IEEE R8 Young Professionals Subcommittee 2022
The Region 8 Young Professionals subcommittee’s task is to create awareness of and to promote Young Professionals programs in the Region. The subcommittee acts as an active promoter, resource, and liaison for sections, affinity groups, and student branches to generate and support YP activities.
Contact us at: ma-yp@ieeer8.org!
The Young Professionals subcommittee in Region 8 is made up of Young Professional volunteers from Region 8:
Vinko Lesic Past Chair Croatia Section |
Almedin Kavaz Chair Germany Section |
Seif ElHajjem Member Tunisia Section |
Inês Inácio Member Benelux Section |
Gerard Duff Member Sweden Section |
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Rawan El Jamal Member Lebanon Section |
Ali Alfayly Member Kuwait Section |
Barbara Vujkov Corresponding Member Serbia and Montenegro Section |
Tasneem Yousif Corresponding Member Bahrain Section |
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YP Affinity Group Chairs
Below are the contact details for the chairs of the Region 8 Young Professionals Affinity Groups (AG), to help you to get in contact with each other, exchange ideas and experiences on events and activities, and plan future collaborations.
Full list of IEEE Region 8 Section Chairs can be found here.
Full list of worldwide Young Professionals affinity groups can be found here.
Section |
AG Chair Name |
AG Chair email |
Algeria | Abdelhamid Daamouche | adaamouche@gmail.com |
Austria | ||
Bahrain | Abdulla Alasaadi | aalasaadi@uob.edu.bh |
Benelux | ||
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Tarik Hubana | tarik.hubana@gmail.com |
Bulgaria | ||
Croatia | Ana Batinovic | ana.batinovic@fer.hr |
Cyprus | George Michael | xeirwn@ieee.org |
Czechoslovakia | Jarosla Hornak | jhornak@ket.zcu.cz |
Denmark | Weizhi Meng | yuxin.meng@my.cityu.edu.hk |
Egypt | Mohamed Saeed | msaeed@ieee.org |
Estonia | Aleksei Tepljakov | alex@starspirals.net |
Finland | Jenni Rekola | jenni.rekola@sandvik.com |
France | Kevin Herisse | kevin.herisse@yncrea.fr |
Germany | Ahmed Hussein | ahmed.hussein@ieee.org |
Ghana | ||
Greece | Panos Kotsampopoulos | kotsa@power.ece.ntua.gr |
Hungary | Adrienn Katona | kadri96@gmail.com |
Iraq | ||
Israel | Erez Zolkov | |
Italy | Federica Battisti | federica.battisti@unipd.it |
Jordan | Haya Yousef AlAreeni | hayayousef1994@gmail.com |
Kenya | Kithinji Muriungi | muriungi254@ieee.org |
Kuwait | Rayan Hanna | hanna.rayan@gmail.com |
Lebanon | Lyne Sidawi | lyne.sidawi@gmail.com |
Lithuania | Eldar Sabanovic | eldar.sabanovic@vgtu.lt |
Malta | Mark Said Camilleri | markscamilleri@gmail.com |
Morocco | zineb bousbaa | zineb.bousbaa@usmba.ac.ma |
Nigeria | Mistura Muibideen | mmuibideen@aust.edu.ng |
Norway | Hsuan Yin Lin | hsuan-yin.lin@ieee.org |
Oman | Arnold Santos | arnoldsantos5@yahoo.com |
Palestine | Buthayna Qutaina | buthaynaqutaina@ieee.org |
Poland | Konrad Markowski | markowski.work@gmail.com |
Portugal | ||
Qatar | Onur Karmis | onurkarmis@gmail.com |
Republic of Macedonia | Marija Poposka | poposkam@feit.ukim.edu.mk |
Romania | Nicoleta Arghira | arghira.nicoleta@gmail.com |
Russia | Anton Pljonkin | pljonkin@sfedu.ru |
Russia (Siberia) | Kirill Zeyde | k.m.zeyde@urfu.ru |
Saudi-Arabia East | Thamer Alharbi | thn291@gmail.com |
Saudi-Arabia West | Ibrahim Nasar | ibrahim.nasar@ieee.org |
Serbia and Montenegro | Nikola Vukajlovic | nikolavuk@uns.ac.rs |
Slovenia | Blaz Bertalanic | ajshil@gmail.com |
South Africa, Pretoria | Ayokunle Damilola Familua | ayokunle.familua@ieee.org |
South Africa, Cape Town | Hilary Chisepo | hchisepo@gmail.com |
Spain | Javier Andion Jimenez | j.andion@ieee.org |
Sweden | Gerard Duff | gerardduff@ieee.org |
Switzerland | Agnieszka Zagozdzinska Bochenek | agnieszka.zagozdzinska@gmail.com |
Tunisia | Alaa Abdallah | ala.abdallah.enim@ieee.org |
Turkey | MURAT YAZICI | myazici@ieee.org |
Uganda | Alfred Asumogi | alfredgrey37@gmail.com |
Ukraine | Kateryna Ivanko | koondoo@gmail.com |
United Arab Emirates | Moayad Aloqaily | mzaloqaily@gmail.com |
United Kingdom & Ireland | Noel Gomes | noelgomes@ieee.org |