Dear IEEE members and colleagues,

IEEE SoutheastCon 2012 will be held at Wyndham Resort and Convent Center, Orlando, Florida, March 15-18, 2012. As the premium technical and student conference of Region, we expect to attract 300+ professional attendees and 500+ student attendees. This year’s technical program consists of five pre-conference tutorials and 160 technical papers; the student programs include a hardware program, software program, student paper competition, and T-shirt/Website competitions. SoutheastCon 2012 will also host student leadership training and IEEE Region 3 Executive Committee meetings.

Please register to attend the conference at http://www.southeastcon2012.org/ and follow the link from there. You can also go directly to http://www.xcdsystem.com/southeastcon to register for the conference and http://www.wyndham.com/groupevents2011/mcowd_ieee/main.wnt to book your hotel. The hotel room block expires soon, so please reserve your rooms now! The conference rate is an incredibly affordable rate of $295, which includes all coffee breaks and meals. Student and life member registration ($85) only covers the Friday reception and Saturday Banquet. Student and life members can choose to register at full rate to get all the meals and other benefits.

Students who plan to participate in student programs should register their teams with student program chairs, and ensure that their team members are registered for conference. The deadline is at the near as well.

The schedule of events includes:

March 15, Thursday, Pre-conference, tutorials/workshops, and exhibitor setup.

March 16, Friday Main conference technical program, pace/student leadership meeting, exhibitions, and student hardware program practice. Breakfast and Lunch provided for attendees who pay full registration fees.

Friday night: Conference Reception. All are invited! Region 3 Area/Council meetings after Conference Reception.

March 17, Saturday Main conference technical program, student programs, Region 3 meeting. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for attendees paid full registration fees.

Saturday night: Region 3 and Conference Awards banquet. Robotics Competition Final Show!

March 18, Sunday, Region 3 Meeting, post conference Please visit conference Website for details of technical program and student programs.

SoutheastCon 2012 Steering Committee and Donghui Wu, Ph.D.
General Chair, SoutheastCon 2012
donghui.wu@ieee.org