Procedures for Requesting EDS Distinguished Lecturers and Funding

The EDS Distinguished Lecturer Program provides a means for chapters to have access to individuals who are well known educators and authors in the fields of electron devices to lecture at Chapter meetings.

A general guideline for the EDS Distinguished Lecturer (DL) visit, but not the absolute rule, is that the DL should be able to include the meeting site with an already planned business travel schedule at a small incremental cost to the DL budget.

Program is Open to

IEEE Electron Devices Society Chapters Only

To Request an EDS Distinguished Lecturer

Chapter and DL should:

• Contact directly the desired Distinguished Lecturer to set a date
• After date is set, the chapter and distinguished lecturer should contact the EDS 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 lecture (see funding guidelines below)

To Request funding

Chapter and DL should:

• The Chapter normally covers all local expenses for the DL (hotel, taxi, food, etc.)
• If the Chapter cannot cover local expenses or if the lecturer needs additional funding (airfare, etc.), the chapter and DL should contact Laura Riello (l.riello@ieee.org) of the EDS Executive Office for funding approval.  Funding approval occurs prior to the lecture.
• An itemized listing of expenses that need to be covered would need to be sent to Laura Riello
• Possible approval of any DL expenses that the chapter cannot cover would be obtained from the EDS Vice-President of Educational Activities
• The event must be announced as "sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society under its Distinguished Lecturer Program", and the lecturer should be mentioned as an EDS Distinguished Lecturer
• The Chapter Chair is expected to publicize the event in the Regional and Chapter News Section of the EDS Newsletter and/or by special mailings to all members of the chapter/section.  Contact the Newsletter Editor for your area - see the EDS newsletter for a listing of the editors.

 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:  Laura Riello, IEEE/EDS Executive Office, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
• A check will be cut and sent to the lecturer/chapter for reimbursement
• The Chapter Chair should send a summary report to Laura Riello of the EDS 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.