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2019-October – Valencia

This page contains information about the 113th IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting to be held in Valencia on 12-13 of October 2019.

 


Motions

 

Presentations

 

OpCom Reports

 

Director (Magdalena Salazar Palma) Director-Elect (Antonio Luque)
Past-Director (Margaretha Eriksson) Secretary (Ana Madureira)
Treasurer (Adam Jastrzebski) V/C Member Activities (Adeel Sultan)
V/C Student Activities (Maciej Borówka) V/C Technical Activities (Sohaib Sheikh)

Subcommittee Reports

 

Action for Industry (AfI) Life Member Coordinator (LM) Social Media Coordinator
Africa Council Membership Development Subcommittee (MDSC) Standards Coordinator (StC)
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee (A&RSC) Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee Strategic Planning
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee (ChCSC) Professional and Educational Activities Subcommittee (PEAsC) Student Representative
Conference Coordination SubCommittee (CoCSC) Publications and Communications Subcommittee (PC) Voluntary Contribution Fund Coordinator (VCF)
Electronic Communications Coordinator (ECC) Region 8 Today (Region8Today) Women in Engineering Coordinator (WIE)
Finance Subcommittee Region 8 News (R8News) Young Professionals Subcommittee (YP)
History Activities Coordinator (HA) Region Vitality Coordinator (RVC)
Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee (HuA) Sections Congress Coordinator

Section Reports

 

Algeria Section Iraq Section Romania Section
Austria Section Iran Section Russia Section
Bahrain Section Israel Section Russia (Northwest) Section
Belarus Section Italy Section Russia (Siberia) Section
Benelux Section Jordan Section Saudi Arabia (East) Section
Bosnia and Herzegovina Section Kenya Section Saudi Arabia (West) Section
Bulgaria Section Kuwait Section Serbia And Montenegro Section
Croatia Section Latvia Section Slovenia Section
Cyprus Section Lebanon Section South Africa Section
Czechoslovakia Section Lithuania Section Spain Section
Denmark Section Malta Section Sweden Section
Egypt Section Mauritius Section Switzerland Section
Estonia Section Morocco Section Tunisia Section
Finland Section Nigeria Section Turkey Section
France Section Norway Section Uganda 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
Iceland Section Republic Of Macedonia Section

Reimbursement


REPORT ON THE STUDENT PAPER CONTEST 2019 (SPC 2019)

This year there were 16 valid papers submitted by the closing date of December 15, 2018. The papers were seen by four jury members

Professor Anastas  Mishev from Republic of North Macedonia

Prof Mustapha Benjallali from Morocco

Professor Vera Markovic  from Serbia

Professor Paul Micallef from Malta who is also the SPC Co-ordinator

 

The jury members are rotated over a period of time depending on where Melecon and Eurocon are held. The participants were from the following countries:

Belgium, Iran, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, and Spain.

The five papers, chosen by the jury members, that will be presented at Eurocon 2019 in Novi Sad, Serbia are

 

  • Antoine Paris, Universite’ Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, ” Identifiability Conditions for Multi-Channel Blind Deconvolution with Short Filters.”

 

  • Ariane De Vroede, KU Leuven, Belgium, ” A 94 GHz Voltage-Boosted Energy Harvester in 45 nm CMOS Achieving a Peak Efficiency of 21.2% at – 8.5dBm Input Power.”

 

  • Boitomelo N. Mantji, Fiona R.A. Oloo, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ” Electronic Stethoscope Design, Prototyping and Testing.”

 

  • Gabriele Mosaico, Matteo Saviozzi, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ” A hybrid methodology for the day-ahead PV forecasting exploiting a Clear Sky Model or Artificial Neural Networks.”

 

  • Saeed Akhavan, Mahmoud Kamerei, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, ” Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Absence Epileptic Seizures Using Depth Recordings.”

 

According to the SPC rules, where papers have multiple authors, IEEER8  supports only one author of each paper accepted by the Jury for oral presentation.

 

The  student branches that submitted a paper to  SPC2019 are:

University of Genoa, Italy
Buein Zahra Technical University – Qazvin, Iran
University Carlos III – Madrid, Spain
KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Alicante, Spain
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia, Greece
Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
KU Leuven (Belgium)(2)
Univ Of Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Porto, Portugal
University of Niš, Serbia

 

Paul Micallef

SPC Coordinator


IEEE Inspiring Leaders

The activity “IEEE Inspiring Leaders”, seeks to bring IEEE leaders closer to student and Young Professional IEEE members, in order to motivate and inspire them.

 

The activity consists of an open interview-discussion, in which the panelists and other IEEE members will be asked about different aspects of their professional life and their experience in IEEE. In this manner, the event attempts to gain an insight into who are the leaders of IEEE.

