Year 2005 Forth Meeting of IEEE Tokyo Section Executive Committee

Year 2005 Forth Meeting of IEEE Tokyo Section Executive Committee was held at the conference room of Sumitomo Kaikan from 15pm on Wednesday Devermber 17.

Minutes of Executive Committee (draft) (Japanese Only)

=2006 Meeting Schedule=
The First meeting : Wednesday March 1 at Palace Hotel in Tokyo.
The Second meeting : Friday June 9 at Sumitomo Electroric Industry in Tokyo.
The Third meeting : Friday September 8 at Sumitomo Electroric Industry in Tokyo.
The Forth meeting : Friday December 15.

Year 2005 Third Meeting of Japan Council Commitee

Year 2005 Third Meeting of Japan Council Committee was held at Sumitomo Kaikan from 15pm on Wednesday December 3.

Minutes of Japan Council Committee (draft) (Japanese Only)

=2006 Meeting Schedule=
The First meeting : Monday March 13 at Sumitomo kaikan in Tokyo
The Second meeting : Friday August 4.
The Third meeting : Monday December 11.

Year 2005 Second Meeting of Chapter Operations Committee

The Second Meeting of the IEEE Japan Council Chapter Operations Committee of 2005 was held on November 14 (Mon.) from 3:00p.m. to 4:45p.m. at Kousai Kaikan, Tokyo.
42 members were participated. The 2005 activities of the Japan Council were presented by the Secretary of the Council. The 2005 activities of the Chapter Operations Committee were reported by the Chair of the Committee. The number of assistance projects using the chapter assistance fund was 52. The Magnetics Society Sendai Chapter was established on May 2005 and the System, Man and Cybernetics Society Hiroshima Chapter was applying for registration. The activities from June to November 2005 were also reported by each chapter.

Section Congress 2005

IEEE Sections Congress 2005, which is a triennial gathering of Section leadership sponsored by the Regional Activities Board, was held in Tampa, Florida, USA, from October 14th to October 17th, 2005. The number of participants from Japan is 17, including Dr. Hayashi from Tokyo Section. On Saturday and Sunday in Breakout Sessions participants discussed on 54 themes categorized in three tracks, that is, membership, section operations, and relations.
On Monday morning during the Closing Ceremony, primary delegates from over 240 IEEE Sections had the opportunity to assign, through the balloting process, a priority level to each of the recommendations that were developed in the Region & Issue Caucuses.
The results can be seen on the IEEE Section Congress Web page.
Next IEEE Section Congress will be held in Quebec City in Canada in 2008.

IEEE Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop 2005

IEEE Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop 2005 was held in Yokohama National University on November 3, 2005. 55 students from 16 Student Branches in Japan gathered together. After the self-introduction of the participants and the reports from each branched, student branch leadership training took place under the guidance by Professor Nishihara, Branch Counselor of the Student Branch of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Group discussions were also held. At the Banquet a memorial plaque was presented to Professor Nishihara for his 10 years contribution to the training workshop. A 10th anniversary plaque was presented to Yokohama National University and a Branch banner was presented to newly founded Nagoya University Branch.

IEEE Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop2005 (in Japanese) *PDF

IEEE Student Branches in Japan

2006 New Fellows

IEEE head office announced the 2006 new Fellow promotions. 18 people from the Tokyo Section and 27 people nationally were promoted.I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to those who received promotions.

Notice from IEEE Tokyo Section Office