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Latest PES News

Stimulus Bill Update
   The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Obama on 17 February will have a profound effect on our industries and professions. In their 2004 Memorandum of Understanding, the GridWise Alliance and the U.S. Department of Energy agreed to work together to realize the vision of a transformed national electricity grid. The Gridwise Action Plan, resulting from that MOU, is available as a road map for the future. Required reading by all PES members.

PES Website
  An ambitious project, spearheaded by Edina Bajrektarevic and Henry Louie, is underway to update the PES Website to meet the challenges faced by our industry and by PES. The newly designed website is scheduled to be introduced in the second quarter of this year. Details about the project are posted.

Worth Another Look

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.

Joint Technical Committee Meeting
  The 2009 Joint Technical Committee Meeting was held in Atlanta, GA, USA from 11-15 January. A report of that meeting, accompanied by a photo collage, prepare by Meetings VP John Paserba is available.

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/

2010 Boy Scout Jamboree
  PES is a financial sponsor of the Electricity Merit Booth at the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree. Volunteers for this event are needed and detailed information is available.

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
New IEEE Executive Director
  Dr. E. James (Jim) Prendergast has been named IEEE Executive Director and will assume his new position on 6 April 2009. Prendergast will serve as chief operating officer and will manage the more than 1,000 IEEE staff members at seven U.S. and overseas locations. Prendergast most recently served as vice president and chief technology officer for DuPont Electronic and Communication Technologies. A native Australian, Jim received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Sydney and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Cambridge. A full press release is available.

   Under the agreement, HKN will become an organizational unit of IEEE, governed by the new IEEE-HKN Board of Governors. A restricted endowment will be created in the IEEE Foundation to support HKN’s educational, societal, and recognition activities. In addition to holding HKN’s current assets, the new endowment will receive an initial donation of US$1.2M from IEEE. The full press release is available

Meet the PES Governing Board
Meliha Selak

Our newly installed Vice President-Chapters is Meliha Selak of BC Hydro. Meliha introduces herself to PES Membership in this posting.

TC 'Doings'
Marine Systems Coordinating Committee
  The Marine Systems Coordinating Committee (MARSYS), chaired by Paul Bishop, is a very active group as you will find by perusing their recent activity report.

P&E Magazine - March/April 2009
"In My View" Column 
  The March/April P&E Magazine In My View column, Behind the Buzz, by Humayun Tai and Eoin O hOgain concludes our Smart Grid issue by reviewing eight trends that are shaping the industry. This is surely provocative in light of contrasting developments opportunities and challenges. 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.

Accomplished PES Members Recognized
New Senior Members 
  At its February meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the IEEE Admissions and Advancement Committee recommended the elevation of a number of PES members to the grade of Senior Member. Their names and sections are posted.

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

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    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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