 

 

The activity focuses on the human side of our participants, so it will not be a technical presentation. Therefore, no preparation for the activity is expected to be required. Just the will to have fun and have a relaxed conversation with other fellow IEEE members.

 

The activity will take place on Saturday 12 before lunch, in a slot specifically assigned to it (i.e. it will not collide with the R8 meeting).

 

 


Meeting Schedule – Valencia

Friday
Foyer area Burdeos room Mandarina room
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00 LMAG meeting
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 LMAG meeting
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00:12:30
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Africa Council meeting
13:30-14:00
14:00-14:30 Spain Section Meeting LMAG meeting
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break Africa Council meeting Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Spain Section Meeting LMAG meeting
17:00-17:30
17:30-18:00
18:00-18:05 Director’s Address
18:05-18:30 Spain Section

Presentation and Awards

18:30-19:30 Workshop: “THE

OPPORTUNITIES OF BUILDING

IEEE STANDARDS FOR EUROPE,

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA”

19:30-20:30
20:30-21:00 Welcome Reception
21:00-21:30 Dinner

(Hotel Restaurant – Bar – Terrace)

21:30-22:00
22:00-22:30
22:30-23:00
Saturday Sunday
Celeste I+II Celeste I+II
8:00-8:30 Region 8 Meeting Region 8 Meeting
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00:12:30
12:30-13:00
13:00-13:30
13:30-14:00
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00
17:00-17:30
17:30-18:00
18:00-18:05 City tour
18:05-18:30
18:30-19:30
19:30-20:30 Gala Dinner
20:30-21:00
21:00-21:30
21:30-22:00
22:00-22:30
22:30-23:00
Bus to Hotel

Order of the Day – Valencia

Friday

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
16:00 2:00:00 Registration open
18:00 0:05:00 Director’s Address Magdalena Salazar Palma
18:05 0:25:00 Spain Section Presentation and Awards Jesús Fraile Ardanuy
18:30 2:00:00 Workshop “THE OPPORTUNITIES OF BUILDING IEEE STANDARDS FOR EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA” Jesús Fraile / Óscar Martínez / Clara Neppel
20:30 0:30:00 Welcome Reception
21:00 2:00:00 Welcome Dinner – Dress Code: Business Casual
23:00 Dinner Ends

Saturday

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
7:00 1:00:00 Social Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 100 Procedural Call to Order Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:05 0:15:00 101 Procedural Roll Call / Introduction of New Officers / Representatives / Guests / Apologiess for Absence Ana Madureira / Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:20 0:05:00 102 Procedural Welcome by Spain Section Chair Jesús Fraile Ardanuy
8:25 0:05:00 103 Procedural Introductory Remarks Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:30 0:05:00 104 Action Approval of the Consent Agenda Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:35 0:05:00 105 Action Approval of the Agenda Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:40 0:30:00 106 Discussion IEEE Region 8 Director’s Address Magdalena Salazar Palma
9:10 0:30:00 107 Discussion IEEE Past President’s Address Jim Jefferies
9:40 0:30:00 108 Discussion IEEE Executive Director and COO Address Stephen Welby
10:10 0:10:00 109 Discussion IEEE Region 1: Identifying Member Journeys and Interface Points for Engagement Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti
10:20 0:10:00 110 Discussion IEEE Region 7 Director’s Address Maike Luiken
10:30 0:20:00 Social Coffee Break
10:50 2:00:00 111 Workshop IEEE Inspiring Leaders Event Jesús Fraile Ardanuy
12:50 1:30:00 Social Lunch
14:20 0:30:00 201 Discussion IEEE VP, MGAB, IEEE Managing Director, MGA: Strategies & Directions Francis Grosz / Cecelia Jankowski
14:50 0:10:00 202 Discussion Stategic Planning Committee Antonio Luque / Martin Bastiaans
15:00 0:30:00 203 Discussion Student Activities Maciej Borówka
15:30 0:20:00 Social Coffee Break
15:50 0:45:00 204 Discussion Member Activities Adeel Sultan
16:35 0:15:00 205 Discussion IEEE Foundation and Life Members Charles Turner – IEEE LM Committee Chair
16:50 0:10:00 206 Discussion Nominations and Appointments Report and Election Instructions Vera Markovic
17:00 0:15:00 207 Discussion Presentations of VCs Candidates Vera Markovic
17:15 0:05:00 208 Executive Session Voting Vera Markovic
17:20 0:05:00 209 Discussion Presentation of election results Vera Markovic
17:25 0:05:00 210 Procedural Closing of day one Magdalena Salazar Palma
17:30 0:05:00 211 Social Group photo Ana Madureira
17:35 End of meeting – day one
18:30 0:10:00 Social Meeting Point for Bus: Outside Hotel
18:40 1:30:00 Social Valencia Tour by Bus with Guide
20:10 2:45:00 Social Gala Dinner at La Ferradura Restaurant / Awards Ceremony Costas Stasopoulos
22:55 0:10:00 Social Bus Drive to Hotel
23:05 Social Arrival to Barceló Valencia Hotel

