Humanitarian & Public Imperative Committee
The IEEE Photonics Society's Board of Governors established the Humanitarian & Public Imperative Committee to oversee the direction of humanitarian technology initiatives as well as public imperative campaigns brought to the Society for consideration. The Committee also leads the future direction of the IEEE Photonics Fund.
Such efforts include (but are not limited to):
- Serving as a founding partner of the International Day of Light;
- Supporting the IEEE Humanitarian Activities' funding calls for chapter & community participation;
- Reviewing grant proposals in support of underserved communities and UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals;
- Endorsing national consortia campaigns, such as the National Photonics Initiative & National Quantum Initiative;
- Serving as Society liaise to IEEE USA, the IEEE Foundation & IEEE SIGHT.
Chair & Past President Click for role description
Chennupati Jagadish
Chair & Past President
Term: 2020 - 2021
Australian National University, Australia
Secretary/TreasurerClick for role description
Dan M. Marom
Secretary/Treasurer
Term: 2020 - 2022
Applied Physics Department
Hebrew University, Israel
Hebrew University, Israel
Humanitarian Activities RepresentativeClick for role description
J. Stewart Aitchison
Humanitarian Activities Representative
Term: 2020 - 2022
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
IEEE SIGHT RepresentativeClick for role description
Neysha Lobo-Ploch
IEEE SIGHT Representative
Term: 2021 - 2023
UVPhotonics/fbh-berlin
3rd Year Elected Board MembersClick for role description
Meredith Hutchinson
3rd Year Elected Board Members
Term: 2021 - 2021
US Naval Research Laboratory
Stephen Ralph
3rd Year Elected Board Members
Term: 2021 - 2021
Georgia Tech
USA
USA
Masatoshi Suzuki
3rd Year Elected Board Members
Term: 2021 - 2021
KDDI Research
Jianping Yao
3rd Year Elected Board Members
Term: 2021 - 2021
University of Ottawa, Canada