Technical Committee Hamid Vakilzadian Region 4 Technical Committee

Technical Committee Hamid Vakilzadian Region 4 Technical Committee Chair Region Meeting, San Francisco, CA Aug 18 -19 -2011

Members of Technical Committee Chair: Hamid Vakilzadian – hvakilzadian@ieee. org East Area: Subra Ganesan – ganesan@oakland. edu Central Area: Paul Tindal – ptindall@ieee. org West Area: Chris Felton – chris. felton@gmail. com Chapters Coordinator: Steve Kerchberger – s. kerch@yahoo. com 2 Sections’ Technical Chair 11/1/2020

Responsibilities Support Sections and Chapters on Technical Activities Promote basic and applied R&D in the chapters Provide a forum for exchanging ideas among Researchers and engineers Facilitate scientific publications and events at Region level such as special conference sessions, workshops, symposia, and special journal issues 01 -Nov-20

Responsibilities (cont. ) Help less active sections and chapters on technical activities Help for organization of R 4 conferences Help in membership rejuvenation of sections by organizing technical seminars and presentations 4

Support Sections/Chapters on Technical Activities Organizing technical programs Finding speakers from sections or regions Updating distinguished lecturer program Exploring society and R 4 funding possibilities 01 -Nov-20

Help Less Active Sections and Chapters on Tech activities Review Sections/Chapters technical activities for number of meetings, attendance level, reports, number of volunteers, etc. Suggest speakers from sections/regions, if needed Look for sources of funding from R 4 and society Provide program assistance Visit Section/Chapter and provide guidance and tools 01 -Nov-20

Coordinate Organization of R 4 Conferences Help for finding conference sponsors Provide information and organization support Coordinate conf. activities with other R 4 activity chairs Help sections in running a conference Provide help for eit conference issues 01 -Nov-20

Section Rejuvenation Efforts Help for organization of technical meetings Provide R 4 incentive for new chapters Provide R 4 incentive for technical projects 01 -Nov-20

How to Increase Technical Activities in R 4? Organize a day-long or longer technical workshops or tutorial for practicing engineers Determine the technical topic – Poll the members – Poll industries local to your section Select good speaker(s) Contact me for help, if needed! 01 -Nov-20

How to Poll Local Industries? Find list of the companies in your section by – Viewing their add in the yellow pages for companies in power, communication, computer, others involving EEs, CEs – Poll your local membership – Find EE or CE engineers in leadership role from the company website and contact them. – For help, please let me know 10 01 -Nov-20

Thank You!