standards
Over 500 active projects
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3. 415,622 IEEE Members (December 2011)
57,260
(4% growth)
224,039
(-2% growth)
100,765
6,868 (7% growth)
(13% growth)
9,076
(1% growth)
17,614
(8% growth)
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4. IEEE Technical Societies/Councils
 Aerospace & Electronic Systems  Instrumentation & Measurement
 Antennas & Propagation  Lasers & Electro-Optics
 Broadcast Technology  Magnetics
 Circuits & Systems  Microwave Theory & Techniques
 Communications  Nanotechnology Council
 Components, Packaging, & Manufacturing  Nuclear & Plasma Sciences
Technology  Oceanic Engineering
 Computer  Power Electronics
 Computational Intelligence  Power & Energy
 Consumer Electronics  Product Safety Engineering
 Control Systems  Professional Communication
 Council on Electronic Design Automation  Reliability
 Council on Superconductivity  Robotics & Automation
 Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation  Sensors Council
 Education  Signal Processing
 Electromagnetic Compatibility  Social Implications of Technology
 Electron Devices  Solid-State Circuits
 Engineering in Medicine & Biology  Systems Council
 Geosciences & Remote Sensing  Systems, Man, & Cybernetics
 Industrial Electronics  Technology Management Council
 Industry Applications  Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, & Frequency
 Information Theory Control
 Intelligent Transportation Systems  Vehicular Technology
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5. IEEE Office Locations
Europe: Brussels
United States Beijing, China
Piscataway, NJ
New York, NY Tokyo, Japan
Washington, DC
Los Alamitos, CA Bangalore,
Singapore
India
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6. IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
– Globally recognized standards
– Over 900 active standards
– More than 500 standards under development
– 7,000 individual members
– 200 corporate members
– Over 20,000 standards developers worldwide
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7. IEEE Board of Directors
Standards
Association
Publication
Activities
Member &
How IEEE-SA
Geographic
Activities fits
within IEEE
IEEE-USA
Technical
Activities
Educational
Activities
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8. IEEE Standards Are Pervasive
Addresses a broad spectrum of technologies
 Aerospace Electronics  Nanotechnology
 Broadband Over Power Lines  National Electrical Safety Code
 Broadcast Technology  Organic Components
 Clean Technology  Portable Battery Technology
 Cognitive Radio
 Power Electronics
 Design Automation
 Power & Energy
 Electromagnetic Compatibility
 Radiation/Nuclear
 Green Technology
 LAN/MAN
 Reliability
 Medical Device Communications  Transportation Technology
 Test Technology
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9. IEEE-SA Members (December 2011)
708 Individual
35 Corporate
5,625 Individual
101 Corporate
786 Individual
60 Individual 57 Corporate
8 Corporate
73 Individual
130 Individual 2 Corporate
0 Corporate
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10. Strong International Collaboration
Asia Europe
Middle East/
North Africa South Africa
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11. Rigorous Standards Process
The widely respected IEEE-
Consensus
SA standards-development
process, which adheres to
Due the WTO/TBT Principles,
Process
produces results that reflect
the collective consensus
Openness view of participants and
enable industry to achieve
specific objectives and
Right of
Appeal solutions.
Balance
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12. Two Types of Standards Development
Individual method
• Participants are “individuals”: i.e., people
• Individuals represent themselves
• Each individual participant has one vote
• Ballot groups are made up of a minimum of 10 individuals
• Ballot group participants must be IEEE-SA individual members
Entity (Corporate) method
• Participants are “entities,” i.e., companies, universities, government
bodies, etc.
• Designated representative and alternate represent the entity
• Each entity has one vote
• Standards project initiation requires 3 entities to commit to
membership and payment of appropriate dues
• Entity sends representatives to participate in standards development
meetings
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13. IEEE-SA Corporate Program
What is it and what does it do?
– Allows entities to be involved in the SA as
members
• Industry, academia, government, non-profits,
organizations
• Broad-based and diverse global membership
– Gives industry a direct voice in IEEE Standards
Association key programs
• Ensures your business interests are heard and
represented
• Through standards development
• Through governance (IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group)
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14. Corporate Program
CAG Leadership Membership
Company Title
Mentor Graphic
Corporation Director, Strategic Business Development
Broadcom
Corporation Senior Technical Director, Office of the CTO
Lead Member Technical Staff, Strategic
AT&T Services, Inc. Standards
Synopsys, Inc. Director, Standards and Interoperability
Lockheed Martin Corporate Director of Electronics Engineering
Corporation & Packaging
Sony Vice President, Technology Standards Office
Qualcomm Senior Vice President, Development
Microsoft Senior Standards Strategist
State Grid
Corporation of
China Vice President
SanDisk Director, Standardization and Industry
Corporation Associations
STMicroelectronics Director, Market Development
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15. IEEE-SA Corporate Program
How can industry benefit from the corporate
program?
