This Committee is responsible for the oversight and management of ComSoc’s involvement in external initiatives, i.e. those originated from IEEE-level or multi-Society initiatives (e.g., Multi-Society Technical Groups, IEEE Technical Communities, IEEE TAB Future Directions Committee, IEEE New Initiatives Committee, and all IEEE OUs).
This Board is responsible for launching pre-and post-standardization technical activities not restricted to those standards being developed by the IEEE. These would include, but not be limited to, Research Groups that lead to the discovery of standardization opportunities.