he 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: Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden)
- Director-Elect: Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain)
- Past-Director: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Secretary: Jan Verveckken (Benelux)
- Treasurer: Ralph Kennel (Germany)
- Vice-Chair, Member Activities: Antonio Luque (Spain)
- Vice-Chair, Student Activities: Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria)
- Vice-Chair, Technical Activities: Christopher James (UK and Ireland)
Appointed members
- Awards & Recognition: Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus)
- Chapters: Amara Amara (France)
- Conferences: Péter Nagy (Hungary)
- Educational Activities: Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK and Ireland)
- Action for Industry: Marios Antoniou (Cyprus)
- Membership Development: Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia)
- Professional Activities: Jan Haase (Germany)
- Region 8 News: Roland Saam, Zhijia Huang (UK and Ireland)
- Sections Congress Coordinator: Marko Delimar (Croatia)
- Standards Coordinator: David Law (UK and Ireland)
- Student Representative: Ines Inacio (Benelux)
- Young Professionals: Sara Barros (Benelux)
Ad-hoc members
- Past Secretary: Christian M. Schmid (Austria)
- Past Treasurer: Brian Harrington (UK and Ireland)
- Electronic Communications: George Michael (Cyprus)
- Assistant Secretary – Social Media and Web pages: Dora Fourou (Greece)
- History Activities: Tony Davies (UK and Ireland)
- Life Members: Charles Turner (UK and Ireland)
- Women in Engineering: Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon)
- Region Vitality Coordinator: Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)
- Voluntary Contribution Fund: Andreas Koltes (Germany)
- Africa Area Chair: Gloria Chukwudebe (Nigeria)
Sub Committees
Action for Industry Team
- Marios Antoniou (Cyprus) – Chair
- Mohamed Amin (Egypt)
- John Matogo (Kenya)
- Toni Mattila (Finland)
- Andreas Neumeier (Germany)
Awards & Recognition Subcommittee
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) – Chair
- Jaafar M. Al Ibrahim (Saudia Arabia)
- Igor Kuzle (Croatia)
- Piotr Graca (Poland)
- Athanasios Skodras (Greece)
- Marko Delimar (Croatia) – Past Chair
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE A&R)
- Christopher James (UK and Ireland) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE A&R)
Chapter Coordination Subcommittee
- Amara Amara (France) – Chair
- Lebogang Madise (South Africa) – Student Branch Chapters
- Maria Trocan (France) – corresponding member
Conference Coordination Subcommittee
- Péter Nagy (Hungary) – Chair
- Adel Alimi (Tunisia) – Past Chair
- Shawn Kaplan (South Africa)
- Tomislav Capuder (Croatia)
- James M Irvine (UK and Ireland) – ex officio – corresponding member (IEEE CC comm.)
- Sergio Benedetto (Italy) – ex officio corresponding member (IEEE CC comm.)
Educational Activities Subcommittee
- Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Stamatis Dragomanous (Greece) – Pre-University Education
- Ana Madureira (Portugal) – University Education/Industry
- Endika Bengoetxea (Spain) – Continuing Education – corresponding member
- Alexander Astaras (Greece) – University Education – corresponding member
- Riadh Besbes (Tunisia) – corresponding member
- Saurabh Sinha (South Africa) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE EA comm.)
Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee
- Alexandros Osana (Greece) – Chair
- Dinko Jakovljević (Croatia)
- John Funso-Adebayo (Nigeria)
- Lebogang Madise (South AFrica)
- Lee Crudgington (UK and Ireland) – corresponding member
- Javier Sanchez Medina (Spain) – corresponding member
- Amith Khandakar (Oman) – corresponding member
- Sana Khalfa (Tunisia) – corresponding member
- Mona Ghassemian (UK and Ireland) – corresponding member
- Paul M Cunningham (UK and Ireland) – corresponding member (IEEE HA comm.)
- Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK and Ireland) – corresponding member (IEEE HA comm.)
