Welcome to IEEE Publications Nominations and Appointments Center

The IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) is seeking nominations for volunteers to serve on PSPB and other boards reporting to PSPB. Self-nominations are permitted.

PSPB mission

The IEEE Publication Services and Products Board shall report to the Board of Directors and shall be responsible for formulating and recommending information-related, published services and products policies to the Board of Directors, establishing and maintaining standards and procedures for IEEE information dissemination, recommending policies and best practices as they relate to the IEEE Web site, and otherwise coordinating and assisting those activities of IEEE and its various organizational units. It is expected that the IEEE organizational units will fulfill their obligations for their services and products. Once approved by the Board of Directors, these procedures become part of the policy and procedures of IEEE. Other organizational units shall be responsible for administering those policies set by PSPB as they relate to the publications, services, and products for which they are responsible.

1. IEEE shall provide services and products that disseminate information on technical, scientific, professional, and newsworthy topics of interest to members, the engineering and scientific community, and the general public.
2. IEEE shall publish a magazine entitled IEEE Spectrum, which contains technical and scientific articles of general interest to the entire membership.
3. IEEE shall publish a newspaper entitled The Institute, which contains news of current events in IEEE itself, the industry, and the engineering and scientific community.
4. IEEE Spectrum and The Institute shall be distributed to all Honorary members, Fellows, Senior members, members, Associate members, Graduate Student members, and Student members.

Position Description:

1. IEEE Vice President, Publication Services and Products Charter  (PDF, 496 KB)
2. IEEE PSPB Member-at-Large Charter 511  (PDF, 20 KB)
3. IEEE PRESS Editorial Board Charter (PDF, 23 KB)
4. IEEE SPECTRUM Editorial Advisory Board Charter (PDF, 29 KB)
5. PROCEEDINGS of the IEEE Editorial Board Charter (PDF, 24 KB)
6. The INSTITUTE Editorial Advisory Board Charter (PDF, 20 KB)
7. IEEE THESAURUS Editorial Board Charter (PDF, 23 KB)
8. IEEE ACCESS Editorial Board Charter (PDF, 23 KB)
9. TechRxiv Editorial Advisory Board Charter  (PDF, 23 KB)

The PSPB N&A process

To learn more about the Publication Services and Products Board, please refer to the PSPB Operations Manual, Section 5.5, PSPB Nominations and Appointments Process.

Notes:

1. PSPB does not fund candidate travel to the PSPB Meeting.
2. An advocate may speak for up to five minutes in support of the nomination of a candidate who is unable to participate.
3. Nominations from the floor to add candidates to a slate shall not be accepted during the scheduled PSPB meeting.

Deadlines:

• 15 March: candidates for Vice President, Publication Services and Products
• 15 April: candidates for PSPB Member-at-Large 
• 15 September: candidates for boards reporting to PSPB

Calls for Nominations

The IEEE Publication Services & Products Board Nominations & Appointments (PSPB N&A) Committee is accepting nominations for the following positions:

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

- Three (3) PSPB Member-At-Large (MAL) positions to serve from 1 January 2027 through 31 December 2029. PSPB MAL nominations are due by 15 April 2026. The nomination submission form is here: https://ieee.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/1321/home

NOTES FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES:

- PSPB does not provide funding for candidates to attend the June 2026 PSPB Meeting in Nashville, TN. (Remote or recorded presentation options will be provided for candidates who are unable to attend in person).

- Any candidate for election or appointment to any position on PSPB must disclose:
(a) any other offices they hold within IEEE
(b) any role they have outside IEEE that places them in a position of doing business with IEEE
(c) any other possible source of conflict of interest

- Candidates will have five minutes to present their qualifications to PSPB, followed by up to five minutes of Q&A. IEEE Pubs staff on site will run your slides if you are presenting remotely; hence, we discourage the use of PowerPoint bullet list builds and/or similar animation and transition effects.

- An advocate may speak for up to five minutes in support of the nomination of a candidate who is unable to attend or access the PSPB meeting.

- Nominations from the floor to add candidates to a slate shall not be accepted during the scheduled PSPB meeting.

- Kindly focus your candidate bio on your most recent volunteer activities.

-PSPB seeks the broadest participation in our election and encourages qualified candidates to come forward. If you have questions ask us. 

2026 PSPB Nominations and Appointments Committee Members 

Members of the 2026 PSPB N&A Committee are:

Sergio Benedetto (Chair)
Larry Hall
Sheila Hemami
Maria Sabrina Greco
Jim Keller

Staff support:
Bruce Carlson
Gordon MacPherson
Lani Angso

Thank you in advance for your participation in this important process.

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