Region 8 SAC Presentation made by the Student Activities Representative.

1. Region 8 for Region 10
(in a nutshell!)
Pablo Herrero
IEEE R8 Student Representative
<pablo.herrero@ieee.org>

2. Local thingies...

3. Local thingies...

4. This is the world...

5. Some statistics
March 29, 2009 (Feb 28, 2007):
16 500 [8945 GSM, 7555 StM](19 685)
in 303 (258) Student Branches
25 % of total Region 8
membership!!!
Region 8 Committee Meeting, April 2009 Student Activities Subcommittee

6. Region 8 specific problems
Severe delays with receiving IEEE publications in some areas
Credit card problems and high fees for money transfer and cheques
(payment of dues) in some Sections
Expensive if not impossible procedure of cashing Rebate checks from
Piscataway
Significantly varying Gross Domestic Product and Purchasing Power
Parity per capita within Region 8, with a ratio in the order of 1:100
between the lowest– and the highest–income country. In the US, this ratio
is less than 1:2 between the different states. In several Region 8 countries,
the US–based prices for IEEE products and services are extremely high.
Bad rate of exchange between the US dollar and the Euro
Region 10 SBC, July 2009 R8 Student Activities Subcommittee

7. Ongoing programs
Membership campaigns
Launch a new Student Branch initiative
Student Branch support
Section’s welcome to graduating Student
Members (SAC & GOLD STEP)
Region 8 Student News
Partnership with other Student Organizations
Student Activities Subcommittee

8. Ongoing programs (2)
Electronic Communications
Student professional activities
Twin SB program
Students at IEEE technical conferences
R8 SAC Voucher programme
Help needy volunteers project
Student Activities Subcommittee

9. Contests
IEEE Region 8 Promotional Multimedia Contest
 Design banners, videos, animations
 Outline basic membership benefits, applicable to all
SBs
 125th year anniversary
1st place: $500
2nd place: $300
3rd place: $200
Student Activities Subcommittee

10. Technical Student Conference
Only students are
allowed to submit
4 different tracks
25 papers
Multidisciplinary
Student Activities Subcommittee

11. IEEE Region 8 Student Robotics Contest
Regional wide (and how wide!)
Track assignment
10 teams
$$$ prizes

12. Sectional SB Congresses
Diversity of languages and cultures
Specific problems might be easier to solve
Student Activities Subcommittee

13. Student Branch Congress
250+ attendees
Every second year
Students+GOLD+WIE interaction
4 Day event
Completely organized by one local branch
Student Activities Subcommittee

14. Student Branch Congress
Held every two years
One representative from each active SB, is
always FULLY FUNDED by IEEE
ca. 250 attendees
More than 40 countries involved
Last venues: El Cairo (Egypt), Passau
(Germany), Paris (France)
2008 venue: London (UK)
Features leadership trainings, organizational
workshops and...

15. Local Activities
Building stuff that moves, beeps, shines,
transmits more stuff or just push you to think
and to collaborate with others is always a
good thing. It shows you where your limits
are, how to improve yourself, how to make
others to improve yourself but...
Why are we here?

16. For TONS of FUN

17. Thank you!