IEEE R8 Committee Bucharest Meeting, October 12-14, 2007

IEEE R8 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES BRIEF REPORT

(period January 1 to September 30, 2007)

Submitted by George PaunovićVice Chair, Technical Activities

CHAPTER COORDINATION ACTIVITIES

CONFERENCE COORDINATION ACTIVITIES

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRY RELATION ACTIVITIES

ISBIR ACTIVITIES

STANDARDS ACTIVITIES

GENERALThe middle part of year 2007 was mainly the period of

intensive TA actions, mostly on the entities level.

The following technical activities for IEEE entities and/or IEEE members were specifically realized in this period:

• Realization of EUROCON 2007 and AFRICON 2007 Conf.• Preparations of 2008 and proposals for 2009 & 2010 R8 Conf. • Further improvement of “Calender of R8 conf.” & formalization of obtaining R8 technical cosponsorships. • Several investigation reports and realized task forces actions in the field of EA. • New fresh start in CC, new “Chapter of the year” approach. • Quite a number of ISBIR and IR actions (& requests/reports).

To be continued !

IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting Bucharest (Romania), 12 October 2007

Chapters Coordination Sub-Committee Report

Gérard-André Capolino, CCSC ChairUniversity of Picardie “Jules Verne”, Amiens - France

Gerard.Capolino@ieee.org

Composition (1)

Matrix form

1 chair

10 division delegates

5 area delegates (Western E. North, Western E. South, Eastern E., Mid. East, Africa)

Composition (2) Delegates

D1: Enrico Sangiorgi

D2: Peter Magyar (*)

D3: Zdzislaw Papir (*)

D4: Uwe Bratzler (*)

D5: Reiner Hartenstein

D6: Tariq Durrani (*)

D7: Bruno Meyer (*)

D8: Bernard Courtois (*)

D9: Jan Biemond (*)

D10: Pierre Borne (*)

WE North: Johan Driesen

WE South: Silvano Donati (*)

EE: Maciej Ogorzalek

Africa: Farhat Fnaiech (*)

Mid. E: Said El-Khamy (*)

Presentation of CCSC activities (1)

Stimulate formation of new chapters

Encourage organization of conferences with R8 support

Encourage more activities in existing chapters

Encourage chapter chair meetings

Assist chapters to gain support from their society

Encourage societies to increase interest in R8

chapters

Presentation of CCSC activities (2)

Chapter of the Year Contest 2006 (old form)

Starting the CCSC with its new composition

Involvement of both divisions (new) and regional parts of R8 (past)

Old business

Presentation of CCSC activities (3)

Chapter of the Year Contest (new form)

Chapters motivation + Section Chairs motivation

More data from chapters in section reports

Society conferences with R8 sponsorship

New business

Presentation of CCSC activities (4)

Keep your chapters alive (L31)

Provide data in section reports

Do use the DL program

Involve students in chapters

Try to expand (more chapters in R8)

Recommendations

Chapter of the year contest

New form

Be sent to section chairs AND chapter chairs

Two winners each year (small chapter, large chapter)

Deadline for sending back to CCSC chair (January 15, 2008)

Motions (1)

Motion 1: Encourage systematic chapter chair meetings in flag IEEE conferences organized in R8

Motions (2)

Motion 2: Involvement on a systematic basis interested sections and/or chapters in MoU established for all IEEE conferences organized in R8

To be continued !

R 8 Subcom. Conf. Coord.

R8 Conf. Coordinator

Francisco Sandoval

Sub-Com. Members

• Prof. Gerhard Hancke

• Prof. Francisco Sandoval

• Prof. Marian Kazmierkovski

• Prof. Peter Farkas

• Prof. Gerard-Andre Capolino

• To be expanded with Dr. Jacob Baal-Schem and Prof. Andrey Fionov.

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

• IEEE R8 Conferences are expanding. • Besides SIBIRCON, Ghaleb B. Dandan

proposes to seek the IEEE R-8 Conference Coordination Committee technical support to establish a new conference within Middle East countries with the objective of promoting technical knowledge as well as support student activities in these countries (MENACON).

Present and Future Conferences

• AFRICON 2007 (Windhoek, Namibia)• EUROCON 2007 (Warsaw, Poland)• MELECON 2008 (Ajaccio, Corsica,

France)• HISTELCON 2008 (Paris, France)• SIBIRCON 2008 (Novosibirsk, Russia)• EUROCON 2009 (Saint Petersburg,

Russia)• AFRICON 2009 (Nairoby, Kenia)

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

• AFRICON 2007. The 8th IEEE Africon Conference has been successfully held over 26-28 Sept. 2007 in Windhoek, Namibia.

