Identifying Barriers to Membership [President’s Message]

In a president’s message earlier this year, I discussed the geographic diversity of our Society membership in the context of our decision process to hold the 2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Annual Meeting in Asia. IEEE has recently provided Societies with a suite of tools that provide clear dashboards with information on various aspects of their operations, including demographics and financial reporting. This accessible information is helping our Society make decisions that we believe will positively impact our members.