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IEEE R8 Volunteer Leadership Training Workshop 2025 – Tunisia (July’25)

The IEEE Region 8 Volunteer Leadership Training Workshop was successfully held on 18–19 July 2025 at the Verdi Tunis Beach Resort in Gammarth, Tunisia. Volunteers and Section leaders from across the Region participated in interactive sessions on Membership Development, Chapters, and Student Activities, sharing best practices and building action plans.

Distinguished IEEE leaders, including Antonio Luque, Mousmi Ajay, Andrejs Romanovs, and Abdullateef Aliyu, joined the event alongside an active organizing team led by Prof. Mohab A. Mangoud (Chair, MDC), and Lee Crudgington (Chair, Chapters Coordination Committee) with Habib Kammoun(Vice-Chair for Member Activities, Tunisia Section Chair), Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou (Vice-Chair for Student Activities), Tiziana Tambosso (Vice-Chair for Technical Activities).

With representatives from Portugal, Jordan, Lithuania, Zambia, Kuwait, Tunisia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Egypt, and Bahrain, the workshop strengthened collaboration and set the stage for advancing IEEE initiatives across Region 8.

 

MD Committee @ RTSI / ME-SYP, August 2025, Tunisia

During RTSI and ME-SYP, the R8 MD Booth served as a dynamic interaction point where we engaged with a wide range of participants, both IEEE members and non-members. Visitors showed strong interest in learning about the benefits of IEEE membership, career development opportunities.  The booth also created a space for networking, where we exchanged ideas and encouraged collaboration across disciplines. A notable outcome was the positive feedback from non-members, who appreciated the promotional materials and expressed intent to join IEEE, while existing members valued the opportunity to renew their engagement. Overall, the booth was successful in raising awareness and attracting new prospects Thanks to Hela Lajmi, MD Committee C. member.
Also, Peter Nagy, member of MD committee represented the committee @ IEEE RTSI 2025 in Tunisia, Peter played a key role in the Section Industry Ambassador Training Workshop, delivering an impactful session on Membership Development for Industry. He showcased how IEEE can strengthen its value to companies and professionals, offering practical strategies for engagement and retention. His contribution emphasized the link between industry needs and IEEE’s mission, adding strong value to the workshop discussions and the broader RTSI industry program.

 

 

Membership Development Committee: (2025)

IEEE R8 Membership Development Committee (2025) 
Mohab Mangoud (Bahrain), (Chair)
Peter Nagy (Hungary), (Member)
Nadine Abbas (Lebanon), (Member)
Mohamed Sief (Egypt), (Member)
Grigore Stamatescu (Romania), (C-Member)
Hela Lajmi (Tunisia), (C-Member)
Humphrey Muhindi (Kenya), (C-Member)
Katerina Ivanko(Ukraine), (C-Member)
Thomas Kopfstedt (Germany), (C-Member)


Membership Development Committee: (2023-2024)

 


Membership Development Committee: (2021-2022)

  • Mike Hinchey (Chair, UK&Ireland)
  • Ievgen Pichkalov (Past-Chair, Ukraine)
  • Mohab Mangoud (Member, Bahrain)
  • Mohamed Seif- Eldien (Member, Egypt)
  • Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (C-Member, UK&Ireland)
  • Aleksander Mastilovic (C-Member, Bosnia and Herzagovina)
  • Simay Akar (C-Member, Turkey)
  • Ines Inacio (C-Member, Benelux)
    Andrejs Romanovs (C-Member, Latvia)

 

   MD Workshops


2018, March 23-24, Cape Town, South Africa Section

 

The Workshop was very well attended with 27 participants, 16 of them representing IEEE Africa units and the post event feedback suggested an extremely positive outcome. The participants were welcomed to the venue on Friday afternoon. That first day sessions included basic introduction to R8 and Membership development, IEEE Membership benefits, role of MD Officers, with the host section presentation. Later the team was guided to an exquisite networking dinner.

     

The second day was filled with MD focused presentations, interactive sessions and brainstorming sessions, delivered by MD team and Antonio Luque & Adeel Sultan, previous chairs and great supporters of MDSC. The typical MDW structure was expanded by topics, related to Action for Industry and Units Vitality. Everyone participated to the fullest and managed to learn from each other. Towards the end, a comprehensive joint action plan was generated for Africa units on the special session that was perfectly lead by Seyi Olokede MDO South Africa Section.

 

 

This MD Workshop was an amazing and a fruitful event that will enhance IEEE structures and membership in the region, MDSC express our gratitude and warmest wishes to the South Africa Section, AHCAA, R8 OpCom, Section Chairs, all MD Officers and volunteers!

2017, May 19-20, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Section

Great and fruitful annual 2017 MD Workshop was organized in Bratislava, Slovakia on May 19-20. The Workshop was very well attended with 24 participants and had a really positive results!     

2016, Nov 18-19, Tunis, Tunisia Section

An amazing and a successful event with over 35 participants from 20+ countries within the Region! Perfectly organized by Tunisia Section, chaired by Habib M. Kammoun. Post event feedback suggested an extremely positive outcome.

 

 

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