
2018 General Meeting
Re-Imagining the Electric Grid
As we do annually, the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) members and other industry enthusiasts came together for the General Meeting from Aug. 5-9, 2018. Over 3,200 attendees converged on Portland, OR, USA, in order to provide new insights, innovative ideas and answers to some of the most intriguing and important questions facing the power industry today.


PES REGION 8 UPDATES
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Some of the key activities and achievements of members from Region 8 during the past year.





TECHNICAL COMMITTEE UPDATE
PM-EM—Electric Machinery Committee
The activity and accomplishments of the Electric Machinery Committee continued in 2017 at a high level with contributions in terms of industrial standards, panel sessions, paper submissions, liaisons, and engagement in new initiatives.


DLP Updates
A Successful DLP with Saifur Rahman at Columbus, Ohio PES Chapter
On September 6th the Columbus, Ohio PES Chapter was honored to host PES President Saifur Rahman as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP). Approximately 50 people attended the event at AEP Transmission’s headquarters.


PES MDI Updates
Industry Technical Workshop at Queretaro, Mexico
The IEEE Guanajuato and Queretaro Joint Sections PES Chapter organized a Two-Day long Technical Workshop titled “Short Circuit Calculation and their Applications” during August 24-25, 2018 at Queretaro City.


WiP CORNER
Dana Al-Qadi, Engineer, AECOM, Inc., Chicago, IL
“I took my first engineering class when I was five years old…kind of. My father taught an evening engineering course at Virginia Tech and I would beg him to take me along."


SB ACTIVITY
UTP-IEEE PES Innovation Forum
On June 21, 2018, Panama UTP PES Student Branch Chapter and Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá celebrated together the first UTP-IEEE PES innovation forum.


SB ACTIVITY
IEEE PES VIT Vellore SBC Organized Workshop: AI in Solar Power
A session on artificial intelligence in solar power was held on Sept. 21, 2018, at Ambedkar Audi, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore, India. It was organized by the IEEE PES VIT Vellore SB chapter to enhance the knowledge of AI in solar panel among the students.





PES TUTORIAL APPLICATION
Guidelines and Selection Criteria
Guidelines and selection criteria for PES Tutorials.





PES Update
PES Bylaws Update
At the August Governing Board Meeting, the IEEE Power & Energy Society Governing Board approved several changes to the Society’s Bylaws.