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: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
• Director-Elect: Antonio Luque (Spain)
• Past-Director: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
• Secretary: Ana Madureira (Portugal)
• Treasurer: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
• Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)
• Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Maciej Borówka (Poland)
• Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Sohaib Sheikh (UK & Ireland)

Appointed members

• Action for Industry: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
• Awards & Recognition: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
• Chapters: Albert Lysko (South Africa)
• Conferences: Ljupco Karadzinov (Republic of Macedonia)
• Humanitarian Activities: John Funso-Adebayo (Nigeria)
• Membership Development: Ievgen Pichkalov (Ukraine)
• Professional and Educational Activities: Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
• Region 8 News: Alistair Dabbs (UK & Ireland)
• Standards Coordinator: David Law (UK & Ireland)
• Strategic Planning: Antonio Luque (Spain)
• Student Representative: George Papadimitriou (Greece)
• Women in Engineering: Ana Cigarán Romero (Germany)
• Young Professionals: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)

Appointed Ad-hoc members

• Africa Council Chair: Vincent Kaabunga (Kenya)
• Assistant Secretary: Miguel Castanheira Marques (Portugal)
• Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
• Electronic Communications Assistant: Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
• Finance: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
• History Activities: Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
• Life Members: Victor Fouad-Hanna (France)
• Publications and Communications: Christopher James (UK & Ireland)
• Region 8 Today: Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
• Region Vitality Coordinator: Matej Zajc (‎Slovenia)
• Sections Congress Coordinator: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
• Social Media: Dora Fourou (Greece)
• Voluntary Contribution Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany)

Sub Committees

Action for Industry Team

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

Awards & Recognition Subcommittee

• Chair: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
• Past Chair: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
• Members:
  • Jaafar M. Al Ibrahim (Saudia Arabia)
  • Igor Kuzle (Croatia)
  • Youmna El-Bitar (Germany)
  • Athanasios Skodras (Greece)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Sergio Benedetto (Italy)
  • Paolo A. Montuschi (Italy)
  • Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK & Ireland)

Chapter Coordination Subcommittee

• Chair: Albert Lysko (South Africa)
• Members:
  • Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
  • Student Branch Chapters: Sarra Ben Rabii (Tunisia)
• Corresponding members:
  • Hossam Fahmy (Egypt)
  • Wynand Lambrechts (South Africa)
  • Division Directors from Region 8
    • Division III Director: Sergio Benedetto (Italy)
    • Division VI Director: Manuel Castro (Spain)
  • Society/Council Presidents from Region 8
    • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society: Paolo Gamba (Italy)
    • IEEE Industry Applications Society: Georges Zissis (France)
    • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society: Alaa Abunjaileh (UK & Ireland)
    • IEEE Power Electronics Society: Frede Blaabjerg (Denmark)
    • IEEE Circuits and Systems Society: Amara Amara (France)
    • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society: Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France)
    • IEEE Electronic Packaging Society: Christopher Bailey (UK & Ireland)
    • IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society: Alistair Duffy (UK & Ireland)
    • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society: Salvatore Baglio (Italy)
    • IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society: Imre Rudas (Hungary)
    • IEEE Systems Council: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)

Conference Coordination Subcommittee

• Chair: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
• Past Chair: Péter Nagy (Hungary)
• Members:
  • Tomislav Capuder (Croatia)
  • Khaled Mokhtar (United Arab Emirates)
• Corresponding members:
  • Robert Bierwolf (Benelux)
  • Vikass Monebhurrun (France)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Stefano Bregni (Italy)
  • Carl J. Debono (Malta)
  • Roberto Graglia (Italy)
  • James M. Irvine (UK & Ireland)
  • Péter Nagy (Hungary)
  • Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
  • Dominique Schreurs (Benelux)
  • Gianluca Setti (Italy)

Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee

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

Membership Development Subcommittee

• Chair: Ievgen Pichkalov (Ukraine)
• Past Chair: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
• Members:
  • Tim Gitau (Kenya)
  • Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
• Corresponding members:
  • Fadhel Abulhasan (Kuwait)
  • Mike Hinchey (UK & Ireland)
  • Albert Lysko (South Africa)
  • John Matogo (Kenya)
  • Azza Ouled Zaid (Tunisia)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Youmna El-Bitar (Germany)
  • Andreas Koltes (Germany)
  • Vera V. Markovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
  • Maciej J. Ogorzalek (Poland)
  • Costas M. Stasopoulos (Cyprus)

