Welcome to the IEEE East Tennessee Section

Upcoming Section Events

Membership in IEEE includes membership in your local Section. All IEEE members and IEEE student members are welcome to attend section meetings which offer an opportunity to network with fellow professionals. There are no additional dues required to attend East Tennessee Section meetings. Section meetings and other events will appear below as they are scheduled. Click on one of the events titles to learn more and to register to attend. Subscribe to the RSS feed to receive alerts of upcoming meetings. Learn How to Subscribe to RSS feeds.

IEEE To Celebrate 125th Anniversary

IEEE will be celebrating it's 125th anniversary in 2009. A special website has been created to recognize the occasion. IEEE invites you to get involved locally and globally. The official IEEE anniversary date is 13 May 2009. Join us throughout the year as we celebrate 125 years of innovation and ingenuity with special events online and across the globe. Whether you participate in a local celebration, or contribute to our online message boards and contests, everyone can be a part of IEEE’s Anniversary Celebration.

Sections Congress 2008

Sections Congress was held in Quebec City, Canada Sept. 18-22, 2008. Sections Congress is the triennial gathering of IEEE local section leadership from around the world. There were delegates from about 300 of the 324 sections; over 1000 representatives from 83 countries attended!

Sections Congress is a forum where the Section Chairs speak as the collective voice of IEEE membership, expressing ideas about how IEEE can better serve its members, both now and going forward. The issues generated at Sections Congress have a major impact on the plans made by IEEE Leadership for the future of IEEE.

Read the 2008 Sections Congress Recommendations that will be submitted to the IEEE Board of Directors.

IEEE members can view select proceedings online. Visit IEEE.tv to watch highlights from Sections Congress 2008:

• 2008 Sections Congress Opening Ceremonies Highlights
• 2008 Honors Ceremony Program
• Profile of 2008 Medal of Honor winner Gordon Moore
• 2008 Sections Congress Closing Highlights

Section Chair Terry Kurtz represented the East Tennessee Section. Also attending from the Section were Tennessee Council Chair Tim Bigelow and Region 3 Public Information Chair David Bower. See photos of them during the Congress on the Past Meetings page.

SoutheastCon 2009 March 5-9, 2009

SoutheastCon 2009 will be held in Atlanta, GA. SoutheastCon 2009 invites prospective authors to submit technical papers on all aspects of engineering, science, and technology of current interest, to the conference.

SoutheastCon is the annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It brings together electrical, computer and other engineering and science professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits. Attendance and technical program participation from areas outside IEEE Region 3 are also cordially encouraged and welcomed.

IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference to be held in Knoxville in 2010

IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society will sponsor the "2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2010 NSS/MIC) ". This conference will be held October 28 - November 7, 2010 in Knoxville. NPS Symposiums