Society News

vTools Meetings is more than a place to file your unit meeting (L31) reports. The meeting scheduler feeds multiple sources, making it possible to publicize your meeting worldwide. RSS, iCal, and XML feeds are also available for custom data delivery. The meeting registration module enables Sections, Chapters, and Affinity Groups to accept credit card payments from meeting attendees and have funds deposited directly into the organizational unit’s (OU) Concentration Banking account.

Member Discounts: Save on car rental

Learn more about the IEEE car rental program and other travel discounts

As a member benefit, IEEE members can take advantage of discounts up to 20% when renting a car for holiday or business. The discount is available at participating locations in many parts of the world. Terms and conditions apply.

vTools Release Announcement: Usability and interface enhancements

The IEEE MGA vTools team is happy to announce successful new releases for the following vTools applications:

Call-for-Papers - ICASSP 2016

Conferences & Events, Society News

IEEE Women in Engineering news: 2016 leadership conference, virtual career fair, awards program, summits

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is pleased to announce some exciting upcoming events and opportunities:

International Leadership Conference

The 2016 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (2016 WIE-ILC) will take place 23-24 May 2016, in San Jose, CA, USA. Connect with over 1,100 mid-to-senior female engineers and technologists in attendance. The call for speakers is open and partnership opportunities are now available.

Virtual Career

Conference activity is now available on the Section Vitality Dashboard

Informed by discussions at IEEE Sections Congress 2014, customer surveys, and ongoing feedback, the global IEEE Meetings, Conferences and Events (MCE) management staff has been working on ways to better support the full scope of your conference needs. Recently, they focused on providing data that you can use to drive decisions and communication, understanding that you value transparency into conferences and events occurring within your Section. This information can be used as a tool for you to:

Attend GlobalSIP 2015 With SPS Travel Support

Are you a practicing engineer who would like to attend GlobalSIP 2015? Talk to your local Chapter Chair about how you can qualify for travel support to attend the conference in Orlando, Florida, USA this December! The SPS Executive Committee recently approved an initiative that would provide limited Society support for SPS Chapters to send up to two members each to the IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) from 14-16 December 2015.

Member Discounts: Learn About Risk Management

July 2015

Learn more and/or take the risk-management course

Section officers can spread the word that IEEE offers a FREE online course especially designed for entrepreneurs and independent consultants. The course, called IEEE Risk Management for Engineers, examines the risk-management process including defining and measuring risk, exposure identification and risk analysis, risk responses, risk mitigation, and the value of contracts and professional liability insurance.

IEEE Meetings, Conferences & Events (MCE) Conference Education Program Webinars

July 2015

Marketing your conference, global hotel partnership program

The IEEE Meetings, Conferences & Events (MCE) Conference Education Program is offering the following upcoming webinars:

Marketing Your Conference: Better Event E-mail Invites in 7 Easy Steps

IEEE Member Discounts Benefit Everyone

July 2015