Yearly Archives: 2019

IEEE Inspiring Leaders

 in 2019-October - Valencia

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

 in 2019-October - 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

 in 2019-October - 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

 in 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]

IEEE technical Chapters: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

 in Chapter Coordination

 

  • What is an IEEE Chapter?
    • A Chapter is a technical subunit of a Region, one or more Sections, or a Geographic Council established by petition to the parent geographical and technical organizational units. Section 9.6 in the MGA Operations Manual reviews the guidelines for Chapter operation.
    • Members of the respective Society/Council automatically become members of the local Chapter.
  • What types of Chapters are there in IEEE?
  • What does an IEEE Chapter offer? Why is it good to have more Chapters?
    • Full access to the resources of a mother Society or technical Council (for a Joint Chapter, access to the resources of all Societies), e.g.
      • specialized technical resources
      • grants, scholarships
      • funding
      • participation in committees shaping the future of the field
    • Possibility to organize, advertise local technical events to and interactions within the local members of the respective Societies/Councils.
    • Funding from respective Societies/Councils for organizing local technical events
      • Own independent funding stream within a Section/subSection/Region
      • See some of the funding options here
    • Access to IEEE Distinguished Lecturers and Speakers from respective Societies/Councils (where the Society pays for the Distinguished Lecturer to come to your country and give talks)
      • Please see a guide here
    • Possibility to support local conferences with IEEE logo and resources
    • Many Societies/Councils afford (pay travel expenses for) the Chapter Chair (or the person delegated by the Chair) to attend its main conference and participate in various learning programs.
  • How to start up/form a new Chapter, or How to change an existing Chapter?
    • The process following this diagram (borrowed from an MGA page):
    • Process of petitioning a new organizational unit in IEEE
    • See here and here for details
    • An Organizer* can form a new Chapter or Join Chapter (if one does not currently exist in the Region, one or more Sections, or a Geographic Council), by visiting the IEEE Geographic Unit Formation Policies and Petitions website. Scroll down the page and select the link “Access Petition Form“. When the petition page loads, log in using your IEEE Account credentials (username and password) and select Chapter. Follow the step-by-step instructions to submit the petition.
      *An eligible Organizer must be an active IEEE Graduate Student Member or higher for a minimum of six months, a member of the Section, and an active member of the sponsoring society/ies.

