Presented by A Alphones, NTU, Singapore TENCON 2016 Singapore The conference for IEEE Region 10 members By region 10, for Region 10 15-18, November 2016 Organized by TENCON 2016Plans Presented by A Alphones, NTU, Singapore

Technologies for Better Conference Theme Technologies for Better Human care

Presented by A Alphones, NTU, Singapore Objective of TENCON 2016 to provide a forum for the presentation of new advances in the areas of - Power and Energy Signal Processing Networks and Communications Circuits and Systems Computing Architectures and Systems ranging from novel devices to systems and broadband field trials in the Asia Pacific region. TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones, NTU, Singapore

TENCON 2016 Singapore Past TENCON events in Asia Pacific Region TENCON 2011 Bali, Indonesia TENCON 2012 Cebu, Phillipines TENCON 2013 Xian, China TENCON 2014 Bangkok, Thailand TENCON 2015 Macao TENCON 2016 Singapore

Singapore Fact Sheet…

Strategic Location of Singapore Gateway to Asia Bridge between East & West Easy & convenient to reach Excellent Service Support Safety Haven

A dynamic country & a garden city TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones, NTU, Singapore

Superbly Delicious… Singapore is the Food Capital of Asia. Embark on a gastronomic journey of local fare that uniquely distinguishes Singapore as a Food Lover’s Paradise!

Images Courtesy of STB (Singapore Tourism Board) Social Activities… Great shopping paradise November is a season with decorated Light-up festival Images Courtesy of STB (Singapore Tourism Board)

Singapore Bay View

Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore Location Very compact town – all hotels and restaurants and meeting venues are within easy accessible distance of one another Good public transport links between the hotels (even to the airport, just S$2) Wide range of hotel accommodation is available to suit all budgets (see the later slide) Good availability of meeting rooms for a meeting ranging from 200 up to 1000 people or even more With many attractions available to host welcome reception/banquet and to support accompanying persons’ program TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore

Presented by A Alphones ,NTU, Singapore Hotel & Host Hotel The hotels have conference Ball rooms to hold grand events like keynote Address, plenary sessions and for technical sessions, besides poster session halls. These hotels also have excellent accommodation facilities. Host The conference will be hosted by IEEE Singapore Section We have demonstrated running conferences like IEEE Photonics Global, TENCON 2009 and ICOCN in the last few years with attendance of more than 200 and APMC 2009, IEEE SSCI 2013 with more than 900 attendees. Every year our local chapters organize many IEEE conferences including flagship conferences from the societies. TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones ,NTU, Singapore

Potential Venues Marina Bay Sands, Singapore (under negotiation, 5*) SunTec Convention Centre (under negotiation, 5*) Resort World Sentosa, Singapore (5*) Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore (4*) Furama Hotel, Singapore (4*)

Hotel Rates (tentative 2016 rates) Single Twin Marina Bay Sands (IEEE member rate) $250 $300 Bay View Hotel $140nett $160 nett Allson Hotel $130 nett $150nett Summer view Hotel $140 nett $160nett YMCA Fort Canning Lodge $120 nett Nanyang Execucetive Centre $120nett [Rates quoted are in US Dolars] All the hotels are accessible by MRT and are very close, more will be listed in the conference website TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore

Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore Technical Plans All papers will be published in electronic format proceedings and CD-ROM/thumb drive comply with IEEExplore. Working language in conference and publications will be in English. The technical areas or topics of the conference have wide scope of electrical, electronics and information domain leading to human care. Also, Welcome reception, banquet, and social tours will be planned during the conference period. Technical tours also planned on last day evening. TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore

Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore What time lines? Feb 2015: Confirmation of committee membership with kickoff meeting : Mar 2015 Confirmation of venue with contract finalization Selection of Professional Conference Organiser April 2015: IEEE Region 10 MoU Confirmation Opening of conference account procedures Oct 2015: Preparation of first call for papers to be available at TENCON 2015 Detailed Plan will be presented to Steering Committees at TENCON 2015 TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore

Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore Arrangements First Call- for Papers: Nov 2015 (Macao) Final Call-for-Papers: March 2016 Email reminders: April 2016 Dates Tentative Schedule 10 May 2016 Proposals for special sessions & Proposals for workshops and tutorials 30 May 2016 Preliminary paper submissions (4 pages in PDF format comply with IEEExplore) 1 August 2016 Notification of acceptance 10 Sept 2016 Final paper submissions 15-18 Nov 2016 TENCON 2016 Conference events TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore

