1. Activities of IEEE Shikoku Section
2008 R10 Meeting, Gandhinagar
Activities of IEEE Shikoku Section
Aki Ogose

2. Shikoku Island Population Shikoku : 4.06 mil. (3.2%)
Osaka
Tokyo
Shikoku Is.
Population Shikoku : mil. (3.2%)
Japan: mil.

3. Membership History
from 2007 R10 meeting MDC report ( )

4. Small Number of Members
36%
58%
from IEEE WEB page (Jan. 2008)

5. Major Activities Hold technical meetings Promote student activities
Support for Women in Engineering

6. Difficulty in Keeping Student Members
Small number of Engineering related Universities
Number of students will be decreasing
Small job opportunity
-Students move to large cities after graduation.

7. English Sessions in Local Convention (SJCIEE)
+46%
SJCIEE: Shikoku-section Joint Convention of the
Institute of Electrical and related Engineers

8. Presentation Award
from Shikoku Section WEB page

9. Presentation Seminars
2003/2004
English Presentation Seminars
　　　　 @Kagawa University
2006/2007
　　 English Brush-up Seminars
@Ehime University, Kagawa University,
University of Tokushima

10. Student Branches Kagawa University Student Branch
established on 18 April, 2002 as the first SB in Shikoku Section
University of Tokushima Student Branch
will be formed in 2008

11. Web Pages and E-mail Web pages - Shikoku Section
- CAS Society Shikoku Chapter
- EMB Society West Japan Chapter
- Kagawa University Student Branch
Electronic communication is the best way to cut the
expense of postage and time

12. Conclusions
Continuous effort for student member development is important.
Technical/educational seminars are necessary for student members.
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