Developing countries conference support program [Member Activities]

The new IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Developing Countries Conference Support (DCCS) Program will run as a pilot program during 2008-2010. The purpose of DCCS is to promote research in control systems engineering and theory in developing countries by supporting, intellectually and financially, conferences that take place in these countries. To be eligible, a conference for which the support is requested must be held in a country that belongs to the list of developing countries (at the time the request is made) and must receive CSS sponsorship or technical cosponsorship. A list of developing countries is provided by the World Bank, at http://web.worldbank.org. Evaluation is based on quality and on the conference organizers´ plans for outreach and impact in developing nations. Support provided may not exceed US$20,000 for each conference and may not exceed 50% of the budgeted conference expenditure. Supported conferences must acknowledge financial support of the CSS. The DCCS budget is US$40,000 per year.