The IEEE EMC 2001 Symposium
from a Child’s Perspective

By Tami-Lee Joffe (aged 13), Daughter of Elya B. Joffe


When we got home to Israel, my Dad asked me if I liked the Symposium in Montréal. I liked the Symposium because there were activities for kids that were a lot of fun. There were three days of science. We built cool stuff of slime, electricity and magnetism, and I finally understood a little of my Dad’s work. The sessions lasted for an hour each day.

I liked it very much because finally somebody did something for children at the Symposium. I have been with my Dad at several IEEE EMC symposia; he tells me that I went even as a baby, and this was the first time that someone thought of the kids.

I saw things that I never saw before and although at first I though that it was stuff for little children, it WAS for all ages. This activity kept me busy while my Dad was attending the EMC Society Board (bored?) of Directors meetings and activities. I think that symposia organizers should stick to this idea of a children's program and plan activities for kids at every symposium!

I also liked to walk around the exhibition area, receiving great stuff (and winning a big Teddy Bear) and especially helping in our booth for the Symposium that will be in Tel-Aviv, Israel, in 2003 at the David Intercontinental. Be there (with your children) - I will help my Dad to have activities for children there, too. EMC

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