An example use of tocloft and IEEE format

tocloft_example

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\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}

\newcommand{\listexampletitle}{List of Examples}

\newlistof[section]{examples}{exp}{\section{\listexampletitle}}%

\pretocmd{\listofexamples}{\refstepcounter{section}\addtocounter{section}{-1}}{}{}%

\newcommand{\examplelist}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{examples}
  \addcontentsline{exp}{examples}
  {\protect\numberline{\theexamples}#1}
}

\newcommand{\example}[1]{\examplelist{#1}\textbf{Example \theexamples}: #1}

\cftsetindents{examples}{1.5em}{3.0em}
\cftpagenumbersoff{examples} % Don't print page numbers with examples
\setlength{\cftexamplesnumwidth}{1.5cm} % Add space around example numbers


\begin{document}

\title{Example IEEE with tocleft}

\author{}

\maketitle

\section{Introduction}
\lipsum[1]{}
\example{First example}

\section{A section}
\subsection{A subsection}
\lipsum[1]{}
\example{A second example}

\listofexamples\label{sec:examples}

\end{document}