Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists

What Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists does

Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists, doing business as Smart Society, is a US- and Canada-registered non-profit society that operates an integrated portfolio of international academic conferences, peer-reviewed journals, festivals, olympiads, and short-form talks for a community it describes as Makers, Artists, Researchers, and Technologists. The conference circuit spans six countries (USA, UK, India, France, Switzerland, Singapore) and includes IEEE co-branded flagships (IEEE UEMCON, IEEE IEMCON, IEEE CCWE, IEEE World AI IoT Congress, IEEE IEMTRONICS) alongside IEM-branded properties (IEMPHYS, IEM POWERCON, IEMSC, IEMATICS, WIN 6.0, IRTM, ICAEFR, ICCAES, ICELTS, Spectrum, EIRTM, Innovate, IEMSCS, HR International Congress, Biospectrum). The journals portfolio comprises 15+ titles with assigned ISSN numbers across political science, business, engineering, computing, physics, chemistry, environmental sciences, and mathematics, while community programming extends to Smart Maker Festivals, the International Indian Cultural Festival, the IEMATICS mathematics olympiad, and the Smart Power Talks video/live series.

The underlying technology stack is modest: a WordPress-hosted corporate site at iot.iema.co (mirrored under smartsociety.org) with member and event registration forms, individual subdomain sites for each conference and journal, and a separate smartpowertalks.org property for the talk series. There is no proprietary software product, no public API, and no mobile application. The society is structurally embedded with the IEM (Institute of Engineering and Management) group, as evidenced by 14+ IEM-branded events and the hosting of the membership funnel at iot.iema.co.

The business model combines three revenue mechanics: subscription-style membership sign-ups (no fee disclosed), academic journal publication (implying article processing charges, though no fee schedule is published), and conference/event registration plus sponsorship (transaction fees on 19+ international conferences). Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the corporate website, the entity is a non-profit society rather than an equity-backed company, and no funding rounds, sponsors, or financial filings are referenced in the source material. The customer base is a long tail of individual academic authors, conference attendees, students in the olympiad, and maker-community participants, with no disclosed enterprise or institutional customers beyond the IEEE and IEM co-organizing partners.

Name

Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists

Legal name

Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists

Website

https://iot.iema.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Smart Society is a US/Canada-registered non-profit that runs a global portfolio of 19+ international academic conferences, 15+ ISSN-indexed peer-reviewed journals, festivals, olympiads, and a TED-style talk series for makers, artists, researchers, and technologists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Conference and Journal Publishing Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research & Science Fair Competitions (Science Fairs, Research Symposiums) (EDAMAGAL), United Nations System & Specialized Agencies (BPADAAAA)

Keywords

• Academic conference organization
• Peer-reviewed journal publishing
• Professional community events
• Non-profit society programming
• Maker and researcher festivals

Headquarters

HQ city

Auburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership registrations: Non-profit society offering a "Become a Member" pathway through a web form capturing first name, last name, affiliation, contact, email, and mailing address. No fee disclosed publicly.
2. Academic journal publishing: Operates a portfolio of academic journals (AJPSA, AJABTR, IJELTS, AJAC, AJBMR, AJAMC, IJIIP, IJCAES, JMSCM, AJIE, AJEC, IJFCR, IJHCR, IJMCR) with assigned ISSN numbers in both print and online formats, suggesting article processing / publication fees.
3. Conferences and event registration: Organizes and co-organizes international conferences (IEEE UEMCON, IEEE IEMCON, IEEE CCWE, World AI IoT Congress, IEMTRONICS, HR International Congress, Biospectrum, IEMPHYS, WIN 6.0, IRTM, IEM POWERCON, IEMSC, ICAEFR, ICCAES, ICELTS, Spectrum, EIRTM, Innovate, IEMSCS) across multiple countries, with associated registration and sponsorship revenue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smart Society is a US- and Canada-based non-profit society that organizes and co-organizes international academic conferences, peer-reviewed academic journals, community festivals, short-form talk programs, and a mathematics olympiad for a community of Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists. Its commercial activities center on event registrations, journal article-processing fees, and sponsorships across events held in the USA, UK, India, France, Switzerland, and Singapore. Membership is offered free of charge via an online registration form.

