Committee

• 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)

• Director: Mike Hinchey (UK&Ireland)
• Director-Elect: Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Past-Director: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
• Secretary: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
• Treasurer: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
• Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
• Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Greece)
• Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Tiziana Tambosso (Italy)

Zone Representative: Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
Africa Council Chair: Isaac A. Adekanye (Nigeria)
R8 representative in Africa Council: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)

Appointed members

• Action for Industry: Nihel ben Youssef (Tunisia)
• Awards & Recognition: Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)
• Chapters: Lee Crudgington (UK&Ireland)
• Conferences: Izzet Kale (UK&Ireland)
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Gheith Abandah (Jordan) (Past Chair)
• Entrepreneurship: Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon) (Past Chair)
• Finance: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)
• History Activities: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) (Past Chair)
• Humanitarian Activities: Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Greece) (Past Chair)
• Life Members: Peter Magyar (Germany) (Past Chair)
• Membership Development: Mariya Antyufeyeva (Ukraine) (Past Chair)
• Nominations and Appointments: Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)
• Professional and Educational Activities: Dalius Navakauskas (Lithuania)
• Publications and Communications: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) (Past Chair)
• Strategic Planning: Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)
• Student Representative: Ahmed Abouelnour (Egypt) (Past Chair)
• Women in Engineering: Wafa Ben-Hmida (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)
• Young Professionals: Ines Inacio (Benelux) (Past Chair)

Appointed Ad-hoc members

• Alternate membership payments: Nadine Abbas (Lebanon) (Past Chair)
• Careers New Initiative: Mohamed Amin (Egypt) (Past Chair)
• Climate Change: René Garello (France)
• Cooperation with IEEE S/TCs and National Associations: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
• Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
• Electronic Communications Assistant: Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
• Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS): Samarth Deo (Sweden) (Past Chair)
• Fellow Members Search: Maria Teresa Correia de Barros (Portugal) (Past Chair)
• IEEE Milestones Awareness: Claire Lajoie-Mazenc (France) (Past Chair)
• New Social Media: Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus) (Past Chair)
• R8 Advisory: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy) (Past Chair)
• Region 8 News: Maja Matijasevic (Croatia) (Past Chair)
• Region 8 Today: Fatma Zamil (Jordan) (Past Chair)
• Region Vitality Coordinator: Ana Maria Madureira (‎Portugal) (Past Chair)
• SAC Contests, Awards and Recognitions: Vera Markovic (Serbia) (Past Chair)
• SAC Electronic Communications: Fay Majid (Sudan) (Past Chair)
• SAC Training and Leadership Support: Khaldoun Taktak (Tunisia) (Past Chair)
• SAC New Initiatives: Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Past Chair)
• Senior Members Search: Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Past Chair)
• Sections Congress Coordinator: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) (Past Chair)
• Social Media: Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal) (Past Chair)
• Standards Coordinator: Mona Ghassemian (UK&Ireland)
• Subsections Strategic Development: Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Germany) (Past Chair)
• Territories in crisis: Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland) (Past Chair)
• Voluntary Contribution Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany) (Past Chair)
• Volunteer Pipeline: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) (Past Chair)
• Web: Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)

Committees

Action for Industry (AfI) Committee

• Nihel ben Youssef (Tunisia) (Chair)
• Toni Mattila (Finland) (Past Chair)
• Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) (Member)
• Mohamed Galal Khafagy (Egypt) (Member)
• Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK&ireland) (C.Member)
• Serge Dos Santos (France) (C.Member)
• John Matogo (Kenya) (C.Member)
• Aida Elsabban (Egypt) (C.Member)
• Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland) (C.Member)
• Maria Efthimiou (Cyprus) (C.Member)

Awards & Recognition Committee

• Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)

Chapter Coordination Committee

• Lee Crudgington (UK&Ireland) (Chair)

Conference Coordination Committee

• Izzet Kale (UK&Ireland) (Chair)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

• Gheith Abandah (Jordan) (Past Chair)

Entrepreneurship Committee

• Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon) (Past Chair)

Finance Committee

• Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)

History Activities (HA) Committee

• Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) (Past Chair)

Humanitarian Activities (HuAC) Committee

• Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Greece) (Past Chair)

Life members (LM) Committee

• Peter Magyar (Germany) (Past Chair)

Membership Development Committee

• Mariya Antyufeyeva (Ukraine) (Past Chair)

Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee

• Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)

Professional and Educational Activities Committee

• Dalius Navakauskas (Lithuania) (Chair)

Publications and Communications Committee

• Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) (Past Chair)

Strategic Planning Committee

• Antonio Luque (Spain) (Past Chair)

Student Activities Committee

• Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria) (Past Chair)

Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee

• Wafa Ben-Hmida (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)

Young Professionals Committee

• Ines Inacio (Benelux) (Past Chair)

Ad hoc Committees

Alternate membership payments (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Nadine Abbas (Lebanon) (Past Chair)

Careers New Initiative (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Mohamed Amin (Egypt) (Past Chair)

Climate Change (Ad Hoc Committee)

• René Garello (France) (Chair)

Cooperation with IEEE S/TCs and National Associations (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Marios Antoniou (Cyprus) (Chair)

Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Samarth Deo (Sweden) (Past Chair)

Electronic Communications (Ad Hoc Committee)

• George Michael (Cyprus) (Chair)
• Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)

Fellow Members Search (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Maria Teresa Correia de Barros (Portugal) (Past Chair)

IEEE Milestones Awareness (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Claire Lajoie-Mazenc (France) (Past Chair)

New Social Media (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus) (Past Chair)

R8 Advisory (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Vincenzo Piuri (Italy) (Past Chair)

Region 8 News

• Maja Matijasevic (Croatia) (Past Chair)

Region 8 Today (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Fatma Zamil (Jordan) (Past Chair)

SAC Contests, Awards and Recognitions (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Vera Markovic (Serbia) (Past Chair)

SAC Electronic Communications (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Fay Majid (Sudan) (Chair)

SAC Training and Leadership Support (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Khaldoun Taktak (Tunisia) (Past Chair)

SAC New Initiatives (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Past Chair)

Sections Congress Coordination

• Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) (Past Chair)

Social Media (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal) (Past Chair)

Sections Vitality and Development

• Ana Maria Madureira (‎Portugal) (Region Vitality Past Coordinator)

Secretariat (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia) (Past Chair)

Senior Members Search (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Past Chair)

Standards Coordination Committee

• Mona Ghassemian (UK&Ireland) (Chair)

Subsections Strategic Development (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Germany) (Past Chair)

Territories in crisis (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland) (Past Chair)

Volunteer Pipeline (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) (Past Chair)

Web (Ad Hoc Committee)

• Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland) (Past Chair)