IEEE POCO Meeting 16-18 July 2009, Prague Prof. Jozef Modelski

Panel of Conference OrganizersPanel of Conference Organizers

16-18 July 2009, Prague 16-18 July 2009, Prague

Region 8 Director Jozef Modelski, IEEE Fellow

IEEE POCO Meeting 16-18 July 2009, Prague Prof. Jozef Modelski

Region 8Region 8 Members 69.04969.049

(Jan 2009)

Sections 5656 basically compatible with countries, exceptions: Russia

and Saudi Arabia different history, traditions, size big mosaic of cultures and technical backgrounds

Chapters 457457(June 2009)

Student Branches 308308(June 2009)

www.ieee.org/r8www.ieee.org/r8//

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Region 8 Committee Meeting, Venice, April 2009

Region 8 Committee at Sections Congress, Quebec, September 2008

IEEE POCO Meeting 16-18 July 2009, Prague Prof. Jozef Modelski

Conferences in Region 8Conferences in Region 8

Over 300 conferences are held annually, sponsored by the IEEE (Most of these events are under the technical co-sponsorship,

without financial contribution of the IEEE)

All events play the meritorical and essential role in the building of our global organization: - networking in new or less powerful countries/Sections, - showing the specificity of the organization structure and operation - creating the IEEE good image worldwide

In most low-income countries (LIC) the conference fee is kept at the reasonable level

Voluntary Contribution Fund (VCF) program to help members from the LIC's to attend IEEE conferences in R8

IEEE POCO Meeting 16-18 July 2009, Prague Prof. Jozef Modelski

Main ConferencesMain Conferences(organized biannually by Region 8)(organized biannually by Region 8)

EuroCon AfriCon MeleCon

SibirCon EnergyCon

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Main R8 ConferencesMain R8 Conferences

EuroCon 2009 Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 18-23 May 2009

AfriCon 2009 Nairobi, Kenya, 23-25 September 2009

MeleCon 2010 Valletta, Malta, 26-28 April 2010

SibirCon 2010 Irkutsk, Russia (Siberia), 11-15 July 2010

EnergyCon 2010 Manama, Bahrain,18-20 December 2010

EuroCon 2011 Lisbon, Portugal, April 2011

AfriCon 2011 Zambia, August 2011

MeleCon 2012 Tunisia

EnergyCon 2012 Italy

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Examples of 2009 local Conferences Examples of 2009 local Conferences organized by R8 Sectionsorganized by R8 Sections

5th GCC IEEE Conference17-19 March 2009, Kuwait

IEEE 8th Egyptian Engineering Day

1-3 August 2009, Cairo, Egypt

4-6 June 2009, Budapest, Hungary

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Examples of 2009 flagship Societies Examples of 2009 flagship Societies Conferences held in Region 8Conferences held in Region 8

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First Panel of Conference Organizers First Panel of Conference Organizers held in Region 8held in Region 8

• Czechoslovakia Section - helpful and supportive co-organiser. Many thanks to Jan Sistek

• many new countries (especially from R8) represented: Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey, among others

• Panel Discussion: Planning Conferences in R8 – organised by Tariq Durrani (R8 Past VC/TA)

• it would be very good if more such meetings were held in Region 8

IEEE POCO Meeting 16-18 July 2009, Prague Prof. Jozef Modelski

THANK YOU !THANK YOU !KEEP UP THE GOOD KEEP UP THE GOOD

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