The voting membership of IEEE annually elects officers that serve on the top-tier IEEE governing bodies. The candidates are drawn from recommendations made by divisional and regional nominating committees, as well as candidates nominated by petition. In addition, the names will include candidates for positions in the IEEE Standards Association, IEEE Technical Activities, and IEEE-USA.
The order of candidate names indicates no preference and has been determined by lottery.
2017 IEEE Annual Election Candidate Biographies and Statements Booklet (PDF, 3 MB)
IEEE Annual Election Candidate Materials and Reference Information (PDF, 250 KB)
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Division II
Societies: IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society; IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society; IEEE Industry Applications Society; IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society; IEEE Power Electronics Society; IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
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Division IV
Societies: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society; IEEE Broadcast Technology Society; IEEE Consumer Electronics Society; IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society; IEEE Magnetics Society; IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society; IEEE Council on RFID; IEEE Council on Superconductivity
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Division VI
Societies: IEEE Education Society; IEEE Industrial Electronics Society; IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society; IEEE Professional Communication Society; IEEE Reliability Society; IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology; IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
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Division VIII
Societies: IEEE Computer Society
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Division X
Societies: IEEE Biometrics Council; IEEE Computational Intelligence Society; IEEE Control Systems Society; IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; IEEE Photonics Society; IEEE Robotics and Automation Society; IEEE Sensors Council; IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; IEEE Systems Council
Region 1 (Northeastern US)
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Region 3 (Southern US)
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Region 5 (Southwestern US)
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Region 7 (Canada)
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Region 9 (Latin America)
IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-at-Large, 2018-2019
IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-at-Large, 2018-2019
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