      • starting a new Chapter requires 12 signatures
      • starting a new Student Branch Chapter requires 6 signatures
    • The petition can be done electronically (see above) or manually.
  • What are the key responsibilities of a Chapter Chair?
    • ensuring that the Chapter is active and offers services to its members
    • running at least 2 technical events per year (more is better)
    • ensuring the sustainability of the Chapter’s leadership, i.e. training the next generation of Chapter leadership
  • Why is it best to have a complete (3-5 people) leadership committee for a Chapter (or any other organizational unit)?
    • Whilst a Chapter may be successfully run by a single Chair, this often leads to problems in the longer term. Having more than one person leading the Chapter enables
      • better sustainability in a longer-term (e.g. by chapter leadership team members learning from each other and able to support the events as a team, and having good ready-to-do-excellent-work candidates for the next term)
      • broader reach/wider network able to reach more people
      • ability to generate more ideas for better events
      • ability to distribute tasks, rely on each other and run bigger events
  • What is the annual minimum reporting requirement for a Chapter?
    • A technical Chapter needs to have officers and must hold at least 2 technical events per year in order to avoid being dissolved.
  • How can a Chapter win an award, e.g. Best Chapter award?
    • To qualify for an award, a Chapter needs to do many quality activities (especially technical events attended by many members) and grow its membership
    • To apply for an award, the Chapter needs to be nominated. There are different opportunities in existence:
      • Most Societies/Councils have award programs
      • R8 has “Chapter of the Year” awards program – see https://ieeer8.org/category/awards/
      • Some Sections have own award programs
  • Can Chapter set its own awards/recognitions for active members?
    • Yes, Chapters are encouraged to set up their own award programs. The officiation of such a program may need to be vetted by IEEE.
  • How does a Chapter relate to other units of IEEE?
    • Chapter serves its local members
    • Chapter reports to and can draw resources (funding, speakers, …) from and offer new activities to the respective Society (under the IEEE TA) and Section/subSection/Region it belongs to (under IEEE MGA)
    • Overall picture can be found here:  R8_TA_relations_higher_committees_v1
  • What is and How to establish a Technical/Sister Society Agreement to help increasing activities?
    • Please see here for details.
    • Sister Society Agreements are designed to promote additional cooperation with external to IEEE organizations in a specific discipline through joint activities. Additionally, in order to promote joint membership, these agreements may also provide discounts on IEEE Society membership fees and Society publications.
  • How to determine the IEEE operational unit (OU) code for a Chapter or Student Branch Chapter?
    • Please see an example here.
  • How can an IEEE eNotice email be sent out to all Chapter members?
    • The best and fastest way to submit it is via this form: http://enotice.vtools.ieee.org (accessible to Section and Chapter Chairs). It normally works for all Chapter needs.
    • If you need to select your audience manually (i.e. your eNotice requires a special audience or manual processing not supported in the normal form), then this form needs to be used instead: use sites.ieee.org/vtools/enotice-submission-form/. This has recently been replaced by signing into https://enotice.vtools.ieee.org, creating your eNotice and in the special instructions field, you can specify the target audience (e.g. R8 Chapter Chairs and R8 Student Branch Chapter Chairs).
  • How can one find out whether more Chapters can be established in a Section?
    • The simplest approach is to use IEEE OU Analytics to get this info (it is assumed the user has appropriate access rights). The feature is called “Potential Chapters”. Inside the OU Analytics, go to “Map”, and inside the Maps (otherwise called Geo OU Analysis), go to the tab “Potential Chapters”. Select “Region 8”. Select or enter your Section and see the Societies for which the minimum conditions to establish a new technical Chapters are already satisfied.
    • A more complicated but also more comprehensive approach is to download the list of Section’s members (also from IEEE OU Analytics), which includes a record of the membership in Societies (i.e. the column with MEMxxxnnn, where xxxnnn is the Society code, e.g. MEMTEM014). From this, one can count the number of members for each IEEE Society of interest and match this to the minimum requirements for an individual Chapter (12+ members) or a Joint Chapter (12+ members, with at least 3+ members from each relevant Society; please see Section 9.6 in the MGA Operations Manual for further details on the minimum requirements.
  • How can one find whether the Chapter is active and how active it has been?
    • The IEEE vTools Events/Meetings can be used to determine the meetings registered against the Chapter. The process is simple. Just select your Region (Region 8), your Section, and the Chapter you are interested in, and click the “Search” button. The system will show you the events ran by the Chapter and when they were running. The minimum requirement for an active Chapter is 2 events per year.
  • How and when are the Chapters dissolved?
    • The Chapters are dissolved following a period of inactivity, i.e. when the minimum requirement (2 technical events per year) is unfulfilled for over a year. The list of inactive Chapters is submitted to the MGA Board by MGA employees by the agenda item deadline. The MGA Board then decides on the dissolution in their meeting. The schedule of their meetings may be found here.
  • Where to find the list of Societies, technical Councils, roster of Society Presidents, Chapter Coordinators etc.?
  • Where can I find basic information about Chapters (similar to these FAQs) from MGA perspective?
  • Are there Training opportunities / How to Learn how to do this?
    • Training is available via the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) and IEEE CLE Learning Library: http://ieee-elearning.org/CLE/ . There, one can find training for volunteers /officers as well as professional development training (in soft skills such as leadership, communications, and management skills. Technical Chapter / Student Branch Chapter officer can click on “Volunteer”, log in, and then click on the “Technical Chapter Chair” or “Student Branch Chapter Chair”, respectively. The overall training usually around 1.5-2 hours and can be done in parts.
    • It may also be recommended to access many relevant topics under “Sections Congress” in CLE.

