IEEE Activities - IEEE Region 8

Peter Nagy

Operations Director, Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE), Budapest, Hungary

https://www.hte.hu/peter.nagy

BIOGRAPHY

Peter Nagy is the Operations Director at the Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE) in Hungary, since 2005 and has overseen more than 40 scientific and business-oriented conferences.

He has been a Senior Member of IEEE since 2021; he is a member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer Society, HKN, and IEEE Women in Engineering

He holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2000). He was a State scholar at TU-Vienna, Austria (1998). He finished his MBA studies in Budapest (2005), with specialized courses from the State University of New York Buffalo (USA) and Rochester Institute of Technology (USA).

Peter serves as publisher of the Infocommunications Journal (HU ISSN2061- 2079) and was Guest Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine 2013 (Quantum Communications). He promotes high-quality Journal and Conference papers.

Peter served on the Supervisory Board of Finatech Capital Ltd, a venture capital company.

Website: https://www.hte.hu/peter.nagy
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peternagyhungary 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nagy.peter.lehel

 

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: (IEEE Major Boards and Committees)

  • 2023-2025 IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation committee member
  • 2023-2024 - IEEE Conferences Committee Member at Large member
  • 2022-2023 MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee
  • 2021-2025 National Society Agreements Program - Increase the cooperation between the IEEE Sections / Geographical Councils and the National Society.
  • 2018 - 2020 - Technical Program Integrity Committee member - post-conference quality reviews, a sub-committee of IEEE Conferences Committee
  • 2018-2019 - IEEE Conferences Committee - MGA representative - worked on cooperation among Regional Conference Coordinators across IEEE and was involved in the roll-out of Technical Co-Sponsorship fee for Sections and Chapters
  • 2018-2019 - member of TAB AdHoc on Global Society Interaction led by Maciej Ogorzalek (Poland) - as Sister Society leader he had insights on the pro and con side as well
  • 2016-2017 - IEEE Conference Finance Committee member led by John Barr (USA), main focus on Taxation (VAT, GST, sales tax) - he worked in several countries with different taxation environment
  • 2016 - member of Adhoc on Global Perspective under IEEE Conferences Committee led by Jan Haase (Germany)
  • Mr. NAGY had presentations at IEEE Convene (2019, 2018) and IEEE Section Congress (2017, 2023)

 


In COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY:

  • 2025-2027 Finance Committee
  • 2016-2018 GLOBECOM & ICC Management and Strategy Committee, Finance Working Group Chair - standing committee for two flagship conferences, oversee the operational preparation and management and do strategic planning
  • 2016-2017 Strategic Planning Committee, Secretary - standing committee for preparing a long-term strategic plan to guide the direction and future of the Society and for preparing short-term plans to direct specific areas, as appropriate.
  • 2016 – 2017 Sister and Related Societies Board member – a board for setting up new agreements and monitoring existing ones with National Societies.

 


REGIONS: (Region 8 and others)

  • Membership Development Committee 2025
  • Sections Congress Coordinator IEEE Region 8 2025-2026
  • IEEE Africon Steering Committee Chair 2024
  • IEEE Region 8 Awards and Recognition Committee Member 2023-2024
  • IEEE Region 8 Vice-Chair Technical Activities 2021-2022 - oversight of 5 major committees, conference coordination, chapter coordination, professional and educational activities, Action for Industry, standard activities
  • IEEE Region 8 Conference Coordination Sub-committee 2015-2020 (2015-2016 Member, 2017-2018 Chair, 2019-2020 Past Chair) - he involved many volunteers, he built up a teamwork, managed several site-selection procedures, handled many Technical Co- Sponsorship requests
  • As Conference Coordinator (2017-2018) Mr. NAGY represented IEEE Region 8 at Regional Conference Coordinators calls and face-to-face meetings.

 

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:
In Hungary Section:

  • Student Counselor (2003-2006),
  • Industry Relations officer (2007-2008) Established cooperation with National Societies,
  • Vice-Chair (2015-2016) Worked on stabilizing the finances, involving other funding possibilities

 

CONFERENCES

Major recent conferences with Finance chair duties:

  • IEEE GLOBECOM 2024 Cape Town, South Africa - $1.140.000
  • IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 Hawaii, HI, USA - $1.300.000
  • IEEE ICC 2014 Sydney, Australia - $1.070.000
  • IEEE ICC 2013 Budapest, Hungary - $1.180.000
  • IEEE WCNC 2015 New Orleans LA, USA - $368.000
  • EUSIPCO 2016 Budapest, Hungary - $300.000
  • IEEE RFID-TA 2017 Warsaw, Poland - $42.000

Handling VAT, GST, working with tax exempt organization and dealing currency exchange risk. He has good relation to IEEE Finance Staff and MCE Business Operations (Finance).

