The 93rd Region 8 Committee Meeting was held in Lisbon, Portugal on the 10th and the 11th of October 2009, following the invitation of the Portugal Session.

On October 9^th (Friday) all day the Workshop on Energy Initiative was held, but on Friday evening there was a presentation of the Portugal Section where the Section officers took part in giving the past and the future of their Section.

Dell Computers now extends its Employee Purchase Program (EPP) to IEEE Members in Region 8 through the Financial Advantage Program. The EPP enables IEEE Members to purchase Dell Home products (Inspiron Desktop, Notebook, Mini, Studio, XPS, Printers, and Peripherals) at up to 10% discount off regular pricing. Plus, there are promotions and special offers that can be applied in addition to this member discount.

The EPP is currently available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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IBM and the IEEE invite your response to the attached Call for Papers for Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments, a global conference to be held April 6-9, 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.  Conference sessions will feature prominent industry and academic executives, and explore the evolving knowledge and skill sets needed by engineering professionals to lead and perform effectively in the evolving global and business environment.   Abstracts that focus on innovation in curriculum content and structure, and cross-disciplinary initiatives with business and law schools, and the social sciences, are of particular interest to the program committee.

Deadline for submission is 15 November 2009

For more information, go to: http://www.ieee.org/go/tee_2010/call_for_papers.html

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Two keynote lectures by Fellows of the Royal Society were included the programme, attended by several hundred people in the famous lecture theatre of the Royal Institution, and coordinated by Master of Ceremonies, Roger Pollard (Vice-President of IEEE Technical Activities Board).  The audience included several past Directors of Region 8.

A file containing all the presentations from the 93rd Committee Meeting in Lisbon can be found here

11 November 2009 - 11:00 a.m. EST
The economic landscape has changed drastically around the world. But what are the consequences for technical occupations in the European labour market? This Webinar will be presented by European mobility expert Nannette Ripmeester and will address where are (still) opportunities and where are new opportunities emerging; which countries in Europe offer the best chance; and how best to make use of the available opportunities. Register for this Webinar at http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?uid=IEEE_JOB&fid=20749&rtype=nonmm