Singapore 2000: Promoting the History of EE
An Overview
Logistics:
- 24-26 January 2000 (Monday-Wednesday)
- 3-day meeting, organized by IEEE History Center, as a follow-up to Maui meeting, organized by IEEJ History Committee, held in December 1995
- Held in conjunction with PES Winter Power Meeting, Singapore, 23-27 January 2000
Attendance:
- Engineers and historians from Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore.
- Engineers also invited from Indonesia, Australia, China, South Africa and the Philippines.
- Select members of the IEEE History Committee and Staff from the IEEE History Center.
- Anticipated attendance of ~20 individuals at the Workshop.
Day 1: Monday, 24 January
- Singapore 2000 Workshop (conference style) 8:00am – 4:00pm
- Topics: archives, oral history, Milestones, museums, biographies, other historical activities
- Speakers from IEEE, IEEJ and other organizations
Day 2: Tuesday, 25 January
- Commemorative Session for the Winter Power Meeting, 9:00-11:00
- Theme: The International Legacy of the Electrical Engineer
- Open to all attendees of PES meeting
- Singapore 2000 Workshop 8:00-8:45 (lunch), resume 11:10 - 4:00
Day 3: Wednesday, 26 January
- Historical Session as part of PES Meeting 9:00-12:00
- Afternoon outing 1:30pm-4:30pm (Singapore Discovery Centre)
Attendees
Arakawa, Fumio, Senior Engineer, PS Electric Power Development Company den04343@epdc.co.jp
Arrillaga, Jos, Professor University of Canterbury arrillj@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
Chew, Yong Tian, Professor Graduate Studies Office, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore engcyt@nus.edu.sg
Finn, Bernard (Barney), Curator National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution finnb@nmah.si.edu
Geselowitz, Michael N., Staff Director IEEE History Center, Rutgers University m.geselowitz@ieee.org
Hohki, Keiichi, General Manager, Tokyo Electric Power Company T0447821@pmail.tepco.co.jp
Liu, Chen-Ching, Professor University of Washington liu@maxwell.ee.washington.edu
Nagata, Takayuki, Engineering Planning and Coordination Division, NEC Corporation nagata@epc.ho.nec.co.jp
Nam, Moon-Hyan (Monroe), Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Konkuk University Seoul, Korea monroe@kkucc.konkuk.sc.kr
Nebeker, Frederik (Rik), Senior Research Historian IEEE History Center f.nebeker@ieee.org
Okita, Yuji, General Manager Kyushu System Center Fukuoka City, Japan yuji.okita@tg-mail.toshiba.co.jp
Pugh, Emerson, President, IEEE Foundation e.pugh@ieee.org
Read, Wallace, Past President IEEE w.read@ieee.org
Sloan, Martha, ECE Department Michigan Technological University m.sloan@ieee.org
Suematsu, Yasuharu, President and Professor Kochi University of Technology suematsu@hq.kochi-tech.ac.jp
Suzuki, Hiroshi, General Manager Power System & Transmission Engineering Center Mitsubishi Electric Corp. hsuzuki@hon.melco.co.jp
Symons, Lenore, Curator Institution of Electrical Engineers lsymons@iee.org.uk
Takahashi, Yuzo, Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology yuzotkha@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Tanaka, Kuniaki, Professor of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Department, Chiba University Chiba, Japan tanaka@cute.te.chiba-u.ac.jp
Invited Papers
Commemorative Session
Secondary Session
Introduction of Technology Transfer Session, Nebeker
Historical Study of Technology Transfer, Arakawa
History of Technology and the Changing Era, Okita
The Immigrant "Engineer" as a Means of Technology Transfer, Geselowitz
Technology Transfer-History of Electrical Engineering in Korea, Nam
Technology Transfer: The IBM System/360 Case, Pugh
Workshop (Papers and Presentations)
Biographical Sources of Engineers in Japan, Takahaski
Early History of Electrical Engineering in Korea, Nam
First Electric Power Historical Museum Project in Japan, Hohki
Historical Activities of the IEEE, Geselowitz
History Center Web Activities, Geselowitz
IEE Archives, Electronic Database, Symons
IEE Archives, Manuscripts, and Rare Book Collection, Symons
IEE Historical Activities, Symons
IEEE Power Engineering Society History Committee Activities, Liu
Status Report from IEEJ - Activities after Maui-I -, Suzuki
A Survey Of Museums With Historical Electrical Collections, Geselowitz
