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IEEE IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING AND EMPOWERING ITS MEMBERS AS TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS WHILE SUPPORTING OUR MISSION OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. IN 2021, AS IEEE TRANSITIONED INTO YEAR TWO OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19, WE CONTINUED TO PUSH FORWARD TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY OF ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS TO HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT GREAT INNOVATIONS. WITH A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE, IEEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS FOCUSED ON PRESENTING THE LATEST RESEARCH AT ITS INDUSTRY-LEADING CONFERENCES, SUPPORTING TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, EXPANDING PUBLISHING OPTIONS, FOSTERING GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES, AND HELPING OUR MEMBERS SUCCEED IN COUNTLESS WAYS. EVERY DAY, ACROSS IEEE, OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO PROMOTE, SHAPE AND EXECUTE IEEE'S GREAT MISSION OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY.

MEMBERSHIPS & PUBLIC IMPERATIVES: IEEE IS A PUBLIC CHARITY DEDICATED TO ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. IEEE HAD A TOTAL OF 409,654 MEMBERS FROM MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE IN 2021 INCLUDING 125,989 STUDENT MEMBERS (AN INCREASE OF 17% FROM PREVIOUS YEAR), AND 347,997 SOCIETY MEMBERS FROM THE 39 IEEE SOCIETIES. THROUGHOUT 2021, IEEE LED NUMEROUS INITIATIVES TO KEEP ITS MEMBERS ENGAGED IN THE ORGANIZATION AND COLLABORATE WITH GLOBAL COMMUNITIES IN MEANINGFUL PROJECTS TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION. AS PART OF IEEE'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO AMPLIFY ITS COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) EDUCATION AND TO SCALE UP STEM EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD, IEEE HOSTED LOCAL ACTIVITIES WITH WORLDWIDE IMPACT TO MENTOR AND NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM PROFESSIONALS. AROUND THE WORLD, IEEE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS DONATED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SEEK STEM CAREER PATHS. KEY PROGRAMS LAUNCHED INCLUDE: A) THE IEEE STEM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: DESIGNED TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL DRIVE STEM OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS. B) THE IEEE VOLUNTEER STEM PORTAL: OFFERS A SEARCHABLE LIBRARY OF CURRENT STEM PROGRAMS, "HOW-TO" RESOURCES TO FACILITATE STEM OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, STEM GUIDES, RESOURCE MATERIALS AND MORE. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR PROGRAM GRANTS. C) THE FIRST-EVER IEEE STEM SUMMIT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE STEM COMMUNITY TO HELP FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS. THE EVENT IS DESIGNED FOR IEEE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS INTERESTED IN PRE-UNIVERSITY STEM OUTREACH, PROVIDING A FORUM TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT AND INSPIRE EACH OTHER.D) IEEE PARTNERED WITH UNESCO (THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION) TO JOINTLY CREATE A STEM CURRICULUM ADAPTED BY SILVER BOLT, A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN UGANDA. THE PILOT WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE SMART GIRLS FOUNDATION, A GIRL-CENTERED DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. THERE WAS ALSO A TRAVELING CLASSROOM THAT REACHED UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY, UNESCO AND IEEE CONDUCTED A TWO-DAY TO EQUIP SCIENCE TEACHERS WITH INFORMATION AND SKILLS TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE OF FEMALES IN STEM EDUCATION IN UGANDA.IEEE IS PROUD TO ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE WITH GLOBAL COMMUNITIES TO HELP MAKE OUR WORLD A MORE SUSTAINABLE, HUMANE, AND PROSPEROUS PLACE. SOME OF 2021 KEY PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 1) IEEE PARTICIPATED IN THE UNITED NATIONS' FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ALSO KNOWN AS COP26. THE IEEE DELEGATION WAS PART OF AN EXPERT PANEL FOCUSED ON "ACTIONS FOR CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN MATERIALS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO ADVANCE AMBITIONS AND SOLUTIONS." THE DELEGATION HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANT ROLES THAT ENGINEERS CAN PLAY IN DELIVERING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION.2) IN 2021, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, BECAME