Luís Gomes VP-Technical Activities IES AdCom meeting Dallas, Texas, USA November 2, 2014 Motions from Committee on Technical Activities Luís Gomes VP-Technical Activities

Proposed new TC structure From current structure Chair (elected by AdCom) Vice-Chair(s) (appointed by TC Chair after consultation of TC members) Secretary (appointed by TC Chair after consultation of TC members) Regular long-term Sub-committees (zero or up to N, for specific techical-scientific topics) Vice-Chair for “sub-committee topic” Secretary Ad-hoc Sub-committees (zero or up to N, for specific techical-scientific topics) Supporting activities Liaison for conference and workshop activities Liaison for publications Liaison for tutorials Liaison for TC membership Liaison for Industry Forum and Standards Proposed new TC structure

Proposed new TC structure Chair Vice-Chair (optional if S-C) Secretary Vice-Chair for X Vice-Chair for Y Vice-Chair for X Vice-Chair for Y Secretary for X Secretary for Y Secretary for X Secretary for Y Regular Sub-committee Ad-Hoc Sub-committee Technical activities Liaison for confs & works Liaison for pubs Liaison for tutorials Liaison for IF & standards Liaison for TC membership Supporting activities Members

Proposal for structuring IES Technical Committees 1 – About structure 2 - Procedures for setting-up and dissolve a Regular Long-Term Sub-Committee 3 - Procedures for setting-up and dissolve an Ad-hoc Sub-Committee Ad-hoc sub-committees will automatically be dissolved at the end of the third year after its constitution (considering that the ad-hoc subcommittee has launched during year N, will stop activity at the end of year N+2). 4 – Transient Current TC Sub-Committees if defined within current TCs will be considered as Ad-Hoc Sub-Committees, being necessary to be approved during next two years by AdCom

Motion to AdCom To approve guidelines for IES Technical Committee structure, to be in effect starting January 2015. Supporting document: 09.GuidelinesOnTecnicalCommitteesStructure.pdf

TC on Automotive Technologies Name Change Proposal Current name: TC on Automotive Technologies Proposed change: Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification (TCTE) Supporting document: 09_2014-IES-TCTE-NAME CHANGE REASONING REPORT.pdf

TC on Automotive Technologies Name Change Proposal The Transportation Electrification initiative is top priority for the IEEE; IES should lead this initiative. Hence, a Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification is most warranted. TC on Transportation Electrification will serve the purpose of satisfying IEEE’s demands in the technical areas of not only “automotive” technology, but also global electrification of road, air, sea, undersea, rail, and space transportation vehicles.

Motion to AdCom To change the name of the Technical Committee on Automotive Technologies to Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification

Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications (CWAIA) Proposed by KF Tsang, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong M Gidlund, Senior Principal Scientist, R&D project manager and Research Area Coordinator ,ABB Corporate Research Sweden GP Hancke, Assistant Professor , City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and 47 more

Motion to AdCom To approve the creation of a Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications, starting January 2015 Supporting documents: 09.A_CWAIA_Activities_2014&2015.docx, 09.A_CWAIA_Activity_Report_2014.xlsx, 09.A_CWAIA_Composition_2014.xlsx

Motion to AdCom To approve the appointment of Prof. Kim F Tsang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, as Chair of the Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications, for the term starting January 2015

Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems Proposed by Armando W. Colombo, Schneider Electric, Germany Yang Shi, University of Victoria, Canada Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey and HIT, China and 26 more

Motion to AdCom To approve the creation of a Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, starting January 2015 Supporting documents: 09_IES_TC_Proposal_ICPS_Oct20.docx

Motion to AdCom To approve the appointment of Prof. Armando W. Colombo, Schneider Electric, Germany, as Chair of the Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, for the term starting January 2015