The IEEE France Section is an IEEE non-profit corporation registered in France in 1967. It has more than 3000 members with many links to both industry and universities. It has experts and experience in oceanic engineering, sensors, systems best practices and standards. Globally, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology with more than 400,000 members in over 162 countries; The IEEE is a major international standards organization with over 900 active IEEE standards, IEEE has played an active role in GEO and GEOSS through management and contributions to architecture and interoperability development.
IEEE will contribute to CAPARDUS in the area of standards and best practices, with responsibility for work package 3: Evolution of Arctic Best Practices. IEEE will also contribute to the workshops/research schools under the case studies (WP2-WP5) and to prepare the recommendations for Arctic operations (WP6).