Activities 2008

16  January 2008	IEEE-PES Industrial Lecture Programme (ILP) on “The Power Systems - the Awe-Inspiring Artificial Integration and the Engineers' Proud and Responsibility”      by Mr. Yoshihide Hase      a Distinguished Member of CIGRE	APS Training Room 4C Level 3, Worldwide Business Centre, Shah Alam Time: 2.30 pm.
22  February 2008	Technical Talk on “Renewable Energy Systems and Distributed Generation"       by Prof Majid Al-Dabbagh Venue: Meeting Room, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,	Event was attended by more than 40 people. Time: 3.30 pm.
27 February 2008	IEEE Membership Drive Day at UTEM PES Chapter Chair, Michael together with Excom members Dr Musse, Dr Zuhaina & M Zain attended the event.	Event was successfully held with an approximate attendance of 195 people.
01 March 2008	18th IEEE Malaysia Section & 12th IEEE-Power Engineering Society Chapter AGM Time: 9:00 a.m.	Venue: Dewan Kuliah, Kompleks Sains & Teknologi, UiTM Shah Alam
26 March 2008	Talk on Engineering Ethics to students  at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka UTeM by ExCom M. Zain	Event was successfully held with an approximate attendance of 160 students.
02 April 2008	Talk on Engineering Ethics to students  at Multimedia University MMU by ExCom M. Zain	Event was successfully held with an approximate attendance of 80 students.
13 June 2008	Technical Talk on “Technical Consideration and Impact of Underground Cables on Power Transmission and Distribution Network"       by Prof Akhtar Kalam, Victoria University,      Melbourne, Australia. Venue: Lecture Hall C, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam	Time: 3.00 pm. Click here  for synopsis of talk
26 June 2008	Technical Talk on “Professional Issues of International Engineering Practice"       by Prof Muhammad H. Rashid, Fellow IEEE     Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,     University of Florida. Venue: Main Meeting Room, Level 2, College of Engineering, UNITEN	Time: 3.00 pm. Click here  for synopsis of talk
07 July 2008	Technical Talk on “Lightning Power Surge and Data Line Solutions and Applications"       by Jim Harrison,      President of Power Quality International (PQI),       Vice President of Emerson Network Power (USA).. Venue: Room BA-4-051, Level 4, Management Building, UNITEN	Time: 10.00 ~ 11.00 am.
24 September 2008	Talk on Engineering Ethics to students  at Universiti Tenaga Nasional by ExCom M. Zain	Event was successfully held with an approximate attendance of 120 students.
14 October 2008	A one-day Workshop/Tutorial Talk on “Smart Distribution Grid: The Role of Technologies, Tools and Techniques for Advanced Automation and Planning"       by S.S. (Mani) Venkata,      Professor of EE, University of Washington,       Professor and Chair Emeritus of ECE, Iowa State University (USA)	Venue: Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, Selangor Time: 08.30 ~ 17.30
22nd October 2008	IEEE Malaysia Section Annual Award and Appreciation Night 2008	Venue: Summit Hotel, Persiaran Kewajipan USJ 1,        Subang USJ, Selangor.
01 - 03rd December 2008	2nd International Power & Energy Conference (PECon) 2008 jointly organized by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter in collaboration with Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
17 ~ 18 December 2008	Workshop on Lightning Protection      Organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia,	Venue: Faculty of Engineering, UPM, Serdang, Selangor
21st December 2008	IEEE-PES Chapter: "STEPPING FORWARD AS A LEADER"     - A one-day program on soft-skill by Kiki Ng from Ashton Management	Venue: College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Proposed activities for the calendar year 2009...