Port of Spain. Agenda IEEE Region 9 Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting March Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago

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1 Port of Spain Agenda 2016 IEEE Region 9 Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting March 2016 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago

2 Welcome message from the IEEE Region 9 Director Dear Friends and Colleagues of IEEE Latin America and the Caribbean: On behalf of Region 9 Executive Committee, I would like to welcome you to the Face-to- Face 2016 Regional Meeting of IEEE Region 9: Latin America and the Caribbean. This is a particularly special meeting as we will be celebrating our 50 th Anniversary. Let us take this opportunity to learn, interact, exchange ideas and experiences, and develop plans to continue to be essential to our region s technical community and professionals and also to continue working to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Enclosed you will find the agenda with the activities that the Regional Executive Committee has prepared for you. You will note that in this meeting we will have special training sessions on tools, that we hope will help you be better prepared to carry out your functions as volunteers and leaders. We are fortunate to have the participation of distinguished guests from outside Region 9, who will present several programs and projects that may be used in our region. I encourage you to grab the opportunity to interact with them and learn from their vast and varied professional experiences. As in previous years, our Regional Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Region 9 Women in Engineering (WIE) and Young Professionals (YP, formerly GOLD) Meetings. I am sure they will welcome your comments and ideas about how they can better work with our Sections and Committees. You all have received the plans developed by each Region 9 Committee and discussion on them has already started in our 10 th Virtual Meeting. Let us continue this discussion providing feedback to committee chairs either personally or during the appropriate discussion sessions. We hope that the programmed activities will allow for strengthening the friendship among the members of our Regional Committee and we wish you a profitable and enjoyable meeting. Welcome to Region 9 RM2016! Antonio C. Ferreira Director - IEEE Region Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

3 I L Welcome message from the IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section Chair Dear Colleagues, Fellow Volunteers and Friends of IEEE Region 9, It is with great pleasure and humility, that the Executive Committee of the IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section and the Local Organising Committee, of which I am part, welcome you to the 2016 Regional Meeting of the IEEE Region 9 - Latin America and the Caribbean (RM2016). We are honoured to have been selected to host RM2016. We extend our thanks to the Immediate Past Norberto Lerendegui, our Antonio Ferreira and the Regional Executive Committee for selecting our Section for this singular privilege. We thank them for their tremendous and invaluable support in making this event possible. This 2016 installment of the annual regional meeting celebrates the 50 th Anniversary of IEEE Region 9 and also represents the first time it is being hosted in a native English speaking country. The IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section wishes you a successful RM2016. Please enjoy our warm hospitality. We hope that you take away happy memories of your time here in Trinidad and Tobago. Our Section regards RM2016 as a fantastic opportunity to refocus our energies as we seek to further develop our national community and inspire the next generation of electrical and electronic engineers as well as ICT professionals in Trinidad and Tobago. The Local Organising Committee, supported by some very committed volunteers, supporters and partners, has also made significant effort to put in place a social program that would give you a taste of our local culture and cuisine that should encourage you to visit us again in the not too distant future. We wish you a productive and rewarding time at the meeting sessions and a delightful stay with us in Trinidad and Tobago, the land of calypso, steelband and limbo; the cosmopolitan paradise of the Caribbean. W. Richard Small IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section Chair Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

4 S I Day 1 Training, Welcome Dinner & Opening Ceremony Wednesday 2 nd March 2016 All day Arrival of Participants & Registration All 13:00 18:00 IEEE R9 Meeting 2016 and Material Reception All Registration Payment by Non Primary Delegates Delivery of Materials D1-P1 Section Chairs Training Session Dress Code: Business Casual 16:00 17:00 Senior Member Nomination Process (bring the resume of a potential candidate) D1-P2 Welcome Dinner & Opening Ceremony Dress Code: Standard Business Attire 19:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks Pins for new Section and Council Chairs Region 9 50 th Anniversary 20:00 22:00 Welcome dinner Gifts exchange. (Less than 10 USD) Companions Welcome IEEE Regional Director s Office Tania Quiel R-A&R Committee Chair & Wayne Richard Small Trinidad and Tobago Section Chair All All Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

