Honorary Chair

H.E Mohammed Al-Mahrouqi

Chairman Public Authority for Electricity and Water
Conference General Chair
Ahmed Al-Naamany, Oman Secton
Steering Commitee
Ahmed Al-Naamany, Oman Secton (Chair)
Amer Al Hinai, Oman Secton (Vice Chair)
Yacob Al-Mulla, Qatar Secton (Vice Chair)
Abdullah Al-Badi, Oman Secton
Abdul Rahman Al-Ghunaim, Kuwait Secton
Muhammad Al-Dhamen, KSA Secton
Mariam Althani, UAE Secton
Wafeeq Ajoor, Bahrain Secton
Eesa Bastaki, UAE Secton
Jaafar Ibrahim, KSA Secton
Ahmed Almarshed, Kuwait Secton
Fadhel Aboulhassan, Kuwait Secton
Isa Qamber, Bahrain Secton
Organizing Commitee
Saleh Al-Khayari, Oman Secton (Chair)
Abdulnasir Hossen, Oman Secton (Vice Chair)
Hilal Al Habsy , Oman Secton
Muhammad Al-Dhamen, KSA secton
Technical Program Commitee
Hasan Al-Nashash, UAE Secton (Chair)
Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Oman Secton (Vice Chair)
Adel Gastli, Qatar Secton
Nasser Hosseinzadeh, Oman Secton
Hadj Bourdoucen, Oman Secton
Hatem Zaineldain, UAE Secton
Wei Lee Woon, UAE Secton
Afaq Ahmad, Oman Secton
Ashraf Saleem, Oman Secton
Hafdh Tahir Ba Oma, Oman Secton
Ahmed Al Busaidi, Oman Secton
Mahmoud Masoud, Oman Secton
Mostefa Mesbah, Oman Secton
Mohammed M. Bait-Suwailam, Oman Secton
Medhat Hussein, Oman Secton
Hassan Yousef, Oman Secton
Lazhar Khriji, Oman Secton
Ali Al Lawat, Oman Secton
Joseph Jervase, Oman Secton
Hisham Soliman, Oman Secton
Faisal Mnif, Oman Secton
Muhammad Shafq, Oman Secton
Publicity Commitee
Ahmed Al Maashri, Oman Secton (Chair)
Fahad Bait Shiginah, Oman Secton
Ashraf Saleem, Oman Secton
Arnold Santos, Oman Secton
Finance & Patronage
Ahmed Saif Al Mazrui, Oman Secton (Chair)
Ahmed Al Marshed, Kuwait Secton (Vice Chair)
Muhammad Al-Dhamen, KSA Secton
Joseph Mani, Oman Secton
Exhibits
Mohamed Al-Badi, Oman Secton (Chair)
Adil Al Busaidi, Oman Secton
Mahmoud Masoud, Oman Secton
Medhat Hussein, Oman Secton
Registraton
Amer Al-Habsi, Oman Secton (Chair)
Mohammed M. Bait-Suwailam, Oman Secton
Dharmasa, Oman Secton
Ramakrishna, Oman Secton
Muhammad Yasir, Oman Secton
Local Arrangements
Ali Al-Shidhani, Oman Secton (Chair)
Muhammed Al-Nidabi, Oman Secton
Dawood Al-Abri, Oman Secton
Rashid Al-Abri, Oman Secton
Zia Nadir, Oman Secton
Salem Al-Hinai, Oman Secton
Taha Al-Saadi, Oman Secton
Qais Sariri, Oman Secton
Conference Secretary
Arnold Santos, Oman Secton
WIE
Lubluba Al-Hatmy, Oman Secton
The conference will be held from the 2nd to the 4th of February 2015 at Muscat, Oman. The conference
provides a forum for discussions among professionals from industries, academia and research insttutons.
The conference ofers an excellent opportunity for scientsts, innovators, and engineers to interact, share
experiences and present their latest research with peers in a multdisciplinary engineering background. This
conference also includes tutorials and workshops as well as industrial exhibitons. The tutorial sessions will
be held on the frst day of the conference. Special industrial track is also included.
Papers are invited in all areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and include tracks focusing on (but not
limited to) the following topics:


Power Systems & Energy:
Power Systems Dynamics and Control
Power System Quality
Energy and Demand Side Management
Electric Machines and Drives
Power Electronics and Energy Conversion
Renewable Energy
Power System Protecton
Smart grid & Smart Meters
FACTS Devices
Wide Area Monitoring
High Voltage Engineering
Communicatons & Signal Processing:
Wireless & Mobile Communicatons and Networks
Optcal Communicatons and Technologies
Electromagnetc, Propagaton and Antennas
Informaton Theory
Digital Signal Processing
Audio, Image and Video Processing and Coding
Reliability and Performance Modeling
Next Generaton Communicatons Networks
Remote Sensing
HetSNets (Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks)
Computng & IT:
Data Management and Data Mining
Arabic Language Technologies
Computer and Data Security
Cloud Computng
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Social Computng
Internet and Web Technologies
Computer Networks
Electronics & Instrumentaton:
Nanotechnology
Embedded systems
Analog and Digital VLSI design
Biomedical Engineering
Sensors and Sensor Systems
Avionics & Automobile Electronics
Non-destructve Testng and Evaluaton

Control & Industrial Technology:
Security, process control and optmizaton
Instrumentaton, control and asset management
Mechatronics and robotcs
Dynamic modeling and adaptve control
Factory Automaton and Industrial Informatcs
Electric and hybrid vehicles
Smart/Intelligent Buildings
Engineering Educaton & Development
Curriculum Development and Accreditaton
Ethics and Sof Skills
Advanced Teaching and Learning Technologies
Contnuing Professional Educaton
Role of industry in engineering developments
Role of research in Knowledge Economy

Important Dates
Submission of Tutorial/special sessions
Submission of full manuscript
Acceptance notfcaton
Camera ready submission
July 15, 2014
July 31, 2014
November 15, 2014
December 15, 2014
All details on submission procedures are available on the main conference website:
www.ieeegcc.net. Paper submission is done through EDAS: htp://edas.info/N17813
All submited papers will be peer-reviewed. The accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings and IEEE Xplore. The conference will have special student poster sessions. During the
closing ceremony, best paper awards will be presented in three categories: student, academia and
industry. All queries and concerns on the technical program, the tutorial and the special sessions
should be directed to the technical commitee chair (email: hnashash@aus.edu)
Conference Secretariat and General Queries:
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IEEE GCC Conference Secretariat
P.C. 133 P.O. Box 100
Muscat Sultanate of Oman
Phone: +968-24583580
Fax: +968-24583582
e-mail: arnold.santos@ieee.org

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Industrial Challenges & Applicatons
The conference welcomes contributon from the industry in a form of short papers or abstract and to
be presented in a special session during the conference. The topics may include challenges, recent
trends, latest technologies, and lessons to learn in the area of:
Electrical Power Generaton & Transmission Energy Policies & Economics
Electrical Power Distributon & Supply Oil & Gas Applicatons
Wireless & Mobile Communicatons Cyber Security