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                       IEEE GREENTECH 2014                            April 3-4, 2014  Omni Corpus Christi Hotel
900 North Shoreline Blvd.Corpus Christi, Texas 78401Sixth Annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SINCERELY THANKS ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL IEEE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE. WE THANK OUR SPONSORS, PATRONS, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, INVITED SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, WORKSHOP PRESENTER, AUTHORS AND TECHNICAL PRESENTERS, PARTICIPANTS, EXHIBITORS AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

THE CONFERENCE STARTED WITH OPENING REMARKS, AND THE WELCOME BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE HONORABLE NELDA MARTINEZ, WHO PROCLAIMED 3-6 APRIL 2014 AS THE “CORPUS CHRISTI IEEE DAYS” BASED ON THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE IEEE, THE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE AND IEEE REGION 5 MEETING AND EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE CONFERENCE. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED FOUR STUDENT COMPETITIONS (ROBOTICS, CIRCUIT DESIGN, ETHICS AND TECHNICAL PAPER) AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. FOR THE GREENTECH CONFERENCE, THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THURSDAY MORNING WAS DR. Q.-C. ZHONG FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM. AFTER TWO PARALLEL SESSIONS OF TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, THE ATTENDEES WERE JOINED BY MS. PHRANTCEENA HALRES, CEO OF TOTAL PROTECTION SERVICES GLOBAL, WHO GAVE THE LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEECH ON GREEN VULNERABILITIES. AFTERNOON TECHNICAL PARALLEL SESSIONS RESUMED WITH TWO INVITED SPEECHES AND A TECH TALK BY THE CO-FOUNDER OF ECO WAVE POWER OF TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE ENDED WITH AN EVENING RECEPTION OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS WHERE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES ALLOWED ATTENDEES TO INTERACT AND EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE STARTED WITH OPENING REMARKS FOLLOWED BY THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, DR. MARK EHSANI OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. THE THOUGHT PROVOKING SPEECH WAS FOLLOWED BY A TECHNICAL SESSION, AND A WORKSHOP ON IAEI’S PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OFFERED BY MR. BILL MCGOVERN, BOTH OF WHICH RAN IN PARALLEL. THE LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS THE 2014 IEEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, Dr. J. ROBERTO B. DE MARCA, VISITING CORPUS CHRISTI FROM BRAZIL. THE LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEECH WAS FOLLOWED BY A PANEL SESSION MODERATED BY DR. MILTON HOLLOWAY OF CCET ON TECHNOLOGIES FOR WIND INTEGRATION IN ERCOT. THE CONFERENCE CLOSED WITH THE CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2015 7TH ANNUAL GREEN TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS WHO MADE THIS CONFERENCE A  SUCCESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN NEW ORLEANS.

THE 2014 IEEE GREENTECH BOOK OF ABSTRACTS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL JUNE 2014 (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD).

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR NEXT YEAR’S CONFERENCE CAN NOW BE ACCESSED (CLICK TO VIEW).

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 Mayor of Corpus Christi, Honorable Nelda Martinez (proclaiming 3-6 April 2014 as “Corpus Christi IEEE Days”

 

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Panelists
 
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Exhibitors
 
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IEEE Region 5 ExCom and Section Delegates’ Events – Invited Speakers
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IEEE Region 5 ExCom and Section Delegates’ Events 
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Robotics
S-PAC (Student Professional Activities Conference)
IEEE President & CEO, J. Roberto B. de Marca (front right) and IEEE R5 Director, J. Derald Morgan (front left) addressing students
 
Robotics Competition
 

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Maintained By

Texas A&M University – Kingsville

Dept Of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

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 Mehrube Mehrubeoglu Hasina F. Huq Lifford McLauchlan
General Chair General Co-Chair Technical Program Chair