First IEEE Seminar in Azerbaijan “IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities”

First IEEE Seminar in Azerbaijan "IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities"

held in 26 January 2011 (10:00 – 12:30) at Qafqaz University
http://ieee.qu.edu.az

Meeting was openned with welcome speech of Qafqaz University rector Prof. Ahmet Sanic. In the context of speech Prof. Sanic noticed the importance of professional membership as framework for cooperation and collaboration of people with the same professional interests.

Dr. Abzetdin Adamov had the speech on IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities. The speech enclosed following topics:

Short Presentation:  “IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities” (PDF)

• IEEE History
• IEEE by Statistics (Quick Facts)
• IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities
• Special Interest Memberships – IEEE Societies
• Membership Options: New Opportunity – e-Membership
• Quick Start your Membership
• AICT2011 International Conference (www.aict.info)
• Distribution of Promotion Matherials
• Filling in a Forms
• Questions

"IEEE Membership Benefits and Opportunities"

Briefly about e-Membership Opportunity

The IEEE new initiative called e-Membership was introduces to participants. e-Membership is new membership option for for professionals from developing countries. Members with e-Membership have access to the same benefits and opportunities as standard members, but for lower proce ($63). Only Professional Members are aligible to apply for e-Membership (Students and Staduate Students are not aligible …).

About AICT2011 International Conference

Participants also were informed on 5th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT2011) will be held in Bakuon the 12, 13 and 14th of October 2011. Dr. Abzetdin Adamov as a General Chair of upcoming event welcomed all participants to AICT2011 initiated by Qafqaz University under IEEE technical sponsorship. He also announced the Qafqaz University’s decision to support IEEE Members from Azerbaijan during AICT2011 International Conference. Thus, all IEEE Memebers from Azerbaijan are allotted with opportunity to join to all activities during AICT2011 for free (paper publication, openning program, keynote speechs, tutorials, banquet dinner, …).

Representatives of the following Universities, organizations and companies have shown an interest to the subject of seminar:

• Baku State University,
• Academy of Public Administration,
• Cybernetics Institute of ANAS (Azerbaijan National Academy of Science),
• Institute of Information Technology of ANAS,
• Azerbaijan State Oil Academy,
• National Aviation Academy,
• Azerbaijan State Economic University,
• Modern Educational Complex,
• Sumgayit Municipal Department for Public Education,
• British Council,
• Microsoft,
• Azercell Telecom,
• Sinam LTD,
• Saybernet MMC,
• Azerfon LLC,
• DIA Holding,
• Information Policy Analytical Center.

For further information:

• on IEEE Seminar, please, visit http://ieee.qu.edu.az
• on AICT2011 International Conference, please, visit http://www.aict.info
• to join to IEEE go to www.ieee.org/join