IEEE Technical Activities Board Operations Manual

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6.0 IEEE CONFERENCES
The prime objective of IEEE conferences is to provide IEEE members, other individuals and organizations with information and exhibits to assist in the advancement of electrical and electronics engineering and the related arts and sciences (excerpt from IEEE Policy 10.1.1)
6.1 IEEE CONFERENCES
IEEE Societies/Councils sponsor/co-sponsor over 300 conferences each year, including technical conferences, workshops, tutorials, short courses and expositions. In addition, IEEE Regions, Section, Chapters provide some type of sponsorship to many conferences. IEEE Organizations Units are involved in almost 200 "topical interest" meetings where they provide non-financial support by granting technical co-sponsorship or cooperation.
The purpose of a conference should be clear and provide IEEE members, other individuals and organizations with information, exhibits and a forum for free discussion of new ideas, research, development and applications.
6.2 ORGANIZING A CONFERENCE
Organizers of IEEE conferences have access to many resources and tools from the ConferenceOrganizersWebpage. This page is maintained by IEEE Conference Services and contains the IEEE Conferences Organizational Manual, required electronic forms, sample legal documents, tools and links to various other IEEE information relating to organizing a conference. All conferences shall be held in accordance with IEEE Policies, Section 10. For further assistance, contact Conference Services at conference-services@ieee.org.
6.3 IEEE CONFERENCE SERVICES
IEEE Conference Services supports all IEEE Organizational Units and is the primary contact and source of information in all matters relating to conferences. Staff manages the IEEE Conference Database, which allows them the ability to respond to general conference information requests, generates the Web Conference Search, http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/, track conference financials and approvals, provides quarterly reports to Society Officers, assist Societies with conference forecasts, reconciliation reports to the IEEE Controllers Office, auditors.
6.4 ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED TO IEEE CONFERENCES
IEEE Conference Management Services (CMS) provides conference management support to volunteers for IEEE sponsored and co-sponsored conferences for a fee. Various levels of management are available depending on the types of services needed. You can also contact cms-info@ieee.org for additional information.