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 & Ireland)
  • Continuing Education: Mohamed El Dallal (Egypt)
  • Past Chair of Professional Activities: Jan Haase (Germany)
• Corresponding members:
  • Amith Khandakar (Qatar)
  • Reinhardt Rading (Kenya)
  • Nizar Rokbani (Tunisia)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Samarth Deo (Sweden)
  • Vincent Kaabunga (Uganda)
  • Khaled Ahmed Mokhtar (UAE)
  • Sohaib Qamar Sheiikh (UK & Ireland)
  • Frederic Surre (UK & Ireland)
  • Edmundo Tovar (Spain)

Standards Coordination Subcommittee

• Chair: David Law (UK & 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:
  • 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 & Ireland)
  • Electronic Communications: Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
  • Region Student Representative: George Papadimitriou (Greece)
  • Projects & Initiatives Coordinator: Rawane El Jamal (Lebanon)
  • 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)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Simay Akar (Turkey)
  • Aristotelis Farmakis (Greece)
  • George Michael (Cyprus)

Women in Engineering Coordinator

• Chair: Ana Cigarán Romero (Germany)
• Past Chair: Youmna El-Bitar (Germany)
• Members:
  • Hzar Oqlah (Jordan)
  • Wafa Ben Hmida (UK & Ireland)
  • Philippa Ngaju (Uganda)
  • Maria-Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Preeti S. Kovvali (Benelux)
  • Lisa J. Lazareck-Asunta (UK & Ireland)

Young Professionals Subcommittee

• Chair: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
• Past Chair: Sara Barros (Benelux)
• Members:
  • Almedin Kavaz (Germany)
  • Inês Inácio (Benelux)
  • Seif El Hajjem (Tunisia)
  • Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
  • Manuel Ballesteros (Spain)
• Corresponding members:
  • Hatem Elsayed (Egypt)
  • Nazila Fough (UK & Ireland)
  • Lavender Ndunya (Kenya)
  • Vladimir Alexandru Paun (France)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Flavia Dinca (Sweden)
  • Tamas Haidegger (Hungary)
  • Antonio Luque (Spain)
  • José Pedro Vieira de Carvalho Pinto (Sweden)
  • Rafal Sliz (Finland)

Ad hoc Subcommittees

Finance (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

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

History Activities (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

• Chair: Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
  • Antonio Savini (Italy)

Life members (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

• Chair: Victor Fouad-Hanna (France)
• Corresponding members:
  • Hugo Wyss (Switzerland)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Charles Turner (UK & Ireland)

Publications and Communications (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

• Chair: Christopher James (UK & Ireland)
• Members:
  • Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
  • New Journals: Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
  • Region 8 News: Alistair Dabbs (France)
  • Region 8 Today: Stamatis Dragomaunos (Greece)
  • Social Media: Dora Fourou (Greece)
  • Secretary: Ana Maria Madureira (Portugal)
  • Assistant Secretary: Miguel Castanheira Marques (Portugal)
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Catia Bandeiras (Portugal)
  • Sergio Benedetto (Italy)
  • Edhem Custovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  • Paolo A. Montuschi (Italy)
  • Bibin Parukoor Thomas (Benelux)
  • Maria Elena Valcher (Italy)

Sections Vitality and Development (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)

• Chair (Region Vitality Coordinator): Matej Zajc (‎Slovenia)
• Members:
  • Past Region Vitality Coordinator: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
  • Andreas Koltes (Germany)
• Corresponding members:
  • Humphrey Muhindi (Kenya)
  • Bostwana Sub Section Chair: Sajid Sheikh
  • Burkina Faso Sub Section Chair: Ferdinand Guinko
  • Kazakhstan Sub Section Chair: Ikechi Ukaegbu
  • Liberia Sub Section Chair: Kamal Kant Hiran
  • Palestine Sub Section Chair: Tamer Khatib
  • Sudan Sub Section Chair: Sharief F. Babiker
  • Tanzania Sub Section Chair: Zaipuna O. Yonah
  • Yemen Sub Section Chair: Ammar Zahary
• Corresponding members – ex officio:
  • Antonio Doria (Portugal)
  • Youmna El-Bitar (Germany)
  • Albert Lysko (South Africa)
  • Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)