Most informational meetings in the Atlanta Section are hosted by its chapters. Society chapters and special-interest chapters coordinate activities focused on a particular technical specialty or career interest.

The Atlanta Section has two special-interest (or affinity-group) chapters. The GOLD Chapter focuses on the specialized professional and personal development issues common among recent college graduates (generally less than 10 years), regardless of technical specialty. The Consultants Networking Chapter is a new addition to the Atlanta Section that focuses on bringing together independent consultants, again regardless of technical specialty.

IEEE maintains 39 technical societies, each of them focused on a particular area of specialization in the electro-technology and information-science profession. Many IEEE members choose to enhance their IEEE membership through membership in one or more of these societies.

Very often a local section, and a society will create a technical-activity chapter to support the specialized interests of members in that society's field of interest. The Atlanta Section has 13 such chapters, focused on various areas of expertise. Seven of these chapters are wholly sponsored by just one IEEE society, and six of them are co-sponsored by two different societies.

Unlike the affinity-group chapters listed above, the society chapters are largely self-managed by volunteers focused on just that chapter. If you would like to find out more about their activities, or explore getting involved, we suggest you contact one of the chapter volunteers listed below.

We do try to maintain a section-level list of events for all of the chapters below, and you can view that calendar on the IEEE Web Site Meeting Schedule page.