Yearly Archives: 2019

Meeting Schedule – Valletta

 in 2019-March – Valletta

Friday

Exhibition Hall – Level 2 Bellavanti – Level 5 De Medici – Level 5 Laparelli – Level 5 Buonamici – Level 5 Carapecchia – Level 8 Board room – Level 8
8:00-8:30 Director Address
8:30-9:00 New Volunteers Orientation YP SAC Awards & Recognitions Humanitarian Activities
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 New Volunteers Orientation YP SAC Conference Coordination Action for Industry Educational/Professional Activities
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-13:00 Lunch at the restautant on Level 4
13:00-13:30 Strategic Planning WIE Conference Coordination Membership Development Educational/Professional Activities
13:30-14:00
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 SAC & YP Publications & Comunnications (r8news, r8today, etc.) Chapter Coordination Africa Council Finance
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00
17:00-17:30 History & Life M. OpCom
17:30-18:00
18:00-18:30 Malta Section Presentation
18:30-19:00
19:00-19:30 Welcome reception
19:30-20:00
20:00-20:30 Buffet Dinner (Restaurant at Level 4)
20:30-21:00
21:00-21:30
21:30-22:00
22:00-22:30

Saturday and Sunday

Grand Ballroom – Level 7 Grand Ballroom – Level 7
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
12:00-13:00
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
18:00-18:30 Boat tour
18:30-19:00
19:00-19:30
19:30-20:00 Gala Dinner
20:00-20:30
20:30-21:00
21:00-21:30
21:30-22:00
22:00-22:30 Walk to Hotel

Order of the day – Valletta

 in 2019-March – Valletta

Saturday

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
6:30 1:30:00 Social Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 100 Procedural Call to Order Magdalena Salazar
8:05 0:15:00 101 Procedural Roll Call and Introduction Ana Madureira / Magdalena Salazar
8:20 0:05:00 102 Procedural Welcome by Malta Section Malta Section Chair – Conrad Attard
8:25 0:05:00 103 Procedural Introductory Remarks Magdalena Salazar
8:30 0:05:00 104 Action Approval of the Agenda Magdalena Salazar
8:35 0:05:00 105 Action Approval of the Consent Agenda Magdalena Salazar
8:40 0:25:00 106 Discussion IEEE Region 8 Director’s Address Magdalena Salazar
9:05 0:30:00 107 Discussion IEEE President’s Address José Moura
9:35 0:10:00 108 Discussion IEEE Region 7 Director’s Adress Maike Luiken
9:45 0:10:00 109 Discussion IEEE Region 10 Director’s Address Akinori Nishihara
9:55 0:05:00 110 Procedural Introduction to Poster Session Magdalena Salazar
10:00 0:45:00 111 Poster session (Exhibition Hall – Level 2) Poster Session: Sub Committees + R8 SYP Poster + Coffee Break All Sub Committees
10:45 0:25:00 112 Discussion Student Activities Maciej Borówka
11:10 0:25:00 113 Discussion Member Activities Adeel Sultan
11:35 0:25:00 114 Discussion Technical Activities Sohaib Sheikh
12:00 1:00:00 Social Lunch (Admirals Landing Restaurant – Level 5)
13:00 0:30:00 201 Discussion IEEE VP, MGAB, IEEE MGA: Strategy & Direction / Managing Director, MGAB: Member & Geographic Activities Francis Grosz / Cecelia Jankowski
13:30 0:15:00 202 Discussion Publications and Communications Committee Christopher James
13:45 0:45:00 203 Poster session (Exhibition Hall – Level 2) Poster Session: 1/2 Sections + Humanitarian Activities Workshop (Simay Akar, Carapecchia – Level 8 ) 1/2 Sections / Simay Akar
14:30 0:20:00 204 Discussion Leveraging Local Strengths – TA and MGA Kathy Land
14:50 0:15:00 205 Discussion Vienna Office Activities Clara Neppel
15:05 0:45:00 206 Poster session (Exhibition Hall – Level 2) Poster Session: 2/2 Sections + Coffee Break 2/2 Sections
15:50 0:20:00 207 Discussion IEEE Strategic plan 2025-2030: Lessons Learned. How entrepreneurship finally caught on within IEEE Dejan Milojicic
16:10 0:10:00 208 Discussion Strategic Planning Committee Antonio Luque
16:20 0:15:00 209 Action Voting for Posters to be presented on stage on Sunday Magdalena Salazar
16:35 0:05:00 210 Procedural Closing of day one Magdalena Salazar
16:40 0:05:00 211 Social Group photo Ana Madureira
16:45

Saturday Afternoon

Time Duration # Type Item
17:50 0:10:00 Social Meeting Point: Outside Hotel
18:00 1:30:00 Social Boat tour + Lift + Walking
19:30 2:30:00 Social Dinner at Casino Maltese, city centre
22:00 0:30:00 Social Return to Hotel walking
22:30

Sunday

Time Duration # Type Item Presenter
6:30 1:30:00 Social Breakfast
8:00 0:05:00 300 Procedural Call to Order and Roll Call Magdalena Salazar
8:05 0:15:00 301 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Industry Activity + discussion Ana Madureira
8:20 0:15:00 302 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Membership Activity + discussion Ana Madureira
8:35 0:15:00 303 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Section Vitality Activity + discussion Ana Madureira
8:50 0:15:00 304 Discussion Presentation of Section poster voted best Action for Africa + discussion Ana Madureira
9:05 0:10:00 305 Discussion Nominations and Appointments Margaretha Eriksson
9:15 0:30:00 306 Discussion Treasurer’s Report Adam Jastrzebski
9:45 0:15:00 307 Discussion Africa Council Habib Kammoun
10:00 0:30:00 Social Coffee Break
10:30 0:15:00 308 Discussion IEEE Technical Awards – Recognizing Technical Excellence and Leadership Vin Piuri, IEEE Technical Field Awards Council Chair
10:45 0:10:00 309 Discussion R8 Flagship Conferences Ljupco Karazdinov
10:55 0:30:00 310 Action Motions, presentation, discussion, voting Antonio Luque
11:25 0:30:00 311 Discussion Presentations of President-Elect Candidates Kathy Land / Dejan Milojicic
11:55 0:10:00 312 Discussion New Business Magdalena Salazar – All
12:05 0:10:00 313 Discussion Next Region 8 Committee Meeting Spain Section representative – Manuel Ballesteros
12:15 0:05:00 314 Discussion Closing Remarks IEEE President José Moura
12:20 0:05:00 315 Discussion Closing Remarks R8 Director Magdalena Salazar
12:25 0:05:00 316 Procedural Adjournment Magdalena Salazar – All
12:30 1:00:00 Social Lunch (Admirals Landing Restaurant – Level 5)
13:30

Consent Agenda

# Type Item
501 Action Approval of the minutes of the 111th Region 8 Committee meeting
502 Report Sub Committe and Section Reports

Committee in 2019

 in History

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)

Appointed members

Ad-hoc members

Sub Committees

Action for Industry Team

  • Chair: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
  • Members:
    • Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
    • John Matogo (Kenya)
    • Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
    • Danilo Pau (Italy)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
    • Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK and Ireland)
    • Frédérique Vallée (France)
    • Tiziana Tambosso (Italy)

Awards & Recognition Subcommittee

  • Chair: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
  • Past Chair: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
  • Members:
    • Jaafar M. Al Ibrahim (Saudia Arabia)
    • Igor Kuzle (Croatia)
    • Meriem Kilani (France)
    • Athanasios Skodras (Greece)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
    • Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)

Chapter Coordination Subcommittee

  • Chair: Albert Lysko (South Africa)
  • Members:
    • Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
    • Student Branch Chapters: Sarra Ben Rabii (Tunisia)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Division Directors
      • Division III: Sergio Benedetto
      • Division VI: Manuel Castro
      • Division VII: Bruno Meyer
    • Society/Council Presidents
      • IEEE Computer Society: Cecilia Metra
      • IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society: Reimund Gerhard
      • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society: Paolo Gamba
      • IEEE Industry Applications Society: Georges Zissis
      • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society: Miguel Angel Sotelo Vazquez
      • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society: Dominique Schreurs
      • IEEE Power Electronics Society: Frede Blaabjerg
      • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society: Wolfram Burgard
      • IEEE Signal Processing Society: Ali H Sayed
      • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society: Bram Nauta
      • IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation: David Atienza

Conference Coordination Subcommittee

  • Chair: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
  • Past Chair: Péter Nagy (Hungary)
  • Members:
    • Tomislav Capuder (Croatia)
    • Khaled Mokhtar (United Arab Emirates)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Vikass Monebhurrun (France)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Carl J. Debono (Malta)
    • James M. Irvine (UK and Ireland)
    • René M. Garello (France)
    • Gianluca Setti (Italy)
    • Stefano Bregni (Italy)
    • Aleksandar Mastilovic (Serbia)
    • Meng Lu (Benelux)
    • Péter Nagy (Hungary)

Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee

  • Chair: John Funso-Adebayo (Nigeria)
  • Members:
    • Alexandros Osana (Greece)
    • Amith Khandakar (Oman)
    • Maria-Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
    • Fairouz Fattoum (Tunisia)
    • Mohammad Ghaderzadeh (Iran)
    • Walid Bin Habib (Germany)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Paul Cunningham (UK and Ireland)
    • Simay Akar (Turkey)

Membership Development Subcommittee

  • Chair: Ievgen Pichkalov (Ukraine)
  • Past Chair: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
  • Members:
    • Tim Gitau (Kenya)
    • Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Azza Ouled Zaid (Tunisia)
    • John Matogo (Kenya)
    • Fadhel Abulhasan (Kuwait)
    • Albert Lysko (South Africa)
    • Mike Hinchey (UK and Ireland)

Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee

  • Chair: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
  • Members – ex officio:
    • Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
    • Antonio Luque (Spain)
  • Members – elected:
    • Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
    • Vera Markovic (Serbia and Montenegro)
    • Sergey Shaposhnikov (Russia North West)

Professional and Educational Activities Subcommittee

  • Chair: Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
  • Members:
    • University Education: Christopher James (UK and Ireland)
    • Continuing Education: Mohamed El Dallal (Egypt)
    • Jan Haase (Germany)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Amith Khandakar (Qatar)
    • Iulia Motoc (UK and Ireland)
    • Reinhardt Rading (Kenya)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Saurabh Sinha (South Africa)
    • Maciej Ogorzalek (Poland)
    • Sohaib Qamar Sheiikh (UK and Ireland)
    • Rafal Sliz (Finland)
    • Samarth Deo (Sweden)

Standards Coordination Subcommittee

  • Chair: David Law (UK and Ireland)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Almir Badnjević (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
    • Vikass Monebhurrun (France)

Strategic Planning Subcommittee

  • Chair: Antonio Luque (Spain)
  • Past Chair: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
  • Members:
    • Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
    • Raphael Onoshakpor (Nigeria)
    • Sara Barros (Benelux)
    • Victor Fouad Hanna (France)
    • Simay Akar (Turkey)
    • George Papadimitriou (Greece)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Martin J. Bastiaans (Benelux)
    • Urmet Janes (Estonia)

Student Activities Subcommittee

  • Chair: Maciej Borówka (Poland)
  • Past Chair: Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria)
  • Members:
    • Awards & Contest Coordinator: Lee Crudgington (UK and Ireland)
    • Electronic Communications: Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
    • Projects & Initiatives Coordinator: Rawane El Jamal (Lebanon)
    • Region Student Representative: George Papadimitriou (Greece)
    • Student Branch Coordinator: Ángela Martínez (Spain)
    • Student Paper Contest Coordinator: Paul Micallef (Malta)
    • Technical Activities Liaison, Student Branch Chapters Coordinator: Sarra Ben Rabii (Tunisia)
    • Young Professionals Liaison, Industry Focus: Ahmed Al Omoush (Jordan)

Women in Engineering Coordinator

  • Chair: Ana Cigarán Romero (Germany)
  • Past Chair: Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon)
  • Members:
    • Hzar Oqlah (Jordan)
    • Ilhem Kallel (Tunisia)
    • Philippa Ngaju (Uganda)
    • Maria-Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Lisa J. Lazareck-Asunta (UK and Ireland)
    • Keely A. Crockett (UK and Ireland)

Young Professionals Subcommittee

  • Chair: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
  • Past Chair: Sara Barros (Benelux)
  • Members:
    • Almedin Kavaz (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    • Inês Inácio (Benelux)
    • Manuel Ballesteros (Spain)
    • Aleks Dyskin (Israel)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
    • Seif El Hajjem (Tunisia)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Flavia Dinca (Sweden)
    • José Pedro Vieira de Carvalho Pinto (Portugal)
    • Rafal Sliz (Finland)

Ad hoc Subcommittees

Finance (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

  • Chair: Adam Jastrzebski (UK and Ireland)
  • Members:
    • Director-Elect: Antonio Luque (Spain)
    • Past Director: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
    • Voluntary Contributions Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany)

Region Vitality Coordination (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

  • Chair: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
  • Members:
    • Andreas Koltes (Germany)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Humphrey Muhindi (Kenya)

History Activities (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

  • Chair: Tony Davies (UK and Ireland)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)

Life members (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

  • Chair: Victor Fouad-Hanna (France)
  • Corresponding members:
    • Hugo Wyss (Swiss)
  • Corresponding members – ex officio:
    • Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
    • Charles Turner (UK and Ireland)

Publications and Communications (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

  • Chair: Christopher James (UK and Ireland)
  • Members:
    • Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
    • New Journals: Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
    • Region 8 News: Alistair Dabbs (UK and Ireland)
    • Region 8 Today: Stamatis Dragomaunos (Greece)
    • Social Media: Dora Fourou (Greece)
    • Secretary: Ana Maria Madureira (Portugal)
    • Assistant Secretary: Miguel Castanheira Marques (Portugal)