5 Day 2 Presentations and Training Workshop Thursday 3 rd March 2016 Dress Code: Business Casual 06:30 08:00 Breakfast 08:00 08:05 Call to Order & Roll Call Augusto José Herrera 08:05 08:10 Day-2 Activities Presentation Augusto José Herrera D2-P1 - IEEE Special Guest Presentations 08:10 08:40 Direction of IEEE R9 08:40 09:10 Wanda Reder s Presentation Wanda Reder IEEE Division VII Past- Director 09:10 09:40 Member Value in Career Support and Public Policy - Globalizing the IEEE-USA Experience. Jim Jefferies IEEE-USA Past-President 09:40 10: A New National Society Approach Ted Hissey IEEE Director Emeritus 10:10 10:30 Coffee & Tea Break 10:30 11:30 IEEE President Elect 2017 Candidates Wanda Reder Jim Jefferies 11:30 12:00 Educational Activities Board S.K. Ramesh IEEE VP-EAB 12:00 12:30 IEEE-HKN S.K. Ramesh IEEE-HKN President 12:30 13:00 Engaging Members with Humanitarian Activities: Starting & Growing SIGHTs Laura Edelson IEEE HAC Chair 13:00 14:30 Lunch D2-P3 Training Sessions 14:30 16:30 vtools Training Workshop Marguerite Gargiula MGA Information Management Project Manager 16:30 17:00 Coffee & Tea Break 17:00-18:30 Learning Lab for Chapter, Technical and Section Professional Meetings: Recording and Distribution John Walz IEEE Director Division VIII 18:30 19:00 Building Community with IEEE Collabratec Gerardo Barbosa TAC Chair 19:00 Adjourn Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

6 Day 3 Presentations and Training Workshop Friday 4 th March 2016 Dress Code: Standard Business Attire - Jacket and tie suggested for group photo 06:30 08:00 Breakfast 08:00 08:05 Call to Order & Roll Call Augusto José Herrera 08:05 08:10 Day-3 Activities Presentation 08:10 08:30 Robert s Rules abstract 08:30 09:00 MGA: Actions and Plans 09:00 09:30 D3-P1 - IEEE Special Guest Presentations IEEE Women in Engineering: Inspire Encourage Engage Empower! A Global Network 09:30 10:00 Global Careers Resource 10:00 10:30 10:30 12:20 12:20 13:00 Coffee & Tea Break D3-P2 Training Sessions Membership Development + Region Vitality Sections Congress 2017, RVF, Operating Manual Review, Director-Elect candidates nomination process Augusto José Herrera Norberto Lerendegui Regional Past-Director Lawrence Wong IEEE VP-MGA Keyana Tennant Manager, Women in Engineering Charmain Williams Global Career Resources Product Manager Antonio Luque,Teofilo Ramos, Mario Aleman MGA MRRC, R9 MDC, R9 RVC Norberto Lerendegui Regional Past-Director 13:00 13:15 Group Photo All 13:15 Adjourn 13:15 14:30 Lunch Trinidad and Tobago Section 10th Anniversary Leadership Award Ceremony 14:30 16:30 Council Meetings All 17:00 22:00 Programmed Social Activity Companions Welcome Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

7 Day 4 IEEE R9 Plenary Session Saturday 5 th March 2016 Dress Code: Business Casual 06:30 08:00 Breakfast 08:00 08:05 Call to order & roll call for plenary session Augusto José Herrera 08:05 08:10 D4-P1 Agenda Approval & Special Guests Presentation Director s Remarks Approval of Agenda 08:10 08:30 Approval of Consent Agenda 08:30 10:00 IEEE in :00 10:30 10:30 12:00 Coffee & Tea Break D4 P2 Action Motions & Awards Discussion of Motions presented at the VRM or In Vivo Regional Meeting not in the consent agenda 12:00 12:30 Awards & Recognition Report 12:30 13:00 Awards Approval Session Regional Committee Karen Bartleson, Howard Michel IEEE President-Elect, IEEE Past-President Tania Quiel Awards & Recognition Tania Quiel Awards & Recognition Executive Session 13:00 14:30 Lunch D4-P3 Budget and Additional Presentations 14:30 14:50 R9 Budget Presentation for :50 15:00 Approval of R9 budget for :00 15:30 Sections and Societies: working together Ozeas Santana Filho Regional Treasurer Ozeas Santana Filho Regional Treasurer Regional Committee Gerardo Barbosa, Societies Representatives TAC Chair 15:30 16: Regional Meeting Venues All 16:00 16:30 Coffee & Tea Break D4-P4 Additional Issues 16:30 17:30 Section Issues All Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March

8 Day 4 (continued) IEEE R9 Plenary Session Saturday 5 th March 2016 Dress Code: Business Casual 18:00 Adjourn 18:00 19:30 Free Time; Personal Activities All D4-P5 - Closing Dinner & Awards Ceremony Closing Dinner Awards Ceremony Closure of RM2016 Companions Welcome 19:30 22:00 All Tania Quiel Awards & Recognition Wayne Richard Small Trinidad and Tobago Section Chair Sponsorship: IEEE Region 9 Transportation and accommodation Breakfast, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome and closing dinners IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section Social activity Logistic Supp L Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago March