Chapters

Asia Pacific Region (R10) has 43 PES Chapters (singly or jointly) involving 27 Sections and 2 Councils. Four chapters have recently been formed. These include Chengdu, Chongqing, Bhubaneswar and Philippines.

The chapters are distributed into 5 zones/areas, each headed by a Chapters Representative (CR).

Area North 1,involving 6 chapters with Zhiqian Bo being the Chapter Representative. These are in mainland China, namely Beijing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xian, Guangzhou, Chongqing;

Area North, 2 involving 5 chapters with M-C Wong being the Chapter Representative. These are Macau, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan (Council);

Area West, involving 12 chapters with Nagaraja Ramppabeing the Chapter Representative. These are Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi, Gujarat, Hyderabad, India (Council), Kerala, Kolkata, Madras, Pune, Uttar Pradesh, Bhubaneshwar;

Area South,involving 9 chapters with Nirmal Nair being the Chapter Representative, These are New South Wales, New Zealand South, New Zealand North, New Zealand Central, Queensland, Victorian, Western Australia, South Australia, North Australia; and

Area South-East,involving 10 chapters with Zuhaina Zakaria being the Chapter Representative, These are Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Philippines.

Conferences in Region 10

There are three PES conferences in Region 10, Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), ISGT Asia and POWERCON:

– APPEEC 2016: Conference was held in Xian, China, from 25-28 October, 2016. The conference attracted 410 delegates from 22 countries (341 alone were from China). 989 papers were submitted, of which 537 papers were accepted (443 from China alone). The conference had 3 Plenary Sessions, 9 Invited Lectures, 2 Panel sessions, 151 Oral presentations in 22 Oral sessions, 384 Poster presentations in 6 Poster sessions, and 12 Student Best Paper Awards were presented.

– ISGT Asia 2016: Conference run successfully from Nov 28- Dec 1, 2016, in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 260 papers were accepted. About 300+ delegates attended the conference. The Victoria Government Minister responsible for Energy addressed the conference at the opening ceremony.

– POWERCON2016: Conference was held in Wollongong, Australia, from Sept 28 to October 1, 2016. 389 papers were received from all over the world; 312 papers from 42 countries were accepted and 262 papers were scheduled for presentation in oral and poster sessions.

These were all successful events with the context of emerging trends of Grid Modernization for sustainability, Micro Grid, Smart Grid, Distributed Generation and trends towards Emission Reduction and increased participation of cleaner energy into electricity generation.

 Future Approved PES-Sponsored Conferences in R10

– ISGT Asia 2017: To be hosted in Auckland, New Zealand, 3-6 Dec 2017. On Sunday (3rd December) there will be an open day for the Public and also a trade exhibit in the Auckland Waterfront. This event is to be co-organized with Auckland City officials and New Zealand Ministry entity for innovation. This will provide more visibility for the event in the New Zealand media and among the public.

– APPEEC2017 and 2018: the APPEEC2017 is awarded to Bangalore and APPEEC2018 to Malaysia.

Outstanding Chapter Awards

The PES outstanding chapter awards (OCA) for year 2015was given at the 2016 PES general meeting in Boston Massachusetts to Thailand Chapter for their strong performance.

Thailand’s chapter strong performance was based on:

• 11 main activities – 5 technical seminar/symposiums, 2 tutorial sessions, 1 university program, ISGT Asia 2015, R-10 Chapter Chairs Meeting and Dinner Talk
• Continuing PES promotion in all activities
• Active involvement of student, young engineers and women engineers
• OEA 2014 and OEA 2015 for Member Recognition
• PES Member growth more than 50% from 2014

Their key point of success included HPCP from 2006 through to 2014 & 2015, strong team and close collaboration for planning and execution, successful R-10 Chapter Chairs Meeting in 2015 and their readiness of information with photos to reflect the outcome of activities.

Membership Growth

In 2016 membership in this Region has been increasing while the growth for some of the chapters has been substantial. These include Beijing Chapter with more than 25% growth as well as Lahore and Bangladesh Chapter with 310% and 94% growth respectively.

Chapter Chair Training

Chapter Chair training in R10 was conducted in Melbourne, Australia on 28^th November. A total of 36 delegates attended the meeting – 22 PES chapters were represented. During this meeting the new volunteers went through a training to prepare them for the coming year to ensure they are familiar with the PES processes and also are set up for success in 2017 in their respective chapters. During this meeting in addition to the regular Chapter related training, matters relating to the region was discussed including the status of Scholarship Plus initiative.

Scholarship Plus

The success story in relation with Scholarship Plus initiative in R10 relates mainly to India, where this initiative is going through its second year of implementation. The program which started in 2015 was implemented for the 2016 academic year after the Selection Committee decided on the winners. Two scholarships given; one to applicants from all India Colleges and one to applicants from Karnataka colleges. Two students were awarded with the scholarship.

Contributions were received from the local donors and an equal amount (US$ 5000) was received from IEEE foundation. In 2016, 27 fresh applications were received and the plan is to give the scholarship to 4 new candidates.Momentum is picking up in India and the projection is that both student participation and corporate contribution will increase in 2017. Scholarship Plus in India benefited from a well-designed website.

The plan for Scholarship Plus in other countries in R10 is to use the success story in India and implement in countries where this initiative is most needed and the industry also is facing a shortage Power Engineers. This plan is more executable as Nagaraja Ramappa who championed the initiative in India has now been appointed as the Scholarship Plus Chair for Region 10.

Other News

In 2016 LalitGoel completed his third term as R10 Region Representative and Dean Sharafi took up this role for two years starting from January 2017. Lalit has served Region 10 with passion and professionalism and his tenure in the role saw soaring growth and success for this region. He has big shoes to fill. We thank him warmly and wish him success in his future roles with PES and the wider power industry. During the Chapter Chair Training in Melbourne Pat Ryan and Frank Lambert presented Lalit with the PES award for his continued dedicated service to the Power and Energy Society.

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