• More than 200 accepted technical papers originating from 60 countries, and with some 270 delegates from 35 countries attending; this was definitely the biggest Africon since the first one in Nairobi, 1983. CONGRATULATIONS!

• Previous editions of Africon have been presented in Nairobi (1983), Abidjan (1987), Mbabane (1992), Stellenbosch (1996), Cape Town (1999), George (2002), and Gaborone (2004).

• The conference was officially opened by the president of the Republic of Namibia, his Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba.

• Economical balance is getting ready.

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

• EUROCON 2007 was held on September 9-12th 2007 in Warsaw, Poland.Warsaw, Poland.

• OOver 650 submissionsver 650 submissions• HHomepage with more than 10 000 hits per monthomepage with more than 10 000 hits per month• 477 accepted papers477 accepted papers• 61 sessions61 sessions• PPresenters from more than 50 countriesresenters from more than 50 countries• 4 tutorial speakers4 tutorial speakers• 5 plenary lectur5 plenary lectureess• MMore than 100 session chairsore than 100 session chairs • CONGRATULATIONS!• Economical balance is needed

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

MELECON 2008 to be held on May 5-7th 2008 in Ajaccio, Corcega, France.

• Call for Papers has been launched

• Website is ready

• Budget proposal has been approved

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

1st edition of the International Conference on Computational Technologies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SIBIRCON 2008) to be held in Novosobirsk, Russia on July 21-25th 2008:

• Call for Papers has been launched• Website is ready• Budget proposal has been approved

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

1st edition of IEEE History of Electrotechnology Conference (HISTELCON 2008), to be held in Paris, France, on September 11-12th 2008:

• Call for Papers has been launched.• Website is under construction.• Budget is getting ready.• This conference has requested special funding

from IEEE Foundation.

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

EUROCON 2009 is to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on May 18-23rd 2009, and is to be devoted to 150 Anniversary of Alexander Popov:

• Call for Papers and Website are in preparation.

• Budget proposal has been approved.

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

AFRICON 2009 :

• AFRICON 2009 was approved in Belgrade IEEE R8 Meeting to be held in Nairobi Kenya, September 22-25th 2009, and will be organized by South Africa Section and Kenya Section.

• Call for papers and website are under construction.

Meeting agenda Conf. SC

Dr. Rolf Remshardt presented some considerations in order to increase and improve the Cooperation between Conference Coordination and Membership Development Subcommittees in Membership Development at Conferences.

Motion Conference Coordination

Sub-Committee• MOTION 1:

Recommends acceptance of proposal by Russia Northwest IEEE Section to hold EUROCON 2009, on May 18-23, 2009, in Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA.

• MOTION 2:

Recommends acceptance of proposal by Russia Siberia Section to hold the First IEEE Siberian Electrotechnical Conference (SIBIRCON), on July 21-25th 2008, in Novosibirsk (Russia), and recommends financial support of $6,000 to the SIBIRCON 2008 Conference Organising Committee.

IEEE R8 Calendar

• About 40 new events have been added to the IEEE R8 Calendar.

• 5 IEEE R8 Technical Co-Sponsorships have been approved.

Other activities

• Francisco Sandoval has attended the Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO), in Vancouver (Canada) on July 12-15th 2007. The theme was: Building a Global Conference Business.

• Looking for candidates for organizing Eurocon 2011, Melecon 2010, Africon 2011, Sibircon 2010.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH..

To be continued !

Report of the Region 8 Educational Activities Sub-

Committee (EASC)

Bucharest, October 2007

Charles Turner (Chair)

Victor Fouad Hanna

Matej Zajc

2007 EASC Task Forces

Accreditation Activities (Duncan Baker, Victor Fouad Hanna, Said El-Khamy)

Continuing Education(Jacob Baal-Schem, Jozef Modelski, Baldomir Zajc, Matej Zajc)

Pre-University Activities (Kristinn Andersson, Magaretha Eriksson, Peter Hill, Okyay Kaynak, Sean McLoone, Charles Turner)

Accreditation (VFH)

Three distinct zones identified:

• (1) Europe, including Russia. Most countries (29) are members of FEANI, which is the lead organisation in certifying national accreditation systems.

