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10.01.2024 Emil Koifman - the new president of EUREL for 2024-2025

Emil Koifman assumed the position of president of EUREL as part of the organization's annual meeting, in Vienna, in September of this year.

EUREL, the Brussels-based Convention of National Associations of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technology Engineers of Europe, has a new president for 2024/25: Emil Koifman, President, and co-founder of SEEEI - Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, was already elected at the EUREL General Assembly in Ljubljana last year, and now takes over the office of EUREL President for one year. For the first time in it over 50-year history, the EUREL-President will comes from Israel.

Emil Koifman takes over the EUREL Presidecy from Prof. Dr. Bernhard Jakoby (OVE - Austrian Electrotechnical Association). For Emil Koifman, it is a special honour to be the first Israeli president of EUREL: "After we founded the SEEEI in Israel, it was particularly important to us to establish a worldwide network of friends. There was EUREL from neighbouring Europe, of course one of our first points of contact. In collaboration with the engineers at EUREL, we can better meet the challenges ahead in an increasingly technological world. Together with EUREL, we are also fighting for many

more well-trained specialists - especially female ones - in the areas of electrical, electronic and information technology engineering."
Emil Koifman announced that he will make several proposals for joint activities during his one year EUREL presidency. First of all he wants to strenghten the cooperation and exchange of experience for the training of engineering personnel for the transition to the modern electrical world focusing on internship and specialization.
Furthermore President Koifman wants to establish more working groups within EUREL for the preparation of position papers on topical issues such as “Microgrid and Net Zero Energy Buildings”, “Energy Storage in the Grid of the Future”, “Clean Transportation Systems”, “Contribution of energy sector to greenhouse gas emission and climate change”, "Cyber security for critical infrastructures" and "EMP threat to power grid".
In addition to this very ambitious one-year work program, Emil Koifman has asked the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EUREL, Markus B. Jaeger (VDE, Germany), to lead a joint team “EUREL 2030” dedicated exclusively to the future of EUREL. Emil Koifman: “Since joining EUREL as Chairman of the Board of Directors in autumn 2019, Markus B. Jaeger has made outstanding and decisive decisions for the successful future of the organization and has also filled them with life and content. He has modernized EUREL, integrated more young engineers - male and female - and advanced the content of the work.”

About Emil Koifman

Emil Koifman, 76 years old, was born in Moldova, part of the former Soviet Union. He graduated in electrical engineering with a master's degree in 1970. After graduation he worked as a planner and project manager in the field of electrical engineering. In 1980 he immigrated to Israel with his family and in 1981 he started working for the Israel Electric Corporation. Emil Koifman has extensive experience of more than 20 years in planning and managing multiple projects in the field of electrical networks in Israel. He was responsible for the planning and construction of 161 kV and 400 kV transmission lines in the company. In the years 2001-2014 he was the director of the national meter division of the Israel Electric Corporation. Emil Koifman retired 2014 from the Electric Corporation and continued to work as an independent consultant. Emil Koifman lives in Tel Aviv. He is married and has two children. His wife is a medical doctor, the daughter is a lawyer, and the son is also a medical doctor. Emil Koifman is one of the founders of the Society of Electrical, Electronics and Energy Engineers in Israel (SEEEI), its first chairman and president of the Society since 2018.

About EUREL

EUREL, Convention of National Associations of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technology Engineers of Europe, is a non-profit organization with its headquarter in Brussels (Belgium). EUREL was founded in Switzerland in 1972. EUREL’s objectives are to facilitate the exchange of information and to foster a wider dissemination of scientific, technical, and related knowledge relevant to electrical engineering as well as standardization in the field of electrical engineering. In this way EUREL contributes to the advancement of scientific and technical knowledge for the benefit of both, the profession, and the public it serves. EUREL-Chairman Markus B. Jaeger: “Europe, the entire world and the current and upcoming generations of humans are facing significant energy, climate, and security policy challenges. Electrical, electronic and information technology engineers can and must make an important contribution to stability in Europe and the world with their know-how. EUREL sees itself as the strong voice of European electrical, electronic and information technology engineers.”

About SEEEI - The Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

SEEEI, The Society of Electrical, Electronics and Energy Engineers in Israel, was established as an independent body in 2002. SEEEI represents the community of electrical, energy and air conditioning engineers in Israel. The Society includes 4,100 members from 750 companies, industries, academic institutions, and government offices, including 42 corporate members. Among the members of the Society are 160 PhD holders and 250 students. The Society holds more than 120 professional activities per year, including conferences, seminars, courses, workshops, meetings, and professional tours, in which the participation counter records is recording about 8000 participants. Since 2011, SEEEI is a member of EUREL.

10.01.2024 Congratulations to our friend Sergiu Hollinger, on his election as a member of the EUREL Executive Committee

At its annual meeting, the EUREL General Assembly unanimously elected our friend, the engineer Sergiu Hollinger, as a member of the EUREL Executive Committee.

Regular election of three of the six members of the EUREL Executive Committee (ExCo)

A change in the EUREL Executive Committee was already apparent months ago. The three long-standing members Markus Burger (Electrosuisse, Switzerland and member of the EUREL Board of Directors), Jan Danielsson (SER, Sweden) and Jorge Lica (Ordem Dos Engenheiros, Portugal) are retiring in their home countries. They also want to clear the way for the next generation at EUREL. With Prof. Dr. Georgiana Dunca (AIEE, Romania), a woman was elected to the ExCo for the first time in a long time. In addition, Sergiu Hollinger (SEEEI, Israel) and Marcel Stoeckli (Electrosuisse, Switzerland) are now members of the ExCo. Stoeckli also moved up to the Board of Directors. In addition, Arkadiusz Jurczakiewicz was elected as the new Chairman of the ExCo. All elections were unanimous.