- 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: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Director-Elect: Mike Hinchey (UK&Ireland)
- Past-Director: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Secretary: Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
- Treasurer: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
- Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
- Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
- Member: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
Zone Representative: Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
Africa Council Chair: Isaac A. Adekanye (Nigeria)
R8 representative in Africa Council: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
Appointed members
- Action for Industry: Toni Mattila (Finland)
- Awards & Recognition: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Chapters: Anna Litvinenko (Latvia)
- Conferences: Tiziana Tambosso (Italy)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Gheith Abandah (Jordan)
- Entrepreneurship: Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon)
- Finance: Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland)
- History Activities: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Humanitarian Activities: Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Greece)
- Life Members: Peter Magyar (Germany)
- Membership Development: Mariya Antyufeyeva (Ukraine)
- Nominations and Appointments: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Professional and Educational Activities: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Publications and Communications: Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates)
- Strategic Planning: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Student Representative: Ahmed Abouelnour (Egypt)
- Women in Engineering: Wafa Ben-Hmida (UK & Ireland)
- Young Professionals: Ines Inacio (Benelux)
Appointed Ad-hoc members
- Alternate membership payments: Nadine Abbas (Lebanon)
- Careers New Initiative: Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
- Climate Change: Paul Cunningham (UK & Ireland)
- Continu>Ed: Vincenzo Kaabunga (Uganda)
- Cooperation with IEEE S/TCs and National Associations: Peter Nagy (Hungary)
- Cross-section Technical Cooperation: Nadezhda Kunicina (Latvia)
- Educational Infrastructures: Albert Lysko (South Africa)
- Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
- Electronic Communications Assistant: Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS): Samarth Deo (Sweden)
- Fellow Members Search: Maria Teresa Correia de Barros (Portugal)
- IEEE Milestones Awareness: Claire Lajoie-Mazenc (France)
- New Social Media: Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus)
- R8 Advisory: Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Region 8 News: Maja Matijasevic (Croatia)
- Region 8 Today: Fatma Zamil (Jordan)
- Region Vitality Coordinator: Ana Maria Madureira (Portugal)
- SAC Contests, Awards and Recognitions: Vera Markovic (Serbia)
- SAC Electronic Communications: Fay Majid (Sudan)
- SAC Training and Leadership Support: Khaldoun Taktak (Tunisia)
- SAC New Initiatives: Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Senior Members Search: Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sections Congress Coordinator: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Social Media: Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
- Standards Coordinator: Mona Ghassemian (UK&Ireland)
- Subsections Strategic Development: Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Germany)
- Territories in crisis: Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland)
- Voluntary Contribution Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany)
- Volunteer Pipeline: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Web: Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland)
Committees
Action for Industry (AfI) Committee
- Toni Mattila (Finland) (Chair)
- John Matogo (Kenya)
- Nihel ben Youssef (Tunisia)
- Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK&Ireland)
- Cosmin Moisa (Romania)
- Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Stamatis Dragoumanos (Greece)
- Serge Dos Santos (France)
- Mohammad Galal (Egypt)
Awards & Recognition Committee
- Antonio Luque (Spain) (Chair)
- Peter Nagy (Hungary)
- Ali Alfaily (Kuwait)
