3^rd Edition of Conference organizers workshop was organized on 25^th April 2015 at TCS Deccan Park Office in Hyderabad by IEEE India Council in Collaboration with IEEE Hyderabad Section. This event has been one of its kind and a very special in India and Region 10.  The event marked another history by attracting attendees from most of the Indian geography and created a forum of discussion and knowledge gathering on Conference Best Practices. The event was supported by IEEE MCM Team of IEEE Headquarters. This workshop was very well attended; it received positive feedbacks, encouraging responses and comments after the programme, around 70 participants attended this programme. Apart from the nominations from several leading academics like IITs, NITs we received participation from top Industries like TCS, Oracle etc. Most of IEEE Indian Sections came forward to support this workshop financially and nominated their members to participate in this timely event. It seemed most of the attendees were infact waiting for a workshop like this. The event was managed professionally, it started and finished dot on time.

 

This workshop was designed to serve the needs of the IEEE conference organizer, for them to know "Best Practices”, through education, discussion, and access to experts. It is a forum that enables a voice for the organizer community, to learn about and discuss conference issues with industry experts, and the peers.   This event is similar to the Panel of Conference organizers (POCO) workshop organized annually by MCM of IEEE.

This event was comprised of talks from experienced IEEE Conference Organizers and panel discussions with focused sessions and opportunity for participants to exchange ideas, success stories and challenges with other trained and experience IEEE Conference organizers. The program was designed to foster a sense of community and create a global support network. It dealt with dynamic issues associated with conference organizing with current topics and themes selected to meet changing needs and advancements in technologies. The workshop discussed the most important issues for the conferences in the changing world. Issues like ethical practices, Publications in IEEE Conferences and Journals, Conference best practices etc was discussed.