• (2) Middle East and (3) Africa. Further study of current practice in these countries is being conducted.

Continuing Education (MZ)

The EASC focus is on the updating and developing of members’ technical skills.

IEEE ExpertNow as a new and exciting opportunity for expanding CEd activities in Region 8.

Over 70 modules available: (www.ieee.org/web/education)

Free offer for Sections, Chapters, etc. to use ExpertNow modules before December 31st.

Pre-University Activities 1 (CT)TryEngineering.org will include more content suitable for Region 8 in future.

It already includes material in 7 languages of interest to students from 8 to 18, parents, teachers and employers.

The website currently gets over 100,000 hits each month.

Pre-University Activities 2 (CT)

Munich Summit, November 9.–11. 2007, on

‘Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and

their Educators 2010-2020’.

EASC is actively involved in the planning and organisation of this conference.

EASC 2007 Goals and Achievements

Goal: Compilation of a comprehensive database of accreditation agencies in the countries of Region 8. This will provide links to virtually all engineering programs offered by universities in Region 8.

Status: Database for Europe and Russia to be completed by December 31st 2007. Middle East and Africa present a more complex challenge and will not be available until 2008.

EASC plans for 2008

Achieve greater involvement by Sections, Chapters, etc., in educational activities, especially in pre-university activities and promoting the use of ExpertNow.

All Sections to appoint Education officers and to form Chapters of the IEEE Education Society.

Recruit Sections in the Middle East and Africa to help EASC complete the database of accreditation systems and engineering programs.

EASC R81. Accreditation Activities

2. Continuing Education

3. Pre-University Activities

www.ieee.org/r8Home > Technical Activities > Educational

Activities

To be continued !

IRSC Report: 89th Committee meeting Bucharest 13-14 October 2007

IEEE R8 Industry Relations Activities Report

Prepared by

Rami Al-Mushcab, R8 IRC

Obtain tangible results from R8 Industry Relations activities by capitalizing on previous IRSC work

Goal for 2007/2008

1) Created a Steering Committee to Support IEEE

Student Branches Industry Relations (ISBIR)

Program:

- George Paunovic, Vice Chair of Technical Activities

- Marko Delimar, Vice Chair of Membership Activities

- Pilar Molina Gaudo, Chair of R8 GOLD Sub-Committee

- Rami Mushcab, Chair of R8 Industry Relations

- Ferhan Ozkan, Chair of ISBIR Implementation Taskforce

ISBIR Accomplishments will be presented by ISBIR Team

2007 Major Accomplishments (1)

2) Activities with Region 8 IROs & Section Chairs: a) Disseminated draft MoU with local industry b) Requested an implementation plan and status update

on the following actions:• MoU agreements with National and Sister Societies• MoU agreements with local large industry/companies• Industry Affinity Groups (IAG) within Sections• Industry Awards • Visits to Industry

Results: Only Turki Section provided an update on their activities, and 4 other sections (Oman, Germany, Croatia, Bosnia&Herc and Norway) provided an action plan to implement these activities.

2007 Major Accomplishments (2)

3) Developed a measurement tool for industry growth in R8

4) Report is posted on R8 Website.

Results:• A semi-balance exists between Industry

and Academic categories among regular IEEE members in R8.

• The percentage of students to total IEEE members is lower in Europe area when compared to other two areas (Middle East & Africa).

Actions• Focus should be in strengthening Industry-

Academic relationship to maintain this balance

• Action to attract more members in Africa & Middle East and forming new sections.

IEEE R8 Regular Members vs Students

72%

28%

Students

Regular Members

2007 Major Accomplishments (3)

IEEE R8 Regular Members Breakdown

3%2%3%

42%50%

IndustryAcademic

Government Retired Undefined

5) Developed a draft MoU agreement with Motorola and it is now being reviewed by Motorola management to

cover IEEE R8.

6) Collaboration with Industry Application Society IAS – Industry DLs Program – Industry Sessions/Tracks at R8 Conferences

2007 Major Accomplishments (4)

– EUROCON 2007

Industry Track @ 4th IEEE-GCC Conference, November 12-14, 2007

Panel DiscussionCoordinated by: Michael Elsayed. Saudi Aramco

Turhan Muluk, Intel, USA

Dr. Yervant Zorian, Virage Logic, USA

International Standards

Mr. Mervyn Kelly, Nortel Networks, Europe

Niren Choudhury, Alcatel-Lucent, Egypt

Frank Tuhus, Cisco Systems, Norway

NGN: Implementation Challenges

Mr. Issam Karkoutli, INOVx Solutions, USA

Jouni Olavi Paavonen, FF-Automation, Finland

Mohammed Al-Jaroudi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Applications Supporting Oil & Gas

Peter Magyar, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Germany.

