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Kenya Section (EPICS) Empowering the visually impaired

On 13th February, IEEE Kenya officially launched its EPICS project to provide access for visually impaired persons to educational content on mobile devices with the signing of an MoU between IEEE Kenya, Automated Systems Research and the Kenya Society for the Blind.

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Left to right: Juliana Kivasu- CEO, Kenya Society for the Blind; Vincent Kaabunga -
Chair, IEEE Kenya; Moses Gichanga – CEO, Automated Systems Research

Under the EPICS project, five IEEE student branch members will work under the supervision of ASR to implement an automated system that will enable  visually impaired persons to access SMS and email-based content using low cost mobile phones. Additionally, eight visually impaired pre-university students from the Kenya Integrated Education Programme will also participate in the project.

The project is also being supported by SAMSUNG under their initiative to develop local content for the mobile platform.

It is envisaged that the system will ultimately become a revenue generation source for the society when the service is made available to the general public.


Photos of IEEE President Peter W. Staecker with Dr. Imaana Kibaaya Laibuta, who is blind and is serves as a Commisioner at the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution.

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Job Fair Athens 2013

The third organization of Job Fair Athens was a success.

“Job Fair Athens 2013” took place on the 3rd & 4th of April at Technopolis of the city of Athens. 36 companies, 4 startups, the EURES and several Universities have joined the event this year. The volunteers’ number exceeded 120 from all over Greece.
More than 2,400 people have checked-in at the event, which is a Job Fair Athens’ first! More than 500 job interviews took place on the spot.

Job Fair Athens is organized every year by the student IEEE NTUA SB and EESTEC LC Athens under the auspices of the National Technical University of Athens and it aims to inform all visitors about the situation on the labor market and help them integrate smoothly into it.
This year we were happy to have volunteers from several IEEE Student Branches of the Greece Section, such as the Patras University IEEE SB, the  University of Central Greece IEEE SB, the IEEE T.E.I of Ionian Islands SB and the IEEE SB of Thrace.

Here is a photo from all the people that helped this event to become reality:

 Job Fair

You can find more information on our website www.job-fair.gr and on social networks: Facebook  -  LinkedIn  -  Twitter  - Google +

 

 

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TISP 2.0 Workshop in Lamia

For the first time in Greece, in 29th of March 2013, a team of the IEEE University of Central Greece (UCG) Student Branch, organized two TISP Workshops at the 1st Highschool of Lamia.
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Efthymia Arvaniti, Ad hoc member of the Pre-University Works Subcommittee of Region 8 delivered a presentation about IEEE, PUW and IEEE UCG Student Branch.

EPICS Project was discussed with the teachers, and they agreed on preparing a proposal for an EPICS Project in Lamia. Then, the benefits of the Teacher-In-Service-Program were presented, explaining the methodology and its objectives.
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On the second part of the presentation, the 42 participating students, were divided in small groups of 3 members, and tried to build a ChairLift with simple materials of everyday use within limited time period.

The excitement of the students could not be described. They collaborated and worked in teams, exchanging ideas on the solution of the given problem. All of them understood what is to be a simple engineer, and many of them want to study in a field of engineering.
The local media advertised the event, and more schools contacted the IEEE UCG Student Branch to participate in the TISP Workshops.
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WebEx and Teleconference as a way of hosting IEEE Section events

Many IEEE sections in our region are geographically large.
Starting 2011, IEEE Region 8 has hosted a number of WebEx events (“Webinars”).
This service is available at no cost for IEEE Section events.

We are sharing some steps for this:

  1.  Setup a regular event using IEEE vTools: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/main/login
    Enabling the “registration” link assists to keep track of who may be your attendees!
  2. Promote your event!
    Use either your own SAMIEEE mailing lists, or use IEEE e-Notice.
    http://www.ieee.org/organizations/vols/e-notice/e-notice-submit.html
    Social media, such as Facebook Groups, Google Plus, etc can be a great way to promote your event!
  3. At least five (5) working days in advance of your event, request a WebEx event setup:
    http://sites.ieee.org/vtools/products/webex/webex-registration/
    - Your request will be processed by the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Information Management team (mga-im@ieee.org)
    - If you’ve selected the teleconference option, you’ll also get the process to setup your audio. In case you’re in a country which does not have a toll-free, you could consider using Skype or Google Phone to reach the US toll-free number.
    - Remember to send out the WebEx event link, conference code & link for global toll-free numbers to your participants.
    - – This could also serve as a meeting reminder!
  4. During your event, you can record the WebEx session! For more information, see:
    http://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/remote_conferencing/index.html#sect2
  5. Following your event, remember to submit a “L-31” report (using vTools) & also submit a short article to Region 8 news or other media!
    (Steps 1-2 could be skipped if you want to setup a WebEx event for smaller meeting, e.g. Section ExCom meeting).

Best with your Webinars!

 

Saurabh Sinha, ssinha@ieee.org
2011/2 Vice-Chair for Technical Activities

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About R8

Welcome to Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

The IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional society, and comprises more than 360,000 members who conduct and participate in its activities in 150 countries.
Founded in 1884, the IEEE is a non-profit organisation, and through its members is a catalyst for technological innovation. We are a leading authority in a broad range of areas such as computer engineering, electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, biomedical technology, and telecommunications, naming only a few.
We publish 30 percent of the world’s literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, and hold more than 300 major conferences and 6,000 local meetings annually. Recognized as essential guides for every industry, more than 800 active IEEE standards are in use today with 700 currently in development.
Please use the links at the left to navigate this website, and find out more about the Region and its activities.

Region 8 covers covers Europe, Middle East and Africa, as shown in the map below.

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Contacts

Please note that these mailing lists are primarily for internal use within the R8 committee. Therefore, please consider sending your message to a specific person rather than the whole mailing list.

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Membership Activities r8ma@ieee.org

GOLD Subcommittee (part of MA)

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Membership Development (part of MA)

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Technical Activities r8ta@ieee.org

Industrial Relations (part of TA)

 reg08-irc@ieee.org
Student Activities Committee r8sac@ieee.org

Mailing lists

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Region 8 Webmaster

This website is maintained by George Michael. If you need any changes, or have more general questions this website and its content, don’t hesitate to send an e-mail to r8webmaster@ieee.org .

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