Monthly Archives: January 2012

The IEEE Region 8 Committee consists of:

• Section representatives
• Operating Committee
• Appointed Members

 Section Representatives

In the IEEE Region 8 Committee, Sections are represented by their Chairs. Section Chairs may appoint an alternate representative to the Region 8 Committee. The most recent list of Region 8 Sections and their representatives to the Region 8 Committee may be found here.

Operating Committee (OpCom)

• Director: Marko Delimar (Croatia)
• Director-Elect: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
• Past-Director: Józef Modelski (Poland)
• Secretary: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
• Treasurer: Brian Harrington (UKRI)
• Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Ali El-Mousa (Jordan)
• Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Elias Nassar (Lebanon)
• Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Saurabh Sinha (South Africa)

Appointed members

• Awards & Recognition: Charles Turner (UKRI)
• Chapters: Daniel Pasquet (France)
• Conferences: Carl Debono (Malta)
• Educational Activities: Bakr Hassan (Saudi Arabia)
• GOLD Activities: Salima Kaissi (France)
• Industry Relations: Ghaleb Dandan (Saudi Arabia)
• Membership Development: Dirk Van Hertem (Sweden)
• Professional Activities: Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
• Region 8 News: Roland Saam, Zhijia Huang (UKRI)
• Sections Congress Coordinator: TBD
• Standards Coordinator: David Law (UKRI)
• Student Representative: Jorge Soares (Portugal)

Ad-hoc members

• Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
• Information Management: TBD
• Jubilee Book Coordinator: Kurt Richter (Austria)
• Life Members: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
• Technical Publications: Stefano Zanero (Italy)
• Future Technical Directions Liaison: Vladimir Katić (Serbia & Montenegro)
• Voluntary Contribution Fund: Vlatko Stoilkov (Rep. of Macedonia)
• Women in Engineering: Ferdinanda Ponci (Germany)

Sub Committees

Awards & Recognition Subcommittee

• Charles Turner (UKRI) – Chair
• Victor Fouad Hanna (France) – Past Chair
• Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
• Samir Shaheen (Egypt)
• Maciej Ogorzalek (Poland)
• Jef Beerten (Benelux)  – Student Awards and Contests Coordinator

Chapter Coordination Subcommittee

• Daniel Pasquet (France) – Chair
• Members appointed by Societies/Councils

Conference Coordination Subcommittee

• Carl James Debono (Malta) – Chair
• Karl Gudmundsson (Iceland)
• Jan Haase (Austria)

Educational Activities Subcommittee

• Bakr Hassan (Saudi Arabia) – Chair
• Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UKRI) – Pre-university activities
• Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou (Greece) – Continuing education

GOLD Subcommittee

• Salima Kaissi (France) – Chair
• Nele Reynders (Benelux)
• Rafal Sliz (Finland)
• Khaled Mokhtar (Egypt)

Industry Relations Subcommittee

• Ghaleb Al-Dandan (Saudi Arabia) – Chair
• Fulcieri Maltini (France)
• Axel Richter (Germany)

Membership Development Subcommittee

• Dirk Van Hertem (Benelux) – Chair
• Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia) – Life Members
• Loulou Mourad (Tunisia)
• Antonio Luque Estepa (Spain) – Corresponding Member
• Adam K. Jastrzebski (UKRI)  – Corresponding Member

Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee

• Józef Modelski (Poland) – Chair
• Marko Delimar (Croatia) – ex-officio
• Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – ex-officio
• Terje Gjengedal (Norway) – elected
• Samir Shaheen (Egypt) – elected
• Tunde Salihu (Nigeria) – elected

Professional Activities Subcommittee

• Matej Zajc (Slovenia) – Chair
• Emilio Corchado (Spain)
• Jan Haase (Austria) – Corresponding Members
• Urmet Janes (Estonia)
• Han Van Loon (Switzerland) – Corresponding Members

Strategic Planning Subcommittee

• Józef Modelski (Poland) – Chair
• Pilar Molina Gaudo (Spain)
• Tony Davies (UKRI)

Student Activites Subcommittee

• Elias Nassar (Lebanon) – Chair
• Jorge Soares (Portugal) – Student Representative
• Eva Lang (Germany) – Past Chair
• Đorđe Paunović (Serbia & Montenegro) – Student Paper Contest Coordinator
• Simay Akar (Turkey) – Student Branch Coordinator
• Jef Beerten (Benelux) – Awards and Contests Coordinator
• Hossam Fahmy (Egypt) – Webmaster
• Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UKRI)