IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Final Report
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IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Final Report Stefan Mozar General Chair IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring
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IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Final Report. Stefan Mozar General Chair IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring. Conference Date and Venue. Date:17 to 19 April 2013 Venue:Radisson Blu , Sydney. Conference Committee. Stefan Mozar - General Chair Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair Mark O'Mally – Treasurer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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IEEE TENCON-SPRING2013
Final Report
Stefan MozarGeneral ChairIEEE 2013 Tencon Spring
Conference Date and Venue
Date: 17 to 19 April 2013Venue: Radisson Blu, Sydney
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Conference Committee
• Stefan Mozar - General Chair• Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair• Mark O'Mally – Treasurer• Jinhong Yuan - Technical Chair Communications• Vassilios Agelidis - Technical Chair Power• Karu Esselle & Trevor Blackburn - Technical Co-Chairs• Ollencio D'Souza & Bruce Poon – Webmasters• Antony Zaglas - Sponsorship Chair• Bruce Poon - Membership Chair• Eddie Fong - Social Events Chair• Ali Hellany - Doctoral Workshop Chair• John Robinson - Tutorial Chair• Ollencio D'Souza – Publicity• Yogeshwar Ranga - Gold Chair• John Robinson & Ian Boyd - Committee Members• Charlotte Kobert - Conference Support
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Technical Program
2 Technical strands:– Power
Technical Chair: Prof Vassilios Agelidis
– Communication Technical Chair: Prof Jinhong Yuan
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Technical Program
Theme 1 - Advanced Technologies & Economics of Energy Systems– Power Electronics & Energy Conversion– Renewable Energy & Sustainable
Development– Power Systems Electric and plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles– Electrical Machines & Drives– Electricity Markets and Electrical Power
Economics– Emerging Applications & others
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Technical Program Cont.
Theme 2 - Personal Communication in a mobile world– Signal Processing and Applications– Communications and Networks– Circuits and Systems– Antennae and Propagation– Biomedical Engineering and Others
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Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mary O’Kane - NSW Chief EngineerBob Franston - Co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet [VisiCalc] and Home Automation Pioneer
Prof. Toshio Fukuda – R10 Director, Director of Centre for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University
Prof. Gerald B. Sheblé - Professor & Ausgrid Chair in Power Economics, UNSW
Mathew Wilson – Artist & Musician
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Other Activities
Doctoral WorkshopGOLD (Young Professionals) WIE Event Partner Programs
Formal Functions
Gala Diner Event– 17 April 2013
Sydney Harbour Diner Cruise– 18 April 2013
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Country Statistics
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India 66
Australia 44
Malaysia 21
P.R. China 16
Korea 11
Taiwan 10
Thailand 16
Bangladesh 5
Philippines 6
Iran 4
Japan 6
Pakistan 4
New Zealand 4
Saudi Arabia 3
Singapore 3
Paper Submission Statistics
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Total valid 332
Presented 111
No show 14
Rejected 67
Withdrawn 140
Quality Issues
Three blind reviews per paper
No students as reviewers
Review guidelines
Proceedings compliant for indexing and IEEE Explore
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Financials
Exclud, GST GST Total
Income $ 53,296.96 $5 ,353.19 $5 8,650.15
Expense $ (51,031.99) $(3 ,016.42) $(5 4,048.41)
Totals $ 2,264.97 $ 2,336.77 $ 4,601.74
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Lessons LearnedLimit number of papers per registration– One registration for each paper
Ensure a quality paper review process– Min 2 reviews, preferably 3 reviews– No student reviewers– Limit the number of papers for reviewer
Plagiarism checksAdvertise for conference attendees (i.e. non paper presenters)
Recommendations
Make quality IEEE conferences available regionally– Makes conferences affordable– Helps grow local activities
Work with CEM to train conference organizers
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Questions?
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Thank Youfor Your Attention!
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