MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS GRANT. REPORT ON IEEE COMSOC COLOMBIA MDSG EVENT IEEE COLCOM 2008 Date: September 25 and 26, 2008 Event: IEEE Colombian Communications Conference, COLCOM 2008. Place: Dann Monasterio Hotel, Popayan, Colombia No. of attendees: 220, of whom 45% were ComSoc members. Website: http://comsoc.org/colombia/colcom Background: The IEEE Colombian Communications Conference, COLCOM 2008, took place in Popayan, Colombia, from September 24 to 27. The IEEE COLCOM 2008 had the goal of stimulate, promote and spread the development of the management, technological, normative and regulatory knowledge in the areas of communications in Colombia. The technical program allowed the academic and industrial community to show their research advances; it also opened a space for the discussion about the impact of the communications in our community. Proceedings: The IEEE Colombian Communications Conference took place in Popayan, Colombia. There were, approximately, 220 attendees, from this number, 45% were members of the IEEE Communications Society. The Conference had six lectures, two from international experts, Ph. D. Subra Ganesan, DV from the IEEE Computer Society and Ph. D. Anna Scaglione, supported by the IEEE Communications Society. Four of the lectures were given by national lecturers, Ph.D. Ana Maria Cardenas Soto, Ph.D. Marco Aurelio Alzate, Ph.D. Cesar Collazos, Ph.D. Roberto Bustamante Miller and Eng. Luz Victoria Diaz Assessor of the Communication Ministers. They share their research experience and their vision about the telecommunications in the country and in the world. The Conference also had 36 paper presentations, selected from a call for papers that was attended by research groups, universities and industry, who presented their last year research results. In addition to the Conference, three short tutorial courses were given. Short course "CAN, LIN, FlexRay protocols for Military vehicle inside -communications and Automotive Collision Warning Systems and Military application", by Ph. D. Subra Ganesan, with 100 attendees; short course Human Computer Interfaces, by Ph.D. Cesar Collazos, with 120 attendees, and the short course Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures, by Ph.D. Anna Scaglione, with 80 attendees. All the tutorials are developmented in the Francisco Lemos Arboleda auditorium of the Universidad del Cauca.
According to the evaluation from the attendees, the Conference, had a high technical level and a high level of satisfaction in the areas of infrastructure, logistics and general organization. Expenses to be reimbursed from the MDSG: Air Tickets Anna Scaglione USD $ 1019,7 Total = USD $ 1019,7 Attachments: 1. Program SEPT 24, 2008 Hour 09:00 a.m. - 12:00 m. 06:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m. Activity Tutorial: "CAN, LIN, FlexRay protocols for Military vehicle inside -communications and Automotive Collision Warning Systems and Military application" Ph. D. Subra Ganesan Tutorial: Human Computer Interfaces Ph.D. Cesar Collazos. SEPT 25, 2008 Tour Activity 07:00 a.m. - 08:00 p.m. Registration and Delivery Material 08:00 a.m. 09:15 a.m. Congress Inauguration Retos para la Academia - La Visión Gubernamental en el 09:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Desarrollo del Sector Eng. Luz Victoria Diaz 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. Hacia una teoría de Internet Ph. D. Marco Aurelio Alzate 12:30 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. Lunch 02:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Technical Paper Expo 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Poster Expo / Coffee Break 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. 07:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Planificación de Redes de Acceso Basada en Demanda: De Redes Hibridas a Redes PON. Ph. D. Ana María Cárdenas
SEPT 26, 2008 Tour Activity RFID and GPS Technology for Tracking and other Military 08:00 a.m. 09:15 a.m. Applications Ph.D. Subra Ganesan Redes de Acceso de Banda Ancha para Entornos Rurales 09:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Ph. D. Roberto Bustamante 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break Las TIC en la Sociedad: Una Oportunidad o una Amenaza? 11:00 a.m. 12:30 a.m. Ph. D. Cesar Collazos 12:30 a.m. 02:00 p.m. Lunch 02:00 p.m. 04:30 p.m. Technical Paper Expo 04:00 p.m. 04:30 p.m. Poster Expo / Coffee Break 04:30 p.m. 06:00 p.m. 09:00 p.m. 03:00 a.m. Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures Ph. D. Anna Scaglione SEPT 27, 2008 Hour 09:00 a.m. - 12:00 m. Activity Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures (Deeper) Ph. D. Anna Scaglione 2. Pictures COLCOM 2008 The Dann Monasterio Hotel
The Tutorials The Conference
Social Events Whit the Lectures
The COLCOM 2008 Team The ComSoc Colombian Team
Report Prepared By: Eng. Carlos Andrés Lozano Garzón Chair ComSoc Chapter IEEE - Colombia email: calozanog@ieee.org cell phone: +57 3103048950, +57 3002759898