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Inter-Varsity Conference of Engineering Student Societies (ICESS 2002)
Reported by Sdri. Kee Wai Fun
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On 17 August 2002, the second annual gathering involving representatives from the various engineering student societies from local universities was held at Conference Hall A, Bangunan Ingenieur. The Inter-Varsity Conference of Engineering Students’ Societies (ICESS 2002) was attended by student representatives from various universities, namely, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Multimedia University, MMU (Cyberjaya Branch) and Multimedia University, MMU (Melaka Branch). The main purpose of having this gathering was to provide an opportunity for student representatives to share and have a deeper understanding of the projects organized by the other universities. Besides this, student representatives also get a chance to voice their views and thoughts on activities that involve not only their societies but also other engineering societies, for instance Engineering Games 2002 (EG 2002). This year’s conference was co-organized by the IEM G&S and Persatuan Kejuruteraan Universiti Malaya (PKUM).
The programme kicked off at 2.30pm, with a welcoming speech from Sdr. Suresh Yegambaram, Vice Chairperson of the G&S, followed by a brief introduction to the IEM G&S by Sdri. Kee Wai Fun. This was followed by presentations by each of the participating universities, consisting of descriptions of the type of projects that were being organized by the society and the objectives of those projects. The engineering student societies were represented in the order as shown:
1. Chua Sha Fen (Engineering Student Society, MMU, Malacca Branch)
2. Wee Pei Chieh (MMUIEM, Malacca Branch)
3. Roonie Protasius (proposed IEM Student Chapter, UiTM)
4. Fadzlil Rahimi (PEMATRA, UKM)
5. Eric Eow (PKUM, UM)
6. Tan Cheng Lay (PEMAJU, UPM)
7. Trishna Chadha (SIR, UNITEN)
8. Adrian Lau (Engineering Student Society, MMU, Cyberjaya Branch) | 
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The next agenda on the itinerary was a presentation on Engineering Games 2002, given by the Executive Director of EG 2002, Sdr. Yau Chau Fong. The Engineering Games, first suggested at the inaugural Inter-Varsity Gathering 2001, is co-organized by the IEM G&S and students from the engineering societies in UPM, UNITEN and MMU Cyberjaya. The Games will take place on 25 – 27 October 2002, at venues within all three host universities. During the presentation, the student representatives were asked to recruit participants from their universities, for games such as soccer, badminton, basketball, tennis, squash, table tennis, chess, netball and street soccer. Registration forms were given out, which would have to be completed by the participants representing their universities.
The final event before the official photo-taking session was the submission of tender for the host of EG 2003. Andy Chiew from PKUM explained to the students the merits of awarding the host to UM, detailing the facilities and equipment present in UM. The conference later agreed that UM would be the host of the next Engineering Games. After a short photo-taking session, the conference ended at 6.00pm.
 | Group Photo of all the participants of
ICESS 2002 |
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