R8 Life Members Subcommittee 2021-2022
LMAG development efforts
New LMAGs 2021-22
2021 Germany Section
2021 Czechoslovakia Section
2022 North Macedonia Section
2022 Jordan Section
2022 Turkey Section
2022 Poland Section
LMAG formation in progress, 2022
Russia Section
Finland Section
Life Member Awards 2022
LM Individual Service Award:
LMAG Achievement Award:
R8 Winners
Regional Life Member Individual Service Award 2022
Georgi Dimirovski, North Macedonia Section
Regional Life Member Affinity Group Achievement Award 2022
Germany Section LMAG, Chaired by Hagen Hultzsch
R8 Life Members Subcommittee Activity 2021-2022
LM Subcommittee Chair´s Report 2021-22
2022-12-30 R8 LM Subcommittee _ Closing Report
R8 LM Subcommittee Reports
2021-03-21 LifeMembers_116th R8C Meeting Online
2021-11-05 LifeMembers_117th R8C Meeting Frankfurt
2022-04-02 LifeMembers_118th R8C Meeting Warsaw
2022-09-21 LifeMembers_119th R8C Meeting Cairo
Article submissions – LM Newsletter, Dec 2022, printed issue
Switzerland Section LMAG is sponsoring and contributing to the extension of the ENTER National Museum of Consumer Electronics, opening in new premises by the end of 2023 in Derendingen
New LMAG in North Macedonia
Life Members at Region 8 Strategy Retreat 2022
Cooperation & Support – Important Components of the LM Activity in R8
R8 LMAG In-person Meeting Prague
Hosted by Czechoslovakia Section LMAG, Chair: Andre Sopczak
Venue: Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT), Czech Republic
Motto: The current YPs are the future LMs
Program:
26.10.2022
Arrival, Social Dinner
27.10.2022.
- Opening Session
- Opening Address, Peter Magyar, LM SC Chair
- Welcome Address, Matej Pacha, Czechoslovakia Section Chair
- Welcome Address and Introduction of CVUT, Andre Sopczak, Czechoslovakia Section LMAG Chair
- IEEE Session
- IEEE and IEEE Region 8 Update: an Overview, Magdalena Salazar Palma, R8 Past Director
- IEEE Region 8 Member Activities, Sara Barros, R8 VC Member Activities
- R8 LM Overview, Peter Magyar, LM SC Chair
- IEEE R8 History Activities Committee & IEEE Milestones, Martin J. Bastiaans, R8 HA Committee Chair, Representative of the Benelux Section LMAG
- France Section LMAG contribution to IEEE Milestone activities , Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Sorbonne University, France Section LMAG Chair on behalf of Victor Fouda Hanna, France Section LMAG Past Chair
- Activity highlights of the Hungary Section LMAG, Rudas J. Imre, Hungary Section LMAG Chair
- North Macedonia Milestone Experience, Goce Arsov, North Macedonia Section LMAG Chair
- North Macedonia – Milestone Proposal, Goce Arsov, North Macedonia Section LMAG Chair
- LMAG Technical Session
- Fuzzy Approaches to Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Sorbonne University, France Section LMAG Chair
- Finite-time-convergence Attitude Tracking Control for Rigid Spacecraft Using Chebyshev ANN and Fast-NTSM Manifold, Georgi Dimirovski, Cyril & Methodius University Skopje, North Macedonia Section LMAG Vice Chair
- Discussion
- Award Ceremony
- Awardee is Georgi Dimirovski, North Macedonia Section, R8 Winner of the IEEE Life Members Service Award 2022
- Award will be presented by Magdalena Salazar Palma, R8 Past Director & Sara Barros, R8 VC Members Activities & Goce Arsov, North Macedonia LMAG Chair & Peter Magyar, R8 LM Coordinator
- Lunch
- Group Picture
- YP Technical Session
- A Comparative Analysis of Using Distributed Ledger Technologies for Transactive Energy Systems, Kim Krawiec, IEEE YP, Dortmund University, Germany
- Validation of real-time simulation model of a three-phase active-front-end (AFE) rectifier, MD Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury, IEEE YP, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
- Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in Nuclear Power Industry, Stepan Jedlan, IEEE YP; Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
- City Walk
- Social Dinner
27.10.2022
Departure
R8 Section Chairs and LM Subcommittee Joint Meeting, April 08, 2021
Date and Time:
Thursday, April 08, 17:00-18:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2).
