1. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 IEEE Power and Energy Society Region 9, Latinoamerica Juan Carlos Miguez Enrique Tejera j.miguez@ieee.orgj.miguez@ieee.org e.tejera@ieee.orge.tejera@ieee.org 2012 Region 9 Meeting

2. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 To be the leading provider of scientific and engineering information on electric power and energy for the betterment of society and the preferred professional development source for our members IEEE PES Mission Statement Ser el proveedor principal de información científica y de ingeniería en energía y potencia eléctrica para el mejoramiento de la sociedad y ser la fuente preferida para desarrollo profesional de nuestros miembros

3. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Membership +28,000 members Third largest IEEE Society Rapid membership growth

4. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 IEEE PES Membership by Region 2011

5. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 A trusted resource dedicated to the technical, informational, networking and professional development needs of our members, which are over 28,000 in number and active worldwide. What is IEEE PES? http://www.ieee-pes.org/ Una fuente confiable dedicada al desarrollo profesional e intercambio técnico y de información para las necesidades de nuestros miembros, que superan los 28,000 alrededor del mundo

6. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Publications IEEE Smart Grid Reprint Compendiums –2011 E-copy on PES website New IEEE Transactions (2010) on: –Sustainable Energy –Smart Grid Continuing IEEE Transactions on: –Power Systems –Power Distribution –Energy Conversion Power & Energy Magazine Worldwide conference proceedings in IEEE Xplore E-Newsletter & E-Bulletins

7. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 Technical Activity – Technical Committees 17 Technical Committees and 6 Coordinating Committees –Network with the brightest minds in the Power & Energy Industry 350 + Standards (40% of IEEE total!) –Close to 100 involve Smart Grid –International Involvement  CIGRE  International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)  International Standards Organization (ISO) –3 New UHV Standards with China

8. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Conferences and Meetings Smart Grid Themes Six regional ISGTs in 2011 Local solutions and discussions to global challenges Conferences in 2012 (preliminary) 2012 IEEE International Electric Vehicle Conf. Greenville, SC ISGT North America 2012 Washington DC ISGT China 2012 Tianjin, China ISGT Europe 2012 Berlin, Germany Other PES Conferences APPEEC 2012Shanghai, China PES T&D Conference and Expo Orlando, FL http://www.ieeet-d.org/ SMART GRID DAY – May 9http://www.ieeet-d.org/ PES General Meeting San Diego, CA PowerConAuckland, New Zealand

9. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 CHAPTERS Grassroots Interactions of Power & Energy Community Growing (12 new Chapters, 29 new Student Chapters in 2010) Distinguished Lecturer Program EDUCATION Tutorials Distinguished Lectures (through Chapters) E-Learning Module (New Smart Grid units) Plain Talk Courses for Non-Engineering Professionals Videos

10. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 10 Workforce Collaborative Workforce Collaborative Report Published April, 2009 Recommended doubling the number of power engineering graduates and providing scholarships Influential in $100M U.S. DOE stimulus education allocation Starting efforts in North America and then broadening to other regions as volunteers and initiatives are identified. http://www.ieee-pes.org/workforce/workforce-collaborative

11. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 Modeled After API Program Started in 2011 Funding – PES provided $1,000,000 seed funding – Seeking $12M in philanthropic donations over 3 years Offering – Scholarship: $2000, $2000 and $3000 in year 1, 2 and 3 – Career experiences Apply online: www.ee-scholarship.org Apply by June 30, 2012 Awardees notified in September, 2012 IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative™

12. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Facilitates Career Experiences PES Careers – A career site for students to use up to one year after their graduation – Started in US and Canada in 2008 – Expanding Globally Videos: hot-topic, career promotion www.pes-careers.org

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14. IEEE and PES built to last by members and volunteers

15. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 How do you get involved in PES? Meetings & Conferences Meetings & Conferences Education Technical Activities Publications Chapters

16. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 16 The Power and Energy Society, PES in Region 9 Overview The Members The Chapters The Chapter Representatives Support Programs for Chapters Meetings

17. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Chapters in Region 9 There are 30 Chapters, grouped in 4 Areas: Mexico and Caribbean (8): including Western Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico and Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Centro Occidente and Morelos Central America and Panama -the CAPANA Council (6): Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica The Andean Council (5): Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia The Southern Cone, comprising 11 Chapters in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and in Brazil: Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Brasilia, South Brazil and three additional Joint Chapters in the large sections of South Brazil (Sta. Catarina), Bahia (NorthEast) and Brasilia (Belen in Amazonia)

18. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Chapters Representatives in R 9 The Chapters's Organization in the Region includes one Chapter Representative for each Area: Augusto Hintze from Mexico for the Northern Area aohintze@yahoo.com.mx Sandra Vega from Costa Rica for the CAPANA Council svega@ieee.org Cesar Chamochumbi from Peru for the Andean Council c.chamochumbi@ieee.org Glauco Nery Taranto from Rio do Janeiro for the Southern Area tarang@coep.ufrj.br

19. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Support Programs for Chapters ( I ) Monetary support to Chapters for good services to Members: Chapters have to be active and fill their reports by Dec/31; they can nominate themselves to the Award Programs: High Performing Chapter Award (HPCA) up to U$ 1000.- for each chapter meeting the conditions (activities, membership, GOLD, Web-pages, education, Students, etc) For 2008, 7 chapters in R9 received U$ 3650.- (Costa Rica, Morelos, Panama, Peru, Honduras and Guadalajara) Outstanding Chapter Award, two U$ 1000.- prizes world-wide AND a paid trip to General Meeting for the Chair In 2008, Panama and Costa Rica shared the 2nd. Place (small) In previous years, Argentina (2002), Puerto Rico (2001), Panama and Uruguay (2004) have won the First place

20. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Support Programs for Chapters ( II ) Distinguished Lecturer Program, very successful The Society pays one trip per year per chapter, and the chapter is in charge of local arrangements and costs. There are 83 Distinguished Lecturers available, 6 of them in Region 9: Ramos (SAL), Jardini (BRA), Acha (MEX), Rudnick (CHI), Gomez (ARG), Fernandez Daher (UY) Membership Growth Contest, world-wide Two categories, Large ( >100) and Small (<100) Chapter, each with a U$1000.- prize and its runner-up with U$500.- 1 st : Venezuela (2007) and Costa Rica (2008); 2 nd Uruguay (2009) Website Contest, world-wide with a U$1000.- prize Costa Rica won the 3 rd place in 2008 (U$ 250.-) Oustanding Engineer Award. Recognition of outstanding volunteers in the Chapter

21. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Meetings in Region 9 ( I ) Chapter Chairs Congress Every even year in alternating locations Orientation, Training and Motivation Attendance: 30 (Chapter Chairs and Reps); Budget 25K paid by PES 2000, 2004 and 2010 held together with Region 9 Meeting 2002 and 2008 held together with T&D LA 2006 in Panama 2010 an additional one in conjunction with T&D for Brazil

22. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 PES Meetings in Region 9 ( II ) IEEE Transmission and Distribution Latinamerica Exhibition and Conference ( T&D LA ) Every even year in alternating locations Attendance: 300; Budget about 200K US$. Surplus shared between PES and the Section 2002 and 2004 in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2006 in Caracas, Venezuela 2008 in Bogota, Colombia 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2012 to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay

23. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 Sixth IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Latin America Conference and Exhibition Call for Papers: May 30, 2012

24. Reunión Regional / Regional Meeting 2012, Abril 11–14 Summary Challenges bring opportunities Working together we’ll develop better solutions Today’s an exciting time to be in power and energy IEEE and IEEE PES are a resource for your professional activities Need more information about IEEE PES, please contact Juan Carlos Miguez or Enrique Tejera

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