IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Town Hall
From 14 May, 2024 18:00 until 14 May, 2024 19:00
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!