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Proposal for a R8 Meeting in Portugal. Hosted by Portugal Section. With the support of Telecommunications Institute and Instituto Superior Técnico Technical University of Lisbon. João Costa Freire Portugal Section Chair. IEEE Portugal Section R8 section closest to Piscataway.
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Proposal for a R8 Meeting in Portugal Hosted by Portugal Section With the support of Telecommunications Institute and Instituto Superior Técnico Technical University of Lisbon João Costa Freire Portugal Section Chair
IEEE Portugal SectionR8 section closest to Piscataway Founded - December 4th 1981 by Prof. Manuel Medeiros Silva Official status as a Non-Profit Professional Portuguese Association representing IEEE in Portugal - December 30th 2007 by Profs. Costa Freire, Rui Cruz and António Rodrigues Presently having 1056 Members (F-6;SM-62;LM-1;GrSt-142;UGrSt-162) F-0.6% SM-6% GrSt-14% UGrSt-16% M+A-65% 8 student branches – 4 North 4 Central 0 South 13 Chapters (2 Joint) –> 18 Societies
Region 8 Meetings in Portugal Lisboa, 26-28 September 1987 Listening Fado national song Entrepreneurs Club dinner young unknown volunteers? region 8 Director B. Osborn
Region 8 Meeting in Portugal Lisboa, 26-28 September 1987 Visiting the most western point in Continental Europe (closest to Piscataway)
Region 8 Meetings in Portugal Porto, 24-26 Outubro 1997 Douro River Banks and Oporto Wine Cellars President of IEEE and Bastonário of National Society signing OE / IEEE agreement
Region 8 Meetings in Portugal ?Estoril, 2009/2010? IEEE region Estoril 32km (20min.) Lisboa Airport My home :-) 1km Portugal IST/IT 600Km down town
Estoril Primary School IEEE Volunteers academic studies starting point in the late 50’s before R8 was established
Hotel Estoril Eden ****www.hotelestorileden.pt Sintra mountain 2 Royal Palaces and 1 Moorish Castle 13km Closest point to Piscataway continental europe 16km Casino Beach XVIII cent. Church train station to Lisbon 25min
Hotel Estoril Eden relaxing wet room nappingrooms overnight sleeping room
Praia do Guincho and Cabo da Roca Azenhas do Mar
Sintra RoyalPalaces XIV centuryLate Gothic XIX century Romanticbuilt on the top of a small gothic monastery
Lisboa MedievalMoorish castle 19th century 2nd Millennium
JerónimosandTorre de Belém Symbols of Portuguese XV&XVI century adventure on all seas mixing cultureslike presently is doing IEEE region 8
Portugal Section is finishing a proposal to host in Estoril EUROCON 2011 accordingly, to have the R8 Meeting in Estoril in 2009 is a good opportunity to visit the site 2 years in advance Hotel Estoril Eden region 8 meeting site Congress Center
Esperamos recebê-los em Lisboa We are willing to welcome all of you Quem não viu Lisboa Não viu coisa boa Who had never in Lisbon been Had never a nicer R8 spot seen