The latest information available about PES events,
publications and Society activities.
The PES e-Newsletter is sent to keep our membership up-to-date about PES meetings and events, provide the abstracts of the most recent accepted Transactions papers and the full text of accepted Letters,
and apprised of the latest Society news.

Latest PES News 
New PES Web Site Launches    
  PES is pleased to invite you to visit our new, eagerly anticipated web site. Totally redesigned to make it both easier to navigate and easier on the eyes, it is of significant benefit to Society members, both current and future. Read more about the new site and follow the link provided in the article for your first look.

Worth Another Look
IEEE Power Engineering Medal
   IEEE has established a new prestigious award, the IEEE Power Engineering Medal. The medal and a 20,000 USD stipend will be awarded initially at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in 2010. Nominations for this award, sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy, Industry Applications, Power Electronics and Industrial Engineering Societies are being solicited and submission is required by 1 July. Full details are available.

   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.

125th Anniversary
   Celebration events commemorating the joint 125th anniversaries of IEEE and PES will take place throughout this year. Further news will be posted as received. President Wanda Reder provided an overview of the year’s activities in the Leader’s Corner column in the January 2009 issue of Power & Energy Magazine. For reference, that column is posted. In addition updates and further information may be found at http://www.ieee125.org/.

PES Sponsored Meetings

2009 MEETINGS
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

Joint Technical Committees Meeting (JTCM)
11 - 15 Jan. Disney Contemporary Resort and Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA, contact John Paserba, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc., 510 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086, 1 724-772-2177, fax 1 724-779 3368, j.paserba@ieee.org, Web: http://www.pestechnical.org

T&D Conference and Exposition
20 - 22 Apr. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, contact Tommy Mayne, 30523 Woodland Dr., Lacombe, LA 70445, +1 504 427 3390, fax +1 985 882 8059, t.w.mayne@ieee.org, Web: http://www.ieeet-d.org/

IEEE News
125th Anniversary Recognized
   On 13 May, the actual anniversary date, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of “IEEE Engineering the Future Day,” which IEEE celebrated in recognition of its 125th anniversary. Read the full resolution.

Meet the PES Governing Board
Gregory Reed

Meet our newly installed VP of Membership and Image. Greg introduces himself to our members in this posting.

P&E Magazine - May/June 2009
"In My View" Column 
  The May/June P&E Magazine In My View column, “Starring Role for Relays” by Stan Horowitz sets the stage for looking at the future by offering a compendium of the past, which brings us to the present. He then reviews the necessary integration of what we regard today as the traditional protection, control, metering and communications that will be the backbone of tomorrow’s grid. Stan’s insights offer a look at the future structure of the PES Technical Committees that must result from this new order. 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.

Chapter 'Doings'
North Jersey Chapter Awards 
  At a recent meeting the North Jersey Section presented both Section and Chapter awards to recognize outstanding engineers. Details are available.

PES Technical Co-sponsored Meetings

2009 Meetings 

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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