IEEE Kansai Section History
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Background
IEEE Kansai Section was established on 14 November 1998. The Bylaws of the Section were approved by RAB on 24 June 1999 and the first officers were elected in April 1999.
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.
Milestones
The Kansai Section has sponsored and supported a number of IEEE Milestones:
Section Officers
| Period | Chair | Vice-Chair | Secretary/Treasurer |
| 1998 | Founding Chair, Tsuneo Nakahara | - | - |
| 1999 | Tsuneo Nakahara | Hiromasa Ikeda | Miki Yamamoto |
| 2000 | Tsuneo Nakahara | Hiromasa Ikeda | Miki Yamamoto |
| 2001 | Makoto Nagao | Kenichiro Ishii | Yoshifumi Ooyama |
| 2002 | Makoto Nagao | Kenichiro Ishii | Yoshifumi Ooyama |
| 2003 | Isao Shirakawa | Noboru Sugamura | Eisaku Maeda |
| 2004 | Isao Shirakawa | Noboru Sugamura | Eisaku Maeda |
| 2005 | Masaki Koyama | Takumi Tanioka | Fumiaki Ishida |
| 2006 | Masaki Koyama | Takumi Tanioka | Fumiaki Ishida |
| 2007 | Hiroshi Matsumoto (Pictured is R10 representative) | Tohru Chiba | Tetsuo Iwase |
| 2008 | Hiroshi Matsumoto (Pictured is R10 Representative) | Tohru Chiba | Tetsuo Iwase |
| 2009 | Yukihiro Nakamura | Yosiaki Kushiki | Daisuke Ueda |
| 2010 | Yukihiro Nakamura | Yosiaki Kushiki | Daisuke Ueda |
| 2011 | Shigeru Katagiri | Atsushi Yano | Toru Murase |
| 2012 | Shigeru Katagiri | Atsushi Yano | Toru Murase |
