1. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 1 Mourad Loulou Tunisia Section Chair IEEE Tunisia Section

2. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 2 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation ~ 10 years ago. 99

3. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 3 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis

4. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 4 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 Feb. 2008 08 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis : Project launched and membership enhanced

5. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 5 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 Feb. 2008 08 Mar. 2008 08 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis : Project launched and membership enhanced : Petition (90 Signatories) and a rational has been set

6. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 6 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 Feb. 2008 08 Mar. 2008 08 May 2008 08 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis : Project launched and membership enhanced : Petition (90 Signatories) and a rational has been set : 1st Tunisia section meeting chaired by R8 Director

7. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 7 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation Jun. 2008 08 ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 Feb. 2008 08 Mar. 2008 08 May 2008 08 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis : Project launched and membership enhanced : Petition (90 Signatories) and a rational has been set : 1st Tunisia section meeting chaired by R8 Director : The MGA board approved the formation of IEEE Tunisia section

8. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 8 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Formation Jun. 2008 08 ~ 10 years ago. 99 May 2007 07 Feb. 2008 08 Mar. 2008 08 May 2008 08 Dec. 2008 08 : IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) met in Tunis : Project launched and membership enhanced : Petition (90 Signatories) and a rational has been set : 1st Tunisia section meeting chaired by R8 Director : The MGA board approved the formation of IEEE Tunisia section : IEEE Tunisia section Officer Election 2009-2010

9. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 9 IEEE Tunisia Section Section Main objectives Maintain and grow IEEE membership year over year in Tunisia Formation of chapters Formation of IEEE Student Branches Network involving all the engineering and science schools an Faculties in all the universities in Tunisia Host events and ensure the good quality of conferences organized in Tunisia Collaborate with IEEE neighboring sections in order to exchange information and co-organizing scientific events

10. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 10 IEEE Tunisia Section Membership Development Up to date 09 Dec. 2008 08 : IEEE Tunisia section Officer Election 2009-2010 262 Sep. 2008 328 328 members April 2009 500 December 2010 102 Aug. 2007 226 Apr. 2008

11. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 11 IEEE Tunisia Section Chapters and Student Branches National Engineering school of SFAX Student branch National Engineering school of Tunis Student branch Since 2005 135 59 42 39 19 33 21 14 05 55 32

12. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 12 IEEE Tunisia Section Update of our website www.ieee-tunisia.org

13. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 13 IEEE Tunisia Section Our presence in Conferences 2008 Second International Conference E-Medical Systems (E-MEDISYS 2008) 29 Oct- 31 Oct 2008 2008 Second International Conference on Signals,Circuits and Systems (SCS 2008) 07 Nov- 09 Nov 2008 2008 Third International Conference on Risk Security of Internet Systems (CRiSIS'08) 28 Oct- 30 Oct 2008 The international Workshops on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA'08) 24 Nov-26 Nov 2008 2008 International Design and Test Workshop (IDT'08) 20 Dec- 22 Dec 2008

14. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 14 IEEE Tunisia Section Our presence in Conferences

15. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 15 Candidacy of Tunisia Section to host R8 Meeting Fall 2010 IEEE Tunisia Section

16. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 16 IEEE Tunisia Section Why Tunisia?

17. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 17 IEEE Tunisia Section Tunisia is one of the most interesting destination Tunisia is near and well connected to Europe It is located in the center of North Africa. We have some good experience in organizing conferences!!

18. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 18 IEEE Tunisia Section Meeting Location: 1st proposal Gammarth a suburb of the Capital Tunis, 15 km from the International Airport of Tunis.

19. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 19 IEEE Tunisia Section Meeting Location: 2nd proposal Yasmine hammamet: Tourist resort 70 km from the International Airport of Tunis. And 20 km from Ennfidha new airport Sofitel Hotel 5*

20. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 20 IEEE Tunisia Section Gala dinner:

21. Mourad Loulou, Tunisia Section Chair 21 IEEE Tunisia Section Thank You and Welcome to Tunisia