Please use the time zone converter https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ to determine your local time.
Region 8 Section Chairs, Region 8 OpCom Members and LM AHC Members are kindly invited.
WebEx Meeting
Join from the meeting link: https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID=m00fb20576adbe7af296e2baad8d9c333
Join by meeting number (access code): 130 571 0190
Agenda:
- 17:00 Opening Address, Roll Call (Peter Magyar, LM AHC Chair)
- 17:05 LM Overview and R8 Opportunities (Peter Magyar, LM AHC Chair)
- 17:30:
- R8 Director´s Comment (Antonio Luque, R8 Director)
- R8 Vice Chair MA´s Comment (Sara Barros, R8 VC MA)
- Success Stories (Short reports of Organizers of new LMAGs)
- Andre Sopczak, Czechoslovakia Section
- TBD
- 17:45 Q&A Session (All participants, moderated by Vinko Lesic, R8 LM AHC Member)
- 18:00 End
Group photo of the participants at R8 Section Chairs and LM Subcommittee Joint Meeting, April 08, 2021
HA and LM Joint Committee Meeting, March 16, 2021
Date and Time:
Tuesday, March 16, 16:00-17:00 CET (Central European Time, UTC+1).
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Agenda:
- 16:00 Opening Address (Peter Magyar, LM AHC Chair)
- 16:01 History Activities (Martin Bastiaans, HA AHC Chair)
- 16:15 History Activities & Life Members (Anthony C. Davies, LM AHC Corresponding Member, HA AHC Member)
- 16:20 LM AHC Introduction (P. Magyar)
- 16:30 What do we expect from the LMAGs and Sections (P. Magyar)
- 16:40 LMAG and LMC Connection (Charles W. Turner, LMC, LM AHC Ex-officio Member)
- 16:45 R8 LMAG Activity Highlights (Victor Fouad Hanna, LM AHC Past Chair, LM AHC Corresponding Member)
- 16:50 Connection to YPs and other Affinity Groups (Vinko Lesic, YP, LM AHC Corresponding Member)
- 16:55 Q&A Session (P. Magyar)
- 17:00 End
LMAG Chairs´ Meeting, February 23, 2021
Date and Time:
Tuesday, Feb 23, 17:00-18:00 CET (Central European Time, UTC+1) / 16:00-17:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0).
Please use the time zone converter https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ to determine your local time.
Agenda:
- 17:00 Opening Address, Roll Call (Peter Magyar, LMAHC Chair, Germany Section)
- 17:05 LM Presentation (P. Magyar)
- 17:15 LMAG and LMC Connection (Charles W. Turner, LMC, LMAHC Ex-officio Member, UK & Ireland Section)
- 17:20 R8 LMAG Activity Highlights (Victor Fouad Hanna, LMAHC Past Chair, LMAHC Corresponding Member, France Section)
- 17:25 Connection to the History Committee (Anthony C. Davies, LMAHC Corresponding Member, France Section)
- 17:30 Connection to YPs and other Affinity Groups (Vinko Lesic, R8 YP, LMAHC Corresponding Member, Croatia Section)
- 17:35 What we expect from the LMAGs (P. Magyar)
- 17:45 Q&A Session (Moderator: Victor Fouad Hanna)
- 18:00 Closing Address (P. Magyar)
R8 Life Members Subcommittee 2019-2020
Chair: Victor Fouad Hanna, France Section
2020: Online LM CC Meeting
2019: Valencia, Spain, October 11, agenda:
- Welcome, Magdalena Salazar Palma, (R8 Director).
- Why Don’t Sections Give More Support to Life Members and LMAGs?, Charles Turner (Chair LMC)
- Report for R8 LMAGs Activities, Victor Fouad Hanna, R8 LMs Coordinator.
- Benelux LMAG report, Wim van Etten (Chair).
- Egypt LMAG report, Vice Chair.
- Coffee Break.
- Proposal for future, some projects for future implementation, Hugo Wyss, Switzerland LMAG Chair.
- France LMAG report, Jean Gabriel Remy, Officer .
- Hungary LMAG report, Imre J. Rudas (Chair).
- Italy LMAG report, Antonio Savini (Chair).
