The College Board met in Perth on 17 and 18 November. The following outcomes are reported for the information of College members:
• Representation on the College Board is now active from all Divisions except Newcastle with new representation from Tasmania and Northern Divisions and continuing representation from other Divisions. The Board also agreed to improve communication with other bodies with corresponding membership from EA’s National Committee on Transport Engineering (to facilitate engagement on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)) and the Australian Council of Deans of ICT (the Board already includes representation from Australian Council of Engineering Deans).
• A Board committee was established to review the National Committee on Software Engineering including effectiveness and purpose: any College member wishing to provide comments may do so through the ITEE College Chair blog.
• The Board noted that the next Australian Software Engineering Conference will be held in 2013 after a hiatus of 2 years. Plans for EA participation as a sponsor in Radar 2013 and in the Australian Symposium on Antennas (also 2013) are being advanced. EA’s involvement in the recent Asia Pacific Microwave Conference in Melbourne is very positive in providing visibility for EA in the ITEE disciplines and is responsive to the need for EA to provide information and professional opportunities for its members. Plans are underway for EA sponsorship of two ITS conferences. The College Board is keen to ensure engagement of local groups with conferences held in their locality however this doesn’t seem to be occurring very effectively. The Board representatives will endeavour to facilitate such opportunities. Conferences provide an important opportunity for eminent speakers to make presentations to College members during their visit.
• The ITEE College Board has been considering various initiatives to encourage papers for the Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on topics falling within the ITEE discipline. If more interest can be generated it may be possible to initiate additional (specialised) Journal titles. It is likely that such initiatives will involve largely electronic publication for members. • A three year forward program of Eminent Speakers is being planned. Plans are now being developed for Dr Trevor Bird, recently retired as Chief Scientist at CSIRO’s ICT Centre, to undertake our next Eminent Speaker program during 2012.
• The College Board has been asked to assist in the development of guidelines to assist candidates and interviewers for Stage 2 (chartered) Competency for ITEE discipline. This work will be undertaken over the next few months
• The number of nominations for the IREE Neville Thiele Award continues to disappoint and steps to improve the dissemination of information about the award will be taken.
• A second award to be funded by the IREE Foundation is being proposed with a much broader set of eligibility criteria.
• The Board is taking steps to improve the ability to communicate with and support member information needs though development of the ITEE College web pages.
• The Board commenced a review its operational plan for 2012/13.
If you have any input or feedback on these matters please visit the College Chair’s Blog http://engineersaustralia.typepad.com/itee_college_chair/
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