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IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Final Report. Stefan Mozar General Chair IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring. Conference Date and Venue. Date: 17 to 19 April 2013 Venue: Radisson Blu , Sydney. Conference Committee. Stefan Mozar - General Chair Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair Mark O'Mally – Treasurer
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IEEE TENCON-SPRING2013Final Report Stefan Mozar General Chair IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring
Conference Date and Venue • Date: 17 to 19 April 2013 • Venue: Radisson Blu, Sydney
Conference Committee • Stefan Mozar - General Chair • Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair • Mark O'Mally– Treasurer • Jinhong Yuan - Technical Chair Communications • VassiliosAgelidis- Technical Chair Power • KaruEsselle& 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- Conference Support
Technical Program • 2 Technical strands: • Power • Technical Chair: Prof VassiliosAgelidis • Communication • Technical Chair: Prof Jinhong Yuan
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
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
Keynote Speakers • Prof. Mary O’Kane- NSW Chief Engineer • Bob Franston - Co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet [VisiCalc] and Home Automation Pioneer • Prof. Toshio Fukuda – R10 Director, Director of Centre for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University • Prof. Gerald B. Sheblé- Professor & Ausgrid Chair in Power Economics, UNSW • Mathew Wilson – Artist & Musician
Other Activities • Doctoral Workshop • GOLD (Young Professionals) • WIE Event • Partner Programs
Formal Functions • Gala Diner Event • 17 April 2013 • Sydney Harbour Diner Cruise • 18 April 2013
Quality Issues • Three blind reviews per paper • No students as reviewers • Review guidelines • Proceedings compliant for indexing and IEEE Explore
Lessons Learned • Limit number of papers per registration • One registration for each paper • Ensure a quality paper review process • Min 2 reviews, preferably 3 reviews • No student reviewers • Limit the number of papers for reviewer • Plagiarism checks • Advertise for conference attendees (i.e. non paper presenters)
Recommendations • Make quality IEEE conferences available regionally • Makes conferences affordable • Helps grow local activities • Work with CEM to train conference organizers