IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Vilnius – April- 2006

Region Region 88Chapter CoordinationChapter Coordination Sub-Sub-

Committee Committee MeetingMeeting

April 7, 2006, VilniusApril 7, 2006, Vilnius

Josef ModelskiJosef ModelskiTentative Agenda

17:00 welcome and general introduction report from CCS Chair 17:15 summary of the "Chapter of the Year" contest 17:25 presentations from winning chapters 17:50 discussion, proposals, suggestions for CCS 2006 program, CCS and Coordinators budget 18:40 conclusions (motions for R8 Committee Meeting)

IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Vilnius – April- 2006

Chapter Coordinator

Stimulates formation

of new Chapters

Encourages Chapters from different countries/areas to organize joint events

(Workshops, Conferences)

Encourages more activities + enhanced management

of existing Chapters

Assists Chapter Chairsto develop contacts with

other ChaptersOrganizes Chapter Chairs

meetings

Assists Chapters to form links with and gain support from

their Society

Encourages Society to increase interest in its Region 8 Chapters

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New Composition of R8 CCSC

ED & SSC Ninoslav Stojadinovic (Chair) nstojadinovic@elfak.ni.ac.yu

C Nicolae Tapus ntapus@cs.pub.ro

COM & VT Adam Livne livne@actcom.co.il

LEO, CPMT & MAG Sergei Malyshev malyshev@inel.bas-net.by

PEL, IA & IE Gerard Capolino Gerard.Capolino@u-picardie.fr

SP, EMB & AES Mohamed Deriche mderiche@kfupm.edu.sa

MTT, AP & BT Stefan Lindenmeier stefan.lindenmeier@tiscali.de

EM & E Robert Bierwolf robert.bierwolf@xs4all.nl

PE Bruno Meyer bruno.meyer@edf.fr

RA & SMC Roland Siegwart roland.siegwart@epfl.ch

CAS, CS & IM Gianluca Setti gsetti@ing.unife.it

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New Chapters Since October 2005

1. SMC Croatia 02 November

2. E Switzerland 03 November

3. CIS Greece 15 November

4. SP/CIS Lithuanian 15 November

5. VT Portugal 15 November

6. CIS Croatia in Process

7. VT France in Process

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Number of Chapters in Sections

Austria

Belarus

Benelux

Bulgaria

C&S Italy

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech. Rep.

Denmark

Egypt

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

5

3

17

10

21

14

2

5

6

8

8

22

23

15

Hungary

Iceland

Israel

Jordan

Lithuanian

Nigeria

North Italy

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Macedonia

Romania

Saudi Arabia

10

2

18

2

1

4

13

5

23

13

7

15

7

Serbia & Montenegro

Slovenia

Russia

North West Russia

Russia (Siberia)

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

UK&RI

10

7

16

9

6

9

21

12

12

16

10

3

30

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Number of Chapters in Societies

SP01 34BT02 3AP03 30CAS04 25NPS05 5VT06 9RL07 4CE08 2IM09 10AES10 11CIS11 20 IT12 9IE13 19EM14 18ED15 36C16 34MTT17 38EMB18 10COM19 40

UFFC20 3CPMT21 16OE22 3CS23 16RA24 12E25 20PC26 2EMC27 18 SMC28 7GRS29 6SIT30 1PE31 31DEI32 2MAG33 5IA34 20PEL35 18LEO36 21SSC37 18

PSE43 1

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Support for R8 Chapters

MTT/ED/COM/CPMT/SSC Novosibirsk Chapter (US$ 300) – MEMIA’05

ED/SPMT/MTT/AP Bulgaria Chapter (US$ 500) – “Annual School. Lectures” Journal

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It has been decided to support the activities of 3 chapters on organizing the conferences and1 chapter on organizing DLT: ED/SSC Serbia&Montenegro Chapter (US$ 600) – MIEL’06

MTT/AP/AS Poland Chapter (US$ 600) – MIKON’06 & IRS’06

AP Moscow Chapter (US$ 250) – CriMiCo’06

PE Italy Chapter (former North Italy Chapter) (US$ 500) – DLT by Prof. Ibrahim Habib

Support for R8 Chapters

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R8 Chapter Chairs Meetings

R8 Chapter Chairs Meeting of ED Society

3 June 2006, Naples, Italy

In conjunction with ISPSD’06 Conference

Organizer: Enrico Sangiorgi

R8 Chapter Chairs Meeting of MTT Society

10 September 2006, Manchester, UK

In conjunction with EuMC’06 Conference

Organizer: Jan Zehentner, Stefan Lindenmeier

R8 Chapter Chairs Meeting of Education Societypostponed from MELECON’06 (Spain) to a later date October, Belgrade

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R8 Chapter of the Year Contest

The nomination should be made by the Section Chair or by another IEEE officer who has direct personal knowledge of the activities of the Chapter

For a Section with more than 15 Chapters two nominations can be made

There are two categories in the contest: Big Chapters (100 and more members) Small and Middle Size Chapters (less than 100 members)

The amount of the award is 1000 $ and a diploma

Two winners (Chapter Chairs) are invited to the Spring R8 Committee Meeting

IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Reykjavik - Jun 2003

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R8 Chapter of the Year Contest

Winners 2001

PE Chapter, UK&RI Section "Big Chapters" category

Joint MTT/ED/AP/CPMT/SSC Chapter, West Ukraine Section"Small and Middle Size Chapters" category

Winners 2002

LEOS Italian Chapter "Big Chapters" category

Joint MTT/ED/CPMT/COM/SSC Chapter, Siberia Section "Small and Middle Size Chapters" category

IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Reykjavik - Jun 2003

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R8 Chapter of the Year Contest

Winners 2003

Joint IA/PEL/IE Chapter, Germany Section "Big Chapters" category

Joint IE/IA/PEL Chapter, Yugoslavia Section "Small and Middle Size Chapters" category

Winners 2004

COM-S Chapter, Saudi Arabia Section "Big Chapters" category

LEO-S Chapter, Russia Section Moscow "Small and Middle Size Chapters" category

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R8 Chapter of the Year Contest

The winners of the IEEE R8 Chapter of the Year 2005 Contest:

(Small and Middle Size Chapter Category)

Joint MTT/AP/ED-S Chapter Czechoslovakia Section

(Big Size Chapter Category)

Joint AES/AP/MTT-S Chapter Poland Section

In addition, exceptional activities of

Slovenia Section COM-S Chapter has been distinguished by diploma

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IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Vilnius – April- 2006

IEEE R8 Committee Meeting - Vilnius – April- 2006

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

the Chapter of the Y ear 2005 Contest

Region 8 Committee

recognizes

Communications Society Chapter

Slovenia Section

for exemplary achievements in technical and educational activities

IEEE R8 V/C Technical Activities IEEE Region 8 Director

Prof. Jozef Modelski Prof. Baldomir Zajc

IEEE Region 8

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Plan for 2006

Filling in the last vacant Subcommittee position, i.e. nominate the CI & IT Coordinator Encouraging the Chapter Coordinators and Chapter Chairs to take an interest in and to support activation of inactive R8 chapters under their responsibility Further encouraging the Section Chairs to take an interest in and to support their chapters (financially and otherwise) Developing links with new Societies Officers responsible for R8 and encouraging them to take an interest in and to support their R8 chapters (financially and otherwise) Encouraging the Chapter Coordinators and Chapter Chairs to prepare articles for R8 Newsletter Supporting the organization of a few (up to three or four) R8 Chapter Chairs meetings (financially and otherwise)