IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Town Hall

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) oversees all activities related to the organization of ICRA and other international conferences, and all IEEE journals on robotics (T-RO, RA-L T-ASE, RAM, etc).

We invite all ICRA attendees to join the ICRA 2024 RAS Town Hall to meet the IEEE RAS president and vice-presidents. This will be the occasion for you to voice your opinion on a number of issues that are looked at carefully be by the RAS executive committee: 

• [Finance and Management]: Overview of RAS finance and spending
• [Minorities / Travel support]: Improved inclusion of minorities and expanded member support to provide travel and registration support to authors and contributors to ICRA and other conferences
• [Job Fair]: In-person and online career fairs and services to connect employers with members seeking careers in robotics and automation
• [Sustainability]: Reduction of CO2 emissions relative to organization of conferences - co-location of conferences, reduction of waste, and choice of conference venue
• [New IEEE RAS Transactions]: Launch of two new journals to practitioners: IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice and IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics
• [Conference Proceedings]: Toward a new model with abstract-based CFP for ICRA? Which place for journal papers in conference presentations? 

Gifts: All in-person attendees of the Town Hall will receive custom RAS socks!