  • IEEE Africon 2019, Accra, Ghana – welcome message, on behalf of IEEE Region 8 Director Prof. Magdalena Slazar-Palma
  • IEEE EDUCON 2018, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - Steering Committee member
  • IEEE Melecon 2016, Limassol, Cyprus, representing Conference Coordination Sub-committee
  • IEEE EuroCon 2015, Salamanca, Spain - Organizing Committee member

 

AWARDS

  • 2023 IEEE MGA Achievement Award - for dedication to strengthening the relationship between National Societies and IEEE, highlighting the value of IEEE in industry relations
  • 2019 Medal for the Communication – awarded by Minister for Infocommunications and Technology in Hungary
  • 2017 IEEE Hungary Section Jubilee medal 2017
  • 2009 HTE Jubilee medal

OTHER: (Society Memberships)

  • IEEE Communications Society,
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • IEEE Women in Engineering
  • John Von Neumann Computer Society (in Hungary)

 

QUALIFICATIONS

1. IEEE experiences: Operations Director of a Sister Society of IEEE for 20 years. Organized 40+ scientific or business-oriented conferences, education activities, published journals and attended several IEEE meetings, Sections Congresses, R8 meetings, IEEE Convene, and IEEE committee meetings.

2. Worked on several societies' conferences: Communications Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Computer Society, Council on RFID, Education Society, and non-IEEE organizations (ACM, EURASIP, IFIP, ITU, ISCA). Mr. NAGY urged to compare IEEE Region 8 goals and results with other organizations.

3. Technical Activities’ topics involvement: He was involved in all topics of Vice Chair Technical Activities of IEEE Region 8. At his daily job he has many Industry relations, he volunteered as Industry Relations Officer at Section level. He was active in Communications Society local chapter; he has deep insights in conference coordination sub-committee in the last 6 years in Region 8. In Communications Society strategic planning committee, he worked on value propositions like professional trainings, webinars and access to standards activities. Regarding standards he used to work on telecommunication service interface registration around 2003, he had to work with ETSI on the interface definition and he has a good personal relation with the current IEEE Standards Association leadership.

4. Being member of IEEE committees, Mr. NAGY learned that we should be proud of Region 8 results. We are among the top Regions in many aspects. When he gave a presentation; always highlighted the specialties and varieties of our region.

5. Availability and resources: as Mr. NAGY finished his duties in ComSoc and IEEE Conferences Committee in 2019, he is capable to serve the community as Vice-Chair, if elected. Currently he is working for IEEE Technical Program Integrity Committee and for National Societies which would not interfere with IEEE Region 8 duties.

 

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities

During my tenure as IEEE Region 8 Vice-Chair Technical Activities (2021-2022), I focused on enhancing industry relations, bolstering flagship conference industry programs, hosting industry sessions at IEEE Africon 2023, and integrating IEEE RTSI as a Region 8 portfolio conference, emphasizing collaboration between academia and industry.

As Hungary Section Vice-Chair and a staff member of Scientific Association for Infocommunications Hungary (HTE), I facilitated productive cooperation between the IEEE Section and local National Societies, enabling joint initiatives. Serving as volunteer lead of the IEEE National Society Agreements program, I ensured effective relations worldwide and shared best practices with IEEE volunteers.

I received the MGA Achievement Award in 2023 for my dedication to strengthening the relationship between National Societies and IEEE, highlighting the value of IEEE in industry relations.

Recognizing volunteer efforts is vital for organizational vitality. Throughout my tenure as a conference coordination committee member, vice-chair of the region, and during my one and a half years as an IEEE Region 8 Awards and Recognition Committee member, I supported committed volunteers for higher positions and nominated them for Region 8, IEEE MGA, or IEEE awards, fostering a culture of excellence within IEEE.

With the conference coordination team, we developed a framework for steering committees for our four Region 8 flagship conferences, sharing best practices and providing support to current conference organizers. As the founding chair of the IEEE Africon Region 8 Steering Committee in 2023, I played a pivotal role in ensuring continuity, excellence, and strategic oversight for Region 8 conferences.

Upon joining the IEEE Conferences Committee, our focus was to enhance inter-regional cooperation, leading to notable outcomes such as the evolution of the IEEE Histelcon conference into a multi-regional event. Additionally, IEEE Region 8 events now feature speakers from Region 10 (Asia-Pacific), showcasing the success of our collaborative endeavors.