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Region 8 Spring Committee Meeting VENICE, 25-26 April 2009 R8 Director

Region 8 Spring Committee Meeting VENICE, 25-26 April 2009 R8 Director Jozef Modelski, IEEE Fellow. MY MOTTO:.

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Region 8 Spring Committee Meeting VENICE, 25-26 April 2009 R8 Director

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  1. Region 8 Spring Committee Meeting VENICE, 25-26 April 2009 R8 Director Jozef Modelski, IEEE Fellow

  2. MY MOTTO: Activities of local chapters and student branchesare the most important key to membership growth,improvement of Institute image and realisation of globalisation process

  3. Region 8 Committee at Sections Congress, Quebec, September 2008

  4. Region 8- facts • Members 69.049 (Jan 2009) • Sections56 • basically compatible with countries, exceptions: Russia and Saudi Arabia • different history, traditions, size • big mosaic of cultures and technical backgrounds • Chapters448(April 2009) • Student Branches 305(April 2009)

  5. Congratulations to 63 newly elevatedFellows • The most telling evidence behind our Region’s achievements and its high status in the Institute • I would like to strongly encourage our younger members to follow those prominent examples

  6. Congratulations to Maurice Papo IEEE Haraden Pratt Award (given for outstanding service to IEEE) to Kurt Richter IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education to Adrian Pais IEEE MGA GOLD Achievement Award to Ahmed Osama Mikkawi IEEE MGA Achievement Award

  7. 2009 - a noteworthy year • IEEE 125th Anniversarymany celebrations in Region 8 • 50th Anniversary of our Sections(approved May 13, 1959) - Benelux Section - Italy Section

  8. My main aims On the Region level • building friendly atmosphere within the Region • increasing the number of young engineers from the industry • encouraging Chapters and Student Branches to enhance their activity • intensification of technical activities by the Region(over 40% of members do not belong to any Society) • continuation of all our best practices On the IEEE Board level • intensify the process of transnationalizing, enhacing IEEE globalization • increase the number of Region 8 representatives  in the compositions of various Committees

  9. General Assumptions for Financial Policy • due to global economic crisis and decrease in IEEE financial reserves, introduction of new strategy of economizing is required • strongerfinancial support on concrete projects rather than meetings for meetings sake • introducing guidelines to optimize travel expenditures • face-to-face SubCommittee meetings to be held max. twice/year, joint with R8 Commmittee meeting regular teleconferences are strongly recommended

  10. 2009 Coordinators/Representatives • Awards&Recognition  Victor Fouad Hanna (France) • Industry Relations        Benito Palumbo (Italy) • Life Members & History Activities Jacob Baal Schem (Israel) • R8News                     Roland Saam (UKRI) • Standards                    David Law (UKRI) • Student Representative  Pablo Herrero (Spain/Germany) • VCF                         Christine Nora  (France) • Chapters                      Peter Magyar  (Germany) • Conference                  Marian Kaźmierkowski (Poland) • Educational Activities   Joao Costa Freire (Portugal) • Electronic Communications Giorgios Mixail (Cyprus) • GOLD                          Joao Figueiras (Denmark) • Membership Development Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia) • Professional Activities   Emine Aydal (UKRI) • Women in Engineering   Shaimaa Yehia (Egypt)

  11. 2009 SubCommittees • Awards & Recognitions SubCommittee (A&RSC) • Nominations & Appointments SubCommittee (N&ASC) • Strategic Planning SubCommittee (SPSC) • GOLD Subcommittee  • Membership Development SubCommittee (MDSC) • Chapter Coordination SubCommittee (CCSC) • Conference Coordination SubCommittee (ConSC) • Educational Activities SubCommittee (EASC) • Industry Relations SubCommittee  (IRSC) • Student Activites SubCommittee (SASC) • Professional Activities SubCommitte (PASC) • Operations Review SubCommittee (ORSC)

  12. Past Directors Council • Kurt Richter 1991-1992 • Charles Turner 1993-1994 • Maurice Papo1997-1998 • Rolf Remshardt1999-2000 • Levent Onural 2001-2002 • Tony Davies2003-2004 • Baldomir Zajc2005-2006 • Jean-Gabriel Remy2007-2008

  13. OpCom meeting in QatarDoha, Qatar, 24-26th January • Summary of 2008 and emerging problems • Goals, tasks and plansfor 2009 and beyond • Meeting with Qatar Section officers (Chapters, Student Branches) • Technical meetings with Qatar engineering community (Industry and Universities) • Visit to Qatar Petroleum - Dukhan Oil and Gas

  14. OpCom meeting in QatarDoha, Qatar, 24-26th January Special thanks to Qatar Section officersfor the excellent preparation of the OpCom visit

  15. Region 10 Meeting Hanoi, 28th Feb-1st March 2009 • At Region’s 10 invitation R8 Director participated and gave presentation on the Best Practices in Region 8 • Regions 8 and 10 are the largest in the IEEE with about 38% of the total membership; they share many similar problems, activities and initiatives. Some common problems and future plans were discussed • R10 Director is invited to attend the R8 Fall Committee Meeting in Lisbon

  16. IEEE Gulf Countries Council (GCC) ConferenceKuwait, 17-19th March 2009 • main annual conference in the Middle East (previously all were held in Bahrain) • about 400 attendees • its prestige was also confirmed by the participation of the Kuwait Prime Minister and the country’s government • particularly active were the WIE Affinity Groups Congratulations to the Organisers and Gulf Countries Sections

  17. Main R8 Conferences EuroCon 2009 Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 18-23 May 2009 EuroCon 2011 Lisbon, Portugal, September 2011 EuroCon 2013 Zagreb, Croatia AfriCon 2009 Nairobi, Kenya, 23-25 September 2009 MeleCon 2010 Valletta, Malta, 26-28April 2010 SibirCon 2010 Irkutsk, Russia (Siberia), July 2010 EnergyCon 2010 Manama, Bahrain,18-20 December 2010 AfriCon 2011 Zambia / Ghana ?? MeleCon 2012 Tunesia / Cyprus / Italy ??

  18. Main Student Congresses / Conferences Middle East Student Branch Congress Amman, Jordan, 11-14th May 2009 International Youth Conference onEnergetics Budapest, Hungary,4-6th June 2009 SBC 2010 Region 8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress in 2009

  19. Other events in 2009 • about300 local technical conferences and workshops organized or supported by Sections and Chapters • several leading Societies conferences organized with the help of local Chapters and Sections • 4 Chapter Chairs meetings (jointly organized with leading Societies in R8) • many local celebrations of the IEEE 125th Anniversary

  20. R8 Committee Meeting format • More interactive sessions • Less number of reports, all reports much earlier put on the Venice web page • Caucus Session • Meetings of all R8 Subcommittees • Workshops / Tutorials

  21. Special thanks Special thanks should go to the Host - Italy Section, OpCom members, Coordinators and Section Chairs for the enormous contribution into the arrangements of the meeting, particularly to: Costas Stasopoulos – R8 Secretary Silvano Donati – Italy Section Chair Brian Harrington – R8 Treasurer

  22. I wish to thank all those who have given me their support, help and advice during this difficult period of transition in Region 8 THANK YOU ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

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