Antonio Luque


IEEE Region 8 Awards – Winners of 2023 Awards

The Region 8 Awards & Recognition Subcommittee has the pleasure to announce the winners of following R8 Awards:

  • 2023 Region 8 Student Branch SIGHT of the Year Award: ESSTHS Student Branch SIGHT (Tunisia Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Outstanding Section SIGHT of the Year Award: Kenya Section SIGHT.

  • 2023 Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group of the Year Award: ENET’Com Student WIE Affinity Group (Tunisia Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award: IEEE Jordan Section WIE Affinity Group.

  • 2023 Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Student Volunteer Award: Jointly awarded to Baya Bouchaala (Tunisia Section) and Roshan Mohyeldeen Ahmed (Egypt Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Section Volunteer Award: Annabel Latham (UK & Ireland Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Young Professionals Affinity Group of the Year Award: Egypt YP Affinity Group.

  • 2023 Region 8 Young Professionals Exceptional Volunteer Award: Mustafa Aqrabawe (Jordan Section), for outstanding dedication and effort on carrying out the mission of IEEE Young Professionals.

  • 2023 Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year (Small) Award: IEEE Ss Cyril & Methodius University SSCS Student Branch Chapter (North Macedonia Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year (Medium) Award: IEEE Yarmouk University Computer Society Chapter (Jordan Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year (Large) Award: IEEE ENISo IAS Student Branch Chapter (Tunisia Section).

  • 2023 Region 8 Chapter of the Year (Small) Award: IEEE Education Society Tunisia Chapter.

  • 2023 Region 8 Chapter of the Year (Medium) Award: IEEE Electron Devices Society Spain Chapter.

  • 2023 Region 8 Chapter of the Year (Large) Award: IEEE Industry Applications Society Tunisia Chapter.

  • 2023 Region 8 Outstanding Large Section Award: IEEE Egypt Section.

  • 2023 Region 8 Volunteer Award, which awards a Region or Section volunteer based on their exceptional work and dedication to IEEE, Region 8 or Section: Catarina Silva (Portugal Section).

  • 2023 Clementina Saduwa Award was established as a tribute to Clementina Saduwa, a dedicated, tireless student leader and extremely effective volunteer for IEEE who passed away in January 2007. This award is given to a female professional in IEEE’s fields of interest based on her career achievements and recognizes outstanding women engineers who, through their engineering and career achievements, have demonstrated noteworthy support for women in the profession and have established a record of excellence: Simay Akar (Turkey Section).

 


Call for Nominations: 2025-2026 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect

The IEEE Region 8 Nominations & Appointments (N&A) Committee is soliciting nominations for the following leadership positions:

  • IEEE Region 8 2025-2026 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect (six year commitment)

Information on the responsibilities, required skills and expected commitment is available at the Region Director position description and the IEEE Board of Directors member position description.

 

Submit nominations by filling up the IEEE R8 Nomination Form at https://ieee.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/825/home, by 31 May 2023. The slate of candidates will be selected by the Region 8 Committee during the meeting in August 2023. The IEEE Region 8 2025-2026 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect will be elected by the voting members of Region 8 in the 2024 IEEE Annual Election from the slate approved by the R8 Committee.

 

In 2025-2026 this individual will:

  • be invited to attend the IEEE Board of Directors and the IEEE MGA Board meetings (as part of the preparation and education for the later service)
  • serve (as a voting member) on the IEEE Region 8 Committee and IEEE Region 8 Operating Committee
  • erve as member on the IEEE Region 8 Nominations & Appointments Committee

Additional duties may be expected and will vary.

 

In 2027-2028 this individual will serve on the:

  • IEEE Assembly (as delegate/representative of IEEE Region 8 members)
  • IEEE Board of Directors
  • IEEE MGA Board
  • IEEE Region 8 Committee (as chair)
  • IEEE Region 8 Operating Committee (as chair)
  • IEEE Region 8 Nominations & Appointments Committee.

Additional duties may be expected and will vary.