Membership Development Subcommittee
- Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia) – Chair
- Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) – Past Chair
- John Matogo (Kenya) – corresponding member
- Tim Gitau (Kenya) – corresponding member
Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyprus) – Chair – ex-officio
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden) – ex-officio
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) – ex-officio
- Panayiotis Symeou (Cyprus)
- Ali Hessami (UK and Ireland)
- Ljupco Karadzinov (Macedonia)
Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Jan Haase (Germany) – Chair
- Ana Katalinić Mucalo (Croatia) – Past Chair – corresponding member
- Francisco Escribano (Spain) – corresponding member
- Urmet Janes (Estonia) – corresponding member
- Feras Diab (Jordan) – corresponding member
- Matej Zajc (Slovenia) – corresponding member
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
- Magdalena Salazar Palma (Spain) – Chair
- Costas Stasopoulos (Cyrpus) – ex-officio
- Margaretha Eriksson (Sweden) – ex-officio
- Daniel Pasquet (France)
- Khaled Moktar (Egypt)
- Dovile Kurpyte (Estonia)
- Gloria Chukwudebe (Nigeria)
- Urmet Janes (Estonia) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA Strat. Comm.)
- Pilar Molina (Spain) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA Strat. Comm.)
Student Activities Subcommittee
- Efthymia Arvaniti (Austria) – Chair
- Yara Melki (Lebanon) – Awards & Contests Coordinator
- José Miguel A. Sepulcre (Spain) – Electronic Communications
- Sarra Ben Rabii (Tunisia) – Student Branch Coordinator
- Ines Inacio (Benelux) – Region Student Representative
- Paul Micallef (Malta) – Student Paper Contest Coordinator
- George Papadimitriou (Greece) – Projects
- Mona Ghassemian (UK and Ireland) – Past Chair
- Pablo Herrero (Germany) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA SAC)
- Abir Chermiti (Tunisia) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA SAC)
- Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA SAC)
Women in Engineering Coordinator
- Youmna El-Bitar (Lebanon) – Chair
- Taqua Khairy (Cyprus) – Past Chair – corresponding member
- Lebogang Madise (South Africa) – corresponding member
- Randa Hammami (Tunisia) – corresponding member
- Maria Alexandra Paun (Swiss) – corresponding member
- Joyce Mwangama (South Africa) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA WiE)
Young Professionals Subcommittee
- Sara Barros (Benelux) – Chair
- Mohamed El-Dallal (Egypt)
- Skander Mansouri (Tunisia)
- Vinko Lesic (Croatia)
- Rui Costa (Portugal)
- Flavia Dinca (Sweden) – Past Chair
- Kseniia Semenova (Ukraine) – corresponding member
- Almedin Kavaz (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – corresponding member
- Rafal Sliz (Finland) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA YP)
- Maria Greco (Italy) – ex-officio – corresponding member (MGA YP)
Africa Area (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Gloria Chukwudebe (Nigeria) – Chair
- Vincent Kaabunga (Uganda) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Dorothy Kabagaju Okello (Uganda) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- George Eduful (Ghana) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Izael Pereira Da Silva (Kenya) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Joseph Mutale (UK and Ireland) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Margaretha A Eriksson (Sweden) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Nelson M Ijumba (Rwanda) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
- Towela Nyirenda (Malawi) – ex-officio – corresponding member(IEEE board)
Region Vitality Coordination (Ad Hoc Subcommittee)
- Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia) – Chair
- Adam Jastrzebski (UK and Ireland)
- Andreas Koltes (Germany) – corresponding member
- Adeel Sultan (United Arab Emirates) – corresponding member
History Activities
- Tony Davies (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – corresponding member
- Roland Saam (UK and Ireland) – corresponding member
- Antonio Perez Yuste (Spain) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE MGA)
Life members
- Charles Turner (UK and Ireland) – Chair
- Hugo Wyss (Swiss) – corresponding member
- Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE MGA Life member comm.)
- Victor Fouad-Hanna (France) – ex-officio – corresponding member (IEEE MGA Life member comm.)