– Influence technology development
• Incubate new technologies, standards and related services in a rapidly
changing environment
• Shape the direction of technology and its market place applications
– Drive the development of corporate standards to stay competitive
• Gain advanced knowledge by engaging in corporate standards projects
– Network with global thought leaders
– Other benefits
• Unlimited balloting on IEEE corporate standards
• Complimentary individual IEEE-SA memberships
• Discounts on all IEEE standards
• Access to consensus incubation activities like Industry Connections
• Global exposure through identification on IEEE-SA website
– See http://standards.ieee.org/develop/corpchan/general.html
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16. Industry Connections (IC)
 What is it and what does it do?
– Efficient, economical environment for building consensus
– Produces "fast-track" materials, such as proposals for standards, white
papers, peer-reviewed specifications, guides, position papers and other
specialized tools
– Incubate new standards and related services
– Hone and refine thinking on rapidly changing technologies
– Can bridge the gap between standards development and market
adoption
– See standards.ieee.org/industryconnections
 What are the benefits of the Industry Connections
program?
– Minimal overhead time & expense to begin collaborative work
– Flexibility to decide best/preferred path(s) forward and outcomes
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17. About ICAP
Encompasses all aspects of Conformity Assessment – Self
Declaration, 3rd Party Assessment/Testing, Interoperability
(via events or plugfests, etc.)
Understanding ICAP Global services
 IEEE Conformity Assessment  Turnkey Certification Management
Program (ICAP) provides venue
 Trademark & Registry Authority
for testing & conformity
assessment programs  Test Suite & Specification
Developer
 Certification Authority focused
on full testing spectrum for  Benchmarking & Performance
IEEE-related standards Testing Support
 NOT a TEST LAB… ICAP  Conformity Alliance Support
strategically aligns with expert
 Self-Validation Suites
test labs to provide the best
level of conformance &
certification support
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18. IEEE Standards Education
Recognizes the importance of standards in meeting technical,
economic, environmental, and societal challenges
Knowledge of standards can help facilitate the transition from
classroom to professional practice by aligning educational
concepts with real-world applications
IEEE Standards Education Portal
– http://www.standardseducation.org
– Focal point for delivery of information on education about
standards, with free content
• Case studies and tutorials
• Student application paper information
• Glossary of standards terms and acronyms
• Information on continuing education at conferences
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19. IEEE Standards Development: How
to start
Find a
• Any individual technical
or company group within • Develop scope
with a IEEE to and purpose of
technical idea “sponsor” the the project
may start a project
project
• Referred to as a
“Sponsor”
• Sponsor does not Submit a Project
have a financial Authorization
Request (PAR)
role form for approval
Determine • Sponsor provides by New Standards
need for guidance and Committee
project support (NesCom)
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20. IEEE Standards Development Process
Idea!
Maximum of 4 years
Project Develop Sponsor Standards Publish
approval draft ballot Board standard
standard approval
Maximum
Revise or withdraw
standard of 5 years
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21. IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Activities
 IEEE-SA’s patent policy is consistent with patent policies of ISO,
IEC, and ITU and most other SDOs
 Designed to balance
– Needs of those implementing a standard
– Rights of intellectual property owners of technology necessary to
implement that standard
 IEEE-SA’s patent policy contributes to
– Transparency earlier in process
– Confidence in commitments
– Global applicability
 Patent-related activities with other organizations, including
– Memorandum of Understanding with European Patent Office
(EPO)
– Ongoing discussions with other patent organizations
– Speaker at European Commission events in 2010 & 2011
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22. Ways to Participate
in IEEE Standards Development
• At the IEEE Standards Association home page
• http://standards.ieee.org/
Start
• Search for PROJECTS: http://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/
• Search for WORKING GROUPS: http://standards.ieee.org/develop/wg/
• Search by SPONSOR: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/detailed_index.html
Find
• Reach out to the working group contact to join the
working group
Contact
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23. IEEE-SA information & materials
 IEEE-SA Web site
– http://standards.ieee.org/
 IEEE-SA Corporate Program
– http://standards.ieee.org/develop/corpchan/general.html
 IEEE-SA newsletters
– http://standards.ieee.org/develop/corpchan/sfocus/index.html
– http://standards.ieee.org/news/swire/index.html
 IEEE Standards Education Portal
– http://www.standardseducation.org
 IEEE-SA Industry Connections
– standards.ieee.org/industryconnections
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24. Thank You