Report on IEEE R10 Conferences of 2017

Name: Prof Sri Niwas Singh

4 March 2018, Langkawi, Malaysia

Committee: Conference and Technical Seminar (CTS)

IEEE R10 Flagship Events

TENCON: It is one of the prestigious events of R10 which was started in 1980. In its 37 years of journey, this conference has been organized in many parts of Asia-Pacific with a great success. The scope of this conference is very wide covering all the fields of Engineering and Technology.

TENSYMP was started in 2013 as TENCON (spring) and in 2014, it was renamed as TENSYMP which is normally organized in March-June every year. It is a theme (specialized) based conference.

R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC) is a cross disciplinary conference that focuses on development & application of technology for the benefit of humanity. It is generally organized in the 4rth Quarter of the year.

IEEE R10 Conferences

TENSYMP (Started in 2013)

TENCON (Started in 1980)

R10-HTC (Started in 2013)

Year Events Host Section Place of Events

2019

TENCON Kerala Kochhi

TENSYMP Kolkata Kolkata

R10-HTC Sri Lanka Colombo

2018

R10-HTC Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka

TENCON Seoul Jeju, Korea

TENSYMP New South Wales Sydney, Australia

2017

TENCON Malaysia Penang, Malaysia

R10-HTC Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh

TENSYMP Kerala Kochi, Kerala

2016

TENCON Singapore Singapore, Singapore

R10-HTC Uttar Pradesh Agra

TENSYMP Indonesia Bali, Indonesia

2015

TENCON Macau Macau, China

R10-HTC Philippines Cebu, Philippines

TENSYMP Gujarat Ahmadabad, India

2014

TENCON Thailand Bangkok, Thailand

R10-HTC Madras Chennai, India

TENSYMP Malaysia Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

Overview of Application Process

Signing of MoU with R10 and IEEE

Decision by Director & Director-Elect based on CTS recommendations

Evaluation of Requests by CTS Committee

Call for Expression of Interest for Events

Presentation in R10 AGM

5 09-Mar-18

Conferences in Region 10

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Financial 280 31 231 66 256

Technical 32 14 406 32 427

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Conference Sponsorships in 2017

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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260231 232 248 256271 275 283

341368 384

427

R10 Conference Sponsorships, 2011-2017

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Technical

6 09-Mar-18

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China India Malaysia Japan Singapore Australia Taiwan Korea

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China India Japan Korea(South)

Taiwan Malaysia Australia Indonesia

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Financial Sponsored

Technical Sponsored

REPORT ON TENCON 2017

Submission- 1149

Accepted– 659 (57.4% acceptance rate)

Presented- 578 papers (oral & poster)

Summary of Papers

8 09-Mar-18

208

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53

31

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19

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India

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Bangladesh

China

Thailand

Indonesia

South Korea

Sri Lanka

New Zealand

Taiwan

Australia

Italy

Pakistan

Canada

Vietnam

USA

Demographic of participants

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

9 09-Mar-18

Karen Bartleson

IEEE President

IEEE : The Force Behind

Innovation

Vincenco Piuri

IEEE Fellow

Biometric

Technologies for

Ambient Intelligence

and Smart Living

Chuah Hein Teik

IEEE Fellow &

President of Universiti

Tunku Abdul Rahman

(UTAR) Industry 4.0

and One Belt One

Road : Challenges for

Future Graduates

Tan Eng Tong

Vice President

SilTerra Malaysia

WORKSHOPS & FORUMS

10 09-Mar-18

TUTORIAL

11 09-Mar-18

Dr. Weidong Xiao | Associate professor,

Centre for Future Energy Networks

University of Sydney, Australia

Photo-voltaic power systems: modeling,

design, simulation, and control

Welcome reception & Gala dinner

12 09-Mar-18

FINANCIAL REPORT

TENCON 2017 REGISTRANTS

EDAS ONSITE (NNPs)

