ReportonTENSYMP20184-6July2018

ARegion10Event,HostedinAustraliaforRegion10!

• TheNewSouthWalesSectionishonoredtohaveservedRegion10withhostingTensymp 2018• OuraimwastoengagewithasmanysectionsandmembersfromRegion10asispossible!• TensympwasheldinSydneyfrom4to6July2018.

Overview-Location

• Date4-6July2018• Venue:MercureHotelatCentralRailwayStation• About20minbytrainfromairport• Walkingdistancefromtrainstation• Awiderangeofaccommodationisavailable• 10minbytraintoSydneyOperahouse• NextdoortoChinaTownandmanybudgeteateries

Committee

GeneralChair DrStefanMozar

Co-Chairs MrEddieFongDrDavidTien

TechnicalChair: Power&Energy DrTrevorBlackburn

TechnicalChair:Electronics DrRaheel HashmiDrAliHellany

TechnicalChair:Healthcare DrAmitKumar

TechnicalChair:Software DrBrucePoon

TechnicalChair:AP/MTT DrRaheel Hashmi

Treasurer MrChrisO’Neil

Forfullcommitteelistsee:http://sites.ieee.org/tensymp2018/committees/

YPChair MrTimWong

WIEChairCo-chair

DrPinaDall’Armi-StokesMsNalia Mukthar

Sponsorship Chair MrAntonyZaglas

StudentChair MrSaad Ul Hassan

AustraliaCouncil DrZiaAhmed

NewZealandCouncil DrNirmal Niar

Webmasters KishoreKumar

SyedAbbas

Program

• Researchpapersessions(paperssubmittedtoIEEEExplore)• Practitionersessions(powerpointonly)• Postersessions• WIE,YP,andLifeMemberActivities• Worldclasskeynotes• ProfessionalDevelopment

ProgramOverview

KeynoteSpeakers

• ProfAlexBaitch• DrChin-Moi Chow• ProfHongYan• DrSamGorman• DrSharonPeng• ProfRenPingLiu• MrOllencio D’Souza• DrRobertBarr

PanelSessions

• Panel1:DiversityintheWorkplace(WIE/YP)• Panel2:EarlyCareer(WIE/YP)• Panel3:Standards&LegislatingtheIoT• Panel4:IoT• Panel5:HotTopicinPowerEngineering

Workshops

1. Entrepreneurship2. IoT andIndustry4.03. BreakingWirelessSecurity

IndustryDayProgram

IndustryDaySummary

• 80attendees,whichwerenotconferencedelegates• 2industrystrands:IoT,PowerEngineering• 10SpeakersonappliedTechnology• 3academicpapersessionswereruninparalleltoindustrysessions• SeniorMembershipDrive• MembershipDrivethroughouttheconference

SocialFunctions

• DinerFunction• SydneyHarbour Cruise

ProgramStatistics

PapersStatistics• PapersSubmitted:201• PapersAccepted:102• PapersRejected:99• PapersWithdrawn:45• StudentPapers:49%

CountryStatistics• India33%• Philippines20%• Australia15%• Japan6%• China8%• Korea8%• Indonesia7%• Pakistan5%

IssuesEncountered

• AnExceedinglyhighnumberofstudentsubmissions(49%)• Manyacceptedstudentpaperswithdrewduetofundingissues

• Many2nd and3rd yearstudentsfromIndiasubmitting“fake”papers• Facultyattendinginsteadofstudents,andregisteringasstudents• Recommendthatallpresenterspayfullregistration• Studentregistrationonlyforstudentsnotpresenting

• Fraudwarning:Recommendnottolistemailcontactsofcommitteemembers,createonlyoneconferencesupportemail

Summary

• IndustryDaywasverysuccessful(manyadditionalattendees)• AcceptedPaperswereofhighquality• Verywellreceivedsupportprogram• Extremelyhighnumberofstudentpapers• Infutureallpresentedpapersandpostersshouldpayafullregistration• Studentregistrationshouldbeonlyforstudentsnotpresenting• Infuturehaveonepaperperregistration