Product overview

Smart Society is a US- and Canada-based non-profit society that delivers a portfolio of academic events, publications, and community programs under the "Society for Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists" umbrella rather than a single unified software product. Its offering is a platform-plus-modules style portfolio organized into four pillars: (1) international conferences held across the USA (IEEE UEMCON, IEEE IEMCON, IEEE CCWE, IEEE World AI IoT Congress), the UK (IEEE IEMTRONICS), India (HR International Congress, Biospectrum, IEMPHYS, WIN 6.0, IRTM, IEM POWERCON, IEMSC, ICAEFR, ICCAES, ICELTS, Spectrum), France (EIRTM), Switzerland (Innovate), and Singapore (IEMSCS); (2) a journals portfolio of academic publications such as AJSE, IJELTS, AJAC, AJBMR, AJEC, AJPSA, AJABTR, AJAMC, IJIIP, IJCAES, JMSCM, AJIE, IJFCR, IJHCR, and IJMCR; (3) festivals and talk programs including Smart Maker Festivals, International Indian Cultural Festival, and Smart Power Talks; and (4) the IEMATICS mathematics olympiad. The membership program ties these pillars together, providing the community of Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists access to the conferences, journals, and events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Smart Power Talks: Short, power-packed talks program run by Smart Society to spotlight ideas from makers, artists, researchers and technologists.
• Smart Maker Fest
• International Indian Cultural Festival

Products and services

• IEEE UEMCON Conference
• IEEE IEMCON Conference IEEE-branded international academic conference held in the USA, featured as part of Smart Society's USA conference portfolio.
• IEEE CCWE / CCWC Conference IEEE computing conference held in the USA, listed among Smart Society's USA conference portfolio.
• IEEE World AI IoT Congress (WORLDIOT) IEEE-branded global AI and IoT congress held in the USA, part of Smart Society's USA conference portfolio.
• IEEE IEMTRONICS Conference IEEE-branded international academic conference held in the UK, listed in Smart Society's UK conference portfolio.
• HR International Congress India-based international congress on human resources topics, organized under Smart Society.
• Biospectrum Conference India-hosted interdisciplinary conference focused on biosciences, part of Smart Society's India conference portfolio.
• IEMPHYS Conference India-based physics conference organized under Smart Society.
• WIN 6.0 Conference India-based conference and workshop event listed under Smart Society's India conferences.
• IRTM Conference India-based international conference on recent trends in management/technology, hosted by Smart Society.
• IEM POWERCON Conference India-based power-systems / energy conference, part of Smart Society's India conference portfolio.
• IEMSC Conference India-based conference on modeling, simulation, or computing topics, organized under Smart Society.
• ICAEFR Conference India-based international conference on applied economics, finance, or research, part of Smart Society's India portfolio.
• ICCAES Conference India-based international conference on advanced engineering / environmental sciences, organized by Smart Society.
• ICELTS Conference India-based international conference on English language teaching and skills, listed under Smart Society's conferences.
• Spectrum Conference India-based conference covering broad-spectrum research topics, organized under Smart Society.
• EIRTM Conference France-based international conference in Smart Society's France portfolio.
• Innovate Conference Switzerland-based innovation-focused conference, part of Smart Society's European conference portfolio.
• IEMSCS Conference Singapore-based international conference hosted by Smart Society.
• Smart Society Membership Free membership enrollment program for the US- and Canada-based non-profit society, allowing individuals to register as members through an online form capturing name, affiliation, contact, email, and mailing address.
• AJPSA Journal (American Journal of Political Science and Administration) Peer-reviewed academic journal on political science and administration, published under Smart Society's journals portfolio.
• AJABTR Journal Academic journal in Smart Society's journal portfolio covering advanced business, technology, or research topics.
• IJELTS Journal (International Journal of English Learning & Teaching Skills) Peer-reviewed journal on English language learning and teaching skills (ISSN Online 2639-7412, Print 2638-5546), published by Smart Society.
• AJAC Journal (American Journal of Advanced Computing & Engineering) Peer-reviewed journal on advanced computing and engineering (ISSN Print 2691-5944, Online 2368-1209), published under Smart Society.
• AJBMR Journal (American Journal of Business and Management Research) Peer-reviewed journal on business and management research (ISSN Print 2693-4108, Online 2691-5103), published by Smart Society.
• AJAMC Journal American Journal in Smart Society's journal portfolio covering advanced management / multidisciplinary content.
• IJIIP Journal (International Journal of Innovative Research in Physics) International journal on innovative physics research, published as part of Smart Society's journals portfolio.
• IJCAES Journal (International Journal of Chemical and Environmental Sciences) International journal on chemical and environmental sciences (ISSN Online 2687-7937, Print 2689-6389), published by Smart Society.
• JMSCM Journal (Journal of Mathematical Sciences & Computational Mathematics) Peer-reviewed journal on mathematical sciences and computational mathematics, published under Smart Society's journals portfolio.
• AJIE Journal (American Journal of Industrial Engineering) Academic journal in Smart Society's portfolio on industrial / interdisciplinary engineering topics.
• AJEC Journal (American Journal of Electronics & Communication) Academic journal on electronics and communication (ISSN 2690-2087), published by Smart Society.
• IJFCR Journal International journal in Smart Society's journal portfolio covering finance, commerce, or research topics.
• IJHCR Journal International journal in Smart Society's journal portfolio covering health, humanities, or cross-disciplinary research.
• IJMCR Journal International journal in Smart Society's journal portfolio on management, computing, or research.
• Smart Power Talks Short, power-packed talks platform created by Smart Society to let Makers, Artists, Researchers and Technologists share ideas and propel others to excel in their fields, operated under smartpowertalks.org.
• Smart Maker Festivals Maker-focused festival event organized under Smart Society's community program, supporting the maker community.
• International Indian Cultural Festival Cultural festival for the Indian diaspora organized under Smart Society's past-events program.
• IEMATICS Mathematics Olympiad Mathematics olympiad organized under Smart Society's past-events program for student competition in mathematics.
• AJSE Journal (American Journal of Science & Engineering) American Journal of Science & Engineering (ISSN Online 2687-9530, Print 2687-9581), published under the Smart Society journals portfolio.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmart Society co-organizes multiple IEEE-branded international conferences, including IEEE UEMCON, IEEE IEMCON, IEEE CCWE, IEEE World AI IoT Congress, and IEEE IEMTRONICS. These flagship events are promoted from Smart Society's main navigation under 'Conferences in USA' and 'Conferences in UK' and are central to its international footprint.
• IEM (Institute of Engineering and Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple Smart Society conferences carry the IEM brand — IEMPHYS, WIN 6.0, IRTM, IEM POWERCON, IEMSC, ICAEFR, ICCAES, ICELTS, Spectrum, EIRTM, Innovate, IEMSCS, HR International Congress, Biospectrum, and IEMATICS — and are hosted under IEM- or IEMA-linked domains (e.g., iemphys.smartsociety.org, iempowercon.smartsociety.org, win60.iem.edu.in). The 'Become a Member' page and the corporate site itself are hosted at iot.iema.co, indicating a structural relationship with the IEM group.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wiley: Global publisher of 1,600+ journals and partner in numerous academic conferences. Comparable in operating a multi-discipline journal portfolio tied to scholarly communities, but with established indexing and society partnerships Smart Society is still building.
• Elsevier: Largest academic publisher globally with 2,800+ journals and major conference proceedings arms. Comparable as a journal-plus-conference incumbent, though its scale, Scopus indexing, and institutional contracts are many orders of magnitude larger than Smart Society's footprint.
• Springer Nature: Major academic publisher (Springer, Nature, BMC) running 3,000+ journals and a large conference proceedings business. Comparable at the journal/conference portfolio level but at vastly larger scale and with deep library/institutional relationships Smart Society lacks.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Non-profit scientific society publishing Science, running the AAAS Annual Meeting, and operating multiple journals. Comparable as a multi-format US-headquartered scientific society, though at far larger scale and with century-old institutional credibility.

