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At IEEE, we remain dedicated to serving our global membership by expanding our communities of technical professionals, supporting the development and dissemination of research and technology and advancing humanity through our technical work; with a focus on maintaining IEEE as a more transparent, diverse and inclusive organization, our efforts will ensure IEEE's readiness and significant role in leading the next technological revolution. In 2019, IEEE volunteers and members around the world collaborated to create transformative technologies, in areas ranging from electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering and information and communication technologies, among others. IEEE delivered insightful research and impactful contributions to broad audiences, championing the next generation of technologies that will benefit society in the years ahead. For additional 2019 IEEE significant activities, see Part III on page 2, and IEEE 2019 Annual Report.

At IEEE, we remain dedicated to serving our global membership by expanding our communities of technical professionals, supporting the development and dissemination of research and technology and advancing humanity through our technical work; with a focus on maintaining IEEE as a more transparent, diverse and inclusive organization, our efforts will ensure IEEE's readiness and significant role in leading the next technological revolution. In 2019, IEEE volunteers and members around the world collaborated to create transformative technologies, in areas ranging from electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering and information and communication technologies, among others. IEEE delivered insightful research and impactful contributions to broad audiences, championing the next generation of technologies that will benefit society in the years ahead.
MEMBERSHIP/PUBLIC IMPERATIVE: IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. In 2019 IEEE has a total 417,007 members from more than 160 countries worldwide; student memberships were 124,442; total IEEE society memberships were 335,452 from 39 IEEE Societies. In 2019 IEEE launched the IEEE app to allow users to discover everything IEEE offers, users can see, read, personalize and choose how to engage and connect to all things IEEE, as well as network globally. IEEE continued to engage with global communities and increase the leadership role it plays through its outreach to improve technology infrastructure and support engineering education where it is needed through a number of collaborative projects. PERIODICALS: The IEEE Xplore(R) Digital Library, one of the world's largest collections of technical literature in engineering, computer science and related technologies, reached a new milestone in 2019 with 5 million documents now available in its vast repository. In 2019, IEEE continued to deliver groundbreaking research in its industry-leading publications and share its technical expertise around the world on the technologies that will shape the future. IEEE Xplore(R) had over 184 million in total usage in 2019 (PDF downloads and HTML views), publishes 250,000 new articles each year, and over 20,000 new articles each month; the collection includes contents from: 200 IEEE journals & magazines, 1,900 annual conferences, over 1,100 active technology standards, 400 eLearning courses, and 4,000 ebooks.
CONFERENCES: In 2019, IEEE sponsored 1,969 conferences and events in 103 countries worldwide with over 547,000 attendees, they ranged from larger conferences that have been taking place for 50 years to smaller events highlighting up-and-coming technologies. Conferences produce groundbreaking research in various technology areas recognized by academia and industry. STANDARDS AND OTHER IEEE PROGRAMS: In 2019, 110 new standards were approved for publication.