- 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: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Director-Elect: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Past-Director: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Secretary: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
- Treasurer: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
- Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Sara Barros (Benelux)
- Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Peter Nagy (Hungary)
Appointed members
- Action for Industry: John Matogo (Kenya)
- Awards & Recognition: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Chapters: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Conferences: Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Humanitarian Activities: Abdulateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
- Membership Development: Mike Hinchey (UK & Ireland)
- Professional and Educational Activities: Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Region 8 News: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Standards Coordinator: Tuncer Baykas (Turkey)
- Strategic Planning: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Student Representative: Theodoros Chatzinikolaou (Greece)
- Women in Engineering: Maria Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
- Young Professionals: Almedin Kavaz (Germany)
Appointed Ad-hoc members
- Africa Council Chair: Adel Alimi (Tunisia)
- Careers New Initiative: Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Mona Ghassemian (UK & Ireland)
- Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
- Electronic Communications Assistant: Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Finance: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
- History Activities: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Life Members: Peter Magyar (Germany)
- New Student Contests Initiative: Lee Crudgington (UK & Ireland)
- Publications and Communications: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)
- Region 8 Today: Hazar Oklah (Jordan)
- Region Vitality Coordinator: Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
- Sections Congress Coordinator: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Congress (SYP/xSYP) Coordinator: Barbara Vujkov (Serbia)
- Social Media: Mohamed Hussain Babaee (Portugal)
- Voluntary Contribution Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany)
Sub Committees
Action for Industry Subcommittee
- Chair: John Matogo (Kenya)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
- Frederique Vallee (France)
- Corresponding members:
- Kithinji Muriungi (Kenya)
- Toni Mattila (Finland)
- Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Industry Engagement Committee: Bruno Meyer
- IEEE Industry Engagement Committee: Mohammad Amin
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee
- Chair: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Members:
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Youmna El-bitar (Germany)
- Almedin Kavaz (Germany)
- Ana Cigaran (Germany)
- Albert Lysko (South Africa)
- Lee Crudgington (UK & Ireland)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Awards Board: Paolo Montuschi
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee
- Chair: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Members:
- Albert Lysko (South Africa)
- Aleksandar Mastilovic (Serbia)
- Corresponding members:
- Wynand Lambrechts (South Africa)
- Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
- Anna Litvinenko (Latvia)
- Toni Mattila (Finland)
- SAC: Muhammad Al-Barham (Jordan)
- YP: Rawan El Jamal (Lebanon)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- Division Directors from Region 8
- Division VI Director: Paul M Cunningham (UK & Ireland)
- Society/Council Presidents from Region 8
- CAS President: Manuel Delgado-Restituto
- CSS President: Thomas Parisini
- DEIS President: Ryan Stewart
- EdSoc President: Edmundo Tovar
- IES President: Mariusz Malinowski
- IMS President: Salvatore Baglio
- ITSS President: Cristina Olaverri-Monreal
- PCS President: Darina M Slattery
- Division Directors from Region 8
Conference Coordination Subcommittee
- Chair: Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Members:
- Nadezda Kunicina (Latvia)
- Robert Bierwolf (Benelux)
- Corresponding members:
- Past Chair: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
- Tiziana Tambosso (Italy)
- Eric Kuada (Ghana)
- Albert Lysko (South Africa)
- Ridha Hamila (Qatar)
- Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
- Finance AdHoc subcommittee Liaison: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Conferences Committee: Cecilia Metra
