Speakers Bureau Update

SEC -- 23 Aug 2011

Susan K. Tatiner

Director, Government Relations

& Standards Education

Year-to-date Standards Education Speakers Bureau

Update Completed Engagements to Date – 3

DeVry U $ 531

U of Illinois 0

Region 10 Congress – Auckland , NZ 1207

Pending Engagements - 4

Africon (already SEC approved) 4430 to date

Advanced Energy Conference (seeking SEC approval) Not to exceed 2000

Sonoma State U (seeking SEC approval) Minimal expenses.

Denmark Technological U (seeking SEC approval) 2000

Total dollars spent $10168

Available balance $ 3832

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Advanced Energy Conference, Buffalo, NY•Tom Prevost is scheduled to speak at the Advanced Energy Conference in Buffalo on 13 October.•Request from Charles Rubenstein, R1 Director•His topic will be Smart Grid Development in the United States.

Sonoma State UniversityWael Diab has volunteered to speak at Sonoma State University on IEEE Standards and Standards Education.

Denmark Technological University, Copenhagen•As part of a one-day seminar to take place in late October at the Denmark Technological University, the speaking engagement will be one hour and will address Smart Grid standards and Standards Education.•The event is jointly organized by the Denmark section and theIEEE Power and Energy Society chapter.

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Pending Speaking Engagements

By October, we will have met our goal for the number of speaking engagements for 2011.

We can exceed it because of successful use of resources.

Help us find another engagement for 2011.

Contact Rona at r.gertz@ieee.org with details!

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Looking for Another Engagement

Speakers

–Looking for help in expanding list of speakers to ensure good coverage of technical and geographic areas.–Current list will be distributed to SEC; we ask for your feedback by end of September.

Presentations

–There is an archive of Standards Education presentations on the SEC web page.–Developing a plan to improve the functionality, provide more information to presenters looking to use them.–Please share any ideas you have with Rona Gertz!

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Speakers/Presentations

Move to approve Tom Prevost as a speaker for the IEEE Standards Education Speakers Bureau at the Advanced Energy Conference, in Buffalo, NY, in October 2011. Expenses not to exceed $2000.

Move to approve Wael Diab as a speaker for the IEEE Standards Education Speakers Bureau at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, CA, in autumn 2011. Expenses minimal.

Move to approve the speaking engagement in Denmark Technological University in October 2011. Expenses anticipated at $2000. Speaker to be determined.

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Motions