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by Hong Li
PELS Beijing Chapter Co-Organizes
Virtual Conference During NGO CSW66
F
rom 13 to 25 March 2022, the
non-governmental organization
Committee on the Status
of Women (NGO CSW66) conference
was held at the United Nations
headquarters in New York, NY, USA.
During this time, the Women in Science
of China Power Supply Society
(WIS-CPSS) organized its own conference
on 20 March 2022 with the
theme " Promoting the Proportion
of Women in Participating Scientific
and Technological Activities in
Developing Countries. " The virtual
event was co-organized by the
IEEE Power Electronics Society
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(PELS) Beijing Chapter
and the Chinese
Association of Wo -
men Scientists.
To begin the event,
Xie Xin, the Secretary
General of
the Chinese Women
Scientists Association,
delivered an
openi ng speech.
Aft e rwards, six
speakers from China,
Denmark, I t aly,
Nigeria, and the
United States shared their views
and cognition on the theme of the
event, which allowed the exchange
of development status of female
The conference helped
to build exchange and
cooperation bridges
with colleagues both at
home and abroad
while also providing a
platform for female
scientists and technical
workers to show their
talents and offer
suggestions.
scientists in different
countries. This con -
ference helped to
bui ld exchange and
cooperation bridges
w i t h col leag ue s
both at home and
abroad while also
providing a plat -
form for female scientists
and technical
worker s to
show their talents
and offer suggestions.
Over 150 pa -
rticipants attended the conference
and the PELS Beijing Chapter would
like to thank all who made this
event successful.
by Jose Raimundo Dantas Neto
Joint IEEE PELS/IAS Chapter
at UFRN Organize Webinar
I
n December 2021, the Joint IEEE
Power Electronics Society
(PELS)/Industry Applications
Society (IAS) Chapter at the Federal
University of Rio Grande do Norte
(UFRN) in Brazil organized a webinar
on the topic " Electric Power System:
Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities. "
The webinar contained two
parts: a lecture from Prof. Dr. Thiago
Rocha (UFRN, Brazil) and a roundtaDigital
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ble with three electrical engineers,
which was moderated by Chapter
Chair Jose Raimundo. The panelists
discussed their
views on the power
sector and the needs
of the companies in
the job market.
The virtual event
had over 70 attendees,
including undergraduate
students, gra -
duate students, and
full-time engineers.
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The virtual event had
over 70 attendees,
including
undergraduate
students, graduate
students, and full-time
engineers.
Attendees enjoyed interacting with
the electrical engineers during the
roundtable and raised questions
for the panelists to
discuss. The Joint
PELS/IAS Chapt
e r at UFRN would
like to thank all who
made this webinar
successful and i s
look i ng
forward
to hold i ng more
events like this in
the future.
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