 

 

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IEEE HISTORY MILESTONES: some proposals in progress

 in News 2019

In the IEEE UK and Ireland Section, there are proposals in progress for:

  1. Superconducting Magnets developed for MRI at Oxford Instruments, Abingdon, with active shielding to make the arrangement practicable for wide medical use
  2. The medical CAT scanner
  3. LEO. The worlds first digital computer for business use (designed and made by LYONS company to support their catering business (1951)

Associated with IEEE Region 1, the first successful transmission of a commercial radio broadcast (1925, March 14th) from London station 2LO, transmitted from Chelmsford to Belfast in Maine, USA.  If successful in getting approval, this would probably involve a plaque at each end.

In Hungary, there is a proposal in progress for the Budapest Metro line no 1 – the first underground electrical railway in continental Europe, still in operation.  There was many innovations associated with this:

  • it was first using the dig-and-cover tunnel technique – under a main road for 120 years
  • it served as a reference and standard for Boston, Paris and Berlin metros
  • it had a bidirectional motor carriage with two driver’s cabins
  • the boogie included the motor
  • of low floor height (“goose neck” chassis)
  • of low tunnel height, this structure gauge became standard for a long time
  • first application of Siemens traction system in underground metro
  • overlapping rail jointing for smooth gliding

In Germany (in collaboration with the UK and Ireland Section) a proposal to recoggnise Christian Huelsmeyer for the first invention of Radar has been approved and the unveiling ceremony is planned for October 2019 in Germany.  Note that the word Radar did not come into use until much later, during WW2.

In Sweden, the 40 year anniversary  of video compression, an invention associated with Linkoping University and KTH Stockholm

In Italy, plans for a Milestone for Ferrari’s Induction Motor and for the Giorgi System of Units

 

There are many other good topics for developing History Milestone Proposals around the Sections of IEEE Region 8

Tony Davies

2019 Feb 24th, update 2019 Aug 18ths

HISTELCON 2019 in Scotland

 in News 2019

Glasgow: squinty bridge

(photo (c) Alan Robertson

The conference Histelcon2019 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, 18-19th September 2019

It is planned that if successful in being approved, there will be an IEEE History Milestone unveiling at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow on the day before Histelcon2019 starts.

This milestone is about the work done on the Standardisation of the Unit of Electrical Resistance (e.g. the Ohm)

The HISTELCON2019 website is

www.histelcon2019.org

where the Call for Papers and other information can be found

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair, but those considering the submission of papers are welcome to send the planned titles and a short synopsis directly to me.

Tony Davies

2019 Feb 21st

R8T – Region 8 Today

 in IEEE Region 8 Today / Publications & Communications

IEEE Region 8 Today was founded on May 2018, aiming to bring to you the latest news of the active members within our Region. Moreover, IEEE Region 8 Today, shares technological information from the IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association. A large variety of Tech News, IEEE volunteers news, Interviews of people who have contributed a lot to our Region, and many more interesting fields, can be found on our news web portal.

This is a web based medium and as such is able to respond quickly to current content, opinion pieces and promoting events in the near to longer term future. Being online the content is dispatched more or less in a just-in-time fashion and so would be an excellent medium to promote your current events and to drum up publicity for your next events. Follow IEEE Region 8 Today in the social media to learn all latest news:

Editor-in-Chief
(Fatma Al Zamil)

 

Fatma is from Jordan and currently working as the Editor-in-Chief for the Region8Today.

Experienced Ambassador with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Passionate about Volunteering, as a Volunteering Ambassador. An active IEEE member in YU branch for more than four years, served as chairwoman for IEEE WIE YU, Skilled in Photography, Team Motivation, programming, Communication, and Decision-Making. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor’s degree focused in Biomedical Engineering from Yarmouk University.