Annual General Meeting of IEEE Professional Communication Society Student Branch Chapter
March 21, 2021 · 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM @ Online event
Description
IEEE ProComm Society Student Branch Chapter of the University of Moratuwa is the first-ever IEEE ProComm Society Student Branch Chapter established in a Sri Lankan university and this was the first Annual General Meeting of the Student Branch Chapter. It was held virtually via Zoom on the 21st of March 2021 from 5.30 pm onwards with the participation of nearly 80 participants. The event started with an introduction to IEEE ProComm Society and the Student Branch Chapter. The current President of the IEEE Professional Communication Society Dr. Darina M. Slattery graced the occasion with her presence and spoke about the IEEE ProComm Society, what it does, what we can do for it, and how we can get involved in its activities. Furthermore, she appreciated the efforts of the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Moratuwa in establishing the first-ever IEEE ProComm Student Branch Chapter. After that, the Chief Advisor of the IEEE Student Chapter of the University of Moratuwa, Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu addressed the gathering highlighting the importance of professional communication in engineering. The next event was the election of office bearers. During that, the following office bearers were elected. Chairman: Amaya Dharmasiri Secretary: Dinithi Dissanayake Vice-Chairman: Heshani Herath Treasurer: Chathura Weerasinghe Webmaster: Lakshitha Liyanage Assistant Secretary: Jayoda Dissanayake Assistant Treasurer: Ashani Piyathilaka Assistant Webmaster: Krishalika Rathnayake Lead Designer: Dilan Senanayake Editor: Kavindya Imbulgoda Event Coordinator: Jayanaka Danthanarayana Committee Member-Membership Development: Shamith Nirmal After the appointment of the office bearers, Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, the staff advisor, and senior treasurer of the IEEE ProComm Student Branch Chapter shared an interesting presentation on how to present effectively using gradient descent. Then the newly appointed chairman of the ProComm Student Branch Chapter, Amaya Dharmasiri did her speech explaining the board’s plans for the upcoming year. The meeting was concluded after the secretary, Dinithi Dissanayake, delivered the vote of thanks.
Agenda
Time Event 5:30: PM Introduction & Welcome 5:33: PM Guest speech by Dr. Darina Slattery 5:45: PM Address by Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu 5:50: PM Election of Office Bearers 6:00: PM Technical Speech by Dr. Ranga Rodrigo 6:10: PM Chairman's Speech 6:15: PM Presenting the Plan of Activities for the year 2021/22 6:20: PM Vote of Thanks