Daily Archives: 16 August 2017


2018-March – Athens

This page contains information about the 110th IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting to be held in Athens on 10-11 of March 2018.

OpCom Reports

Director (Margaretha Eriksson) Director-Elect (Magdalena Salazar Palma)
Past-Director (Costas Stasopoulos) Secretary (Jan Verveckken)
Treasurer (Ralph Kennel) V/C Member Activities (Antonio Luque)
V/C Student Activities (Efthymia Arvaniti) V/C Technical Activities (Christopher James)

Subcommittee Reports

Action for Industry (AfI) History Activities Coordinator (HA) Region 8 News (R8News)
Africa Area (AA) Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee (HuA) Section Vitality Coordinator (SVC)
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee (A&RSC) Life Member Coordinator (LM) Standards Coordinator (StC)
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee (ChCSC) Membership Development Subcommittee (MDSC) Strategic Planning
Conference Coordination SubCommittee (CoCSC) Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee Voluntary Contribution Fund Coordinator (VCF)
Educational Activities SubCommittee (EASC) Professional Activities Subcommittee (PASC) Women in Engineering Coordinator (WIE)
Electronic Communications Coordinator (ECC) Young Professionals Subcommittee (YP)

Section Reports

Algeria Section Iceland Section Republic Of Macedonia Section
Austria Section Iran Section Romania Section
Bahrain Section Iraq Section Russia Section
Belarus Section Israel Section Russia (Northwest) Section
Benelux Section Italy Section Russia (Siberia) Section
Bosnia and Herzegovina Section Jordan Section Saudi Arabia (East) Section
Bulgaria Section Kenya Section Saudi Arabia (West) Section
Croatia Section Kuwait Section Serbia And Montenegro Section
Cyprus Section Latvia Section Slovenia Section
Czechoslovakia Section Lebanon Section South Africa Section
Denmark Section Lithuania Section Spain Section
Egypt Section Malta Section Sweden Section
Estonia Section Morocco Section Switzerland Section
Finland Section Nigeria Section Tunisia Section
France Section Norway Section Turkey Section
Germany Section Oman Section UK and Ireland Section
Ghana Section Poland Section Ukraine Section
Greece Section Portugal Section United Arab Emirates Section
Hungary Section Qatar Section Zambia Section

Reimbursement


Order of the day – Athens

Friday, 9 March 2018

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
8:00 0:30:00 Directors Address Margaretha Eriksson
8:30 3:30:00 Meetings of several subcommittees
12:00 0:30:00 Lunch group 1 Terpsichore D
12:30 0:30:00 Lunch group 2 Terpsichore D
13:00 5:00:00 Meetings of several subcommittees Terpsichore, Erato
18:00 1:00:00 Greece Section presentation Greece Section Chair
19:00 1:00:00 Cocktail Reception + Awards Ceremony
20:00 2:00:00 Welcome Dinner Dress Code: Business Casual
22:00 Dinner Ends

Saturday, 10 March 2018

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
6:30 1:30:00 Breakfast Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 100 Procedural Call to Order Margaretha Eriksson
8:05 0:15:00 101 Procedural Roll Call and Introduction of New Officers Jan Verveckken
8:20 0:05:00 102 Procedural Welcome by Greece Section Greece Section Chair
8:25 0:05:00 103 Procedural Introductory Remarks Margaretha Eriksson
8:30 0:05:00 104 Action Approval of the Agenda Margaretha Eriksson
8:35 0:05:00 105 Action Approval of the Consent Agenda Margaretha Eriksson
8:40 0:40:00 106 Discussion IEEE Region 8 Director’s Address Margaretha Eriksson
9:20 0:20:00 107 Discussion IEEE President’s Answers to the most burning questions Jim Jefferies
9:40 0:20:00 108 Discussion IEEE President’s Elect Introduction Jose Moura
10:00 0:15:00 109 Discussion IEEE R8 SYP 2018 SYP Chair
10:15 0:05:00 110 Procedural Introduction to Poster Session Jan Verveckken
10:20 0:45:00 111 Poster session Committees Poster session+RSYP poster+coffee break All subcommittees
11:05 0:20:00 112 Discussion Questions to SAC VC Efthymia Arvaniti
11:25 0:20:00 113 Discussion Questions to MA VC Antonio Luque
11:45 0:20:00 114 Discussion Questions to TA VC Christopher James
12:05 1:00:00 Lunch Lunch in Terpsichore
13:05 0:30:00 201 Discussion IEEE MGA New Issues(GDPR)+ questions Francis Grosz + Vera Sharoff
13:35 0:10:00 202 Discussion Presentation of IEEE Region 8 Director Elect Candidates Rafal Sliz & Antonio Luque
13:45 0:45:00 203 Poster session Poster Session 1/3 Sections + IEEE R8 Director Elect Candidates poster+ coffee break 1/3 Sections
14:30 0:20:00 204 Discussion Humanitarian Activities Paul Cunningham
14:50 0:45:00 205 Poster session Poster Session 2/3 Sections + Humanitarian Activities Workshop(Room:Erato A) 2/3 Sections
15:35 0:05:00 206 Social Group photo Jan Verveckken
15:40 0:25:00 207 Discussion IEEE Vienna Office Answer to the most burning questions Clara Neppel
16:05 0:45:00 208 Poster Session Poster Session 3/3 Sections+ IEEE President Elect Candidates poster 3/3 Sections
16:50 0:05:00 209 Discussion Voting system of Posters to be presented on stage + reflection question Jan Verveckken
16:55 0:05:00 210 Discussion Closing of day one Margaretha Eriksson
17:00 Recess
17:10 0:10:00 Social Meeting Point for Bus: Outside Hotel
17:20 2:40:00 Social Bus Drive through Athens, Visit of Akropolois museum
20:00 2:00:00 Social Dinner at Dionysus Zonar, with view of Akropolis
22:00 0:00:30 Social Bus Drive to Hotel

Sunday, 11 March 2018

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
6:30 1:30:00 Breakfast Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 300 Procedural Call to Order and Roll Call Margaretha Eriksson
8:05 0:15:00 301 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Industry Activity+discussion
8:20 0:15:00 302 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Membership Activity+discussion
8:35 0:15:00 303 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Young Prof. Activity+discussion
8:50 0:15:00 304 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Action for Africa+discussion
9:05 0:35:00 305 Discussion Treasurer’s Report Ralph Kennel + Brian Harrington
9:40 0:20:00 Social Coffee Break
10:00 0:40:00 306 Action Motions, presentation, discussion, voting Costas Stasopoulos
10:40 0:40:00 307 Discussion New Business Margaretha Eriksson, All
11:20 0:20:00 308 Discussion Presentation of President-Elect Candidates Piuri, Zurada, Fukuda
11:40 0:20:00 309 Discussion Next Region 8 Meeting Vera Markovic
12:00 0:10:00 310 Discussion Closing Remarks IEEE Vienna Office Clara Neppel
12:10 0:10:00 311 Discussion Closing Remarks President-Elect Jose Moura
12:20 0:10:00 312 Discussion Closing Remarks President Jim Jefferies
12:30 0:10:00 313 Discussion Closing Remarks R6 Director Kathleen Cramer
12:40 0:10:00 314 Discussion Closing Remarks R10 Director Kukjin Chun
12:50 0:10:00 315 Discussion Closing Remarks R8 Director Margaretha Eriksson
13:00 0:20:00 316 Info Adjournment All
13:20 1:00:00 Social Lunch in Terpsichore D

Consent Agenda

501 Action Approval of the minutes of the 109th Region 8 Committee meeting
502 Report Reports