IEEE TENCON-SPRING 2013 Final Report Stefan Mozar General Chair IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring

Conference Date and Venue Date:17 to 19 April 2013 Venue:Radisson Blu, Sydney 2

Conference Committee Stefan Mozar - General Chair Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair Mark O'Mally – Treasurer Jinhong Yuan - Technical Chair Communications Vassilios Agelidis - Technical Chair Power Karu Esselle & Trevor Blackburn - Technical Co-Chairs Ollencio D'Souza & Bruce Poon – Webmasters Antony Zaglas - Sponsorship Chair Bruce Poon - Membership Chair Eddie Fong - Social Events Chair Ali Hellany - Doctoral Workshop Chair John Robinson - Tutorial Chair Ollencio D'Souza – Publicity Yogeshwar Ranga - Gold Chair John Robinson & Ian Boyd - Committee Members Charlotte Kobert - Conference Support 3

Technical Program 2 Technical strands: –Power  Technical Chair: Prof Vassilios Agelidis –Communication  Technical Chair: Prof Jinhong Yuan 4

Technical Program Theme 1 - Advanced Technologies & Economics of Energy Systems –Power Electronics & Energy Conversion –Renewable Energy & Sustainable Development –Power Systems Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles –Electrical Machines & Drives –Electricity Markets and Electrical Power Economics –Emerging Applications & others 5

Technical Program Cont. Theme 2 - Personal Communication in a mobile world –Signal Processing and Applications –Communications and Networks –Circuits and Systems –Antennae and Propagation –Biomedical Engineering and Others 6

Keynote Speakers Prof. Mary O’Kane - NSW Chief Engineer Bob Franston - Co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet [VisiCalc] and Home Automation Pioneer Prof. Toshio Fukuda – R10 Director, Director of Centre for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University Prof. Gerald B. Sheblé - Professor & Ausgrid Chair in Power Economics, UNSW Mathew Wilson – Artist & Musician 10/12/20157

Other Activities Doctoral Workshop GOLD (Young Professionals) WIE Event Partner Programs

Formal Functions Gala Diner Event –17 April 2013 Sydney Harbour Diner Cruise –18 April /12/20159

Country Statistics 10/12/ India 66 Australia 44 Malaysia 21 P.R. China 16 Korea 11 Taiwan 10 Thailand 16 Bangladesh 5 Philippines 6 Iran 4 Japan 6 Pakistan 4 New Zealand 4 Saudi Arabia 3 Singapore 3

Paper Submission Statistics 10/12/ Total valid332 Presented111 No show14 Rejected67 Withdrawn140

Quality Issues Three blind reviews per paper No students as reviewers Review guidelines Proceedings compliant for indexing and IEEE Explore 10/12/201512

Financials Exclud, GSTGSTTotal Income $ 53, $5, $5 8, Expense $ (51,031.99) $(3,016.42) $(5 4,048.41) Totals $ 2, $ 2, $ 4, /12/201513

Lessons Learned Limit number of papers per registration –One registration for each paper Ensure a quality paper review process –Min 2 reviews, preferably 3 reviews –No student reviewers –Limit the number of papers for reviewer Plagiarism checks Advertise for conference attendees (i.e. non paper presenters)

Recommendations Make quality IEEE conferences available regionally –Makes conferences affordable –Helps grow local activities Work with CEM to train conference organizers 10/12/201515

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Thank You for Your Attention! 10/12/201517