THE FIRST CITY IN THE WORLD TO EARN THE IEEE CERTIFAIED AI ETHICS (AIE) CERTIFICATION, ADVANCING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ITS DIGITAL HUMANISM STRATEGY. VIENNA'S DIGITAL HUMANISM INITIATIVE IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION SEEKING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS, POLICY MAKERS AND INDUSTRIAL PLAYERS FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT REMAIN CENTERED ON HUMAN INTERESTS. THE IEEE CERTIFAIED PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST IN AI SYSTEMS AND ENHANCING THE CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES THAT REALIZE THE BENEFITS OF AI ETHICS.3) THE IEEE HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HAC) AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGY (SIGHT) FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED NUMEROUS LIFE-CHANGING PROGRAMS. NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE: A) IEEE ARGENTINA SECTION USED ITS FUNDING TO MITIGATE ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC BY INSTALLING A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM, CONSTRUCTING A WI-FI TOWER, AND BUILDING A CISTERN IN A RURAL COMMUNITY. THE SOLAR PANELS ALLOW FAMILIES IN THE REGION TO ACCESS RENEWABLE ENERGY, CLEAN WATER, AND WI-FI; B) IEEE EL SALVADOR SECTION PRODUCED 3D-PRINTED VISORS FOR FRONTLINE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE COUNTRY. THEY MANUFACTURED 1,300 VISORS THAT WERE THEN DISTRIBUTED IN BATCHES TO 12 LOCAL HEALTH CENTERS AND HOSPITALS; C) IEEE KOLKATA SECTION USED ITS FUNDING TO DESIGN A SMART AUTO IRRIGATION AND APP-BASED SOIL MONITORING SYSTEM FEATURING MULTILINGUAL CONTROL, 24/7 MONITORING AND AI-POWERED ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

PERIODICALS: THE IEEE XPLORE(R) DIGITAL LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF TECHNICAL LITERATURE IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES WITH OVER 5.5 MILLION DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE IN ITS VAST REPOSITORY. IEEE CONTINUES TO DELIVER GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH IN ITS INDUSTRY-LEADING PUBLICATIONS AND SHARE ITS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE. IN 2021, IEEE PUBLISHED 208,000 CONFERENCE PAPERS AND 91,444 JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES. IEEE'S PUBLISHING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AND EVOLVE FOR BOTH SUBSCRIPTION JOURNALS AND OPEN ACCESS TITLES. IN 2021, IEEE ADDED TWO NEW GOLD, FULLY OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 16. THESE FULLY OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS SPAN A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, SIGNAL PROCESSING, INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, POWER AND ENERGY AND MORE. FOLLOWING THE 2020 SUCCESS WITH THE OPEN ACCESS READ AND PUBLISH AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, IEEE CONTINUED ITS MOMENTUM BY SECURING SEVERAL AGREEMENTS WITH TOP INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS IN 2021 INCLUDING, EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN), FINELIB, A CONSORTIUM OF FINNISH UNIVERSITIES, AND IREL, THE IRISH LICENSING CONSORTIUM. THE AGREEMENTS ALLOW RESEARCHERS AT THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS TO ACCESS IEEE JOURNALS, CONFERENCES, AND STANDARDS VIA THE IEEE XPLORE DIGITAL LIBRARY. THE AGREEMENT ALSO GRANTS AFFILIATED CORRESPONDING AUTHORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK AS OPEN ACCESS, FREE AND AVAILABLE TO BE READ BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT HAVING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES.THE IEEE SPECTRUM WEBSITE AND PRINT EDITION UNDERWENT A MAJOR REDESIGN IN 2021, OFFERING MANY ENHANCED FEATURES FOR IEEE MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE ENGAGEMENT. THE NEW SITE MAKES IT EASY TO GO DEEP INTO VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY TOPICS (SUCH AS MACHINE LEARNING), TO ACCESS WEBINARS, WHITEPAPERS AND TUTORIALS, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE CONVERSATIONS. MEMBERS CAN SAVE ARTICLES TO READ LATER, MANAGE THEIR IEEE SPECTRUM NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS, CREATE A FEED ON TOPICS OF INTEREST AND MORE. MEMBERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL VERSION OF ARCHIVES GOING BACK TO THE YEAR 2000.IEEE MAINTAINS ITS POSITION AS ONE OF THE TOP PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNALS, CONTINUING TO BE A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR COMMUNICATING QUALITY TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES.

