PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEPRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Conferences,
Publications,
and Awards
Three of the most important functions provided to members of a Technical Society in the IEEE, such as the EMC Society, are Conferences, Publications, and Awards. These three areas of service are highly ranked in every survey done by the IEEE for any Society’s membership.
Our Society’s most important conference of the year is the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility that is scheduled to be held in Denver, Colorado from August 24-28. This conference brings together technical experts from all over the world for a series of technical presentations on the latest developments in the area of electromagnetic compatibility engineering. In addition, numerous engineering committee meetings will be held at the same time ranging in size from 50 people down to many informal one-on-one meetings.
In parallel to the technical sessions, there will be over 200 exhibitors showing their EMC goods and services. The exhibits will be located in the Colorado Convention Center to allow plenty of room for all exhibitors and, the CCC is located very close to the main Symposium Hotel, the Adam’s Mark Hotel.
This is the premier “networking” opportunity for EMC professionals for 1998. Make sure you take advantage of the opportunity!
The three primary publications of our Society are the Proceedings of the Annual Symposium, the Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, and this EMC Society Newsletter. The Proceedings of the Symposium are called the “Symposium Record” and it contains the technical papers presented at the annual show. The “Record” is sent to every member of the EMC Society whether they go to the Symposium or not. (As a member, don’t forget that you can get all the EMCS Symposia Records from 1955-1995 on four CDROMs for $40! - See the ad in this newsletter).
The second key publication is the “Transactions” which is the location of the archivable papers representing the latest research in the area of EMC. This publication is published quarterly by the IEEE with editiorial control by the EMC Society. Our editor for many years has been Motohisa Kanda and we are rightfully proud of the work he has done as editor and the technical papers that have been published in the “Transactions.” The EMC Society is discussing “going-electronic” with the Transactions and we hope to have news on our progress shortly.
The EMCS Newsletter is our quarterly publication that is intended to keep our members aware of late-breaking news while also publishing some timely technical articles which are largely practical in nature. It is also the primary means that the EMC Society’s Board of Directors uses to keep the 5000 EMCS members informed of what is going on in the Administrative Activities of the Society. The Newsletter is now available electronically from the Society’s web page (https://www.emclab.umr. edu/ieee_emc/).
Awards constitute a very visible sign of the “rewards” of participating in a volunteer organization such as the IEEE, and, more specifically, the EMC Society. The EMC Society has a major program of awards which includes special recognition for both technical and administrative achievements. It includes recognizing one-time events and life-long support of the Society and the IEEE.
We will be distributing the Awards for this year at the Awards Luncheon on Thursday, August 27 at noon during the Annual Symposium. Come and bask in the fame and glory of the award recipients.
I hope to see many of you at the Symposium in Denver. Please, stop and say “hi” to me when you are there.
Dan Hoolihan
President, EMCS 98-99