IEEE MEMBERS 202

NON-IEEE MEMBERS 59 4

STUDENT IEEE MEMBERS 140 2

STUDENT NON-IEEE MEMBERS

92 11

IEEE LIFE MEMBERS 13

NNP (NON PRESENTERS) 31

Sub-total 537 17

Grand total 554

13 09-Mar-18

USD

Total Conference Revenue $237,636.90

Total Conference Expenses $141,128.34

Surplus $96,508.56

Share of surplus between IEEE R10 and IEEE Malaysia Section

70% to IEEE Malaysia Section $67,555.99

30% to IEEE R10 $28,952.57

TENSYMP 2017

No. of papers received : 338 No. of papers accepted: 139 (41 %) Registrations: 162 No. of Countries represented: 21 No. of Tracks: 9 No. of Keynotes / Invited talks: 3 No. of Tutorials: 2 No. of Workshops: 2

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART CITIES

TENSYMP 2017 (Kochhi, Kerala)

Inaugurated by Dr. K. T. Jaleel, the Hon. Minister for Local Self Government, Kerala

TENSYMP 2017 (Kochhi, Kerala)

Keynote address: Dr. U.B. Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad

Plenary 1: Mr. A. P. M.

Muhammed Hanish IAS, Former

Chief of Cochin Smart City

project

17 09-Mar-18

Parallel events:

o WiE (Women in

Engineering) Track

o R10 SAC (Student

Activity)

o R10 YP (Young

Professionals) Track

o Branch Counsellors’

Congress

Plenary 2: Dr. Kukjin Chun,

2017 Director, IEEE R10.

18 09-Mar-18

Various traditional art forms of India, including Bharatanatyam,

Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Bhangra, Garba, Kalaripayattu , etc

Conference Banquet and Cultural Programme

19 09-Mar-18

Held on a boat sailing along the Cochin Marin

Valedictory Function

• Income : INR 29,04,281 (USD 44000

@Rs66 per USD)

• Expenditure: INR 23,07,030 (USD

34955 @Rs66 per USD)

• Income over expenditure: Rs 5,97,251 (USD 9050 @Rs 66 per USD)

Financial Report

21 09-Mar-18

5th IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology

Conference (R10-HTC)

21- 23 December , 2018

QUICK FACTS

Submissions - 440

Papers registered and presented 200 (45.5%)

700+ participants from 12 countries - Bangladesh, India, USA, Canada, China, Australia, Sri lanka, Malaysia, Rwanda, Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan.

Tracks: 25 Oral and 2 interactive Poster sessions.

Ten IEEE R10 Sponsored Tracks to inspire humanitarian technologies (workshop/seminars: Industrial, Educational, SAC, YP, WIE, HTA, Strategic planning for entrepreneurship, Membership, Individual Benefits, Hackathon) – 22 Invited Speakers

International Humanitarian Technology Project Competition (IHTPC) from IEEE HAC and IEEE BDS HAC, 40 Humanitarian Projects with 100 participants from 4 countries

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS :

23 09-Mar-18

Keynote Speakers: 6 [all IEEE fellows, 4 from USA, 1 from

Italy and 1 from India]

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS : Contd.

24 09-Mar-18

R10 Funded Tracks

25 09-Mar-18

IEEE R10 HTA Track IEEE R10 WIE Track

R10 Funded Tracks

26 09-Mar-18

IEEE R10 Industrial

Relations Track

Contd.

IEEE R10 EAC Track

27 09-Mar-18

IEEE R10 Humanitarian

Hackathon Track IEEE R10 SAC Track

R10 Funded Tracks

Contd.

28 09-Mar-18

R10 Funded Tracks

Contd.

IEEE R10 Membership

Development Track IEEE R10 Strategic Planning

Committee Track

29 09-Mar-18

IEEE R10 YP Track

R10 Funded Tracks

Contd.

IEEE R10 Individual Benefits

and Services Committee

Track

International Humanitarian Technology Project Competition (IHTPC-17)

30 09-Mar-18

Financial Overview

Income: BDT 34,40,724 (USD 41,455)

Expense: BDT 30,12,254 (USD 36,292)

Surplus: BDT 4,28,470 (USD 5,162)

R10 Share: USD 1550 (approx.)

*1USD@BDT 83