CONFERENCES: AS IEEE TRANSITIONED INTO YEAR TWO OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IEEE ACTIVELY MOVED TOWARD SAFELY HOLDING MORE IN-PERSON MEETINGS WHILE SOME EVENTS OFFERED HYBRID AND REMOTE OPTIONS. IN 2021, IEEE SPONSORED 1,899 IN 102 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE WITH OVER 572,000 ATTENDEES, 19% HAD HYBRID ELEMENTS AND 21% HAD IN-PERSON COMPONENTS. IN-PERSON EVENTS: IN 2021, CHINA HOSTED MORE IN-PERSON EVENTS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY INCLUDING: 1) THE IEEE CONFERENCE ON ENERGY INTERNET AND ENERGY SYSTEM INTEGRATION, HELD IN TAIYUAN, CHINA, FEATURED 500 IN-PERSON DELEGATES AND AN ONLINE AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 10,000 ATTENDEES, WITH 845 PUBLISHED PAPERS; 2) THE IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA 2021) WAS HELD AS A HYBRID EVENT WITH MORE THAN 2,500 PARTICIPANTS JOINING VIRTUALLY AND ANOTHER 885 GATHERING IN-PERSON AT THE XI'AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER TO SHARE THE LATEST INNOVATIONS AND DEBUT EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FIELD.EVENTS WITH A HYBRID COMPONENT: 1) THE IEEE INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM (IMS2021), ONE OF THE LARGEST IEEE-SPONSORED CONFERENCES, HELD ITS IN-PERSON EVENT IN EARLY JUNE AT THE GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER IN ATLANTA, FOLLOWED BY A VIRTUAL EVENT TWO WEEKS LATER; 2) THE IEEE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE (GLOBECOM), HELD IN MADRID, SPAIN, UNDER THE THEME OF "CONNECTING CULTURES AROUND THE GLOBE," FEATURED A "NETWORK WITH THE LEADERS" PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS PROGRAMMING DEDICATED TO WOMEN IN ENGINEERING.OTHER VIRTUAL TRAINING: IEEE SECTIONS CONGRESS SUCCESSFULLY PIVOTED FROM A PREVIOUS ALL IN-PERSON EVENT TO A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED OVER THREE DAYS WITH MORE THAN 1,550 ATTENDEES.

STANDARDS AND OTHER IEEE PROGRAMS:IN 2021 IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION (SA) APPROVED 131 NEW STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:IEEE PUBLISHED A NEW STANDARD, IEEE 2089-2021, TO ADDRESS AGE-APPROPRIATE DESIGN FOR CHILDREN'S DIGITAL SERVICES. THE STANDARD ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. ADOPTION OF THIS STANDARD ASSISTS ORGANIZATIONS IN DESIGNING THEIR SERVICES WITH CHILDREN IN MIND AND DEMONSTRATES COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. IEEE SA OPEN, WHICH BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN STANDARDS DEVELOPERS AND OTHER OPEN TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, WAS EMBRACED BY INDUSTRY AND TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS AND MADE GREAT STRIDES SINCE IT LAUNCHED LAST YEAR. THE PLATFORM ADDRESSES COMMON CHALLENGES FACED BY THE OPEN-SOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, SUCH AS LACK OF ENGAGEMENT IN PROJECTS, SOLUTION INCOMPATIBILITY AND COMPLEXITY AROUND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING. IEEE CROWNED THE FIRST WINNERS OF THE CONNECTING THE UNCONNECTED CHALLENGE, A NEW COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY IEEE FUTURE NETWORKS THAT PROVIDES SOLUTIONS FOR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 250 ENTRIES REPRESENTING 69 NATIONS.IEEEXTREME, A GLOBAL CHALLENGE IN WHICH THOUSANDS OF TEAMS OF IEEE STUDENT MEMBERS COMPETE IN A 24-HOUR TIME SPAN TO SOLVE A SET OF REAL-WORLD PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS, HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ITS FIFTEENTH EVENT -- OVER 12,000 COMPARED TO 9,305 THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WITH A TOTAL OF 5,570 TEAMS, AND A TOTAL OF 630 STUDENT BRANCHES FROM 62 COUNTRIES.IEEE'S COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY: IN COLLABORATION WITH VOLUNTEER LEADERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, IEEE LAUNCHED IEEE NEXTGEN FINANCIALS CLOUD, A CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS PROJECT-BASED FINANCIALS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR AUTOMATING CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS, AS WELL AS TRACKING AND REPORTING COSTS AND EXPENSES. THE NEW SYSTEM ENABLES BOTH VOLUNTEER LEADERS AND STAFF TO BETTER MANAGE THEIR BUDGETS AND TRACK SPENDING FROM ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD. IEEE ALSO LAUNCHED NEXTGEN CONTRACTS TO HELP STREAMLINE THE CONTRACT REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, ENABLING REAL-TIME COLLABORATION AND INCREASED VISIBILITY INTO THE CONTRACT LIFECYCLE.IEEE'S MOBILE OUTREACH VEHICLE (MOVE) CELEBRATED ITS 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEPLOYING TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WHERE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT TO A FEDERAL RESOURCE CENTER AND TO AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONDERS WORKING IN THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY. IN 2021, IEEE RECEIVED A DONATION OF A SECOND MOVE VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.