- IEEE Conferences Committee: Paul Cunningham
- Chair: Barbara Vujkov (Serbia)
- Corresponding members:
- Inés Inácio (Benelux)
- Ali Alfayly (Kuwait)
- Sally Musonye (Kenya)
- Almedin Kavaz (Germany)
- Simay Akar (Turkey)
Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee
- Chair: Abdulateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
- Members:
- Past Chair: John Funso Adebayo (Nigeria)
- Lavender Ndunya (Kenya)
- SAC Liasion: Fairouz Fattoum (Tunisia)
- Corresponding members:
- Manuel Ballesteros (Spain)
- Heba Qadoomi (Jordan)
- Miriam Cunningham (UK & Ireland)
- Walid Bin Habib (Germany)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Humanitarian Activities: Simay Akar
- IEEE Humanitarian Activities: Herbert Lwanga
Membership Development Subcommittee
- Chair: Mike Hinchey (UK & Ireland)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
- Mohamed Sief El-Dien (Egypt)
- Mohab Mangoud (Bahrain)
- Corresponding members:
- Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK & Ireland)
- YP: Inês Inácio (Benelux)
- ChCoord.SC: Aleksandar Mastilovic (Serbia)
- SAC: Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Mariya Antyufeyeva (Ukraine)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- MGA MRRC: Ievgen Pichkaliov
Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee
- Chair: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Members – ex officio:
- Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Members – elected:
- Levente Kovacs (Hungary)
- Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
- Tiziana Tambosso (Italy)
Professional and Educational Activities Subcommittee
- Chair: Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
- Nizar Rokbani (Tunisia)
- Amith Khandakar (Oman)
- Corresponding members:
- WIE: Ana Margarida Trigo (Portugal)
- Igor Matias (Portugal)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- Educational Activities Board: Rafal Sliz (Finland)
- EiC: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Co-EiC: Bernardo Tellini (Italy)
- Editorial Board member: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Editorial Board member: Christopher James (UK&Ireland)
- Editorial Board member: Maja Matijasevic (Croatia)
Standards Coordination Subcommittee
- Chair: Tuncer Baykas (Turkey)
- Corresponding members:
- David Law (UK & Ireland)
- Vikass Monebhurrun (France)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- Standards Association BoG: Walter Weigel
- Standards Association BoG: David Law
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Chair: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Members:
- George Papadimitriou (Greece)
- Sohaib Sheikh (UK & Ireland)
- Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Neecharl Ramprosand (Mauritius)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- MGA Strategic Planning Committee
- Bostwana Sub Section Chair: Bokamoso Basutli
- Burkina Faso Sub Section Chair: Hamadoun Tall
- Kazakhstan Sub Section Chair: Ikechi Ukaegbu
- Liberia Sub Section Chair: Umesh Neelakantan
- Libya Sub Section Chair: Nasar Aldian Ambark Shashoa
- Palestine Sub Section Chair: Mona Demaidi
- Sudan Sub Section Chair: Sharief Babiker
- Tanzania Sub Section Chair: Dennis Nestory Mwighusa
- Yemen Sub Section Chair: Ammar Thabit Zahary
Student Activities Subcommittee
- Chair: Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Maciej Borowka (Poland)
- Region Student Representative: Theodoros Chatzinikolaou (Greece)
- Student Branch Coordinator: Davide Morgado (Portugal)
- Electronic Communications: Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- YP Liaison: Gerard Duff (Sweden)
- Awards & Contest Coordinator: Lee Crudgington (UK & Ireland)
- Student Branch Chapters Coordinator: Muhammad Al-Barham (Jordan)
- Student Paper Contest Coordinator: Vera Markovic (Serbia)
- Corresponding members:
- HuAc Liasion & SIGHT University Groups Coordinator: Fairouz Fattoum (Tunisia)
- WIE SB Coordinator: Sally Musonye (Kenya)
- SB Counselors Coordinator: Godwin Ozor (Nigeria)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
Women in Engineering Subcommittee
- Chair: Maria Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Ana Cigaran (Germany)
- Ana Margarida Trigo (Portugal)
- Wafa Ben-Hmida (UK & Ireland)
- Sally Musonye (Kenya)
- Corresponding members:
- Dora Fourou (Greece)
- Kasi Nikolopoulou (Greece)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- YP: Seif Elhajjem (Tunisia)
- IEEE Women in Engineering Committee: Lisa Lazareck-Asunta
- IEEE Women in Engineering Committee: Samina Husain
Young Professionals Subcommittee
- Chair: Almedin Kavaz (Germany)
- Members:
