Conferences

The IEEE Systems Council is willing to sponsor, co-sponsor or technically co-sponsor conferences and workshops in its field of interest. Sponsorship implies full responsibility of the IEEE System Council for the technical program and the finances; in co-sponsorship, this responsibility is shared with other entities. Technical co-sponsorship implies only cooperation in organizing the technical program.

If you are interested in organizing a conference or workshop with the IEEE Systems Council, please submit a preliminary proposal to the VP Conferences by specifying title, location, dates, topics, general and program chairs, and expected number of attendees.

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VP Conferences

Andy Chen

Catronic Enterprise

United States

7 (Canada)

Andy Chen

7 (Canada)

Biography

Andy Chen is the President & CEO of a global consulting firm. The firm’s principle business is to provide consulting services for utility industry worldwide. Andy is a senior business advisor for several leading global consulting firms and enterprise software vendors. Andy has over 30 years of experience in utility sectors specializing in Nuclear Power Generation. For the past eight years, Andy has been assisting leading global consulting firms in business development for the Nuclear Utilities in China and in North America. In recent years, Andy had provided advices on Enterprise Asset Management best practices for power generations to several government agencies and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) in China and Australia.

Andy is a member of Board of Governors and the 2018 vice president of the Professional and Educational Activities Board for IEEE Computer Society. He is also a director for the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations’ board and a member of the Technical Advisory Council for the FinTech Ideas Festival. He also served as the Chair of the Technical Advisory Council for YinTech Investment Holding Ltd. As an internationally recognized speaker, Andy was a keynote speaker at the UN ITU Telecom World and AI for Good Global Summit with XPRIZE Foundation, the World Computer Congress, the World CIO Forum, and the Digital Africa Conference.

Andy is a partner of REDDS Venture Investment partners which empower disruptive start-ups that scale worldwide and have billion dollars plus potential through team building, global business development, financing, mentoring, and strategy. Andy held the position of the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and Architecture of a Canadian-based electricity generator. He also has extensive experience in a variety of engineering and systems roles within the company including managing a project to replace the obsolete direct control computers in a nuclear station which was the first successful implementation in the Nuclear Industry.