 

In 2029-2030 this individual will serve on the:

  • IEEE Region 8 Committee
  • IEEE Region 8 Operating Committee
  • IEEE Region 8 Nominations & Appointments Committee (as chair)
  • IEEE Region 8 Strategic Planning Committee (as chair or as a regular member)
  • IEEE Region 8 Awards & Recognition Committee (as chair or as a regular member).

Additional duties may be expected and will vary.

 

For all further details, including petition processes, please refer to the IEEE Region 8 Bylaws and the IEEE Region 8 Operations Manual, in particular section R8-3.1.2 ‘Director-Elect’ in the Bylaws, and section R8M-4.2 ‘Region 8 Director-Elect,’ and R8M-5 ‘Elections and appointments procedures’ in the Operations Manual.

 


Meeting schedule – Warsaw

Friday 1 April

 

All meetings are open except if noted otherwise.

Time Baltic 1 Baltic 2 Baltic 3 Nysa Grand Ballroom
8:00-8:15 Welcome
8:15-10:00 SAC YP SPC Orientation
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 MD AfI CCT / SYP Orientation
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:50 ChCSC Awards & Recognitions FinCom Open session for Section Chairs
on R8 programs and initiatives
14:50-15:30 Special humanitarian initiatives in current conflicts
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 DEI PEA CoCSC N&A
(for committee members only)
P&C
17:00-18:00 Entrepreneurship LM and HA CoCSC OpCom (for committee members only)
18:00-19:00 Poland Section presentation

 

Saturday 2 April

 

Time
8:00-15:55 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link
15:55-16:45 Breakout sessions:

  • Humanitarian efforts in current conflicts, Room Baltic 1
  • Conference organization, Room Baltic 2
  • Financial reporting, Room Baltic 3

Sunday 3 April

 

Time
8:00-13:15 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link

Poland Section presentation – Warsaw

Friday 1 April

1) Introduction (general information about the activities and achievements of Poland Section), presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
2) Memory of 50 years of Poland Section history, presentation by Ryszard Jachowicz
3) Information about activities of Chapters and Affinity Groups of Poland Section, presentation by Marek Jasiński
4) Information about Professor Jan Czochralski, the Polish pioneer in microelectronics technology and the IEEE Milestone winner, presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
5) Industry presentations (coordination by Marcin Ziółek):
Intel
Graphcore
QWED


2021-March – Region 8 meeting series

This page contains information about the Region 8 meeting series, including the 116th IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting, to be held online, from Monday 15 March 2021 to Sunday 21 March 2021.

 

General Schedule (all times CET)

Full schedule with WebEx links (IEEE account required)  UPDATED: 8 March; 16 March

 

 

Monday 15 March

 

17:00-18:00 Welcome and introduction

 

18:00-19:30 New volunteer orientation

 

 

Tuesday 16 March

 

16:00-17:00 Life Members + History

 

16:00-17:00 Awards and Recognitions

 

17:00-18:00 Conferences

 

18:00-19:00 Humanitarian Activities

 

18:00-19:00 Membership Development

 

 

Wednesday 17 March

 

16:00-17:00 Women in Engineering

 

16:00-17:00 Strategic Planning (UPDATED)

 

17:00-18:00 Chapters

 

18:00-19:00 Publications and Communications

 

 

Thursday 18 March

 

16:00-17:00 Student Activities

 

17:00-18:00 Young Professionals

 

18:00-19:00 Students and Young Professionals

 

 

Friday 19 March

 

16:00-17:00 Finances

 

17:00-18:00 Action for Industry

 

17:00-18:00 Africa Council (NEW)

 

18:00-19:00 Professional and Educational Activities

 

 

Saturday 20 March

 

16:00-20:00 116th IEEE Region 8 Committee meeting, part 1. Meeting agenda

 

20:00-21:00 Social event “Evening at a European Castle / Nowruz celebration”

 

 

Sunday 21 March

 

11:30-13:00 Region 8 Forum. WebEx link, Meeting No: 130 779 2658, Password: Spring2021

 

16:00-20:00 116th IEEE Region 8 Committee meeting, part 2. Meeting agendaWebEx link

 

2022 President-Elect candidate videos

Francis Grosz

Saifur Rahman

S. K. Ramesh

 

Other

To download the timer that was used during the committee meeting please visit the following link.