Dan Hoolihan
President, EMC Society
In the first issue of the EMC Society’s Newsletter, I would like to wish all of you readers and members of the EMC Society a healthy and active 1999!
From our Society’s perspective, the year is shaping-up to be a very busy and productive year in expanding our technical society’s expertise and knowledge in the area of EMC Engineering. A number of major symposiums and expositions in EMC are planned around the world this year and I hope all our members can find one that is suitable for their attendance in terms of timing, financial considerations and geographical location.
Our EMC Society will be participating as a Technical Co-Sponsor in the 13th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on EMC to be held in Zurich, Switzerland from February 16-18. (Technical Co-Sponsorship indicates direct and substantial involvement in the organization of the technical program but NO financial involvement.)
IEEE - Networking the World! EMC Society President Dan Hoolihan (L)
is welcomed to EMC '98 Roma by Conference Chairman Professor D'Amore (R).
This year, President Hoolihan will conduct similar trips to various
EMC conferences worldwide to promote the IEEE and the EMC Society.
The EMC Society will have a membership booth there plus several board members will be in attendance; please stop by the booth and say hi to the Board members and other Society members that will be staffing the booth.
The next major symposium in which the EMC Society will be participating is EMC’99/Tokyo (May 17-21), the 4th International Symposium on EMC to be held in Japan (the previous symposiums were held in 1984, 1989, and 1994). The EMC Society will also be a Technical Co-Sponsor of this symposium. In addition, the Board of Directors of the EMC Society will be holding a regular meeting at this symposium on Friday, May 21. The purpose of this meeting is to make the BoD meetings more accessible to the members of our Society in Regions 7 through 10 where over 40% of our membership now resides. Japan is a key country in the IEEE Region 10 area which also includes China, India, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. As President of the EMC Society, I have been invited to give the keynote speech at EMC’99/Tokyo at the opening session on Tuesday morning.
And, of course, the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on EMC, sponsored by the EMC Society of the IEEE, is scheduled for beautiful, downtown Seattle (Washington) from August 2-6. Put that on your travel and education schedule because it will be a top-notch event for professional, educational and cultural reasons.
I hope to see you at the symposiums mentioned or at a local chapter meeting. (I am trying to attend as many local meetings as I can consistent with my personal and business travel schedules.)
As always, I am available for comments, queries and puzzled looks at Phone 651-638-0250, FAX-651-638-0285 or e-mail at d.hoolihan@ieee.org.