Monthly Archives: May 2020

We started a Webinar (Web Seminar) series in Japanese entitled “IEEE Engineer Spotlight – Japan” in May 2020. Prof. Nishihara was the first speaker and talked on “Internet and IEEE”, such as history and status quo of the Internet, and related IEEE standards. Now you can join the on-demand version. A total of 160 people (12% Junior High School students, 22% High School students, 21% College of Technology students, and 38% adults) attended. 87% were satisfied, 13% neutral, and 0% unsatisfied. You can still watch this webinar on-demand.

An IEEE Leadership Summit entitled “Engineering in COVID-19” was held online on 2 May 2020, which was organized by IEEE Indonesia Section and IEEE Asia Pacific Office and supported by IEEE Region 10. Prof. Nishihara gave an opening address as IEEE Region 10 Director. His Excellency Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro, Minister of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency gave a Keynote Speech. Then a panel session was held with 5 prominent speakers from the government, industry, university, and the IEEE. Engineering professionals do not give up fighting with COVID-19, but fully utilize all available technology to overcome the crises. Bridging many limitations, uncertainties, and challenges, engineers can use our main … Continue reading →