- Ala Chalghaf (Tunisia)
- Filippo Sanfilippo (Norway)
- Vera Markovic (Serbia)
- Ana Madureira (Portugal)
- George Papadimitriou (Greece)
Chapter Coordination Committee
- Anna Litvinenko (Latvia) (Chair)
- Muhammad Al-Barham (Jordan)
- Filippo Sanfilippo (Norway)
- Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Matej Pacha (Czechoslovakia)
- Izet Kale (UK & Ireland )
- Atif Iqbal (Qatar)
- Adel M. Alimi (Tunisia)
- Mohamed Ali Zormati (Tunisia)
Conference Coordination Committee
- Tiziana Tambosso (Italy) (Chair)
- Abdellah Kouzou (Algeria)
- Shaun Kaplan (Germany)
- Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Nadezda Kunicina (Latvia)
- Robert Bierwolf (Benelux)
- Sergio Rapuano (Italy)
- Pascal Lorenz (France)
- Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Peter Nagy (Hungary)
- Paul Cunningham (UK and Ireland)
- Aleksandar Mastilovic (Serbia)
- Katerina Papanikolaou (Cyprus)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Gheith Abandah (Jordan) (Chair)
- Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Adeel Sultan (UAE)
- Alex Böhm (Germany)
- Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Patience Obehi Enahoro (Nigeria)
- Rawane El-jamal (Lebanon) (Chair)
- Mohamad Zidan (Jordan)
- Ayat Amr (UAE)
- Rosa Maria Delgado (Switzerland)
- Khaled Zamzam (Egypt)
- Umar Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria)
- Hend Kmiha (Tunisia)
- Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Mohamed El Dallal (Egypt)
- Marco Giordani (Italy)
- Cynthia Chepchirchir (Kenya)
- Adam Jastrzebski (UK & Ireland) (Chair)
- Pascal Lorenz (France) (Assistant Treasurer)
- Andreas Koltes (Germany) (Assistant Treasurer)
- Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Mohamed Neji (Tunisia)
History Activities (HA) Committee
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) (Chair)
- Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
- Antonio Savini (Italy)
- Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
- Sergei Prokhorov (Russia)
- Stefano Selleri (Italy)
- Ahmed Zobaa (UK & Ireland)
- Mathini Sellathurai (UK & Ireland)
Humanitarian Activities (HuAC) Committee
- Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Greece) (Chair)
- Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria)
- Lavender Ndunya (Kenya)
- George Papadimitriou (Switzerland)
- Lucija Brezočnik (Slovenia)
- Nour Sbaoulji (Tunisia)
- Omar Salameh (Jordan)
- Neemat Awadelkarim (Sudan)
- Herbert Lwanga (Uganda)
- Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Miriam Cunningham (UK&Ireland)
- Magdalena Salazar-Palma (Spain)
- Mohamed Essaaidi (Morocco)
- Maxwell Addison (Ghana)
- Peter Magyar (Germany) (Chair)
- Tony Davies (UK & Ireland)
- Goce Arsov (North Macedonia)
- Rima Fathallah (Tunisia)
- Shmuel Auster (Israel)
Membership Development Committee
- Mariya Antyufeyeva (Ukraine) (Chair)
- Sara Barros (Benelux)
- Mohab Mangoud (Bahrain)
- Fairouz Fattoum (Tunisia)
- Marc Lethiecq (France)
- Mohamed Sief Mahmoud (Egypt)
- Pawel Prajzendanc (Poland)
- Farzaneh Abdollahi (Iran)
- Grigore Stamatescu (Romania)
- Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee
- Antonio Luque (Spain) (Chair)
- Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
- Mike Hinchey (UK&Ireland)
- Vincent Egessa (Kenya)
- Ilhem Kallel (Tunisia)
Professional and Educational Activities Committee
- Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia) (Chair)
- Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Dalius Navakauskas (Lithuania )
- Ana Margarida Trigo (Portugal)
- Mistura Muibi Tijani (Nigeria)
- Hadi Kanaan (Lebanon)
- Natalia Piaseczna (Poland)
- Filippo Sanfilippo (Norway)
Publications and Communications Committee
- Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) (Chair)
- George Michael (Cyprus)
- Mohamed Hatem Abdulkader (Egypt)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal)
- Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland)
- Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus)
- Fatma Zamil (Jordan) (Region 8 Today EiC)
- Maja Matijasevic (Croatia) (Region 8 News EiC)
- Antonio Luque (Spain) (Chair)
- Mike Hinchey (UK & Ireland)
- Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Sohaib Qamer Sheikh (UK & Ireland)
- Ievgen Pichkaliov (Ukraine)
- Sally Musonye (Kenya)
- Abdullateef Aliyu (Nigeria) (Chair)