Direct peers

• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): UK-headquartered engineering professional society running journals (IET journals portfolio), international conferences (e.g., IET Colloquiums), and a membership program. Closely comparable to Smart Society's blend of journals + conferences + membership for a technical/engineering audience.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Premier global computing society that runs SIG-sponsored international conferences (e.g., SIGCOMM, SIGGRAPH, KDD) and a portfolio of peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. Highly comparable as a membership-based non-profit running conferences plus journals across computing and engineering disciplines.
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): The world's largest technical professional organization running flagship conferences (e.g., ICC, GLOBECOM) and a 200+ journal portfolio. Smart Society directly co-organizes five IEEE-branded events, making IEEE both partner and the closest structural peer — the model Smart Society is emulating at smaller scale.
• MDPI: Open-access academic publisher running 400+ peer-reviewed journals and recurring conference series across sciences and engineering. Closely comparable to Smart Society's article-processing-charge model, broad-scope journal portfolio, and conference-plus-publishing go-to-market.
• Frontiers Media: Open-access publisher operating 200+ peer-reviewed journals across science, engineering, and social sciences. Comparable in business model (article processing charges, broad journal portfolio) and in operating at the intersection of academic publishing and community engagement.

Others

• ResearchGate: Academic social network where researchers share papers and discover conferences/journals. Comparable as a community/engagement layer for the same researcher audience Smart Society targets, though it is a platform rather than a publisher.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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