Preliminary Schedule/program Sept 15 2016 – Tutorial I (morning) and Tutorial II (afternoon) - Welcome reception Sept 16, 2016 morning– Opening ceremony followed by Keynote talks (2) afternoon – Oral sessions of 6 parallel tracks after the tea break – poster session I Sept 17, 2016 morning – oral sessions of 6 parallel tracks Afternoon – Oral sessions of 6 parallel tracks After the tea break – poster session II Evening – Banquet dinner Sept 18, 2016 morning and afternoon – Oral sessions of 6 parallel tracks

Local Organising Committee Members Prof. A. Alphones, Nanyang Technological University Prof. So Ping Lam, Nanyang Technological University Dr.Michael Ong, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Dr Rajnish Gupta, Singapore Polytechnic Dr SK Sahoo, National University of Singapore Prof P N Suganthan, Nanyang Technological University Prof Shum Ping, Nanyang Technological University Dr Li Wei – A*STAR Singapore All the above members have experience as General chairs/ committee members of IEEE conferences organized in Singapore by various societies in recent years, and successfully organized all events and active in IEEE.

General Chair  - A. Alphones, IEEE Singapore section chair 2015 General Co-Chair – R. Gupta, past Singapore section chair Technical Program Chairs – Michael Ong and PN Suganthan, section executive committee members Finance Chair – So Ping Lam, past chair and TENCON 2009 committee Secretary – SK Sahoo, vice chair of Singapore section 2015 Publicity & Sponsorship Chair - Shum Ping, TENCON 2015 TPC chair Local Arrangement Chair – Li Wei, section committee member International Steering Committee – All region 10 section chairs of 2015/2016 headed by R10 Director

Tentative Budget (Based on 200 delegates, all in US$) Worst case Income Type Delegates Unit Price Total (US$) Early Bird (Members) 150 $550 $82,500 Early Bird (Non-members) 30 $700 $21,000 Student 20 $350 $ 7,000 Onsite reg 10 $750 $ 7,500 Seed money (IEEE Singapore Section) $15,000 Seed money (R10) $ 5,000 Sponsorships $10,000 Sale of additional banquets $100 $ 2,000 Total income $150,000 Registration fee includes welcome reception, lunches and Banquet dinner

Expense Type Delegates Unit Price Total cost (US$) Venue (includes lunches) $60,000 Reception gathering $ 5,000 Banquet Dinner 220 $100 $ 22,000 Proceedings(Burning) 250 $8 $ 2,000 PCO charges $ 10,000 Stationery, Printing Charges $ 2,000 Marketing and Promotion $ 1,000 Entertainment Meeting Charges Conference banners Miscellaneous Charges $ 5,000 Total Expenses $111,000 Seed Money return $20,000 Net Surplus (30% R10 and 70% Singapore section) $ 19,000

Tentative Budget (Based on 400 delegates, all in US$) Best case Income Type Delegates Unit Price Total (US$) Early Bird (Members) 350 $550 $192,500 Early Bird (Non-members) 30 $700 $21,000 Student 20 $350 $ 7,000 Onsite reg 10 $750 $ 7,500 Seed money (IEEE Singapore Section) $15,000 Seed money (R10) $ 5,000 Sponsorships $10,000 Sale of additional banquets $100 $ 2,000 Total income $260,000 Registration fee includes welcome reception, lunches and Banquet dinner

Expense Type Delegates Unit Price Total cost (US$) Venue (includes lunches) $100,000 Reception gathering $ 10,000 Banquet Dinner 420 $100 $ 42,000 Proceedings(Burning) 450 $8 $ 3,600 PCO charges $ 12,000 Stationery, Printing Charges $ 2,000 Marketing and Promotion $ 1,000 Entertainment Meeting Charges Conference banners Miscellaneous Charges $ 5,000 Total Expenses $179,600 Seed Money return $20,000 Net Surplus (30% R10 and 70% Singapore section) $ 60,400

Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will support the conference based on number of overseas delegates’ nights at Singapore. Also it would commit the travel support for one keynote speaker (under discussion). Chapters under Singapore section would give support as track chairs and volunteer for review process in various topics. We have 29 active chapters. Singapore has been an excellent conference hub with high quality not only of IEEE events, but also from various other technical societies.

See you at TENCON 2016 in Singapore Organization committee welcomes everyone for stronger participation and continued support TENCON 2016 Plans Presented by A Alphones , NTU, Singapore