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PES General Meeting 2010: The Advance
Program is Posted
25-29
July 2010, Minneapolis, MN USA. Advance
program, registration,
and other
meeting information including hotel
rooms,
etc.
T&D Opening Session/Plenary Videos
The 2010 T&D Opening
Session/Plenary videos are now available on the PES site. The
videos are split up into
six parts due to file size and length.
Substations Committee-Guide for Bus
Design in Air Insulated
Substations
Hanna Abdallah, chair of Working group
D3 of the Substation
Committee is pleased to announce the completion of the “Guide for Bus
Design in Air Insulated Substations”, IEEE605-2010. Details are available.
PES Education Services Updates
Sue Koval, PES Sr. Admin for Educations
Services, offers current news and updates.
PES Conferences &
Meetings
Featured Conferences & Meetings
-2010
General
Meeting - 25-29 July, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Calls for Papers
-All current calls for papers for upcoming PES
meetings and
conferences
Annual Calendar
-Visit the PES Annual calendars to see the list and links for PES
sponsored,
co-sponsored, and technically co-sponsored conferences.
- 2010 Annual Calendar
- 2011 Annual Calendar
Worth
Another Look
Election of 2011 IEEE Division VII Director-elect
Later this year the voting membership of
the IEEE Power &
Energy Society (PES) will have the opportunity to elect our future
leadership.
The office of IEEE Division VII Director-elect for 2011 will be
contested. Two
candidates, Saifur Rahman and Cheryl Warren, nominated by the PES
Nominations
and Appointments Committee and approved by the Governing Board, and
potential
petition candidate Mohamed El-Hawary are candidates for this office.
Their photos, bios, and candidate statements are
available. The
successful candidates will serve as Division VII Director-elect in 2011
and as
Division VII Director for the period 2012–2013.
Tryengineering.org
Tryengineering.org is a portal about
engineering and
engineering careers. It is designed to encourage young people to
explore what
it means to be an engineer. This website is a joint effort between IEEE
and
IBM. We are looking for engineers working in the power industry to
profile on
the website. A message from Susan Koval of the
PES Executive Office
offers details.
Walter A. Elmore Obituary
Walt Elmore passed away on 19 January.
Walt’s PES
“career” was a long and memorable one, with much of it centered on
his beloved Power Systems Relaying Committee. A moving tribute to Walt,
prepared by PSRC, is
offered.
Two Transactions To Debut in 2010
PES will sponsor two IEEE Transactions
that will debut in
2010. These will be the first Transactions that PES has sponsored since
1986.
They are the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
Details relating
to each are available.
IEEE
News
Information About SAMIEEE
SAMIEEE is a
web-based ad-hoc query tool that provides
volunteers with the ability to gather useful information regarding
their
Organizational Units IEEE membership data. A fuller description is available.
From
the PES
Governing Board
Monthly Activities Report
VP Publications, Mohammad Shahidehpour, is this
month's Governing
Board reporter. In his contribution, Mohammad discusses
the new Transactions that
PES is sponsoring and puts them in perspective with our ongoing
Transactions.
P&E
Magazine
- May/June 2010
"In My View" Column
The May/June P&E Magazine In My View column is Demand
Resources-a roadmap for choices
and decisions by Terry Boston, the PJM CEO, offers an in-depth look at
how a
major supplier is approaching new realities. He describes high level
meetings
with industry stakeholders to share visions, understand the challenges,
and
explore the benefits and potentials of demand response.
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 March meeting, the IEEE Admissions and
Advancement
Committee recommended the elevation of a number of PES members to the
grade of
Senior Member. Their names are posted.
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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