IEEE Region 10 Evolution

IEEE 125th Anniversary Region 10 Student Congress, Singapore

July 16, 2009

YJ Park, Region 10 Director

IEEE• World’s largest technical

professional organization• Membership: 382,400• Volunteers: 200,000• Staff: 1,100• Annual Budget: $ 330M

IEEE Geographic Activity

R9 – 15,401

(4.0%)

R8 – 67,221

(17.6%)

R10 – 73,662

(19.2%)

R1 to 6 – 209,857

(54.9%)

R7 – 16,259

(4.3%)

IEEE Membership By Region31 December 2008

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 382,400

R1 – 37,050

R2 – 32,137

R3 – 30,557

R4 – 23,204

R5 – 28,765

R6 – 58,144

Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the

two largest IEEE Regions

R1-6: 209,857 (55%)R7-10: 172,543 (45%)

Region 10 •Region 10 is the largest region in IEEE–Membership: 73,662 –Sections: 68 –Student Branches: 535–Chapters: 329

Region 10 Membership 31 Dec 2008

2007 was the first year that the IEEE Graduate Student member (GSM) Grade was fully implemented.

( ) = Percent of Total Region Membership

Member 35,99248.86%

Student Member 21,66129.41%

Senior Member4,0165.45%

Fellow 8141.11%

Graduate Student Member8,346

11.33%

Associate Member 2,8263.84%

Honorary 7 0.00 %

51.3% 50.1% 48.3% 48.3%44.3% 42.7%

39.7% 39.6%43.6%

41.3%37.1%

33.7% 32.6%30.0%

48.7% 49.9% 51.7% 51.7%55.7% 57.3%

60.3% 60.4%56.4%

58.7%62.9%

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Brief History of Region 10 (1/3)

• 1967: Region 10, covering an area previously refereed to as “The Rest of the World”, was created.• 2,507 members• 2 Sections: Tokyo Section and India

Section

• 1971: First R10 Committee Meeting• 4 Sections (India, New Zealand, Pakistan,

Tokyo)

Brief History of Region 10 (2/3)

• By 1976: Section formation in the countries of R10 was virtually complete.– 11 Sections– 1 Council (India)

• 1979: R10 became Asia-Pacific Region, excluded Africa, which was added to R8 territory

• 1980: First TENCON in Hong Kong

Brief History of Region 10 (3/3)

• 1980: higher grade members 7,000, smaller than R7 and R8

• 1982: R10 membership passed 10,000 mark , a growth rate of better than 10% having been sustained for many years, and overtook R8

• 1984: surpassed R7, becoming the largest transnational region.

Since 1967, the membership of R10 doubled every ten years.

IEEE 125th Anniversary Celebration in Sections

• Austin, USA• Bangalore, India on Aug 28 • Beijing, China on Sept 22• London, UK• Munich, Germany • San Jose, USA • Tokyo, Japan on Oct 23• Boston, USA

Thank you!

Enjoy this R10 Student Congress