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: Martin Bastiaans (Benelux)
- Director-Elect: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Past-Director: Marko Delimar (Croatia)
- Secretary: Ali El-Mousa (Jordan)
- Treasurer: Brian Harrington (UKRI)
- Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
- Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Pablo Herrero (Germany)
- Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Carl Debono (Malta)
Appointed members
- Awards & Recognition: Charles Turner (UKRI)
- Chapters: Elya Joffe (Israel)
- Conferences: Jan Haase (Austria)
- Educational Activities: Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou (Greece)
- GOLD Activities: Rafal Sliz (Finland)
- Industry Relations: Andreas Neumeier (Germany)
- Membership Development: Antonio Luque Estepa (Spain)
- Professional Activities: Jan Verveckken (Benelux)
- Region 8 News: Roland Saam, Zhijia Huang (UKRI)
- Sections Congress Coordinator: Athanassios Skodras (Greece), Saurabh Sinha (South Africa)
- Standards Coordinator: David Law (UKRI)
- Student Representative: Christian Schmid (Austria)
Ad-hoc members
- Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
- History Activities: Tony Davies (UKRI)
- Jubilee Book Coordinator: Kurt Richter (Austria)
- Life Members: Jacob Baal-Schem (Israel)
- Voluntary Contribution Fund: Daniel Pasquet (France)
- Women in Engineering: Joyce Mwangama (South Africa)
Sub Committees
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee
- Charles Turner (UKRI) – Chair
- Victor Fouad Hanna (France) – Past Chair
- Ahmed Darwish (Egypt)
- Jef Beerten (Benelux)
- Imre Rudas (Hungary)
- Marko Delimar (Croatia) – ex-officio
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee
- Elya Joffe (Israel) – Chair
- Simay Akar (Turkey) – Student Branch Chapters
- Members appointed by Societies/Councils
Conference Coordination Subcommittee
- Jan Haase (Austria) – Chair
- Dirk Van Hertem (Benelux)
- Stefano Zanero (Italy)
Educational Activities Subcommittee
-
Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou (Greece) – Chair
- Rui Costa (Portugal)
-
Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UKRI)
GOLD Subcommittee
- Rafal Sliz (Finland) – Chair
- Nele Reynders (Benelux)
- Elena Pereja Monturiol (Spain)
- Amir Zahoor (Sweden)
Industry Relations Subcommittee
- Andreas Neumeier (Germany) – Chair
- TBD
- TBD
Membership Development Subcommittee
- Antonio Luque Estepa (Spain) – Chair
- Andreas Koltes (UKRI)
- Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) – Corresponding Member
- Vincent Kaabunga (Kenya) – Corresponding Member
Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee
- Marko Delimar (Croatia) – Chair
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – ex-officio
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)- ex-officio
- Pierre Borne (France) – elected
- Elias Nassar (Lebanon) – elected
- Maciej Ogorzalek (Poland) – elected
Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Jan Verveckken (Benelux) – Chair
- Marc Joe Chedid (Lebanon – Iraq)
- Urmet Jänes (Estonia)
- Han Van Loon (Switzerland) – Corresponding Members
- Matej Zajc (Slovenia) – Corresponding Members
- Hafidh Al-Samarrai (Saudi Arabia West) – Corresponding Members
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Marko Delimar (Croatia) – Chair
- Christopher James (UKRI)
- Saurabh Sinha (South Africa)
- Jorge Soares (Portugal – Switzerland)
Student Activities Subcommittee
- Pablo Herrero (Germany) – Chair
- Elias Nassar (Lebanon) – Past Chair
- Christian Schmid (Austria) – Region Student Representative
- Efthymia Arvaniti (Greece) – Student Branch Coordinator
- Piotr Graca (Poland) – Awards & Contests Coordinator
- David Dias (Portugal) – Electronic Communications
- Đorđe Paunović (Serbia & Montenegro) – Student Paper Contest Coordinator
Women in Engineering Coordinator
- Joyce Mwangama (South Africa) – Chair
- Reem Turky (Saudi Arabia West) – Corresponding Advisor
- Bernadette Bouchon Meunier (France) – Corresponding Advisor