The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun organised a one- day conference—“Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)” R10 Mini “Panel Of Conference Organisers (POCO)” in collaboration with Next Generation Computing Technology Society (NGCT) and co-sponsored by IEEE R10 (Asia Pacific Region) & IEEE UP Section (India).
Its objective was to create awareness among the different universities and fellow faculty members the intricacies of organising an international conference. It provides a platform to share resources and ideas with all scientific associations and non-profit conference organisers which would enable them to organise a Quality IEEE conference. The platform also provides knowledge and experience among the upcoming academicians and organizers.
The Conference was inaugurated by Prof (Dr) PK Garg, Vice Chancellor Uttaranchal Technical University who identified the requirement for understanding the importance of organising international conference for an academician and scholars as well as the benefits and exposer to different research fields it leads to.
Prof (Dr) SN Singh (Coordinator, IEEE R10, Conference & Seminar) has explained in detail the Key Issues and Challenges in IEEE Conferences and clarified a lot of concerns identified by the attendee delegates. In an online webinar Gordon MacPherson (Director, IEEE Conference, USA) joined the conference and discussed on the topic of “Effective Technical Program Development”. His discussion was highly interactive and informative.
The conference was concluded with identification of the proper approach and process of organising conferences as well as the different tools which are required to be implemented for smooth implementation of a conference.
Total of 70 plus delegates from all over India participated in this workshop. Other Keynote speakers were from IIT (Kanpur), GlA University Mathura and UPES. The other dignitaries who were present in this occasion were Dilip Kumar Sharma (IEEE UP Section), AK Srivastava (IIT BHU), Alaknanda Ashok (UTU). The organising committee members’ present was Amit Agarwal (VP-NGCT Society), Kingshuk Srivastava (Joint Secretory- NGCT Society) and others.