An application form must be used by conferences seeking technical co-sponsorship, but not financial backing, of the IEEE IT Society. IT Society BoG approval of the application is required before the conference can display

An application form must be used by conferences seeking technical co-sponsorship, but not financial backing, of the IEEE IT Society.   IT Society BoG approval of the application is required before the conference can display the IEEE or IT Society logo on its promotional material.

There is a two step process for conferences seeking IEEE IT Society Technical co-sponsorhip, and STEP 2 has two parts.   These two steps can be started at the same time, but STEP 1 must be completed before the IT Society will signal approval to IEEE for STEP 2.

• STEP 1.  Fill in the application form given here and email it to the IT Society President and Conference Committee Chair.  The Conference Committee will make a recommendation to the BoG, and then the Bog will decide whether to approve. The Conference Committee Chair will notify the conference organizers of the outcome.
• STEP 2.   Submit a conference application to IEEE online, via the IEEE Conference Exchange (ICX).  http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/icx.html  There you will be filling in the IEEE Conference Information Schedule, and then also filling in a memorandum of understanding (MOU).  The IT Conference Committee Chair will then be asked to verify that the IT Society approved the technical-cosponsorship.  If verified, the conference is assigned an IEEE number and is listed on the IEEE Conferences list.

   Organizers are expected to provide an appropriate and adequate forum and time for oral presentation and discussion of all accepted papers. The

conference committee should work to minimize author no-shows by ensuring an author has every opportunity to attend and present. This includes:

* Submitting your conference for IEEE approval early (12 months or more

before) to allow adequate lead time for venue selection, contracting and

communication (as examples).

* Making hotel, travel and visa information accessible to authors as early

as possible, plus supporting individual requests in a timely and thorough

fashion.

* Offering presentation alternatives as the Conference Committee deems

appropriate. 

   Authors who offer a paper for presentation at an IEEE conference or accept

an invitation to present a paper are expected to be present at the meeting

to deliver the paper. If unforeseen circumstances prevent its presentation

by an author, the program chair should be informed immediately, and

reasonable substitute arrangements should be made, in line with the

approach adopted by the technical program committee in the planning stages. 

   Organizers and the conference sponsors have the right to exclude any paper

from distribution (or limit its distribution) if the paper was not

presented at the conference. If they choose that approach, organizers must

clearly communicate the following to all authors prior to or at the time of

submission (with special attention on the Call-For-Papers): 

"IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the

conference (for example, removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not

presented at the conference.

   Papers excluded from further distribution will be archived at IEEE but

will not be indexed or appear in IEEE Xplore."

   For more details, please see the IEEE Meetings & Conferences Operations