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available about PES events,
publications and Society activities.
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Latest
PES
News
PES 2009 General Meeting
A photo collage of events at the 2009
PES General Meeting held
26-30 July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is available.
A detailed report will be available in the January/February 2010 issue
of Power
& Energy Magazine.
Available panel presentations
from the 2009 General Meeting have
been posted
in PDF format on the PES website.
Presentations from the P2030
TF-1 Meeting held at the General
Meeting have also been posted.
IEEE Smart Grid Coordination Meeting
Presentations from the IEEE Smart Grid
Coordination Meeting
have been posted.
Worth
Another
Look
Awards Presented at 2009 General Meeting
in Calgary
On 28 July, at the Awards Luncheon of
the 2009 PES General
Meeting, a number of IEEE and PES awards were presented. The list of
recipients
and a photomontage of the event are available.
Further coverage of the meeting will be presented in future
e-Newsletters.
EAB Professional Development Award
The IEEE Educational Activities Board
(EAB) has voted to Award
PES the 2009 Society/Council Professional Development Award. The details
are posted. Prabha Kundur, PES VP Education, will accept the award in
New
Brunswick, NJ, on 20 November.
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.
Election of PES Officers
The voting membership of the IEEE Power
& Energy Society
(PES) has the opportunity to elect our future leadership. The offices
of
president-elect, secretary, and treasurer for the period 2010–2011 will
be decided. Two candidates, nominated by the PES Nominations and
Appointments
Committee, chaired by past President John McDonald, and approved by the
Governing Board, are contesting each office. heir photos,
bios, and candidate statements are available.
The
successful candidates will serve for the period 2010–2011.
Balloting ends on October 31. Voting may be performed on-line, or by
paper
ballot. Questions should be addressed to the Executive Office at http://www.ieee.org/pes
or by
telephone +1 732 562-3884.
PES Sponsored
Meetings
2010 Meetings
2010 Joint Technical Committee Meeting (JTCM)
11 - 15 January, 2010
Disney Contemporary Resort and Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA, contact Charles Henville,
Henville Consulting, +1
604 943-5091, c.henville@ieee.org
Web: http://www.pestechnical.org
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT)
19-21 January, 2010, NIST
Conference center, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, contact: Erich
Gunther, 620
Mabry Hood Road, Suite 300, Knoxville, TN 37932, email: erich@enernex.com,
Web (not http): http://www.ieee-pes.org/
Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering
Conference
(APPEEC)
28-31 March, 2010, Changdu, China, contact Ruoshan Kong, Wuhan
University, Tel: +86 27 68775482, fax +86 27 68775482, email krs1024@126.com, Web
(no http): www.scirp.org/conf/appeec2010
T&D Conference and Exposition
20-22 April, 2010, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, USA,
contact
Tommy Mayne, 30523 Woodland Dr., Lacombe, LA, 70445, e-mail t.w.mayne@ieee.org,
Web: http://www.ieeet-d.org/
2010 PES General Meeting (GM) (Sponsored by PES)
25 - 29 July, 2010, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, contactptraynor@epri.com
, or
Twin Cities PES Chapter Chair, Mike Jensen, Michael.jensen@excelenergy.com.
Web: http://www.ieee-pes.org/
2011
PES General Meeting (GM) (Sponsored by
PES)
24 - 28 July, 2011, Detroit, Michigan, USA, contact ptraynor@epri.com,
or General Chair,
Kevin Taylor, Email: taylor@ieee.org,
Web: http://www.ieee-pes.org
IEEE
News
IEEE Election Results
The results of the 2009 IEEE elections are available.
IEEE Ratifies 802.11n, Wireless LAN Specification
to Provide Significantly
Improved Data Throughput and Range
IEEE announced that its Standards Board has
ratified the IEEE
802.11n-2009 amendment, defining mechanisms that provide
significantly
improved data rates and ranges for wireless local area networks
(WLANs).
From the PES
Governing Board
Monthly
Activities Report
Beginning this month, each issue of the PES
e-Newsletter will
feature an activities
report from a sitting member of the PES Governing Board.
Technical
Activities VP Rick Taylor is this month’s contributor. Comments about
the
report may be made directly to Rick rtaylor@trcsolutions.com.
Awards
Nominations Sought
The IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award
was established in
order to properly recognize exceptional power engineers for outstanding
career-long contributions to the art and science of electric power
engineering.
Do you know a PES member who you believe should be recognized with this
prestigious award? If so, please consider submitting a nomination.
Additional
details and for nomination forms are available.
