Conference Operational Procedures

• All SSCS society conferences follow the IEEE Meetings and Conference Operations Manual
• All conferences follow the Society Gift, Recognition and Meal Expense Policy
• The Society requires conferences to have  procedures covering all conference operations including:
  • Conference Organizing Committee structure
  • Conference committee roles and responsibilities
  • Paper submission, review, selection process
  • Confidentiality agreement
  • Pre-publication rules
  • Plagiarism detection/prevention
  • Conference material archiving
  • Awards and recognition process
  • Committee membership rotation policy
  • General Chair and TPC Chair selection process
  • Meeting location and schedule
  • Complaint/issue resolution process
  • Tracking and reporting conference key historical statistics (submissions, attendance, acceptance rate)

Conference procedures are ideally published on the conference website or are made available upon request to the conference.

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The objective of the society is to deliver world class conference events showcasing the entire community’s innovation. To that end, the technical focus, format, and structure of the SSCS conferences must continually evolve to stay relevant. There must be a focus on recruiting leading-edge investigators from across the community to participate in the conference organization and content development. All activities must be guided by the IEEE’s commitment to collaboration and engagement. The Solid-State Circuits society is committed to advancing these principals throughout all aspects of meetings development, organization, and participation.

The following conference organization and participation guidelines are provided by SSCS:

• Conference organizing teams must be selected from, and represent, the entire community.
• Conference leadership positions must have term limits.
• Each conference year at least 20% of the organizing team should be new recruit volunteers.
• Conference invited speakers and panelists should reflect the entire community.
• It is recommended that search and selection of candidates/invited speakers is separated into two activities. Firstly, search the entire community for a list of qualified candidates. Then, review program content goals and make selections to fill positions from the candidate list.
• The IEEE provides extensive resources to support and guide the work of the society and conferences [Links provided]

• IEEE Accessibility Statement
• IEEE Code of Ethics
• IEEE Event Conduct & Safety Statement for Conferences
• IEEE Nondiscrimination Policy
• IEEE Virtual User Experience Lab Accessibility Tools
• IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
• WIE Pledge | IEEE WIE

The society’s goal is to make information easily and widely accessible to the entire global community.

SSCS fully supports initiatives to make information more engaging and accessible. This extends to test images and media data used. For example, SSCS abides by the guidelines, which were adopted during the November 2023 IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) meeting. These guidelines state that IEEE will no longer accept submitted papers which include the ‘Lena image’.

The following references provide examples:

• IEEE – Collaboration and Engagement
• ACM: Words Matter
• Google
• ASWF
• Indeed Engineering
• Nature Nanotechnology: A note on the Lena image