IEEE Convene – IEEE Convene

Welcome to IEEE Convene, the exclusive annual invite-only gathering for the IEEE conferences community.

Join organizers from 20+ countries/regions to discover, discuss, and design new innovations for your conference.

2023 IEEE Convene Highlights

Explore highlights from 2023 IEEE Convene: Igniting Conference Leadership, which gathered over 230 participants from around the world from 24-26 August in Panama City, Panama.

2023 IEEE Convene Theme: Leadership

We will explore our visions of leadership and how we might advance strategic goals as leaders.

Strategic goals related to climate, inclusion, technology, and mission will be discussed.

MCE team members will be on-site — for our “Ask Me Anything” sessions which have been so popular

Organizers will have an opportunity for discussion and sharing experiences and best practices

Learn from Educational Activities how you can create cache and “FOMO” through badging and learn how to move up the value chain they offer to provide and promote CEUs for your events

Volunteer and Staff Experts will dialogue on the state of Open Access for Conference Proceedings and share how IEEE is preparing for a shift.

Panama City is an exciting and rich destination to enjoy an explore; IEEE has a vibrant, engaged and welcoming Section and many of the leadership will join us for Convene.

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2023 FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alex Alles

Executive Director, Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC)

Dr. Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho

Board Member, IEEE ComSoc Latin-America

Kendra Cook

Senior Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Tom Coughlin

President of Coughlin Associates

Lexie Ellingwood

Assistant Managing Director of the International Sales Office, Hilton Worldwide Sales

Fernando Fondevila

CEO of PROMTUR Panama

Jill I. Gostin

IEEE Vice President, Member and Geographic Activities

Shashank Gaur

Chair, Conference Publications Committee (CPC)

BJ Hjelholt

VP, Production & Technology, ARHT Media

Marie McErlean Hunter

Head of IEEE Meetings Conferences and Events

Charlie Jackson

IEEE Conferences Committee Chair | Engineer (ret.) Northrop Grumman

Patrick Kellenberger

Associate Director of Conference Services and Strategic Initiatives, IEEE Computer Society

Susana Lau

Consultant in Information Technology and Entrepreneur

Geneviève Leclerc

Co-founder and CEO, #Meet4Impact

Carlos Lozano-Garzon

IEEE Region 9 Technical Activities Chair

Kevin Martinez

Professor, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana

Dawn Melley

Senior Director, Publishing Operations, IEEE

Ruben Barrera-Michel

CEO of HMSM

Tucker Miller

Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant, Attorney, and ELI Certified Master Facilitator

Sophia A. Muirhead

IEEE Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer

Patricia Najar

Global Sales Manager at Destination DC, Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Bureau

Larry O’Reilly

CEO, ARHT Media

Lea Provost

Sr. Program Manager, Audience Development Strategy Services, MCE

Eugenia Powell

Director of Business Development at PROMTUR

Prof. Saifur Rahman

2023 IEEE President & CEO

Susan Root

Senior Director, Conference Business Services & Strategic Programs, IEEE MCE

Fred Schindler

IEEE VP-elect Technical Activities

Sherry Sills

Director, Event Operations, IEEE MCE

David Stankiewicz

Event Design and Production Manager, Strategic Programs, IEEE MCE

Coro Strandberg

President of Strandberg Consulting

John Teehan

Senior Event Planner, IEEE MCE | President, NY Chapter, PCMA

Tim Trefzer

Sustainability Leader

Bin Zhao

Past Chair, IEEE Conferences Committee

Mary Ward-Callan

Managing Director, IEEE Technical Activities

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 PARTNERS

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 IEEE MOVE CONTRIBUTORS

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REGISTRATION

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CONTACT

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Join us at 2023 IEEE Convene

24-26 August 2023

Panama City, Panama