The Robert P. Noberini
Distinguished Contributions to
Engineering Professionalism Award was established in order to
properly
recognize PES members in the power engineering profession for long-term
dedicated effort and outstanding accomplishments in advancing the aims
of IEEE
professional activities in the areas served by the IEEE Power &
Energy
Society. Do you know a PES member who you believe should be recognized
with
this prestigious award? If so, please consider submitting a nomination.
Additional details and for nomination forms are available.
P&E
Magazine - September/October
2009
"In My View" Column
The September/October P&E Magazine In
My View column is “Smart Grid Expectations” by Saifur Rahman.
This column looks at the enabling technologies such as automated meter
reading,
security and privacy issues, advanced communication and infrastructure
and
cybersecurity, and renewable energy sources. He also cites the
compelling
requirement for the standards that will be necessary to insure
compatibility.
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 June meeting in St. Louis, MO, 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.
PES
Technical Co-sponsored Meetings
2009 Meetings
International Conference on Energy and
Environmental Technology
(ICEET)
16-18 October, 2009, Guilin city, Guangxi Province, China, contact
Yucai Zhou,
Western Campus of Changsha, University of Science and Technology,
China, +1
378-713-8536, e-mail Zyucai@163.com,
Web: http://www.21iceet.org/about.asp?id=1
Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)
22-23 October, 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Marriott Chateau
Champlain
Hotel), contact Anader Benyamin-Seeyar, 4123 Henri-Julien Ave.,
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, +1 514-237-3713, e-mail anader.benyamin@ieee.org,
Web:
http://www.ieee.ca/epec09/
T&D Asia
27 – 30 October, 2009, 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
International Conference on Power Electronics and
Drive Systems
(PEDS)
2-5 November, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., contact Prof. Chung-Hsien
Kuo
Department of Electrical Engineering 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd.,
Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C., e-mail peds09@mail.ntust.edu.tw,
Web:
http://www.peds09.ntust.edu.tw/
Intelligent System Application to Power Systems
(ISAP)
8-11 November, 2009, Curitiba, Brazil, contact e-mail: secretariat@isap-power.org
Web: http://www.isap-power.org/index.html
International Conference on Electric Power and
Energy Conversion Systems
(EPECS)
10-12 November, 2009, American University of Sharjah, UAE, contact Dr.
Rached
Dhaouadi, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah,
P. O.
Box 26666 Sharjah, UAE, Tel: +(971) 6 515-2927, Fax: +(971) 6
515 2979,
e-mail rdhaouadi@aus.edu,
Web: http://www.epecs-conf.org.
International Conference on the Developments in
Renewable Energy Technology
(ICDRET)
17-19 December, 2009, United International University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh,
contact Dr. M. Fayyaz Khan, Department of EEE, United International
University,
80 Dhanmondi, Road 8A, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: +08802
912-5912, e-mail icdret-tech@uiu.ac.bd,
Web: http://uiubd.com/Content.php?page=ICDRET&Id=1100&pId=0&pageId=1100&Type=1
Middle East Power System Conference (MEPCON)
20-23 December, 2009, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, contact Dr.
Adel Abdou
H. Ahmed, Electrical Engineering Department, Assiut University, 71515
Assiut,
Egypt, Tel: +20 882411035, e-mail a_ahmed@aun.edu.eg,
a_ahmed65@yahoo.de,
Web (no
http): http://www.aun.edu.eg/conferences/mepcon09/index.htm
2010
Power Systems Conference (PSC)
9-10 March, 2010, Clemson University, contact: Dan
Suriyamongkol, Clemson
University, Tel: +339-927-1839, email: dsuriya@clemson.edu,
Web (not
http): http://www.ces.clemson.edu/powsys2010/
1st International Nuclear & Renewable
Energy Conference
(INREC)
21-24 March, 2010, Amman, Jordan, contact Dr. Mohammed Khasawneh,
e-mail mkhasm@gmail.com
Web: http://inrec10.inrec-conf.org/
Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers
29 March – 1 April, 2010, 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 (no http://): engineering.tamu.edu/prorelay/
IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines, and Drives
(PEMD) 19-21 April, 2010, Brighton, UK, contact Dr.
Volker Pickert,
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of
Newcastle upon
Tyne, UK, Tel: +44 0 191 222 6684, email Volker.Pickert@ncl.ac.uk,
Web:
http://conferences.theiet.org/pemd/
International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power
Systems
(PMAPS)
14-17 June 2010, Singapore, contact: Ms. Michelle Choy, +65 6339 8687,
fax: +65
6339 9536, e-mail: pmaps2010sec@orient-explorer.com,
Web (no http://): eeeweba.ntu.edu.sg/pmaps2
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