- Past Chair: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon)
- Ali Alfayly (Kuwait)
- Gerard Duff (Sweden)
- Inês Inácio (Benelux)
- Seif Elhajjem (Tunisia)
- Corresponding members:
- Barbara Vujkov (Serbia)
- Tasneem Yousif (Bahrain)
- Ayat Amr (Jordan)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Young Professionals Committee: Flavia Dinca
- IEEE Young Professionals Committee: Cecilia Metra
- IEEE Young Professionals Committee: Stefano Zanero
- IEEE Young Professionals Committee: Simay Akar
Ad hoc Subcommittees
Careers New Initiative (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
- Members:
- Dora Fourou (Greece)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Mona Ghassemian (UK & Ireland)
- Members:
- Gheith Abandah (Jordan)
- Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Alex Böhm (Germany)
Electronic Communications (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: George Michael (Cyprus)
- Members:
- Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
- Corresponding members:
- Dora Fourou (Greece)
- Mohamed Hatem Abdulkader (Egypt)
- Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Entrepreneurship Initiative (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon)
- Members:
- Vice-Chair: Seif El Hajjem (Tunisia)
- Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Corresponding members:
- John Matogo (Kenya)
- Fairouz Fatoum (Tunisia)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
- Mohamad Zidan (Jordan)
- Youcef Islem Malk (Algeria)
- Umar Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria)
- Kithinji Muriungi (Kenya)
- Ayat Amr (United Arab Emirates)
- Khaled Zamzam (Egypt)
- Andreea Mihailescu (Romania)
Finance (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
- Members:
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Pascal Lorenz (France)
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Andreas Koltes (Germany)
History Activities (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Corresponding members:
- Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE History Committee: Antonio Savini (Italy)
- IEEE History Committee: Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
- IEEE History Committee: Sergei Prokhorov (Russia)
Humanitarian Technology for Crises (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Nizar Rokbani (Tunisia)
- Members:
- Ali Alfaily (Kuwait)
- Ezabo Baron (Uganda)
- Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
- Iryna Ivasenko (Ukraine)
- Shaun Kaplan (Germany)
- Nadezda Kunicina (Latvia)
- Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
- Lucian Toma (Romania)
- Marcin Ziolek (Poland)
- Clara Neppel (staff)
Life members (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Peter Magyar (Germany)
- Corresponding members:
- YP: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Victor Fouad Hannah (France)
- Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- IEEE Life Members Committee: C W Turner
New Student Contests Initiative (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Lee Crudgington (UK & Ireland)
- Members:
- George Michael (Cyprus)
Publications and Communications (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)
- Members:
- George Michael (Cyprus)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
- Hazar Oklah (Jordan)
- Sara Barros (Benelux)
- Corresponding members:
- Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
Region 8 Today (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Hazar Oklah (Jordan)
- Co-EiC (Past Chair): Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
- Co-EiC: Fatima Zamil (Jordan)
Sections Vitality and Development (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair (Region Vitality Coordinator): Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
- Members:
- Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Denmark)
- Ana Madureira (Portugal)
- Corresponding members:
- Andreas Koltes (Germany)
- Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
- Bostwana Sub Section Chair: Bokamoso Basutli
- Burkina Faso Sub Section Chair: Hamadoun Tall
- Kazakhstan Sub Section Chair: Ikechi Ukaegbu
- Liberia Sub Section Chair: Umesh Neelakantan
- Libya Sub Section Chair: Nasar Aldian Ambark Shashoa
- Palestine Sub Section Chair: Mona Demaidi
- Sudan Sub Section Chair: Sharief Babiker
- Tanzania Sub Section Chair: Dennis Nestory Mwighusa
- Yemen Sub Section Chair: Ammar Thabit Zahary
- Corresponding members – ex officio:
Secretariat (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Chair: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
- Members:
- Ana Madureira (Portugal)
- George Michael (Cyprus)