R10 Conference and Technical Seminar Zhisheng Niu Conference & Technical Seminar Coordinator 5 March, 2011

About the Committee o Newly established committee o Merged from Conference Committee and a part of Technical Activity Committee o Mission o Maintain close communication with Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB) and Technical Activities Board (TAB), for issues related to Conferences o Oversee the organization of the Region 10 Annual Conference series, TENCON o Review the requests for technically supporting a conference organized by OUs or any other organization requesting for technical co-sponsorship within the Asia-Pacific region upon which an MOU would be required o Support technical seminars and/or Distinguished Lecture Programs (DLP) to expand the reach of IEEE in the region

Objectives of TENCON o To provide a prestigious international forum for specialist presentations and interactions in one or more areas of electro and information technology; o To contribute to the development, progress and welfare of countries in the Asia-Pacific region by disseminating technological knowledge and experience; o To encourage the study and discussion of technology and technological applications in a broad social, political and human context; o To enable Sections within Region 10 to develop as mature IEEE entities by accepting the responsibilities of major conference organization.

Past Activities –2009/10 Highlights o TENCON’09 – Singapore Section (Singapore, Nov., 2009) o Total 950 papers received and 585 papers selected (acceptance ratio=62%) and finally 473 papers presented (no shows=19%) o TENCON’10 – Fukuoka Section (Fukuoka, Nov., 2010) o Total 707 papers were submitted and 302 papers were selected for oral presentations and 187 for poster presentations (acceptance ratio 69%!) o 10 Tracks: (1) Power and Energy, (2) Devices, Materials and Processing, (3) Signal Processing and Applications, (4) Networks and Communications, (5) Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Computer System Applications, (6) Computing Architectures and Systems, (7) Algorithm, Software and Database Systems, (8) Circuits and Systems, (9) Biomedical Engineering and Others, and (10) Antennas and Propagation. o TENCON’11 – Indonesia Section (Bali, Nov., 2011) o TENCON’12 – Philippines Section (Manila, Nov., 2012) o TENCON’13 – Xian Section (time to be determined)

Past Activities – 2009 Highlights o more than 20 R10 conferences in R10 has technically co-sponsored 4 conferences and supports 2 other conferences. o 7 technical activities seminars increase including DLP (Distinguished Lecturer Program) in 2009 o Hanoi University of Technology arranged the Colloquium on 27th Feb 2009 o National University of Singapore arranged the Colloquium on 18th July 2009 o Beijing Section arranged the DLP on 21th Sep 2009 o Shandong Subsection arranged DLP on 14th Nov 2009

Past Activities – 2010 Highlights o R10 Technical Co-Sponsored Conferences o The 7 th International Conference & Expo (CEWIT 2010) o Sep.27-29, 2010 in Incheon, Korea o International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology 2011, (ICACT2011) o Feb.7-10, 2010 in Phoenix Park, Korea o The 9 th International Conference on Optical Internet (COIN2010) o July 11 – 14, 2010, at the Shilla Jeju hotel, Korea o The 2 nd World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC2010) o Dec.15-17, 2010 in Kitakyushu, Japan o International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology 2011, (ICACT2011) o Feb.13-16, 2011 in Phoenix Park, Korea o International Conference on Communications and Signal Processing (ICCSP 2011) o Feb.10-12, 2011 in National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

Proposed Activities and Goals o Establishment of clear guidelines for organizing conferences in R10 o Acceptance ratio, review process/criteria, sessions/tracts, …… o Establishment of clear guidelines of co-sponsorship criteria o Joint co-sponsorship with technical societies, TPC membership, …… o Finding methods to overcome conference delegate presenter absenteeism and any other plagiarism cases o Publishing no-show list, plagiarism check, punishment, …… o Finding methods to improve R10 conference paper quality o Interdisciplinary topics, region-oriented topics, industry forums, ……

Proposed Budget – 2011 o Conference: total USD14,000 o USD5,000 for TENCON conference seed money (expect 30% surplus share) o USD5,000 for seed monies for other R10 sponsored conferences o USD4,000 for travel o Technical Seminar: total USD10,000 o USD7,500 for technical seminars o USD2,500 for distinguished lecture programs

Appendix: POCO2011 o POCO: Panel of Conference Organizers o to foster a sense of community among IEEE conference volunteers, offer seminars and sessions to advance skill in coordinating an IEEE Conference, and promote IEEE conferences and the fields of science and technology among conference attendees. o poco/index.html o POCO2011 will be in Beijing, July 21-23, 2011 o To become a speaker or to submit your ideas for the 2011 POCO program, contact Susan Rootcontact Susan Root