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IEEE TENCON-SPRING
2013
Final Report
Stefan Mozar
General Chair
IEEE 2013 Tencon Spring
Conference Date and Venue
Date:
Venue:
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17 to 19 April 2013
Radisson Blu, Sydney
Conference Committee
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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
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 Engineer
Bob 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 Workshop
GOLD (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
Australia
Malaysia
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P.R. China
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Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
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44
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Bangladesh
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Philippines
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Iran
Japan
Pakistan
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New Zealand
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Saudi Arabia
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Singapore
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Paper Submission Statistics
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Total valid
332
Presented
111
No show
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34%
42%
Presented
No show
Rejected
Rejected
67
4%
20%
Withdrawn
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140
Withdrawn
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
Total
Income
$ 53,296.96
$5 ,353.19
$5 8,650.15
Expense
$ (51,031.99)
$(3 ,016.42)
$(5 4,048.41)
Totals
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$
2,264.97
$ 2,336.77
$ 4,601.74
Lessons Learned
Limit 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 checks
Advertise 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 You
for Your Attention!
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