By Ir. Ts. Dr. Wooi Chin Leong (UniMAP)

The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter was successfully held on 16 January 2023, at TNB Lab and Microsoft Team concurrently. The meeting was attended by active members of IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter and chaired by Chapter Chair Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Nor Asiah Muhamad. The meeting began with an opening remark by the Chair, followed by the endorsement of the 2022 AGM minutes and the presentation of the chapter’s activities. Next the Treasurer Dr Amir presented account matters. The meeting continued with the election of the 2023 committee members of DEIS Malaysia Chapter, summarised as follows:

Chair
· Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil bin Illias (University of Malaya)
Past Chair
· Assoc. Prof. Ir.  Ir. Dr. Nor Asiah Muhamad (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Vice Chair
· Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Norhafiz Azis (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Secretary
· Ir. Ts. Dr. Wooi Chin Leong (Universiti Malaysia Perlis)
Treasurer
· Ts. Dr. Nik Hakimi Bin Nik Ali (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Executive Committee
· Ir. Ts. Dr. Wong Jee Keen Raymond (University of Malaya)
· Dr. Kuan Tze Mei (Universiti Tenaga Nasional)
· Ts. Dr. Mohd Shahril Ahmad Khiar (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
· Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Muhammad Saufi bin Kamarudin (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia)
·  Dr. Thien Yee Von (TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY)
· Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Fairouz Mohd Yousof (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia)

The new Chapter Chair, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil bin Illias, later delivered her welcoming speech to the new committee line-up and made a brief planning for the activities in 2023. Dr. Hazlee is hopeful that DEIS Malaysia Chapter will continue to contribute actively in the field of dielectrics and electrical insulation and looking forward to lead the DEIS Malaysia Chapter to a greater height.