- Simay Akar (Turkey)
- Khaldoun Taktak (Tunisia)
- Ahmed Abouelnour (Egypt)
- Fay Majid (Sudan)
- Vera Markovic (Serbia)
- Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Maciej Borowka (Poland)
- Cybele Ghanem (Lebanon)
Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee
- Wafa Ben-Hmida (UK & Ireland) (Chair)
- Maria-Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
- Ana Margarida Trigo (Portugal)
- Hazar Al Mhaseess (Jordan)
- Sally Musonye (Kenya)
- Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria)
- Ala Chalghaf (Tunisia)
- Amany Alshawi (Saudi Arabia)
- Larissa Abi (Lebanon)
- Roua Touihri (France)
- Jani Dugonik (Slovenia)
- Emtiez Akermi (Tunisia)
- Bouchaala Baya (Tunisia)
- Ines Inacio (Benelux) (Chair)
- Ali Alfayly (Kuwait)
- Seif Elhajjem (Tunisia)
- Georgia Saridaki (Greece)
- Mistura Muibideen (Nigeria)
- Wadee HajAli (Palestine)
- Barbara Vujkov (Serbia)
- Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland)
- Ahsan Qamer (Germany)
- Zillah Nangobi (Uganda)
- Mohamed Saeed Darweesh (Egypt)
- Agnieszka Zagozdzinska-Bochenek (Switzerland)
Ad hoc Committees
Alternate membership payments (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Nadine Abbas (Lebanon) (Chair)
- Andreas Koltes (Germany)
- George Eduful (Ghana)
- Hassene Seddik (Tunisia)
- Ariel Phiri (Zambia)
Careers New Initiative (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Mohamed Amin (Egypt) (Chair)
- Andreas Neumeier (Germany)
- Haya Youssef (UK & Ireland)
Climate Change (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Paul Cunningham (UK & Ireland) (Chair)
- René Garello (France)
- Cybele Ghanam (Lebanon)
- Maurine Chepkemoi (Kenya)
- Aoife M. Foley (UK & Ireland)
Continu>Ed (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Vincenzo Kaabunga (Uganda) (Chair)
- Khaled Moktar (Egypt)
- Jospeh Mutale (Zambia)
- Miriam Eduful (Ghana)
- Esther Muchiri (Kenya)
Cooperation with IEEE S/TCs and National Associations (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Peter Nagy (Hungary) (Chair)
- Ilhem Kallel (Tunisia)
- Reinhard Moeller (Germany)
- Shahid Mumtaz (Portugal)
- Igor Kuzle (Croatia)
- Erol Gelenbe (UK & Ireland )
- Gloria Chukwudebe (Nigeria)
- Bruno Meyer (France)
- Mariusz Malinowski (Poland)
- Bochra Boudriga (Tunisia)
Cross-section Technical Cooperation (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Nadezhda Kunicina (Latvia) (Chair)
- Ahmed Zobaa (UK & Ireland )
- Muhammad Al-Barham (Jordan)
- Esther Muchiri (Kenya)
Educational Infrastructures (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Albert Lysko (South Africa) (Chair)
- Murielle lacombled (France)
- Ali Alfayly (Kuwait)
- Neecharl Ramprosand (Mauritius)
- Barbara Vujkov (Serbia)
- Igor Matias (Switzerland)
- Sohaib Qamer (UK&Ireland)
- Ala’ Khalifah (Jordan)
- Aleksei Tepljakov (Estonia)
- Juri Belikov (Estonia)
- Dennis Cherogony (Kenya)
- Udochukwu B. Akuru (South Africa)
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Samarth Deo (Sweden) (Chair)
- Ana Cigaran (Germany)
- Abdulla Al-Kaff (Spain)
- Resala Abdulla Aladraj (Bahrain)
- Zoubida Alaoui Mdaghri (Morocco)
- Lucija Brezocnik (Slovenia)
Electronic Communications (Ad Hoc Committee)
- George Michael (Cyprus) (Chair)
- Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
- Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland) (R8 web adhoc)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal) (Social Media)
- Mohamed Hatem Abdulkader (Egypt) (SAC-ECC)
- Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus) (New Social Media adhoc)
- Peter Nagy (Hungary) (exofficio MGA-IT)
Fellow Members Search (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Maria Teresa Correia de Barros (Portugal) (Chair)
- Okyay Kaynak (Turkey)
- Maria Pia Fanti (Italy)
- Tariq Durrani (UK&Ireland)
- Davor Bonefacic (Croatia)
- Victor Fouad-Hanna (France)
IEEE Milestones Awareness (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Claire Lajoie-Mazenc (France) (Chair)
- Adam Dabrowski (Poland)
- Stanimir Valtchev (Portugal)
- Levente Kovacs (Hungary)
- Neecharl Ramprosand (Mauritius)
New Social Media (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Constandinos Mavromoustakis (Cyprus) (Chair)
- Rastko Zeljkovic (Germany)
- Irene Korir (Kenya)
R8 Advisory (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Vincenzo Piuri (Italy) (Chair)
- Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Mike Hinchey (UK&Ireland)
- Habib Kammoun (Tunisia)
- Bruno Meyer (France)
- Maja Matijasevic (Croatia) (EiC)
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Basant Kumar (Oman)
- Ahmad Taher Azar (Saudi Arabia)
- Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland)
Region 8 Today (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Fatma Zamil (Jordan) (EiC)
- Mohammad Hailat (Spain)
- Abdullah Hassan (Saudi Arabia)
SAC Contests, Awards and Recognitions (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Vera Markovic (Serbia) (Chair)
- Lee Crudgington (UK&Ireland)
- Millicent Kwangari (South Africa)
- Haris Capelj (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Matteo Bruno Lodi (Italy)
- Rim Chihi (Tunisia)
- Abdelrahman Mohammed (Egypt)
- Yahya Al Belushi (Oman)
- Raja Boussada (Tunisia)
SAC Electronic Communications (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Fay Majid (Sudan) (Chair)
- Stefan Momyr (North Macedonia)
- Sahar Youssef (Tunisia)
- Mohammed Hatem (Egypt)
SAC Training and Leadership Support (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Khaldoun Taktak (Tunisia) (Chair)
- Krishna Ajith (UAE)
- Alkiviadis Michalitsis (Greece)
- Eldar Sabanovic (Lituania)
- Andre Cakici (Turkey)
- Larissa Abi (Lebanon)
- Mohamed Ali Zormati (Tunisia)
- Gina Carrillo (Norway)
SAC New Initiatives (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Vildana Hrnjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Chair)
- Soula Vasiliki-Seie (Greece)
- Abdulhameed Raji (UK & Ireland)
- Martyna Borak (Poland)
- Igor Matias (Switzerland)
- Rastko Zeljkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Youcef Islem Malk (Algeria)
- Rhoda Akello (Kenya)
Sections Congress Coordination
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) (Chair)
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
Social Media (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Mohammad Hossein Babaee (Portugal) (Chair)
- Rastko Zeljkovic (Germany)
- Irene Korir (Kenya)
Sections Vitality and Development
- Ana Maria Madureira (Portugal) (Region Vitality Coordinator)
- Ahmed Hassan Yousef (Egypt)
- Catarina Silva (Portugal)
- Andreas Koltes (Germany)
- Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Germany)
- Isabelle Kandagor (Kenya)
- Conrad Attard (Malta)
- Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia)
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Matej Zajc (Slovenia)
Secretariat (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Ljupco Karadzinov (North Macedonia) (Chair)
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Aniko Szakal (Hungary) (Assistant Secretary)
- George Michael (Cyprus)
- Maria Efthymiou (Cyprus)
Senior Members Search (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Dusanka Boskovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Chair)
- John Funso-Adebayo (Nigeria)
- Mohammad Salah (Jordan)
- Catarina Silva (Portugal)
- Assem Nasser (Morocco)
- Lucian Toma (Romania)
Standards Coordination Committee
- Mona Ghassemian (UK&Ireland) (Chair)
- Tuncer Baykas (Turkey)
- Shmuel Auster (Israel)
- David Law (UK&Ireland)
- Maria-Alexandra Paun (Switzerland)
- Shahid Mumtaz (Portugal)
- Vikass Monebhurrun (France)
- Albena Moveska (Bulgaria)
- Clara Napel (Austria)
Subsections Strategic Development (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (Germany) (Chair)
- John Oyewole Funso-Adebayo (Nigeria)
- Seifedine Kadry (Norway)
- Rodolfo Oliveira (Portugal)
- Ala Khalifeh (Jordan)
- Ezabo Baron (Uganda)
- Muchiri Esther (Kenya)
- Ali Hussein Zolait (Bahrain)
Territories in crisis (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Almedin Kavaz (Switzerland) (Chair)
- Amira Tmar (Tunisia)
- Badr Eddine El Mohajir (Morocco)
- Marek Jasinski (Poland)
- Rastko Zeljkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Isil Kalafat Kizilkaya (UK&Ireland)
- Aziz Mhalla (Tunisia)
Volunteer Pipeline (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) (Chair)
- Patience Obehi Enahoro (Nigeria)
- Enrique Romero Cadaval (Spain)
- Marek Jasinski (Poland)
- Sara Barros (Benelux)
Web (Ad Hoc Committee)
- Nick Wainwright (UK & Ireland) (Chair)
- Anish Mohanan Sudhamani (Germany)
- Periklis Chatzimisios (Greece)
- Murat Yazici (Turkey)