Keynote 3: Tutorial: An Overview of IEEE in General and IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) in Particular by Martin Bastiaans

Summary form only given. IEEE is the world´s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE´s highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE is led by a diverse body of elected and appointed volunteer members. The governance structure includes boards for operational areas as well as bodies representing members in the 45 Societies and technical Councils and ten worldwide geographic regions. In this tutorial we will give a general overview of the IEEE, how it is organized in geographic areas (reflecting where its members live and work) and technical areas (based on these members´ fields and interests), and how the governance structure represents its volunteer-led character. With some quick facts about IEEE, the important role that IEEE plays in its designated fields of interests (i. e. , all technical fields rooted in electrical and computer sciences, engineering and related disciplines) will become apparent. After the general introduction to IEEE, we focus on IEEE Region 8 (i. e. , Europe, Middle East, and Africa), in which the Republic of Macedonia forms one of its 56 Sections. We will see how the Region is organized and how many volunteers on the Regional level work to support the members and the geographic units on the local level. The rough content of the tutorial will be as follows: (i) IEEE in general: history, mission, vision, organization; quick facts, membership trends. (ii) A closer look at Region 8: history, mission, vision; membership, structure; Region 8 Committee, organization. (iii) Selected activities in Region 8. If time permits, some words will be spent on the history of Region 8 and how its boundaries have changed till the Region reached the form that it has now.