IEEE Kansai Section History

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Background

As authorized by the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board (known as IEEE Regional Activities Board prior to 1 January 2008) approved the establishment and boundaries of the IEEE Kansai Section on 14 November 1998. The Kansai Section conducts activities which assist the local IEEE members to enhance their professional careers and their communities.

The number of members of the Kansai Section as of November 30, 1999 was 1472, which was slight increase compared with that of June 30, 1999. In 1999 the Section had five Executive Meetings, one Annual Section Meeting, one Committee meeting, two technical lectures, and one symposium in co-operation with other institutes. In 2000 Kansai Section had three Executive Meetings, one Annual Section Meeting, two Committee meetings, two technical lectures and two symposia in co-operation.

The number of members of the Kansai Section as of December 31, 2011 was 2316, which was large increase compared with that of December 31, 2010. In 2011 the Section had five Executive Meetings, one Annual Section Meeting, two Committee meetings, five technical lectures, and two symposiums in co-operation with other institutes.

In May 2009, the Kansai section established a chapter of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society.

In August 2011, the Kansai section established a chapter of the IEEE Control Systems Society and it is the 11th Kansai chapter.

In June 2012, the Kansai Section Life Members Affinity Group is formed.

In January 2014, Nagoya Section, Hiroshima Section, Shikoku Section and Fukuoka Section are added to the Kansai Section Consumer Electronics Society Chapter to form the Kansai/Nagoya/Hiroshima/Shikoku/Fukuoka Joint Section Consumer Electronics Society Chapter.

In January 2014, the IEEE Kansai Section Women in Engineering Affinity Group is formed.

Milestones

Railorad Ticketing Milestone Ceremony

The Kansai Section has sponsored and supported the following IEEE Milestones:

• Railroad Ticketing Examining System, 1965-1971

• Pioneering Work on Electronic Calculators, 1964-1973

• Kurobe River No. 4 Hydropower Plant, 1956-63

• Commercialization and Industrialization of Photovoltaic Cells, 1959

• Birth and Growth of Primary and Secondary Battery Industries in Japan, 1893

• Sharp 14-inch Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) for TV, 1988

Section Officers

Period	Chair	Vice-Chair	Secretary	Treasurer
1998	Founding Chair, Tsuneo Nakahara	-	-	-
1999	Tsuneo Nakahara	Hiromasa Ikeda	Miki Yamamoto	Miki Yamamoto
2000	Tsuneo Nakahara	Hiromasa Ikeda	Miki Yamamoto	Miki Yamamoto
2001	Makoto Nagao	Kenichiro Ishii	Yoshifumi Ooyama	Yoshifumi Ooyama
2002	Makoto Nagao	Kenichiro Ishii	Yoshifumi Ooyama	Yoshifumi Ooyama
2003	Isao Shirakawa	Noboru Sugamura	Eisaku Maeda	Eisaku Maeda
2004	Isao Shirakawa	Noboru Sugamura	Eisaku Maeda	Eisaku Maeda
2005	Masaki Koyama	Takumi Tanioka	Fumiaki Ishida	Fumiaki Ishida
2006	Masaki Koyama	Takumi Tanioka	Fumiaki Ishida	Fumiaki Ishida
2007	Hiroshi Matsumoto	Tohru Chiba	Tetsuo Iwase	Tetsuo Iwase
2008	Hiroshi Matsumoto	Tohru Chiba	Tetsuo Iwase	Tetsuo Iwase
2009	Yukihiro Nakamura	Yosiaki Kushiki	Daisuke Ueda	Daisuke Ueda
2010	Yukihiro Nakamura	Yosiaki Kushiki	Daisuke Ueda	Daisuke Ueda
2011	Shigeru Katagiri	Atsushi Yano	Toru Murase	Toru Murase
2012	Shigeru Katagiri	Atsushi Yano	Toru Murase	Toru Murase
2013	Hidetoshi Onodera	Naonori Ueda	Takeshi Yamada	Takayuki Suyama
2014	Hidetoshi Onodera	Naonori Ueda	Takeshi Yamada	Takayuki Suyama

IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Kansai