1. IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Eddie Fong NSW Section Chair

2. Conference Date and Venue Date:17 to 19 April 2013 Venue:Radisson Blu, Sydney 2

3. Conference Committee Stefan Mozar - General Chair Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair Mark O'Mally – Treasurer Jinhong Yuan - Technical Chair Communications Vassilios Agelidis - Technical Chair Power Karu Esselle & Trevor Blackburn - Technical Co-Chairs Ollencio D'Souza & Bruce Poon – Webmasters Antony Zaglas - Sponsorship Chair Bruce Poon - Membership Chair Eddie Fong - Social Events Chair Ali Hellany - Doctoral Workshop Chair John Robinson - Tutorial Chair Ollencio D'Souza – Publicity Yogeshwar Ranga - Gold Chair John Robinson & Ian Boyd - Committee Members Charlotte Kobert - EDAS Support 3

4. Technical Program Theme 1 - Advanced Technologies & Economics of Energy Systems –Power Electronics & Energy Conversion –Renewable Energy & Sustainable Development –Power Systems Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles –Electrical Machines & Drives –Electricity Markets and Electrical Power Economics –Emerging Applications & others 4

5. Technical Program Cont. Theme 2 - Personal Communication in a mobile world –Signal Processing and Applications –Communications and Networks –Circuits and Systems –Antennae and Propagation –Biomedical Engineering and Others 5

6. Technical Program 2 Technical strands: –Power  Chair: Prof Vassilios Agelidis –Communication  Chair: Prof Jinhong Yuan Paper Submission –260 valid submissions  27 Countries  107 Student papers  Expect about 125 authors to register (due to multiple paper submissions) 6

7. Keynote Speakers Prof. Mary O’Kane - NSW Chief Engineer Bob Franston - Co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet [VisiCalc] and Home Automation Pionee Prof. Toshio Fukuda – R10 Director, Director of Centre for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University Dr Kim – Senior Master/Technical VP Samsung, Korea Dr T. Bird – Former Australian Engineer of the Year Prof. Gerald B. Sheblé - Professor & Ausgrid Chair in Power Economics, UNSW Mathew Wilson – Artist & Musician 11/14/20157

8. Formal Functions Gala Diner Event –17 April 2013 Sydney Harbour Diner Cruise –18 April 2013 11/14/20158

9. Other Activities GOLD Participation WIE Participation Partner Programs

10. Experience Learned 1 st of its kind Call for proposal in Feb 2012 Award in June/July 2012 CFP from Sept 2012 Close of CFP - 26 Nov 2012 –Deadline extension 31 Jan 2013 Tutorial Proposals – 30 Nov 2012 Notification to successful authors – 1 to 10 Mar 2013 Conference Registration – 5 Mar 2013 Final Paper Upload to EDAS - 18 Mar 2013

11. Thank You See you in Sydney! 11/14/201511