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2008 R10 Meeting, Gandhinagar. Activities of IEEE Shikoku Section. Aki Ogose E-mail: ogose@ieee.org. Shikoku Island. Osaka. Tokyo. Shikoku Is. Population Shikoku : 4.06 mil. (3.2%) Japan: 127.77 mil. Membership History.
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2008 R10 Meeting, Gandhinagar Activities of IEEE Shikoku Section Aki Ogose E-mail: ogose@ieee.org
Shikoku Island Osaka Tokyo Shikoku Is. Population Shikoku : 4.06 mil. (3.2%) Japan: 127.77 mil.
Membership History from 2007 R10 meeting MDC report (2002-2006)
Small Number of Members 36% 58% from IEEE WEB page (Jan. 2008)
Major Activities • Hold technical meetings • Promote student activities • Support for Women in Engineering
Difficulty in Keeping Student Members • Small number of Engineering related Universities • Number of students will be decreasing • Small job opportunity -Students move to large cities after graduation.
English Sessions in Local Convention (SJCIEE) +46% SJCIEE: Shikoku-section Joint Convention of the Institute of Electrical and related Engineers
Presentation Award from Shikoku Section WEB page
Presentation Seminars • 2003/2004 English Presentation Seminars @Kagawa University • 2006/2007 English Brush-up Seminars @Ehime University, Kagawa University, University of Tokushima
Student Branches • Kagawa University Student Branch established on 18 April, 2002 as the first SB in Shikoku Section • University of Tokushima Student Branch will be formed in 2008
Web Pages and E-mail • Web pages - Shikoku Section - CAS Society Shikoku Chapter - EMB Society West Japan Chapter - Kagawa University Student Branch • E-mail Electronic communication is the best way to cut the expense of postage and time
Conclusions • Continuouseffort for student member development is important. • Technical/educational seminars are necessary for student members. • ----