Procedures regarding use of the IEICE's name when holding international conferences


From the board of directors, April 17, 2006

These procedures define the conditions regarding the use of the IEICE's name at international conferences where the IEICE is the sole or joint promoter or the like.

The ways in which the IEICE participates in international conferences can be classified into the following four categories (where "sponsoring parent body" refers to the IEICE headquarters or society/group that is promoting the event).

(a)
Promoter ("sponsored by", etc.): The IEICE assumes full responsibility for holding the conference, and is the sole promoter when the sponsoring parent body is the IEICE alone. Responsibility for the practicalities of the event lies with the coordinating organization.

(b)
Joint promoter ("cosponsored by", etc.): The IEICE assumes a level of responsibility proportional to the extent of its joint support for the conference, and is a joint promoter when there are joint sponsoring parent bodies. Responsibility for the practicalities of the event lies with the coordinating organization. The IEICE's involvement may be classified as primary or as of equal importance or the like, depending on the extent of the IEICE's joint burden, or it may be classified on the basis of the share of responsibility.

(c)
Participating promoter ("in participation with", etc.): The IEICE does not assume responsibility for all the practicalities of the event, but takes on part of the burden of work relating to papers and dispatches from committee members to the coordinating organization or the like.

(d)
Supporting or backing roles ("in cooperation with", etc.): The IEICE does not assume responsibility for all the practicalities of the event, but cooperates on matters such as informing its members of the event proposals. The IEICE's role is described as either "support" or "backing".


For international conferences where the IEICE is the promoter or joint promoter, the coordinating organization will plan, operate and administer the international conference in recognition of the following items.

By lending the institute's name to the coordinating organization of the international conference, the IEICE's basic policies for the operation of international conferences as outlined below are intended to help increase the profile of the international conference and gather a greater number of participants.


(1)
The IEICE lends its name to support the international conference.

(2)
The coordinating organization of the international conference independently administers the planning and operation of the conference.

(3)
The coordinating organization of the international conference should submit its business plans and schedules when it applies to use the IEICE's name.

(4)
The coordinating organization of the international conference should plan and operate the conference in such a way that debts do not occur.

(5)
It is the responsibility of the coordinating organization to deal with the taxation liabilities of the international conference. However, the IEICE may be able to deal with the taxation liabilities of independently held international conferences.


Since the IEICE may have to take some responsibility in cases where problems occur despite the best efforts of the coordinating organization, the coordinating organization is obliged to submit its plans for the international conference before the event takes place, and shall provide the IEICE headquarters or society/group with 30% of the sum corresponding to the IEICE's share of the burden of financial surplus as a charge for borrowing the IEICE's name.

This procedure is just an agreement between the coordinating organization and the IEICE, and does not affect the legal obligations of either party.


Requests and deliberation

When an organization wishes to use the IEICE's name in connection with an international conference to which the IEICE committee will make a contribution, a request should be issued according to the following procedure.

For the purposes of this procedure, an international conference is deemed to be a conference whose delegates come from at least two different countries and whose organizing committee, executive committee and the like include committee members from other countries.

1.
In cases where the IEICE is the promoter or joint promoter, the coordinating organization will take responsibility for the practicalities of the event, and the IEICE headquarters or society/group will deliberate over the financial viability of the conference and the possibility of using the IEICE's name.

2.
When a request for using the IEICE's name has been made, the possibility of doing so will be deliberated upon as outlined below.

2.1
The organization requesting use of the IEICE's name should prepare a project prospectus for the international conference (see Form 1) and submit it to the IEICE headquarters or society/group.
2.2
When the IEICE is a joint promoter of the event, the coordinating organization should first enter into discussions with the other promoting bodies and reach a clear agreement on the proportion of liability to be borne by each.
2.3
When the sponsoring parent body has gained consent to use the IEICE's name in connection with the IEICE headquarters or society/group (the name of the IEICE headquarters is "The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers". The name of an IEICE society or group is "The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, << insert name of society/group >> society/group".), it is able to use the IEICE logo. (In the case of a society/group, the logo of the society/group may be displayed next to the IEICE logo.)
2.4
When the IEICE is a promoter or joint promoter, the coordinating organization shall remit 30% of the surplus earnings to the accounts department of the IEICE headquarters or society/group as a fee for borrowing the IEICE's name. However, when the IEICE is a joint promoter, the sum remitted to the accounts department of the IEICE headquarters or society/group shall be 30% of the amount corresponding to the IEICE's share of the liabilities.
2.5
The organizations responsible for decision-making regarding the use of the IEICE's name are the IEICE international committee and the international committees of each society/group (including organizations with corresponding functions), whose duties are apportioned as shown below. With regard to these decision-making organizations, emphasis is placed on the independence of the activities of each society/group, and as a rule the decision-making organization will be the international committee of the society/group most strongly related to the international conference in question.

2.5.1
International committees
(a)
When a principal sponsoring body other than the IEICE is hosting a conference, and it is judged that the IEICE' should also participate.
(b)
When fund-raising activities are performed in the name of the IEICE chairman. (This includes societies/groups that have been authorized to use the IEICE's name, and which perform fundraising activities in the name of the IEICE chairman.)
(c)
When it has been deemed inapplicable for a society/group to participate individually in an event.
(d)
In other cases as authorized by the international committee.

2.5.2
The international committees of each society/group (including organizations having corresponding functions).
(a)
When a principal sponsoring body other than an IEICE society/group is equivalent to the society/group.
(b)
When the event is planned by the society/group.
(c)
When the event is planned by a research expert committee belonging to the society/group.
(d)
In other cases as authorized by the international committee of each society/group (including organizations having corresponding functions).

3.
After the international conference has finished, the coordinating organization should send a working report without delay to the decision-making organization (headquarters or society/group).

4.
Requests for the IEICE to provide advance payment of operating funds for holding an international conference will be dealt with according to the IEICE's "standard for advance payment of operating funds for international conferences", (available separately) in cases where the IEICE is the promoter or joint promoter of the event.

5.
For dealing with the business practice of international conferences, a business practice manual will be separately provided by the international committee.

Supplementary material

Regarding corresponding items in the mode of international conferences



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