1. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20081 IEEE Region 10 Meet 2 nd – 3 rd February 2008 @ Cambay Spa & Resort, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 2007 Special Project Coordinator Lance Fung

2. Chun Che Fung (Lance) IEEE Region 10 Special Project Coordinator 2007-2008 Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Research) School of Information Technology, Faculty of Creative Technologies and Media, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA PhD (AI in Electrical Power Eng) The University of Western Australia MEng (System Test Technology), BSc (Hon) (Maritime Technology) University of Wales (UWIST), Cardiff, UK Adjunct Visiting Professor Rangsit University, Bangkok Thailand (2008) Senior Member, IEEE Chair, IEEE Computer Society, WA Section (2008) Membership Development, IEEE WA Section (2008) Research Interests: Intelligent Systems and Applications. Over 200 refereed publications

3. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20083 Outline Report on Activities and Expenses in 2007 Goals, Activities and Budget for Year 2008

4. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20084 Special Projects are SPECIAL Learn from the past Recognise and record the special achievements Train a new generation of special leaders Encourage special ideas and initiatives for the future

5. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20085 Special Projects Activities for 2007 –IEEE Region 10 History Project Development –Section Congress 2008 Regional Coordinator –Contributions to Region 10 Newsletters (March, July and September) –Planning for Leadership and Training Workshop at 2008 R10 Meet

6. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20086 Region 10 History Project Web-based History Portal History of Region 10 Directors (Newsletter and Report – jointly with Dr Zia Ahmed) History of R10 Report (2009)

7. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20087 Region 10 History Portal Design and development of R10 History Portal by Dr Alex Chong, Ph.D. (Comp Sci), Bsc (Comp Sci) (Hons), Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist (SQL 2005), Microsoft® Certified Professional (.Net) and Associate Professor Ong Sing GOH URL: http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/history/http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/history/ Initial prototype demonstrated to Fanny and Prof Lawrence Wong in August, 2007. Outline of design concept given in September Newsletter

8. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20088 Data Management and technical aspects Portal developed with PHP and MySQL Written with Scripts Web-based and hosted at ewh.ieee.org Data in XML format Information arranged according to Section and Year

9. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20089 Design of Region 10 History Portal (Outlined in Sept 08 Newsletter) Three types of users: –General Public (anyone interested in browsing and generate report from the information on the portal) –Regular Admin (Person responsible for upkeep of information for individual section) –Super User (Person who has overall access and control to all info, create and maintain accounts – APO, developer and History project coordinator)

10. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200810 Information for General Public View Events according to Section and Year Browsing Page Detail description Report Generation Committee Information

11. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200811 Detail Page By clicking any one of the events at the Browsing Page will lead to the Detailed Page. Information included: –Title –Date –Abstract –Description (Detailed) –Managing Unit –Documents (linked to source document) –Images (if any)

12. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200812 Admin Facilities Requires Log in Different privilege levels for Regular Admin (limited to section only) and Super User (access rights to whole portal) Change Password Event Management Committee Management Add User (Super User only)

13. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200813 For Super Users Only User Management –Add –Edit –Reset Password

14. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200814 Status Final stage of portal development Testing and standardization of terms Avoid confusion Put in sample data and will provide Regular User Accounts to all sections after Region 10 Meet

15. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200815 2007 Expenses Budget USD2,500 Payment for developer and assistant USD2,400

16. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200816 History of Region 10 Directors Questions posted to past directors: a)What were the highlights or significant events during your term of office as Region 10 Director? Please give us up-to 3 highlight/s events. b)What advice or pointers do you have for our future leaders? c)Would you like to share a couple of pictures taken during your term of office (if you should have any)? d)Appreciate very much if you could also provide a more recent picture of yourself that we can post onto our Region 10 website and online newsletter : http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/ http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/

17. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200817 Number and Responses Sent out to 15 past directors Will be included in special sections in Newsletters and History Report

18. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200818 Region 10 History Report 1.To request write up from section/councils 2.Collect as much information from past regional directors and sections/councils as possible 3.Utilise information from R10 History Portal 4.Aimed to finalise in 2009

19. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200819 Section Congress 2008 To be presented on 3 rd Feb @ 0830-0845

20. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200820 Newsletter Contributions March 2007 –Inauguration of Vietnam Section July 2007 –Special Projects Update –The Strategic IT Governance & Information Security Management Executives Workshop at Perth, Western Australia September 2007 –Special Project on R10 History Portal

21. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200821 2008 Goals, Activities and Budget 2008 Goals –To launch R10 History Portal for data collection –To prepare for release of the R10 History report by 2009 –To encourage active participation and follow up of initiatives and lessons learnt from R10 Leadership Training and SC08.

22. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200822 2008 Goals, Activities and Budget Planned 2008 Activities –Continuation of R10 History Portal Development –Data collection for compilation of R10 History Report –Dissemination of progress of R10 History portal and relevant information via newsletter and emails –Work with APO to facilitate R10 committee members to participate in SC08 –To encourage sharing of lessons and best practices from initiatives or ideas learnt from R10 Leadership Training and SC08.

23. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200823 2008 Goals, Activities and Budget Deliverables –R10 Meet Leadership & Training Workshop –Launch of History Portal –Special Issue on History of R10 for September ’08 Newsletter –Invitation to 3 sections to provide leading examples and best practices –History report in 2009

24. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200824 2008 Goals, Activities and Budget Timeline of History Project –Jan 08: R10 ExCom Mtg: presentation of update –Feb 08: R10 Meet Launch of History Portal Request nomination of “historian” and submission of 1 page history Invite sections to be part of pilot to provide samples of best practices –Jul 08: One page history from section –Sep 08 Special Issue on History of R10 Provision of best practices examples Collection of Extended Details from Section –March 09: Draft of History Report –July 09: Final Report

25. 2008 Goals, Activities and Budget 2008 Budget: USD 2,500 –R10 History Portal USD 2,500 for ongoing development and maintenance Implementation of Backup and Security Procedure –Incentive - Certificates and plaque for the most active contributors to R10 History Portal. (BIG and SMALL Sections)

26. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200826 What’s beyond the history project? IEEE R10 has to prepare for a new generation of DIGITAL NATIVES –Media and technology oriented –Demand democratic expressions –Social connected

27. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200827 What’s beyond the history project? Proposal for implementation of R10 Social Network using Web 2.0 technologies: –Photo Sharing (e.g. Flickr) –Video Sharing (e.g. YouTube) –Social Network (e.g. Facebook) –Knowledge sharing (e.g. Wiki) –Personal reflection (e.g. Blogs)

28. IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 200828 Thank you, all you special people for making your marks on IEEE History.