Sunday

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
7:00 1:00:00 Social Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 300 Procedural Call to Order Magdalena Salazar Palma
8:05 0:35:00 301 Discussion Technical Activities Sohaib Sheikh
8:40 0:05:00 302 Info Upcoming Flagship Conferences Ljupco Karazdinov
8:45 0:20:00 303 Discussion IEEE Collabratec – Region 8 Performance John Day
9:05 0:20:00 304 Discussion IEEE R8 Director-Elect Candidates Presentations Costas Stasopoulos: Igor Kuzle / Vin Piuri
9:25 0:10:00 305 Discussion IEEE R8 Director-Elect Candidates Q&A All
9:35 0:10:00 306 Executive Session Discussion and voting
9:45 0:05:00 307 Discussion Presentation of the voting results Costas Stasopoulos
9:50 0:15:00 308 Discussion Africa Council Update Habib Kammoun
10:05 0:15:00 309 Discussion IEEE Membership Dues – Payment by Installment Option Adeel Sultan / Sohaib Sheikh
10:20 0:20:00 Social Coffee Break
10:40 0:20:00 310 Discussion Treasurer and Finance Committee Report Adam Jastrzebski
11:00 0:30:00 311 Discussion 2020 Budget Proposal Adam Jastrzebski
11:30 0:30:00 312 Discussion Concur Reimbursement System Presentation Adam Jastrzebski
12:00 0:10:00 313 Discussion IEEE Sections Congress Costas Stasopoulos
12:10 0:20:00 314 Motions Motions Presentation, Discussion, and Voting Antonio Luque
12:30 0:05:00 315 Discussion New Business All
12:35 0:05:00 316 Discussion Call for Proposals for Incoming R8 Committee Meetings Antonio Luque
12:40 0:10:00 317 Discussion Invitation to Next Region 8 Committee Meeting Mariusz Malinowski
12:50 0:05:00 318 Discussion Closing Remarks Magdalena Salazar Palma
12:55 0:05:00 319 Procedural Adjournment Magdalena Salazar Palma
13:00 1:00:00 Social Lunch
14:00 End of Meeting

Consent Agenda

501 Action Approval of the minutes of the 112th Region 8 Committee meeting
502 Report Reports

Publications & Communications

Publications & Communications (PnC) Committee Mission

The Publications & Communications (PnC) committee is charged with effectively and accurately communicating content and information for the benefit of our Region 8 members (and beyond). Like all news channels we rely on YOU for content, so we encourage you to make sure that you have a Communications Officer in your organization who can liaise with us over content and help you promote your achievements. We will do our best to promote content from our end but its only with your help that we can get the message out here – if you are unsure whom best to contact in the above then just send a message to [email protected] or fill this form, explaining what you need and we will get in contact to help you. The entire PnC committee may be reached at [email protected]

Committee Chair

Adeel Sultan

Adeel Sultan, a seasoned Telecommunications Engineer with specialization in microelectronics & semiconductors, is a McGill University Alumni (Montreal, Canada). Currently residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he is working with the country’s main Telecommunication firm, Etisalat, as the Director of projects. Adeel has pioneered many business process enhancements & strategies and was involved in developing smart portfolio management systems and creating unique knowledge sharing platforms. He is also a Founder/CEO of an online service business and as a technology enthusiast and professional, he frequently speaks at various events & forums. Currently Adeel is part of various technical/editorial boards and many innovation committees, including committees responsible for the development & enhancement of AI based educational technologies. As a keen believer in providing equal opportunity to all, he actively participates in various humanitarian programs and serves as an advisor on the board of OC’s of various events and seminars. For IEEE in particular, Adeel have held multiple executive positions within its various units (Section, Region, MGA). He is currently a Chair of MGA-MBPAC and the Vice-Chair of the UAE Section. Most recently, Adeel was part of the Region8 OpCom as VC/Member Activities and now serving the Region8 as the Chair of Publications & Communications Committee. Adeel is also currently a member of MGA GUOS Committee and IEEE Awards Committee. Besides IEEE, he is an active member of other professional organizations. He can be contacted via e-mail at: [email protected]

Adeel Sultan

Adeel Sultan, a seasoned telecommunications engineer with specialization in microelectronics & semiconductors, is a McGill University Alumni (Montreal, Canada). Currently residing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he is working with the country’s main Telecommunication firm Etisalat as Director of PMO.  He can be contacted via e-mail at: [email protected]