Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. During the February 2014 IEEE Board of Directors Meeting Series, a motion was adopted to change the way that IEEE meetings, conferences, and events (MCE) expenses associated with conference technical cosponsorship (TCS) are allocated. Effective for TCS conferences held after 31 December 2015, for any TCS conference in which there is no (0%) IEEE financial interest, IEEE organizational units (OUs) that technically cosponsor the conference will be charged a fee. This fee will be US$1,000 plus US$15 per paper sent to IEEE Xplore. If multiple IEEE OUs technically cosponsor the same conference, the fee will be divided equally between the OUs. The fees collected will be used to reduce the MCE costs. This charge replaces the US$50 fee currently charged to IEEE OUs, and it replaces the US$500 charge currently assessed when a technically cosponsored conference does not elect to provide content from the conference to IEEE Xplore. If the sponsoring IEEE OU(s) desires, it may ask MCE to bill the conference a fee (determined by the OU) for this technical cosponsorship. If the sponsoring OU elects to charge a fee to the conference, MCE will handle all billing and collection. All revenue collected by MCE from external conferences will be given to the sponsoring IEEE OU.
