IEEE TENCON-SPRING2013

Final Report

Stefan MozarGeneral ChairIEEE 2013 Tencon Spring

Conference Date and Venue

Date: 17 to 19 April 2013Venue: Radisson Blu, Sydney

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Conference Committee

• Stefan Mozar - General Chair• Eddie Fong - Co-General Chair• Mark O'Mally – Treasurer• Jinhong Yuan - Technical Chair Communications• Vassilios Agelidis - Technical Chair Power• Karu Esselle & Trevor Blackburn - Technical Co-Chairs• Ollencio D'Souza & Bruce Poon – Webmasters• Antony Zaglas - Sponsorship Chair• Bruce Poon - Membership Chair• Eddie Fong - Social Events Chair• Ali Hellany - Doctoral Workshop Chair• John Robinson - Tutorial Chair• Ollencio D'Souza – Publicity• Yogeshwar Ranga - Gold Chair• John Robinson & Ian Boyd - Committee Members• Charlotte Kobert - Conference Support

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Technical Program

2 Technical strands:– Power

Technical Chair: Prof Vassilios Agelidis

– Communication Technical Chair: Prof Jinhong Yuan

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Technical Program

Theme 1 - Advanced Technologies & Economics of Energy Systems– Power Electronics & Energy Conversion– Renewable Energy & Sustainable

Development– Power Systems Electric and plug-in hybrid

electric vehicles– Electrical Machines & Drives– Electricity Markets and Electrical Power

Economics– Emerging Applications & others

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Technical Program Cont.

Theme 2 - Personal Communication in a mobile world– Signal Processing and Applications– Communications and Networks– Circuits and Systems– Antennae and Propagation– Biomedical Engineering and Others

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Keynote Speakers

Prof. Mary O’Kane - NSW Chief EngineerBob Franston - Co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet [VisiCalc] and Home Automation Pioneer

Prof. Toshio Fukuda – R10 Director, Director of Centre for Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Nagoya University

Prof. Gerald B. Sheblé - Professor & Ausgrid Chair in Power Economics, UNSW

Mathew Wilson – Artist & Musician

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Other Activities

Doctoral WorkshopGOLD (Young Professionals) WIE Event Partner Programs

Formal Functions

Gala Diner Event– 17 April 2013

Sydney Harbour Diner Cruise– 18 April 2013

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Country Statistics

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India 66

Australia 44

Malaysia 21

P.R. China 16

Korea 11

Taiwan 10

Thailand 16

Bangladesh 5

Philippines 6

Iran 4

Japan 6

Pakistan 4

New Zealand 4

Saudi Arabia 3

Singapore 3

Paper Submission Statistics

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Total valid 332

Presented 111

No show 14

Rejected 67

Withdrawn 140

Quality Issues

Three blind reviews per paper

No students as reviewers

Review guidelines

Proceedings compliant for indexing and IEEE Explore

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Financials

Exclud, GST GST Total

Income $ 53,296.96 $5 ,353.19 $5 8,650.15

Expense $ (51,031.99) $(3 ,016.42) $(5 4,048.41)

Totals $ 2,264.97 $ 2,336.77 $ 4,601.74

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Lessons LearnedLimit number of papers per registration– One registration for each paper

Ensure a quality paper review process– Min 2 reviews, preferably 3 reviews– No student reviewers– Limit the number of papers for reviewer

Plagiarism checksAdvertise for conference attendees (i.e. non paper presenters)

Recommendations

Make quality IEEE conferences available regionally– Makes conferences affordable– Helps grow local activities

Work with CEM to train conference organizers

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Questions?

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Thank Youfor Your Attention!

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