IEEE GOLD - Singapore

Organised by:
IEEE Singapore Section
Institute for Infocomm Research (A*STAR)
Co-organised by:
Singapore GOLD Affinity group
IEEE Singapore Education Chapter

Date: 2 November 2010 (Tuesday)
Venue: Infuse Theatre, 14th Floor, Connexis South Tower, 1 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138632

Program:
3.00pm: Registration
3.30pm: Refreshments & Networking
4.00pm to 6.00pm: Talk

Fee: Free for all IEEE Members and A*STAR staff
Pre-Registration is required: please kindly click to register

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The IEEE Educational Activities Board sponsors a wide range of programs to support engineering education at all levels. From pre-university students interested in engineering as a program of study and career choice, to technical professionals who seek information on emerging technologies or to develop their management and leadership skills, EAB serves the entire profession, in schools, universities, corporations, and government agencies.

This session will include an overview of the programs, products, and services offered by the IEEE Educational Activities Board. It will include a demo of the newly launched eLearning Library, our flagship continuing education product. Featured will be a viewing of one or two of the Library's most popular tutorials.

Biographies of Speakers:
Douglas Gorham is the Managing Director of the Educational Activities Department for IEEE. He is responsible for the department's programs, products and activities in continuing education, pre-university education, university education, standards education, and Women in Engineering. He has served as the staff lead in organizing several conferences involving engineering educators, industry, government and pre-university educators. He is the staff lead in the creation and expansion of IEEE's Teacher In-Service Program and TryEngineering.org, and served as the staff lead for "Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments" held in April 2010. Prior to his tenure at IEEE Doug served as a high school educator for 26 years including twelve years as a high school principal. He earned his Ed.D. from the University of Illinois UC, a masters degree from Northern Illinois University and a bachelors degree from Elmhurst College.

Steve Welch has almost 30 years' experience in educational publishing at the primary, secondary, university, and professional levels. He was a Senior Editor of Harcourt College Publishers and Managing Editor of Holt, Rinehart and Winston School Publishers. He helped found one of the pioneer eLearning companies in 1998, Pro2Net, developing more than 500 online professional education courses before the company was sold in 2001. Steve joined IEEE in 2006 as Manager of IEEE Press, where he quadrupled the number of books the Press publishes each year and directed the early development of the IEEE eBook Library. As Director of Continuing Education he has taken the lead in developing the new IEEE eLearning Library, the IEEE Learning Management System, and the IEEE iTunes University site. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Journalism and Political Science from Texas Christian University and an honorary Doctor of Divinity.