1. IEEE Region 9
Latin America and Caribe
Activities
Natália Raposo
Roadshow Coordinator R9SAC
Team
17 July 2009
2. Agenda
• IEEE Region 9
• R9SAC Team
• Some Activties:
– Roadshow
– Enlaces magazine
– IEEE Student Branch Regional Meeting
3. IEEE Region 9
• 5 677 student members
• 307 IEEE Student Branches
• 32 Sections
4. R9SAC Team
Region 9 Student Activities Committee
Team
Who are we?
R9 SAC Chair - Salomón Herrera
• – R9 RSR – Amy Reyes
– Enlaces Magazine Coordinator – Felipe Moroni
– Roadshow Coordinator - Natália Raposo
– Web Master – Alejandro Rincón
– SPAC and SPAVe Coordinator – Mercedes Arruiz
– Student Chapters Coordinator – Jonathan Serrano
– SAC Member – Gustavo Calixto
What do we want?
–
Achieve 10000 student members in Region 9!
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5. Roadshow
• The purpose of the Road Show is to
expand IEEE to different University
students and to motivate these
students to create and improve their
Student Branches, WIE Affinity
Groups and Technical Societies.
6. How Roadshow works?
• The Roadshow is a trip organized by
IEEE volunteers to visit most
universities in their section
7. Roadshow Results in Brazil
First presentation by
New Student Branch
in UEFS in Brazil. This
happened after the
presetantion of
Roadshow Team
Roadshow stand in
FAMEC in Brazil
“I believe FAMEC Student Branch
will be created next month”
(Roberto Lúcio – FAMEC’s
student)
8. Enlaces Magazine
• Goals:
– Motivate the Students Branchs
to enjoy IEEE concourses and
programs
– Promote the mainly activities of
each Student Branch
The magazine is from all R9 IEEE volunteers to all R9 IEEE
volunteers!
9. Enlaces Magazine
• Look it in pdf and online versions at
www.ieee.org/r9sac
• Monthly editions
• Spanish & Portuguese languages
10. IEEE Student
BranchRegional Meeting
RRR – Reunión Regional de Ramas
Estudiantiles
• RRR in Ecuador this
year
– November 12-15th
– Guayaquil, Ecuador
I hope meet you
there!
RRR in Colombia in 2008
11. Other activities
• WIE & GOLD Regional Meetings on
November 12-15th
• TISP Regional Workshop on November
10-11th
• Carrer Fair on November 13th
• All meetings will be in Ecuador during
the RRR
• 2nd Student Branch Chair Workshop
during the RRR 2009