Message from the Chair

The key objectives for the Victorian Section are to provide services for the benefit of the members, foster technological innovation and excellence and raise the IEEE profile in the professional and student community. The number of events run by the Victorian Section has doubled over the last decade, now running an average of forty member events per year. Last year (2009) has also seen a dramatic increase in the number of Victorian members asking what they can do for the Section as volunteers.

The Section’s role in 2010 will be to co-ordinate the planning of Chapter and Branch events with access to improved facilities and quality local and international speakers. The first objective will be to define a budget and guidelines for responsible spending on scholarships, conferences and events. The second objective will be to define the milestone events that draw large audiences and new volunteers to the section. Finally, we will develop a succession plan for all our Chapters and volunteers that will secure our progress and ensure the continued growth for the next ten years.

The progress to date has been due to the great enthusiasm of our volunteers in the Victorian Section. The IEEE Section Chair for 2010 will continue to lead the IEEE Victorian Section through this strong period of growth.


Paul Kubik

IEEE Victorian Chair-Elect 2010
IEEE Australia Council Secretary 2010

paul.kubik@ieee.org

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About the IEEE and Victorian Section

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was founded in 1884 and is a worldwide technical professional society devoted to advancing the theory and application of electrical engineering, electronics and computing. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional body with over 330,000 electrical and electronics engineers, scientists and other professionals in approximately 150 countries. The IEEE has divided the world up into Regions, and the IEEE Victorian Section is part of Region 10 (Asia & Pacific) and represents the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania. All IEEE members who reside in Victoria or Tasmania are automatically members of our Section.

The local Victorian Section of the IEEE has over 1,600 members. The Section is run by a committee of locally elected IEEE members (refer Section Committee) and includes eight special interest groups called Chapters. Each Chapter has a Chair and is responsible for organising a number of interesting seminars, site visits, workshops or conferences, throughout the year (refer Chapters).