| Sheraton Sand Key
Clearwater Beach,
Florida
Come for Super Sessions.
You had a great time here in 2000
and in 2004.
Come back for another great time in 2008.
Registration is now OPEN.
Early Registration ends
April 10, 2008.
Registration
for the seminar can be done on the
conference registration page.
Technical
Session Information is now available
Committee Meeting Information is now available
This
information is Preliminary and subject to
change
Working group
and Committee Meetings working on major
reorganization of the IEEE Standards in the
Color Book Series, are on Sunday afternoon
and Monday. Use the links on the side for
details, when available. The hotel has very
good facilities for committee meetings,
technical sessions and social activities. A
short distance to
Busch Gardens
or the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
The theme parks of
Orlando
a little farther. The
Tampa
St. Petersburg International Airport
, the friendly one, an easy terminal to use,
provides excellent air service.
Social Activities
Sunday
evening starting at 6 pm the Conference Reception will be by the pool with cash
bar. After the reception our long time
friend and supporter Cooper Industries is
hosting a Desert Reception.
Tuesday
evening there is a
Boat trip with Dinner aboard the Starlite Princess traveling
along the Inland Waterway and with the weather cooperating a
great sunset. Wednesday noon is the annual Awards luncheon with
Prize Paper Awards and other Honors.
Spouse-Companion Activities
There is a
continental breakfast for the
spouse-companions on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings. Other activities
include a tour of the Vatican Splendors,
containing 200 works of art and historical
objects, at the International Museum in St.
Petersburg,
www.floridamuseum.org on Monday and
Lunch Wednesday at the Historic Columbia
Restaurant, in Tampa’s Ybor City. Gem of
Spanish Restaurants. It is the oldest
restaurant in Florida.
www.columbiarestaurant.com
Registration for these events is available
through the Web Page. Tuesday is a day of
leisure on the beach or local shopping using
the Clearwater Trolley.
Who is I&CPS?
For those that are
new to the scene, it is the Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
Department of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. It is a
group of Power Engineers Serving Industry and Commerce. These
engineers write IEEE Standards, the Color Book series, used by
Industrial and Commercial customers of the Power companies. They
hold an annual Technical Conference every May. They also write
and present Technical Papers and Tutorials of interest to
engineers in this field. This is the fourth time the I&CPS has met
in the Tampa Bay area.
Jim Beall, Local Chair
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