Region 10 History as presented by Y. J. Park(IEEE Region 10 Director) on 17th of July, 2009 at the IEEE R10 Student Conference held in Singapore.

1. IEEE Region 10 Evolution
IEEE 125th Anniversary Region 10
Student Congress, Singapore
July 16, 2009
YJ Park, Region 10 Director

2. IEEE
• World’s largest technical
professional organization
• Membership: 382,400
• Volunteers: 200,000
• Staff: 1,100
• Annual Budget: $ 330M

3. IEEE Geographic Activity

4. IEEE Membership By Region
R7 – 16,259
31 December 2008
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 382,400
(4.3%)
R1 to 6 – 209,857
R10 – 73,662
(54.9%)
(19.2%)
R1 – 37,050
R2 – 32,137
R3 – 30,557
R4 – 23,204
R8 – 67,221
R5 – 28,765 Reflecting the global
R6 – 58,144 R9 – 15,401 (17.6%) nature of IEEE, R10
and R8 are now the
(4.0%) two largest IEEE
Regions
R1-6: 209,857 (55%)
R7-10: 172,543 (45%)

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

6. Region 10 Membership
31 Dec 2008 Graduate Student Member
8,346
11.33%
Member 35,992
48.86%
Senior
Member
4,016
5.45%
Student Member 21,661
29.41%
Fellow 814
1.11%
Honorary 7 Associate Member 2,826
0.00 % 3.84%
2007 was the first year that the IEEE Graduate Student member (GSM) Grade was fully implemented.
( ) = Percent of Total Region Membership

7. Membership Trends - Students
1995 to 2008
80.0%
70.0%
70.0% 66.3% 67.4%
62.9%
60.3% 60.4% 58.7%
60.0% 55.7% 57.3% 56.4%
51.7% 51.7%
48.7% 49.9%
50.0%
51.3% 50.1%
48.3% 48.3%
40.0% 44.3% 42.7% 43.6%
39.7% 39.6% 41.3%
30.0% 37.1%
33.7% 32.6%
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9. 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)

10. 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

11. 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.

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

13. 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

14. Thank you!
Enjoy this R10 Student
Congress