UK and Ireland Section Chair, Dr Mona Ghassemian has been appointed as IEEE Region 8 AdHoc Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair for 2021. The committee aims to support the collection and tracking of diversity metrics and best practices across the IEEE and within Region 8.

IEEE UK and Ireland Section was a big winner at the recent annual Region 8 Awards Ceremony during the 115th Region 8 Committee meeting held online due to COVID restrictions.

On 25th September 2020, IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect Candidates Prof Vincenzo Piuri and Prof Igor Kuzle gave invited webinar presentations.  The event was presented by the UK and Ireland Section and thanks go to Prof Izzet Kale, Section Vice Chair for the organisation of a highly successful occasion.