IAS WORKSHOP

in conjunction with ITEC 2018

"West Coast Chapter Meeting 2018"

Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA USA

ITEC 2018 Conference attendees, IAS members and non-members are cordially invited to take part in the IAS Workshop organized in conjunction with the ITEC 2018 Conference, . This workshop, called "West Coast Chapter Meeting 2018", is the third in the series of regional IAS chapter meetings in USA, following the "East Coast Chapter Meeting", New York NY, 2016 and the "Central US Chapter Meeting", Arlington TX, 2016. The aim of these regional meetings is to establish direct contact between IAS members and IAS Executive Board members as well as to provide information about the current status of the IA-Society. Your valuable feedback and ideas may be expressed to help shape the strategic plan for IAS going forward.

Venue:

Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA USA, Room 204

Date and time:

Thursday, 14 June 2018, 4:20PM - 5:40PM

Hosts:

ITEC 2018 Organizing Committee

IAS Chapters and Membership Department

Schedule:

4:20 PMOpening and introduction of the invited speakers

David Eng, IAS Chapters Area Chair R-6

4:23 PMWelcome address and ITEC 2018 Overview

Bulent Sarlioglu, ITEC 2018 Organizing Committee General Chair

4:30 PMIAS Overview - Products and Services

Tomy Sebastian, IAS President

Patrick McCarren, IAS Executive Director

4:50 PMIntroduction of the activity of IAS Technical Departments

Ahmed Rubaai, IAS Manufacturing Systems Development and Applications (MSDA) Department Chair

Steve Coppinger, Process Industries (PI) Department Chair

Andrew Hernandez, Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (I&CPS) Department Chair

Ayman El-Refaie, Industrial Power Conversion Systems (IPCS) Department Chair

5:10 PMIAS chapters and membershipactivity

Peter Magyar, Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) Chair

Blake Lloyd, CMD Travel Awards and Events Standing Committee Chair

Lesley Arakkal, CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee Chair

David Eng, CMD, IAS Chapters Area Chair R-6

Jason Poon, CMD, IAS Student Branch Chapters Area Chair R-4 and R-6

Wang Xin, CMD, IAS Student Branch Chapters Area Chair R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-5

5:25 PMQ&A Session

5:40 PMClosing

Moderator:

David Eng, IAS Chapters Area Chair R-6

Registration:

The participation is free of charge.

Registration is requested online by using the form IAS Workshop ITEC 2018

Workshop contact:

Peter Magyar, IAS CMD Chair