IEEE Conference Organizers Workshop (IEEEhyd-COW)

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An IEEE conference has high quality technical lectures, tutorials, speakers and eager participants. Now IEEE Hyderabad Section through this workshop on “Organizing and Managing an IEEE Conference” invites organizers to know about the activity of a successful organization. This event is comprised of seminars, focused sessions with plenty of opportunity for participants to exchange ideas, success stories and challenges with other IEEE Conference co-orgainzers. This one Day workshop will provide Networking opportunity with the experienced Conference Organizers. After this workshop it is aimed that an attendee will walk away with basic conference business framework and know where to go to get answers related to IEEE Conferences.


Registration Fee

IEEE Members: INR 1500
Non IEEE Members: INR 2500

The Registration fee includes the Workshop kit, Lunch and High tea during the workshop.

Following Sponsorship options are available

Academic Partner: INR 20,000
Industrial Partner: INR 25,000

Sponsors will receive 2 complementary Registration passes to this programme. The flyer/Broachers of partners will be inserted in the conference materials and the logo will be printed at the backdrop.


Respective fees shall be sent in the form of Demand draft. DDs shall be drawn in favor of “IEEE Hyderabad Section”, payable at Hyderabad and shall be sent to IEEE Hyderabad Section, 644 Al Karim Trade Centre, Ranigunj, Secunderabad 500 003, India.

Travel Support

Limited Travel support is available for outstation attendees. For applying send an email mentioning your IEEE Membership Number, Name, Affiliation and past experience in IEEE activities.

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IEEE Hyderabad Section

Conference Organizers Workshop

Agenda

Saturday 13th October, 2012

(Organized by IEEE Hyderabad Section and IEEE Vizag Bay Subsection)

8:00am – 9:00am COW Registration

9:00am – 9:05am Why Conferences Matter- Video

9:05am – 9:30am Building the Conference: Blueprint of success from start to finish, Conference Timelines – Amit Kumar (BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd Hyderabad)

9:30am – 10:00am Managing your Conference’s Logistics and Finances – Maruthi Pathapati

(Vidcentum R&D Hyderabad)

10:00am – 10:30am Technical program: The Heart of the Conference – Amit Kumar

(BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd Hyderabad)

10:30am – 11:00am Constituting a Technical committee and creating a good peer review process for IEEE Conferences – S.K.Sinha (IISC Bangalore)

11:00am – 11:30am High Tea

11:30am – 12:00pm Publishing tools for Conference Authors and Organizers – Atul Negi

(University of Hyderabad)

12:00pm – 12:40pm PD1- Panel Discussion on “Conference Best Practices”- Moderated by MGPL Narayana

Members- Atul Negi, Maruthi Pathapati, Valli Kumari V, SK Sinha

12:30pm – 1:00pm Plagiarism Problem and other Non-ethical Practice in Conferences- Atul Negi

(University of Hyderabad)

1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm – 2:30pm The INDICON 2011 Experience- MGPL Narayana (General Chair-INDICON 2011)

2:30pm – 3:00pm Presentation by Academic Partners of COW

3:00pm – 3:40pm PD 2- Panel Discussion “Conferences for practitioners?”- Moderated by Aditya Rao

Members- Hari Devarapalli, DVSS Siva Sharma, S Lakshminarayana, Maruthi pathapati

3:40pm – 4:00pm High Tea

4:00pm – 4:45pm Conference Strategic Tables (Rules will be read by Amit Kumar)

1. How can conferences best use social media?

2. What are “Conferences of the Future”?

3. How can a conference provide its attendees with better

Networking opportunities?

4. How can your OU grow its Conference Business?

5. How to manage time in running conferences?

6. Why should we organize IEEE Conferences?

4:45pm – 5:00pm Feedback and Parting

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IEEE Conference Organizers Workshop (IEEEhyd-COW)

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