University of Diponegoro has successfully held the IEEE Indonesia Student Congress 2017 and also showed the beauty of Semarang city. ISC is an annual student congress for IEEE Indonesian Student branches to share and express ideas and thoughts for the future of IEEE Indonesia. Bringing the theme of, “Masterpiece of Technology for Better Indonesia”, the event was held on 29th– 31st July 2017. Three days of great seminars, conference, discussion, contests, gathering, and city tour.
Telkom University sent six delegations to the congress, these ara Ananda, Cesio Axel, Satrio, Nanang, and Shadiq. There were also delegations from Institute of Technology Bandung, University of Udayana, University of Indonesia, University of Hasanuddin, Polytechnic of Mechatronic Sanata Dharma, Institute Technology Sepuluh Nopember, University Dian Nuswantoro, University of Jember, AMIKOM, University of Brawijaya, and University of Diponegoro it self. All delegations were meant to create a great relationship between IEEE student branches in Indonesia. We also submitted two scientific papers for the paper contest. A Tel-U team which consist of Ananda, Cesio, and Satrio successfully brought a memorable 2nd Winner of the call for paper contest with “Smartcharge: Energy Wireless Transfer with Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Public Area” as its title.
The ISC starts with a rave, seminars, and discussion from IEEE professionals and experts, namely Ms. Fitri Yuli Zulkifli as IEEE Indonesia section chair, Mr. Khoirul Anwar, Mr. Lingga Wardhana, Ms. Agnes Irwanti, Ms. Kurnianingsih, and Ms. Amanda Isa. The first day summed up to be a great experience for us. By the next day, there were discussion between IEEE Indonesia student branches, website tutorial by Ms. Amanda Isa, and fun city tour. We went to Sam Po Kong Temple and the legendary Lawang Sewu for enjoying the city tour.
There was game session and awarding night by the second night. The awarding night winners consist of Call for paper contest award, photo contest award, most active student branch award, and best student branch recruitment program award. Telkom University got another award for “IEEE ISC Most Active Student Branch 2017.” On the same night, we decided that ISC 2018 will be held in Bandung, with Institute of Technology Bandung as the host event. The night was emotional as we have a further strong connection between each other.
We got a lot of suggestions and ideas from other student branches. We shared experience and stories with them. What a great experience we got there. The unforgettable excitement with new friends and relations. It’s three days that you need at least once in your life and we crave for more of this in the future. And most importantly, together, we are building the bond for making masterpiece technology for better Indonesia.
“What a place, what a friends, what a beautiful time! See you guys next Year!”
Cesio Raihandary, Telkom University, 2017
External Relation Div. IEEE SB Tel-U