1. Goals and Plans for Regional Conference in 2006 R10 EXCOM Meeting, Gold Coast Jan 7, 2006 Regional Conference Coordinator Yong-Jin Park

2. Activities in 2005 Making Agreement with TENCON 2009, Singapore Section Receiving the summary and financial report from TENCON 2004, Thailand Section Making a bid for TENCON 2010 Attending TENCON 2005, Victoria Section, Melbourne, Nov 21-24, 2005. Attending IEEE Conference Strategy Workshop, Newark, Aug 6-7, 2005.

3. Proposed activities in 2006 To overlook reporting from TENCON 2005. To assist TENCON 2006 organizer, Hong Kong Section, Nov 14-17, Hong Kong To sign an agreement with TENCON 2010. To prepare a Call for TENCON 2011 and select a site.

4. 2005 Budget and result Budget : $2,500 (attending TENCON 2005) Actual expense: $2,100

5. 2006 Budget Expenditure : USD 2,500 –Participation to TENCON 2006

6. Discussion (1) 2010 TENCON site One bid from Madras Section, India –Recommending Madras Section as TENCON 2010 site –Making a bid again

7. History of TENCONs 1991 New Delhi, India 1992 Melbourne, Australia 1993 Beijing, China 1994 Singapore 1995 Hong Kong 1996 Perth, Australia 1997 Brisbane, Australia 1998 Delhi, India 1999 Jeju, Korea 2000 Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 2001 Singapore, Cruise Ship 2002 Beijing, China 2003 Bangalore, India 2004 Chiang Mai, Thailand 2005 Melbourne, Australia 2006 Hong Kong 2007 Taipei, Taiwan 2008 Hyderabad, India 2009 Singapore

8. Discussion (2) Forming Conference Committee Objective: –sharing TENCON experiences –Promoting and discussing future TENCON venue Members: past, present, and next TENCON organizers, chaired by RCC

9. Thanks!

10. Appendix

11. Goals of Conference Strategy Meeting the goals to: 1. Establish IEEE as the premier place where people want to present, discuss, and publish new results 2. Maintain decentralized management of individual conferences with centralized oversight/ repositories and optional support services 3. Ensure continued success by managing the revenue stream 4. Invent the conference of the future 5. Assess opportunities for conference mergers and acquisitions 6. Maintain a focus on strategic directions for conferences