Plenary: Ibero-America: Challenge and Opportunity for the IEEE Education Society

The IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest technical societies in the IEEE. It is a worldwide community of professionals dedicated to ensuring high-quality education in science and engineering. The field of interest of the EdSoc is the theory and practice of education and educational technology involved in the effective delivery of domain knowledge of all fields within the scope of interest of IEEE. The EdSoc promotes advances, and disseminates state-of-the-art information and resources related to this field of interest and provides development opportunities for academic, industry and government professionals. The present talk explores, following its strategic lines, the activities and opportunities that the EdSoc can provide to the Ibero-America community as well as knowing the needs that this region demands