From 27 to 28 February, the Region 10 of the IEEE held the Annual Meeting, at the Shangri-La Resort, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines. The Indonesia Section sent 2 representatives, plus 1 from Indonesia Comsoc Chapter, and 1 from the organiser of TENCON 2011. The conference was quite comprehensive. In addition to the officers of Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) and the entire Sections below, also attended the IEEE President-Elect Moshe Kam, and a representative from Region 8 (Europe Africa) Joseph Modelsky.
Moshe Kam provided a presentation on the next roadmap of the IEEE. The IEEE is the result of the merged AIEE and IRE. AIEE was a classical organisation occupied by an electrical engineers; while IRE was the organisation that possessed the young engineers who focused on electronics technology. Both had a growing number of members; but IRE grew much faster than AIEE. The mergers in 1963 to form the IEEE could overcome the problem of dualism. Then the societies, regions, sections, etc were formed. The IEEE is now recognised as the authority holder in various fields of science and engineering. From 20 most referred journals in electrical engineering, 16 is from the IEEE. From 20 most referred journals in telecommunications, 15 is from the IEEE. And so on. But from 20 most referred journals in medical informatics, only 2 is from the IEEE. And from 20 most referred journals in nanoscience, none is from the IEEE. Kam concluded: IEEE could have become the established power as the AIEE before the merger; white the life science develops in the direction that is favoured by young scientists and engineers, just like the IRE before the merger. Then he delivered the BOD mandate: the IEEE must be directed to the relevant technology. IEEE is not just an association of the learned, but an organisation of engineers and professionals.
Related to it, Region 10 launched programmes that lead to increased benefits to members and the community through the development of the organisation, profession, and technologies that are relevant to the present.
From Indonesia, TENCON 2011 organiser, represented the Committee Chair Dr. Wahidin Wahab, reported the progress of preparation for the Conference, which will be carried out in Bali in November 2011. Vice Chair of the IEEE Indonesia Section, Arief Hamdani Gunawan, also proposed to hold the next Region 10 Annual Meeting in 2011 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Many presentations from this meeting were uploaded on the website Region 10. Please download at: ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/Reports/meetrep/meetrep2010.html