1. Report of Industry Liaison Committee Feb. 2, 2008 1/6 (1) Initiation of committee activities: Since the establishment in 2007, this committee has carried out activities with strong supports of these committee members. DelegationNameE-mailAffiliation (Chair)Isao Shirakawasirakawa@ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp Professor, University of Hyogo AustraliaDavid Skellerndavid.skellern@nicta.com.au CEO, National ICT Australia ChinaJiunn Carl Hsujcarlhsu@yahoo.com Professor, Peking University Hong KongS W Chengsw.cheung@hkstp.org Vice President, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park IndiaS. Sasi Kumarsasi.kumar@nestgroup.net President, NeST Group Company JapanIkuo Nishiokanishioka@mickk.com President & CEO, Mobile Internet Capital, Inc. KoreaByung-Chang Kangbckang@samsung.com Lab Director, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology SingaporeFan MaFanYung.Ma@infineon.com Principal, Infineon Technologies TaiwanBao-Shuh Paul Linbplin@itri.org.tw Vice President, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan

2. Report of Industry Liaison Committee 2/6 (2) Visions: l Promote IEEE activities of the industry. l Enhance academia-industry collaboration to perform real- time knowledge-sharing dedicatedly for R & D. l Create benefits for academia-industry partnership to achieve innovations. (3) Activities: l We have established two awards - IEEE Region 10 Milestone Award - IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award

3. Report of Industry Liaison Committee 3/6 (3.1) IEEE Region 10 Milestone Award We just received a nomination for this Award, for which the evaluation has started. ********** [Comments] As for the IEEE Milestones, currently there are almost 80 Milestones around the World. The number of Milestones in Region 10 has increased to seven, as follows. Sendai SectionDirective Short Wave Antenna, 1924 (awarded in 1995) Tokyo SectionMount Fuji Radar System, 1964 (2000) Nagoya SectionTokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train) 1964 (2000) Tokyo SectionElectronic Quartz Wristwatch, 1969 (2004) Kansai SectionPioneering Work on Electronic Calculators, 1964-1973 (2005) Tokyo SectionDevelopment of VHS, World Standard of Home VTR, 1976 (2006) Kansai SectionRailroad Ticket Examining System, 1965-1971 (2007)

4. Report of Industry Liaison Committee 4/6 IEEE Milestone Dedication Ceremony for Railroad Ticket Examining System, at Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka on December 27, 2007

5. Report of Industry Liaison Committee 5/6 The requirements for an achievement to be an IEEE Region 10 Milestone Award are - it must be at least 20 years old, - it must have involved a unique solution to an engineering problem, and - it must have had at least regional impact. Budget; 1,500 US$ (2008)

6. Report of Industry Liaison Committee 6/6 (3.2) IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award - Our Committee voted to recommend to the IEEE R10 ExCom approval of the Nomination from IEEE Kharagpur Section, and the ExCom approved it at the last meeting on Jan. 13, 2008. - Name of Project: “Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanoscale CMOS Devices and RF Modeling of CMOS and Passive Devices for SOC Solution” - Academia-Industry Partners: Academia: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Industry: Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, and IHP GmbH, Franfurt, Germany Budget; 1,500 US$ (2008)