Terence Hazel, Schneider Electric France

Marty Cole, Hubbell Canada LP, Canada

Power Electronics & Best Practices

7) Motion to develop a plan for establishing an energy group in R8 (Champion: Ghaleb Al-Dandan): Jointly with IAS Chapter of Saudi Section, completed a preliminary plan and identified team members:

Russia Dmitry VavilovNorway Inge Bent Kindem 

Jan Ove GjerdeNigeria Engr. Isaac AdekanyeKuwait Ahmad MershedSaudi Arabia Ghaleb AL-Dandan

Rami Mushcab

France Gerard-Andre CapolinoMarie-Pierre Bongrain

Qatar Tarek Masoud The final plan will be completed by December 2007 and presented in April 2008 R8 meeting.

2007 Major Accomplishments

1) Continue to coordinate IR activities with IROs in R8 and try to obtain related IEEE Section chairs direct support

2) Finalize MoU agreements with international Companies (Motorola, CISCO, ...)

3) Automate the measurement tool report for IR members growth in R8

4) Continue the new Energy group activities 5) Finalize the plan to establish IR DL and enrich

this program with qualified speakers from R8. 6) Establish a R8 IR advisory Sub-Committee.7) Establish IR track of multiple-technical

sessions at R8 Conferences

2007/2008 IR Activities

None of the IR mentioned activities

can happen without

R8 Section Chairs support.

Together, we can make a difference !

Conclusion

To be continued !

ISBIR ACTIVITIES

Coordinator: FERHAN OZKAN

To be continued !

IEEE-SA Standardscoordinator

David Law

David_Law@ieee.org

ITU-T / IEEE collaboration

• ITU-T/IEEE Workshop on Ethernet in Carrier class environment– May 31st and June 1st

– ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

• Preceded by ITU-T hosted interims– IEEE 802.1 Higher Layer LAN Protocols – IEEE 802.3 Ethernet– IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring

• Followed by ITU-T SG15 plenary

ITU-T/IEEE Joint Workshop Ethernet in Carrier class

environment• Organizers anticipated ~100 attendees• Final attendance was ~260 attendees

– Evenly split between ITU and IEEE attendees

• Areas of potential collaboration identified– Moderators encouraged

to develop action plans to address these opportunities

IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG)

• Seminar: Global Standards and Developing Economies: Broadband Access and Infrastructure– May 9th and 10th

– Tunis, Tunisia – Seminar under sponsorship of Tunisian Ministry of

Communication Technologies

• Outreach in Italy and Germany prior

IEEE-SA Standards Board GOLD Ad Hoc

• Expose GOLD members to what IEEE-SA does• Create interest in GOLD members in joining and

contributing to one of many SA committees• How can SA tap into the network of young

professionals?• Easy way to find Working Groups in your area• Provide SA with list of active GOLD groups and help to

connect with GOLD members• IEEE-SA Standards Board charter GOLD Ad Hoc at

June 2007 meeting to devolve ideas to further these ideas

IEEE-SA International Program• New web site established

– http://standards.ieee.org/intl/index.html

• Data about adoptions, liaisons policies, etc.– IEC/IEEE Dual Logo Agreement– Jointly developed

standards• ISO/IEC and IEEE

– Software & Systems Engineering

– ISO/IEEE Pilot Program• Medical Information Bus

– ISO/IEC JTC1 agreements

Year to date standards and new projects approvals

• Standards approved – 40 New standards approved– 22 Revisions of standards approved– 32 Reaffirmations of existing standards

• New standards projects approved– 54 new Projects approved– 29 revision Projects approved

• Voting on standards– IEEE-SA members

• Unlimited balloting on ‘individual based’ standards• Join ballot pools for standard(s) of interest

– Will receive invitation to ballot – Non IEEE-SA members

• One off balloting fee

Not to be continued !

The ENDThis concludes the Technical Activities Bucharest report !

Thank you !

Questions ?

R8 STANDARDS ACTIVITIES

Coordinator: DAVID LAW