(1) Support for publishing research materials appropriate for each research stage.

• Transactions fitted to the new age
　ISS has already started open access of awarded papers and survey papers of IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. In fiscal year 2016, it will head for the complete open access of all transactions; in the first step, ISS is preparing for open access of the Transactions D (in English). Moreover, it will introduce the early recommendation system of regular reviewers, review keywords, improve the contents of special issues in cooperation with Technical Committees, save resources by no-reprint options and determine the title of 100th anniversary memorial papers.

• What the Technical Committees should be and how they can be invigorated
　Nowadays, contents of technical reports are possibly regarded as “already published”, which causes serious problems. ISS is now examining two solutions: (a) publishing abstracts only, and (b) setting non-disclosure term and giving people the chance to read reports under NDA.
　ISS will build up the mutual support system among Technical Committees, Technical Activities and the Steering Committee. It will also support the association among Technical Committees and evaluate them, and examine the finance system where Technical Activities invigorate the excellent committees. Moreover, for visualization, it is planning to upload to the WWW page the number of workshops held by each Technical Committee, the number of submissions, and so on,.

• What the IEICE General Conference and FIT should be and how they can be invigorated
　ISS is now carefully reviewing the FIT steering system and carrying out reforms for profits. Student Poster Session in the IEICE General Conference is prosperous, and ISS will also make continuous efforts on selecting widely acceptable Excellent Poster Award.

• How the ISS Society Magazine should be invigorated
　ISS will aggressively introduce the activities both outside the ISS and inside ISS. It will also upload the articles to J-Stage so as to introduce the activities widely.

• Contribution to I-Scover
　ISS will contribute to I-Scover, examining cost-performance.

(2) Broadcast information on social issues
　As a community of professionals, ISS will actively reply to the government’s request for public comment. Moreover, it will build up a system expressing our opinions to the social problems.

(3) Reinforce services to members
　By continuing to update the ISS website both in Japanese and in English, ISS will widely and deeply transmit information and reinforce services to members. In association with the Communication Committee, it is examining the new strategies of the homepage management and including the possibility of outsourcing.

(4) Reinforce the operation system of ISS
　In fiscal year 2016, ISS will regularly hold the Steering Committee meeting where members will make global discussions on each activity, including cost-performance issues. In addition, in all ISS activities, we will be seriously conscious about the profitability and make the ISS a fairly sustainable society.