Partnerships
Commitment of companies to collaborate with various programs is a key to the success of many AfI program.
Maria Efthimiou
IEEE Africon 2023
IEEE AFRICON 2023 is co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8 and the IEEE Kenya Section and is the flagship conference for the African continent.
It will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 20th – 22nd September 2023 under the theme:
“Advancing Technology in Africa Towards Presence on the Global Stage”.
Website: https://2023.ieee-africon.org/
IEEE Education Week
IEEE Education Week, taking place 2-8 April 2023, is a celebration of the many ways that IEEE Volunteers and Members make an impact on education at every level around the globe. The Education Week website, at https://educationweek.ieee.org/, offers links to live and virtual events, educational resources, and special offers. During the week, IEEE Members will have the opportunity to earn participation points and a digital badge while experiencing the many educational offerings IEEE makes available, from continuing education, to university offerings for faculty and students, to STEM educational initiatives. IEEE President Saifur Rahman will also present a special virtual event to help kick off the week on Monday, 3 April 2023.
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IEEE COMCAS 2023
We are delighted to inform you that IEEE COMCAS 2023 is now open for manuscript submission.
Please find HERE the IEEE COMCAS 2023 Call For Papers.
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IEEE RTSI 2022
After 6 editions of being the flagship conference of the IEEE Italy Section, the RTSI2022 (Research and Technologies for Society and Industry) forum has been held August 24-26, 2022 in the Jussieu Campus of Sorbonne University Paris, France.
It was organized by IEEE France Section and co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8, Italy and UKRI Sections. RTSI2022 was able to gather around hundred participants coming from all around the world.
The main objective of RTSI2022 was to bring together researchers and industry practitioners in the technical fields covered by IEEE in order to:
- promote and strengthen partnerships and cooperation between academia and industry;
- increase understanding and awareness of how engineering and technology can have a positive impact on the quality of life;
- promote discussion in between the research community and government agencies on effective and successful research policies;
- disseminate the latest progress, discoveries and innovative applications;
- promote cooperation between researchers working in different fields of research.
The R8 Director, Antonio Luque did chair the opening session. Then RTSI2022 gave the opportunity to attend:
- 4 Special Sessions:
- Antennas Design for Communication, Sensing and Characterization Methods
- Intelligence Artificial and the COVID’19 Crisis
- Sensors for a Smarter World
- Smart Medical Devices
- 5 Technical Tracks:
- Communication Systems
- Computer Engineering
- Control, Robotics & Signal Processing
- Electronics, Microelectronics & System Integration
- Power & Energy
- 4 Tutorials :
- Humans and Semiconductors Interface: Energy Efficiency and Edge Artificial Intelligence
- Context Awarness and Collaborative Work
- Power-to-X: an Opportunity for Cross-Sectoral Integration
- The IoT World and 5G Networking Concepts
- 4 Panels:
- Prediction of Failures in the Industrial Sector
- Action for Industry (AFI from IEEE R8)
- Ethical Assurance of Autonomous Algorithmic Systems
- Future Directions of Communications: Vision, Standards and Requirements
- 1 Student Forum
IEEE RTSI 2022
The RTSI (Research and Technologies for Society and Industry) forum has been the flagship conference of the IEEE Italy Section for 6 years. For the seventh edition of RTSI is organized by IEEE France Section and cosponsored by Region 8, Italy and United Kingdom Sections.
RTSI2022 is scheduled 24th-26th August 2022 and will be held on the amazing Sorbonne University which is ideally located in downtown Paris.
The main objective of RTSI is to bring together researchers and industry professionals in the technical fields covered by IEEE in order to:
- promote and strengthen partnerships and cooperation between academia and industry;
- increase understanding and awareness of how engineering and technology can have a positive impact on quality of life;
- promote discussion between the research community and government agencies on effective and successful research policies;
- disseminate the latest progress, discoveries and innovative applications;
- promote cooperation between researchers working in different fields of research.
RTSI2022 gives the opportunity to participate to:
- 4 special sessions:
- Antennas Design for Communication, Sensing and Characterization Methods
- Intelligence Artificial and the COVID’19 Crisis
- Sensors for a smarter world
- Smart Medical Devices
- 5 track sessions:
- Communication Systems
- Computer Engineering
- Control, Robotics & Signal Processing
- Electronics, Microelectronics & System Integration
- Power & Energy
- 4 tutorials :
- Humans and Semiconductors Interface: Energy Efficiency and Edge Artificial Intelligence
- Context Awarness and Collaborative Work
- Power-to-X: an Opportunity for Cross-Sectoral Integration
- The IoT World and 5G Networking Concepts
- 4 panels:
- Prediction of failures in the industrial sector
- Action For Industry
- Ethical Assurance of Autonomous Algorithmic Systems
- Future Directions of Communications: Vision, Standards and Requirements
- 1 student forum
More information and registration are available on the RTSI web site: https://ieeefrance.org/rtsi2022/