Lebanon Section held a general assembly and a 125th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, October 29th, 2009.  Seventy members, including the executive committees of the section, the chapters and the student branches attended.

The general assembly was opened with the Lebanese National Anthem followed by IEEE One Voice video. Presentation of IEEE Lebanon Section was given by Dr. Elias Nassar, Communications Society Chapter presentation was given by Dr. Zaher Dawy, Computer Society Chapter presentation was given by Dr. Aziz Barbar, CAS/PE/PEL Societies Chapter presentation was given by Mr. Ahmed Adra and the GOLD Affinity Group presentation was given by Mr. Mark Chedid. American University of Beirut Student Branch presentation was given by Mr. Said Kharouf, Beirut Arab University Student Branch presentation was given by Mr. Hussein Ali, Notre Dame University Student Branch presentation was given by Ms. Joan Farjo, Universite Saint-Joseph Student Branch presentation was given by Mr. Rami Hermes.

Following the presentations certificates of appreciation were given to students from the different branches and to Dr. M. Adnan Al-Alaoui, the first Chair of the IEEE Lebanon Section, in recognition for his efforts in establishing the IEEE Lebanon Section.

The IEEE Region 8 would like to announce the IEEE Region 8 Section Website Contest!

The goal of this Contest is to give a motive to all Sections to create or improve their own website that will serve as a reference point for all their members. This will help the Sections place their mark on the map and facilitate their future actions and activities.

The winners of the Contest will receive the following prizes:

• First place - $500 to the Section and a plaque to the webmaster that will be given in person at the next IEEE Region 8 meeting
• Second place - $500 to the Section and a plaque to the webmaster
• Third place - $250 to the Section and a plaque to the webmaster
• Fourth place - $250 to the Section and a plaque to the webmaster

More information can be found here

The East Ukraine Section AP/AES/ED/EMB/GRS/MTT/NPS Societies Joint Chapter, winner of the IEEE Region-8 Chapter of the Year Award 2008 in small and middle size chapter category, has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Chapter of the Year Award.

This award is intended to recognize the quantity and quality of the activities and programs implemented by the chapters during the prior July 1^st – June 30^th period.

A certificate and check for $1,000 will be presented at the 2009 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 7 December, at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Congratulations on the second award of this year to the Chapter and Dr. Oksana V. Shramkova, Chapter Chair.

Posted by Peter Magyar, CCSC Chair

As part of the IEEE’s 125th Anniversary celebrations, IE Business School and IEEE Women in Engineering signed a scholarship agreement that is helping top women engineers from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) access top-ranked graduate programs in business management and leadership.  As part of the agreement, President-elect Mr.  Pedro Ray will also be coming to R8 to speak about the IEEE as a global organization, how it manages a diverse and globally dispersed membership and most importantly, how it has maintained the reference among global engineers.  IEEE WIE members in R8 who are interested in the scholarships can contact Pilar Molina or IE Business School directly via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To participate in the event if you have not already registered, send your full name, organization and position to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  This event is free for IEEE members.

Pedro Ray at IE Business School

Friday, November 13, 2009 (13h30 CET)