1. R10 Annual General Meeting Name: Takatoshi Minami Committee: Conference and Technical Seminar (CTS) 2 March 2013 Chiang Mai, Thailand

2. CTS 2012 Highlights 1. South East Asia (SEA) Conference Organizers Leadership Workshop: Held in Kuala Lumpur on 20-21 October. 50 participants from SEA Sections including 7(Indonesia), 3(Thailand), 8(Singapore), 3(Philippines), 1(Vietnum) and rest(Malaysia). Conducted by representatives from IEEE Conference Business and Services (a mini POCO) and a guest speaker. 2. Distinguished Lecture Programs: 3 programs held (Australia, Bangladesh and China). 3. TENCONs: Venue for TENCON Spring 2013 selected (Sydney, 10-12 April 2013). Call for proposals for TENCON 2014 and TENCON Spring 2014 issued. 4. Technical Seminars: Held in conjunction with 2012 R10 Excom Meet (Colombo) and 2012 R10 Annual Meeting (Kolkata). 5. Travels: POCO 2012 (Budapest), TENCON 2012 (Cebu)

3. CTS 2012 Expenses No.Item Budget (A) Actual (B) Difference (B-A) 1 South East Asia (SEA) Conference Organizers Leadership Workshop 16,000 6,604 2Distinguished Lecture Programs4,034 3TENCONs0 4Technical Seminars883 5Travels (POCO 2012, TENCON 2012)3,519 Total16,00015,040-960 [USD]

4. 2013 R10 Conference and Technical Seminar (CTS) o Vision/Mission: o To enhance technical activities in Region 10 by promoting: o TENCON and TENSYMP(TENCON Spring) o Technical seminars in R10 o R10 DLP (Distinguished Lecture Program) o R10 Seminars held in conjunction with R10 Excom Meeting in January and R10 Annual General Meeting in March o R10 Conference Leadership Training Program o To act as an interface between Region 10 and MGA/TA/IEEE Conference Operations for issues related to technical activities in R10. o To assist R10 Sections by providing available IEEE information, resources and publicity.

5. 2013 R10 CTS Committee o Chair: o Takatoshi Minami o Committee Members: o Janina Mazierska o Yong-Jin Park o Lawrence WC Wong o Deepak Mathur o Elmer Dadios o Hui Zhang

6. Proposed 2013 Projects and Activities (1) 1. TENCON and TENSYMP(TENCON Spring): o 2013 TENCON Spring (17-19 April, Sydney, Australia) to be hosted by NSW Section 2013 TENCON Spring o 2013 TENCON (22-25 October, Xi’an, China) to be hosted by Xi’an Section 2013 TENCON o Selection of host section for 2014 TENCON (Thailand Section was selected in February 2013) o Selection of host section for 2014 TENSYMP (Extended deadline for proposals: 31 March 2013) o Selection of host section for 2015 TENCON (Call for proposals to be issued by end of April) o Selection of host section for 2015 TENSYMP (Call for proposals to be issued by end of July)

7. Proposed 2013 Projects and Activities (2) 2. Technical Seminars in R10: o R10 supports technical seminars to be held in R10 Sections by partially funding them. o Call for applications for the fund is to be issued by the end of March. 3. R10 DLP (Distinguished Lecture Program): o R10 will promote DLP activities in R10 by partially funding lectures given by IEEE Distinguished Lecturers and IEEE Fellows. o Call for applications for the funds for the DLP is to be issued by the end of March.

8. Proposed 2013 Projects and Activities (3) 4. R10 Seminar held in conjunction with R10 Excom Meeting and R10 Annual Meeting o R10 held a R10 Seminar in conjunction with the R10 Annual General Meeting in March with the support of Thailand Section. The main purposes of the R10 Seminar are to promote IEEE activities in the local area by introducing IEEE activities and giving technical lectures. 5. R10 Conference Leadership Training Program: o This program is to enhance the quality of technical conferences to be held in R10. o This is a 1-1.5 day training session for organizers of already planned and future conference. o R10 is planning to hold one program in R10 in 2013.

9. Proposed 2013 Budget No.ItemBudget 1TENCON and TENSYMP(TENCON Spring)4,200 2Technical Seminars in R102,500 3R10 DLP (Distinguished Lecture Program)3,000 4R10 Seminar1,000 5R10 Conference Leadership Training Program10,000 Total20,700 [USD]