The IEEE Region 8 Committee consists of:
- 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: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Director-Elect: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Past-Director: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Secretary: Christian M. Schmid (Austria)
- Treasurer: Brian Harrington (UK and Ireland)
- Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Mona Ghassemian (UK and Ireland)
- Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Igor Kuzle (Croatia)
Appointed members
- Awards & Recognition: Marko Delimar (Croatia)
- Chapters: Nazih Khaddaj Mallat (United Arab Emirates)
- Conferences: Adel Alimi (Tunisia)
- Educational Activities: Manuel Castro (Spain)
- Action for Industry: Nihal Sinnadurai (UK and Ireland)
- Membership Development: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)
- Professional Activities: Ana Katalinić Mucalo (Croatia)
- Region 8 News: Zhijia Huang, Roland Saam (UK and Ireland)
- Standards Coordinator: David Law (UK and Ireland)
- Student Representative: Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria)
- Young Professionals: Flavia Dinca (UK and Ireland)
Ad-hoc members
- Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
- Assistant Secretary – Social Media and Web pages: Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon)
- History Activities: Tony Davies (UK and Ireland)
- Antonio Perez Yuste (Spain) – Corresponding Member
- Antonio Savini (Italy) – Corresponding Member
- Life Members: Charles Turner (UK and Ireland)
- Women in Engineering: Taqua Khairy (Bahrain)
- Section Vitality Coordinator: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
- Section Vitality: Adam Jastrzebski (UK and Ireland)
- Voluntary Contribution Fund: Péter Kádár (Hungary)
Sub Committees
Action for Industry Team
- Nihal Sinnadurai (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
- John Matogo (Kenya)
- Toni Mattila (Finland)
- Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee
- Marko Delimar (Croatia) – Chair
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – ex-officio
- Ahmed Darwish (Egypt)
- Panayiotis Symeou (Cyprus)
- Jorge Soares (Portugal – Switzerland)
- Charles Turner (UK and Ireland) – Past Chair
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee
- Nazih Khaddaj Mallat (United Arab Emirates) – Chair
- Alexandros Osana (Greece ) – Student Branch Chapters
- Uğurcan Şengit (Turkey) – Corresponding Member
- Maria Trocan (France) – Corresponding Member
- Members appointed by Societies/Councils
Conference Coordination Subcommittee
- Adel Alimi (Tunisia) – Chair
- Jan Haase (Austria) – Past Chair
- Péter Nagy (Hungary)
Educational Activities Subcommittee
- Manuel Castro (Spain) – Chair
- Rui Costa (Portugal)
- Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK and Ireland)
- Giannis Mousmoutis (Greece) – Corresponding Member
Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee
- Alexandros Osana (Greece) – Chair
- Heind El-Rawy (Egypt) – Corresponding Member
- Lebogang Madise (South Africa)
- Dinko Jakovljević (Croatia)
Membership Development Subcommittee
- Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)- Chair
- Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Antonio Luque Estepa (Spain) –Past Chair
- John Matogo (Kenya) – Corresponding Member
Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – Chair – ex-officio
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) – ex-officio
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden) – ex-officio
- Athanassios Skodras (Greece)
- Jacob Baal-Schem (Israel)
- Rui Cruz (Portugal)
Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Ana Katalinić Mucalo (Croatia) – Chair
- Shashank Gaur (Portugal)
- Urmet Jänes (Estonia) – Past Chair – Corresponding Member
- Maria Alexandra Paun (Switzerland) – Corresponding Member
- Han Van Loon (Switzerland) – Corresponding Member
- Amila Akagich (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Corresponding Member
- Kurt Richter (Austria) – Corresponding Member
- Matej Zajc (Slovenia) – Corresponding Member
- Habib Kammoun (Tunisia) – Corresponding Member
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden) – Chair
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – ex-officio
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Carl Debono (Malta)
- Daniel Pasquet (France)
- Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Elya Joffe (Israel)
Student Activities Subcommittee
- Mona Ghassemian (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Dinko Jakovljević (Croatia) – Awards & Contests Coordinator
- Ruba Aburub (Jordan) – Electronic Communications
- Lebogang Madise (South Africa) – Student Branch Coordinator
- Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria) – Region Student Representative
- Paul Micallef (Malta) – Student Paper Contest Coordinator
- Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon) – Projects
- Pablo Herrero (Germany)– Past Chair
- Heind El-Rawy (Egypt) – Corresponding Member
- Ahmet Taygun Namli (Turkey) – Corresponding Member
Women in Engineering Coordinator
- Taqua Khairy (Bahrain) – Chair
- Joyce Mwangama (South Africa) – Past Chair – Corresponding Member
- Farzaneh Abdollahi, (Iran) – Corresponding Member
- Messaouda Azzouzi (Algeria) – Corresponding Member
- Reem Turky (Saudi Arabia West) – Corresponding Member
- Safa Ismail (Sudan) – Corresponding Member
Young Professionals Subcommittee
- Flavia Dinca (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Raja Chiky (France)
- Kateryna Osypenko (Ukraine)
- Sara Barros (Benelux)
- Mohamed El-Dallal (Egypt)
- Rafal Sliz (Finland) – Past Chair