The IEEE future directions committee [The President's Page].

The August President's Page is devoted to a description of the IEEE Future Directions Committee by Roberto Saracco. Roberto Saracco is the President of EIT ICTLABS Italy and Italy Node Director (European Institute of Innovation and Technology). His background is in math and computer science. Up to December 2011 he was the Director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, looking at the interplay of technology evolution, economics, and society. At the turn of the century he led a World Bank-Infodev project to stimulate entrepreneurship in Latin America. He is a senior member of IEEE, where he has served in various positions in ComSoc, and he currently leads the Future Directions Committee. He has published over 100 papers in journals and magazines and 11 books. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]