IEEE Region 8 Pre-University Activities

R8 EASC MeetingBerlin, March 30, 2012

Sohaib Qamar SheikhR8 Pre-University Activities Coordinator

Agenda

Introduction

Pre-University Works (PUW)

Strategy

Events

Education Portals

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Introduction

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• R8 SAC Electronic Communications Coordinator and Education Activities Liaison

• Member of IEEE for 5 years and have been part of committees in Regions 8/10

• Promote, support and empower Pre-University programs and activities in the region.

Pre-University Works

Formalized as part of EASC-SAC, 2011-2012– Expanded in 2012

Promote, support and empower Pre-University programs and activities in the region.

Make section and student leaders aware of Pre- University opportunities offered by Educational Activities Board (EAB)

Coordinate with global Pre-university Education Coordinating Committee (PECC) and Region 8 Student Activities Committee (SAC)– PECC is a standing committee of EAB

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Team

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Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UKRI) Muhammad Mustufa (Jordan)

Joyce Mwangama (South Africa) Yasemin Baser (Turkey)

Strategy

Promote Pre-University programs– Increase online presence

Join the Region 8 Facebook Group!

– Interact with sections and SBs– Outreach program

Support Volunteers– Provide relevant information and training– Awareness program

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Events

Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)

– Toulon, France (March 2012)– Czech Republic and Slovakia (Late 2012)– Madrid, Spain (July 2012)

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TISP Toulon, France

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EventsEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)– 6 programs currently running in the region– Application submitted for another project from

Uganda in January– Prospective projects

Palestine UKRI Cameroon Sweden Jordan

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Events

Outreach Program

– Awareness Presentations UKRI (February 29th, UKRI SBCM) Jordan (April 17th, JSBC) Sweden (May 2012) Spain (July, R8 SBC) Lebanon (March 2013)

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Events

Outreach Program

– Webinar Series

Pre-University Activities (March 1, 2012) TISP (April 12, 2012) EPICS (June 2012) Education Portals (August 2012) Humanitarian Activities (October 2012)

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Events

Outreach Program

– Online promotion Social Websites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) Emailing list: r8puw@ieee.org Chat Session (February 2012) E-notice to all branch chairs and counsellors

(March 2012)

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TryEngineering

Translation into Arabic completed in February and the website was launched on February 17th, 2012.Support from EAB, Saudi Aramco and Saudi East Section.

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TryComputing

Website promotion at R8 SBC

– Stand– Breakout session by Iva Bojic, IEEE CS

Student Representative for Region 8

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Thank you

Email: sohaibqamer@ieee.org

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