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situation will not change. however, the
PEs strategic Plan is making provisions
for alternate sources of revenue to replenish the potential transient loss of income
that open access publications may create.
another important publication activity has been an effort to provide some
of our publications in languages other
than English. currently, plans exist to
translate IEEE Power & Energy Magazine into chinese. chinese partners have
been identified, and collaborations for
such an activity to start as early as 2015
or 2016 are being formulated. should
that experiment turn out to be successful (and it will certainly afford a number of non-English speaking readers
to become familiar and learn from the
many instructive articles provided by
this award-winning publication), translations into other languages may also
become an attractive option.

among our conference activities, we
have enjoyed a very active 2014, which
started with a successful isgT conference in washington, D.c., in February.
The conference was attended by several
hundred motivated attendees and opened
by a distinguished keynote speaker, u.s.
Department of Energy secretary Ernest
moniz, in which he provided very useful insights into the energy policy of the
current administration. The conference
continued with a number of panels and
papers sessions spanning many topics
related to the main theme of smart grids.
in april, the Transmission and Distribution conference and Exposition celebrated its 50th anniversary in chicago
with a record audience of over 14,000
attendees! The exhibition hall looked like
a beehive, with many companies presenting information about their products and
conducting business in what has become

a ritual every two years. The conference
was a great success. it was followed in
may by the isgT conference in Kuala
lumpur, malaysia, which was also well
organized and cohosted a region 10
chapters chairs training session. in July,
the PEs general meeting in national
harbor, maryland, attracted over 3,200
attendees in a very well-organized portfolio of paper panel and poster sessions,
Tc meetings, and administrative meetings. The conference was very successful
and received praise from many attendees.
in september, the Transmission and
Distribution conference-latin america was held in medellin, colombia, to
an audience of about 300 very motivated
attendees. The conference hosted over
30 students who not only participated in
many technical sessions but also came
prepared for a very interesting meeting
with the PEs leadership at which they

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