Title :
“… Go East, Region 8, go East …”
Author_Institution :
Kingston Univ., Kingston-upon-Thames, UK
Abstract :
The development of IEEE activity and formation of new Sections and Chapters in Central and Eastern Europe following the fall of the “Iron Curtain” and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall is outlined, from the personal perspective and experiences of the author.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; history; Berlin Wall; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; IEEE Region 8; IEEE activity; IEEE history; Iron Curtain; IEEE History; IEEE Membership; IEEE Region development;
Conference_Titel :
HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012 Third IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pavia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3079-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3077-0
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487565
