Sponsored
by the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board -
IEEE Sections Congress 2008 will be held 19
September through 22 September 2008 in Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada. Over 1,000 attendees from over
300 IEEE Sections will attend and participate
in this event.
The event
will consist of the following components:
Core Track Training:
- On Saturday morning, 20 September, the
Core Training session on the MGA
transformation will be held to highlight the
implications of the transformation to
the Section leaders’ everyday activities.
Following this session, smaller breakout
sessions (45 minutes each) will take
place to explain how the transformation affects
strategic and operational planning,
financial management and leadership
development.
Breakout Sessions:
- 6 breakout sessions will be held over
the weekend. Each session will last 1hr
15 minutes. In each session, up to 10 individual
breakout sessions will be conducted.
These are the elective session that the
attendees can attend based on their interest.
Most of the sessions will be held
multiple times during the 2 days to ensure that
the individuals can attend as many
sessions as possible. The individual breakout
sessions are from the following 3 tracks:
-
Breakout Session Schedule by Room assignment (PDF)
Prioritization of Recommendation:
- The highlight of every Sections
Congress is when delegates develop and
vote on recommendations that IEEE will address
in order to best serve the needs of its
members. Sections Congress 2008 will start
with individual Region Caucuses,
resulting in four issues or recommendations
from each Region being forwarded to the Congress
participants for consideration.
- All recommendations will be reported to
the Congress and grouped into Issue
Caucuses. The Issue Caucuses will take place on
Sunday afternoon. IEEE volunteers and
staff, as well as delegates, may participate in
the forums to provide background or
supporting information related to the
issue. Individuals may attend an Issue Caucus of
their choice and help turn the issues
into well-formed recommendations for
consideration by the Congress. Up to 20
recommendations will be considered and
prioritized by Congress vote on Monday. The
Congress will then announce the top 10
recommendations in priority order and the
remaining recommendations as a pool.
IEEE Presidential Panel
- On Sunday morning, 21 September, Joseph
V. Lillie will moderate an IEEE
Presidential Panel. Using the MGA mission, the
session theme will be to Inspire,
Enable, Empower and Engage IEEE members. The
panelists, all IEEE
Presidents—Past, Present and
Future—will explain why they joined
IEEE and the impact participating in IEEE has
had on their careers.
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
- The opening ceremony on Friday night
will include a keynote speech by Ibrahim
Gedeon, Chief Technology Officer, TELUS.
Following this all attendees will
be invited to ”A Night at Le
Cirque”.
- The closing ceremony on Monday morning,
in addition to the voting on the
proposed recommendations, it will will include a
keynote speech by Denis Poussart from
Laval University and remarks from the IEEE
President.
IEEE Honors Ceremony
- On Saturday evening, all attendees are
invited to the IEEE Honors Ceremony.
The Honors Ceremony recognizes
exceptional contributions that have made
a lasting impact on technology, society,
and the engineering profession. The program
honors achievements in industry,
research, education, and service.
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