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| The 2011 Asia-Pacific EMC Symposium was located at the Ramada Hotel on picturesque Jeju Island in Korea. This charming image could be seen from the windows of the hotel. |
The 2011 Asia–Pacific EMC Symposium (2011 APEMC) was held at the Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel of Jeju Island, Korea from May 16–19, 2011. APEMC was started in Singapore in 2006 named as the 2006 EMC Week jointly organized with the 17th EMC Zurich Symposium and followed again in Singapore in 2008. The 2010 Asia Pacific EMC Symposium was held in Beijing, China. The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES) organized the 2011 APEMC to provide an excellent opportunity to exchange their expertise and to renew friendships with the members of the EMC community of the Region 10 and other regions of the world. The interval of this conference has been changed to be held every year after 2011 APEMC and will be held in Singapore, then Australia, with the exception of the year the Japanese International EMC Symposium will be held. This symposium is held every five years in Japan.
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| Takeo Yoshino is shown seated at the IEEE EMC Society membership table during 2011 APEMC. Stopping by for a visit are (from left to right) Sungtek Kahng of the University of Incheon, Zhong Chen of ETS-Lindgren and John Norgard of NASA. |
The Organizing Committee consisted of Jeong-Ki Pack, Symposium Chair, of the Chungnam National University, Korea and Co-organizer Leem, Cha Sik, of the Radio Research Agency of Korea Communications Commission. The Technical Program Committee Chair was Prof. Joungho Kim, of the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea and Chair of IEEE EMC Society Seoul Chapter. Several IEEE EMC Society members were represented on the International Symposium Committee, such as Todd Hubing, Mark Montrose, John Norgard, Bruce Archambeault, William Radasky, Perry Wilson, Janet O’Neil, Ryuji Koga and Takeo Yoshino.
As the IEEE EMC Society Region 10 Membership Representative, I attended the Symposium and staffed a membership desk from May 16–18. This included IEEE membership brochures and 50 membership application forms for the EMC Society. During the Symposium, the majority of IEEE membership brochures and 12 EMC Society application forms were picked up by attendees from Korea and other countries.
Regarding the information in our pamphlet about IEEE e-membership, many Symposium attendees were interested in the lower price of the annual membership fee. The e-membership offering is for electronic communication only and does not include printed, hard copy mailings from the IEEE. However, all publications are available on line as part of the e-membership. Without the print and mailing costs, the e-membership fee is lower accordingly. We hope more engineers will be attracted to joining as e-members to become part of the IEEE community and take advantage of the wealth of technical material and news available on line.
Several application forms and other materials have been transferred to Prof. Joungho Kim, the new chairman of the Seoul EMC Chapter, for increasing new EMC membership in Korea. |
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Report on IEEE Membership Activity 