This initiative aims to collect diverse pitch speeches that explain previous, current, or new roles of I&M within the I&M Society and how IEEE/IMS serves as their professional home.

• The IMS Membership Committee will select the best set and provide professional audio-video editing and possibly recording support.
• Speakers whose pitches are recognized as the most viewed or of top quality will receive a token of appreciation in the form of an IMS gadget and a certificate.

Purpose

• Disseminate successful and diverse membership stories to motivate other members and non-members and demonstrate ways in which being a member of the IMS is beneficial to one’s professional career
• Share new roles/views of I&M, especially in Future Disruptor Technologies
• Energize and engage members as ambassadors, as well as provide visibility for their own networks

Eligibility

• The pitcher must be a Member (or higher grade Member) or a Student Member of the IEEE and of I&M Society at the time of the submission of the pitch
• The pitch must be in English
• Duration: 1 minute or less
• No more than two pitches can be submitted by a single individual
• Not necessary to include the Speaker’s face in the video. Images for which the speaker can release copyright are also acceptable (lab video, cartoon, animated slides, pictures). The use of commercial logos must be very limited and in no way it may constitute the main characterization of the video