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BTS Distinguished Lecturer Program
Mission: To serve the needs of the members of the BT Society to enhance
their professional knowledge and vitality by keeping them informed of
the latest research results and their practical applications. The BTS
Distinguished Lecturer Program exists for the purpose of providing BTS
Chapters with a list of quality lecturers who can potentially give talks
at local chapter meetings. The program provides a means for chapters to
have access to individuals who are well known educators and authors in
the fields of broadcast technology to lecture at Chapter meetings.
This program is not intended to provide speakers for BTS conferences,
regional conventions, university seminars, or trade shows. Scheduling
and minimum audience sizes are at the discretion of the Lecturer.
Strategy: The society will select the distinguished lecturers in various areas of BTS that have information on the latest research, and provide the means to travel to destinations to present the topic of interest.
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Program is Open to
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Chapters Only
To Request a BTS Distinguished Lecturer
Chapter and DL should:
- Based on the interests of its membership (e.g., a benefiting organization in the region covered by the Chapter), the Chapter Chair approves a topic and a lecturer. A representative of the benefiting organization and/or the Chapter Chair shall contact the lecturer directly and work out preliminary details of the visit (chapter event, date, location, name and affiliation of the benefiting organization, lecture topic, expected number of attendees, etc.).
- After the date is set, the chapter and distinguished lecturer should contact the DL Chair and the BTS Executive Office to advise them of the lecture.
- The Chapter and Lecturer should discuss if any funding is necessary to perform the lecture prior to the visit (see funding guidelines below)
- Complete and return the DL Application Form to the BTS Executive Office
- No honorarium will be paid to the DLP speakers.
- Each Distinguished Lecturer may present a maximum of three DLP talks each year.
- Each IEEE-BT Society chapter will be allowed a maximum of two Distinguished Lecturer visits per year, to be reimbursed by BTS. Expenses for any additional lectures should be paid by the local chapter organizing the event.
- BT Society will reimburse Distinguished Lecturer's travel expenses for approved speaking engagements up to $1,000 per domestic engagement and up to $2,000 per engagement for presentations to BTS Chapters on a continent other than the speaker's home continent.
- A limited amount of funding is available, so please get your requests in early.
To Request funding
Chapter and DL should:
- Funding approval occurs prior to the lecture.
- Partial funding of the DL visit (ie: local arrangements) is encouraged, but not required of the requesting Chapter.
- An itemized listing of expenses to be covered should be sent, along with the DL Program application.
- Approval of any DL expenses that the chapter cannot cover must be obtained from the BTS DL Chair, Rich Chernock
- The event must be announced as "sponsored by the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society under its Distinguished Lecturer Program", and the lecturer should be mentioned as a BTS Distinguished Lecturer
- The Chapter Chair is expected to publicize the event in the Regional and Chapter News Section of the BTS Newsletter and/or by special mailings to all members of the chapter/section.
After the lecture is over
- The Distinguished Lecturer should mail a completed IEEE expense report along with original receipts for up to the approved amount to: Kathy Colabaugh, IEEE BTS Executive Office, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- A check will be cut and sent to the lecturer for reimbursement
- The Chapter Chair should send a summary report to Kathy Colabaugh of the BTS Executive Office including information on the date and title of the lecture, event announcement/publicity, attendance, comments on the effectiveness and usefulness of the lecture, etc.
- An article with photos, is strongly suggested, for inclusion in the first available BTS Newsletter issue. All articles should be sent to bt-pubs@ieee.org
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