- Lunch (12h30 – 14h00).
- A Possible Development of IEEE Life Membership, Charles Turner (Chair LMC)
- FRANCE contribution to IEEE Milestones : A valuable task for Life Members, Jean Gabriel Remy.
- Lebanon LMAG report, Usamah O. Farrukh, (Chair).
- Slovenia LMAG report, Baldomir Zajc, (Chair).
- Coffee Break.
- Practical Advices in Administration and Holding Meetings, Victor Fouad Hanna, R8 LMs Coordinator.
- Spain LMAG report, Jesús “Fraile Ardanuy, (Spain Section Chair).
- Switzerland LMAG report, Hugo Wyss (Chair).
- United Kingdom and Ireland LMAG report, Charles Turner (Chair).
- Debate and Conclusions.
Notes from the meeting :
Charles Turner raised the question of the lack of support for Life member activities from the Section Committees. The two main problems were the poor state of Section websites and the low level of funding from the Section for LMAG activities. The increase of the Life member Fund budget to $90K this year is a bonus, but it was agreed that the Section Chairs need to be reminded about their responsibilities towards their Life members, especially if they have an LMAG.
Victor Fouad Hanna reviewed the status of LMAGs in Region 8. A new LMAG had been formed in Egypt this year and there were good prospects for more to be formed, especially in Poland and Sweden.
Wim van Etten reported that the Benelux Section had 115 active Life members, based on a recent survey. An EXCOM had been formed to manage the LMAG which had its own website, created using the IEEE template to be found at www.site(s).ieee.org/benelux.
Meetings were split between the Netherlands and Belgium and were open to all IEEE members. The average attendance was around 24.
An e-newsletter was sent to all LMAG members.
A Milestone ceremony to celebrate the first demonstration of WiFi would take place on October 29th at Nieuwegein, Holland.
Hugo Wyss reviewed the history of the Switzerland LMAG which had to deal with the two languages spoken in the country. He highlighted the production by Robert Weiss of a ‘tapestry’ of the history of computers. The poster would be translated from the German into French and English, and distributed to IEEE entities across the world, if funding could be secured. The LMAG worked closely with the. Section and a new Chair would be appointed shortly.
Jean Gabriel Remy reported on the Life member activities in France. The very successful technical tour held in Paris, Geneva, and Munich in 2015 had boosted LM activities in the France Section. New Milestone projects were being explored, such as the Transatlantic cable from France to Newfoundland, at an event being planned in Orleans.
Imre Rudas mentioned a strong link between the LMAG and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The relatively small number of Life members in the Section was a limiting factor.
Antonio Savini reported on the wide range of topics pursued by the Italy Section LMAG which had about 100 members. These included the history of technology, Milestone, joint meetings with the Switzerland LMAG, and a visit to the Museum of Technology in Pavia. Attracting members to meetings was a priority perhaps by introducing a social dimension, but more Life members were needed.
Usamah Farrukh reported that the Lebanon Section has only a small number of Life members but had managed to organise some successful events, including introducing robotics to schools.
Baldomir Zaic reported that there was a need to get an updated list of Life members and other retired or older members. Holding meetings via Webex would be helpful, as for other small LMAGs.
Conclusions
- The Life Member Coordinator should write to the Chair of every Section that has an LMAGA, asking them to increase financial support for their LMAG and to provide a webpage for Life member activities and news of events.
- A top priority is to facilitate the use of Webex for Life member meetings, to reduce the running costs and make it easier to connect members living away from the main urban centres.
- LMAGs should make greater use of the larger allocations for Life member activities, up to a maximum of $2,000 each year.
- LMAGs should encourage members to apply for the special projects grants available from the Life Member Fund and the IEEE Foundation.
Outlook:
- Increased collaboration between LMAGs and other IEEE Operation Units in their Sections is very important as the Section can make use of the knowledge and experience of Life Members and also from the more time that they can devote for IEEE Section activities.
- It is agreed that the inclusion of older members approaching LM status, together with retired members, would transform the viability of the smaller LMAGs.
- Resources from MGA (Life Member Committee and R8) are now reasonable to make and expand LMAGs activities.
- Sponsorship from industry and Government organizations could be available for certain types of projects.
Group picture of the latest in-presence LMAG meeting, Valencia, 2019
