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PES News
PES Fellows
  Nineteen PES members have been elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2009. Congratulations to the Class of 2009.

  The complete list of active PES members, including the Class of 2009, who have attained the Fellow grade is also available.

Fellow Nominations-Class of 2010
  It's never too early to begin thinking about nominating worthy Senior Members for election to the grade of IEEE Fellow. Details of the process are posted.

2009 PES Governing Board
   The PES 2009 Governing Board membership list is available. Future e-Newsletters will attempt to provide detailed information on specific members.

2009 PES Elections
   The 2010-11 PES officer positions of President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer will be contested in an election later this year. At its January 2009 meeting, the PES Governing Board approved the recommendation of candidates proposed by the Nominations and Appointments Committee chaired by Past President John D. McDonald. The candidates are:

President-elect
Chen-Ching Liu
Noel N. Schulz

Secretary
Erich Gunther
Christopher E. Root

Treasurer
Miroslav Begovic
Nelson Segoshi

   Voting members of the Power & Energy Society may, by petition, propose names to be added to the ballot for these offices. Details for this procedure and qualifications for proposed candidates may be found in the PES Bylaws. To be eligible for nomination to the office of president-elect, the nominee shall have served as a member of the PES Governing Board in some capacity for at least two years. More information is available.

   Further details will follow in ensuing e-Newsletters and in IEEE Power & Energy Magazine.

PES Position on Education and Workforce Needs
   PES has organized an initiative to solve the challenges in meeting power and energy engineering education and workforce needs. The initiative, by Dennis Ray and Gregory Reed, is posted for our members to read.

PES Sponsored Meetings

2009 MEETINGS

PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE)
15 - 18 March. Seattle, Washington, USA, contact General Chair Hardev Juj, email hsjus@bpa.gov or co-chair Max Emrick, email memrick@ci.tacoma.wa.us Web: http://www.pscexpo.com/2009/

Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS)
20 - 22 Apr. Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD, USA, contact Dr. Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University, MS, USA, Tel: +1 662 325 2020, fax: +1 662 325 2298, e-mail schulz@ece.msstate.edu, Web: http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/ests09/

International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC)
03 - 06 May Miami, Florida, contact Prof. Osama Mohammed, College of Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler Street, Room EC 3960, Miami, Florida 33174, USA, Tel: +1 305 348-6194/3040/3701, fax: +1 305 348-3707, e-mail chair@iemdc2009.org, Web: http://www.iemdc2009.org/

Powertech
28 June - 02 July. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, contact Professor Mircea Eremia, Department of Power Systems, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Spl. Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania +40 21 4029344, fax: +40 21 4029446, email powertech2009@system.power.pub.ro or eremia@ieee.org, web: http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/powertech/2009

PES General Meeting (GM)
26 - 30 July. Calgary, Alberta, Canada contact General Chair W. O (Bill) Kennedy, b7kennedy@shaw.ca or Technical Program Chair Om Malik, maliko@ieee.org

IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy
28 - 30 Sep. Valencia, Spain, contact Carlos Alvarez, Instituto de Ingeniieria Energetica, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, CPI, Edificio 8E, Cubo F. 5g, 46022, Valancia, Spain, e-mail clavares@iie.upv.es, Web: http://www.cfp.upv.es/SAE/

2010 Meetings

IEEE News
IEEE Power & Energy Library
  The IEEE Power & Energy Library, lets you access the latest power and energy articles and papers from IEEE magazines, journals and conference proceedings—plus IEEE articles from all other industries, at levels to meet your company’s budget and information needs. Details are available.

IEEE Encourages Consumers to Learn about the Analog to Digital Broadcast Transition
     For the last nine years, the US broadcast industry has been preparing for a fundamental shift in the way that broadcast signals are delivered to the American public. The actual full-power transition from analog television to exclusive use of digital television formally began in May 1999 and will be completed on February 17, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. when all full power analog signals are to be turned off. Read the full press release.

Chapter 'Doings'
  The New York/Long Island PES/IAS Chapter, in conjunction with the New York Section Life Members Affinity Group, sponsored a presentation on technology in the fashion industry on 28 October 2008. For any who associate that industry with 19th century technology, the report of that meeting will convince you that this industry has adapted to present day considerations.

Standards
IEEE Standard C37.2 Updated
  The document, Standard Electrical Power Device Function Numbers, was adopted by AIEE in 1928 as AIEE No. 26. A joint working group of the PES Substations and Power System Relaying Committees has recently updated the standard. John Tengdin, a member of the updating group, offers a historical perspective into the background behind the original intent and the revisions that have ensued. His most interesting presentation is posted

P&E Magazine - January 2009
"In My View" Column 
  The January P&E Magazine In My View column, Blowing in the Wind, by Associate Editor Gerald Sheble is the first of the columns that will offer a projected look at what the future might be bringing. Gerry provides an in-depth view of renewable energy sources, with cogent commentary and insightful examples of experiences worldwide. Further discussion is encouraged and should be sent to molken@ieee.org.

   We also welcome In My View column contributions from our readers and anyone interested in accepting this offer may contact me for details molken@ieee.org.

PES Technical Co-sponsored Meetings

2009 Meetings

Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers
31 Mar. - 02 Apr. College Station, Texas, USA, contact Don Russell, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 238 WERC, 3128 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3128, 1 979 845 7912, fax 1 979 458 1139, e-mail bdrussell@tamu.edu, Web: http://engineering.tamu.edu/prorelay/

Int. Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply
06 - 07 Apr.  Nanjing, China, contact Gillian Purdy, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 1NN, UK, Tel: 0044 289097 4664, fax: 0044 2890667023, e-mail secretary@ukchinanet.com, Web: http://www.ukchinanet.com/UK-China Network_conference.html

European Electricity Market (EEM)
27 - 29 May Leuven, Belgium, contact Dirk Van Hertem, e-mail dirk.vanhertem@ieee.org Web:www.eem09.com

Power Electronics and Machines in Wind Applications (PEMWA)
24 - 26 June University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, contact Jerry Hudgins, e-mail j.hudgins@ieee.org or Dean Patterson, e-mail patterson@ieee.org, both at the University of Nebraska, Web: TBD.

North American Power Symposium (NAPS)
04 - 06 Oct. Starkville, Mississippi, USA, contact Prof. Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University, USA, +1 662-325-2020, e-mail schulz@ece.msstate.edu, Web: http://www.naps09.org/

T&D Asia
27 - 30 Oct. COEX Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea, contact Young-Hyun Moon, Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yonsei University, 131 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku, Seoul 120-749, +82-2-2123-2771, fax +82-2-2123-7722, e-mail moon@yonsei.ac.kr

IEEE-USA Employment Services
Worldwide Services Offered
    IEEE-USA’s award-winning employment services, previously only offered to US based members, are now available to IEEE members outside of the United States. Non-U.S. jobseekers, employers and IEEE Regions and Sections are invited to take full advantage of this expanding outreach worldwide.

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