EMC Chapter Chair Retreat
The IEEE Region 10 EMC Chapter Chairs Retreat was held on February
28, 2006 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition
Center during the 17th International Zurich Symposium on EMC.
The meeting was supported and hosted by the Singapore IEEE EMC
Chapter. The meeting was attended by the Chapter chair or its
representative including Elya Joffe, IEEE EMC Society Vice-President
for Member Services, Andrew Drozd, President of IEEE EMC Society,
Francesca Maradei, EMC Society Chapter Coordinator, Barry Wallen,
IEEE EMC Society Vice-President for Conference Services, IEEE
EMC Society Board members Mark Montrose and John Norgard, Dr.
Li Erping, Singapore EMC Chapter, Professor Gao You Gang, China
Beijing EMC Chapter, Professor Cui Xiang, China EMC, Professor
Koga Ryuji, Japan EMC Chapter, Professor Takeo Yoshino, Japan
EMC Chapter, Professor Peter Leung, Hong Kong, Professor Pack
Jeong-Ki, Korea, Malcolm Mulcare, Australia Victoria EMC Chapter,
Dr. Franz Schlagenhaufer, West Australia EMC, Professor Werachet
Khan-ngern, Thailand, Professor Mohd Zarar Mohd Jenu, Malaysia
EMC Chapter, Moshe Netzer, Israel Chapter, Dr. Frank Leferink,
Benelux Chapter, Dr. Vesna Roje, Croatia Chapter, Professor Andrei
Marinescu, Romania Chapter, and Professor R. Vahldieck, Swiss
IEEE Chapter on EMC/MTT/AP.
The EMC Society Chapter Coordinator, Francesca Maradei, chaired
the meeting. The EMC Society President, Andy Drozd and the EMC
Society Vice-President for Member Services, Elya Joffe, welcomed
all participants on behalf of the IEEE EMC Society. The host of
this meeting, Dr. Li Erping, welcomed all participants on behalf
of the local organizing committee for the EMC Zurich in Singapore
Symposium.
Elya Joffe gave a presentation on the structure of IEEE, membership
development at the Chapter level, Senior Member program, and global
development of the EMC Society, particularly in Region 10. Francesca
Maradei presented administrative information for Chapter Chairs.
During the retreat, attendees discussed the organizing of regional
workshops and conferences on EMC and greater cooperation between
the chapters. Finally, the chapter representatives reported about
recent activities of their respective EMC chapters.
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| Intense discussion of plans for future
collaborative EMC symposiums in the Asia-Pacific took place
during the meeting. |
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| Attendees at the meeting represented
many key areas of EMC activity in the Asia-Pacific region. |
Asia Pacific EMC Chairpersons Meeting in
Singapore
The first Asia-Pacific EMC chairperson meeting was held in conjunction
with the 17th International Zurich Symposium on EMC. The aim was
to address EMC collaboration, EMC enhancement, and unification
of EMC symposia in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting was well
attended with representatives from every major Asia-Pacific region
including Professor Gao You Gang, Professor Cui Xiang, and Professor
He Jinliang, all from China, Professor Pack Jeong-Ki from Korea,
Professor Mohd Zarar Mohd Jenu from Malaysia, Professor Peter
Leung from Hong Kong, Dr. Franz Schlagenhaufer and Malcolm Mulcare
from Australia, Dr. Li Erping from Singapore, Professor Ryuji
Koga, Professor Takeo Yoshino from Japan and Professor Werachet
Khan-ngern from Thailand. Dr. Andrew Drozd, the President of the
IEEE EMC Society, and Elya Joffe, the Vice-President for Member
Services of the IEEE EMC Society, as well as Professor Ruediger
Vahldieck, General Chair of EMC Zurich from ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
also attended the meeting.
It is general consensus that EMC activities across the whole Asia-Pacific
region are growing rapidly. However, so far there is no major
EMC event representing the entire Asia-Pacific region. There are
a number of local EMC events organized by individual EMC organizations.
For example, Professor Gao reported that the International Symposium
on EMC organized by the Chinese Institute of Electronics every
five years, would be held again in 2007. Professor Koga reported
that the International Symposium on EMC in Japan is also held
every five years, and the next symposium will be held in 2009.
Professor Werachet reported that the recent EMC in Thailand conference
was held in July 2005 with attendance of about 100 people. Elya
Joffe reported on the Taipei EMC event organized by the Asia-Pacific
EMC conference in December 2005. Dr. Li pointed out that the current
17th International Zurich Symposium on EMC in Singapore 2006 was
so far the largest event with about 450 delegates and a sizable
exhibition of 35 companies. Mr. Mulcare reported that the Australia
EMC Society organizes a national EMC symposium every year with
attendance of approximately 50 delegates. It was also reported
that there is one international EMC symposium organized in India
but the attendance rate was not known. The meeting concluded that
there is a need for a major EMC event that could be held every
one or two years moving from one Asian country to the next. A
Steering Committee was formed consisting of one representative
from each country or region. It was decided to start planning
for such an event with the goal to establish one united Asia-Pacific
Symposium on EMC. The first such Asia-Pacific Symposium on EMC
will be tentatively held in Singapore in 2008 and the second Asia-Pacific
Symposium will be tentatively held in Japan. Thailand, Korea,
and China have expressed their interest to organize the third
one. The Asia-Pacific EMC Chairpersons expressed great interest
in collaborating with the IEEE EMC Society on these symposiums.
For more information, the authors may be contacted as follows:
Dr. Li Erping, erpingli@ieee.org
Elya Joffe, eb.joffe@ieee.org
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