Saturday, May 31, 2014

ICHQP - Bucharest - May 25-258

Images of a Time of Learning and Celebration

“You may feel that I have spent too much time on this great author’s faults  and too little on his excellences.  But that is because I am speaking among his friends.  Where else does one mention the faults of a person one loves?”

This quote of C.S. Lewis describes well the feeling I had after returning from another great International Conference on Harmonics and Power Quality - (the 16th ICHQP in Bucharest).  Great shared experience.

Once again I was glad to see among the members of this engineering community men and women whose modesty, courtesy, fair-mindedness, patience in disputation and readiness to see an antagonist's point were very clear.  I was fortunate to meet them again and count many as friends.

Professor Bollen called his panel “a group of expert friends” - - - who are critical because they care.

One of the strongest things in the professional  / academic world is the peculiar relation which men and women who work in the same area have to the subject and to one another –  the inescapable bond of shared experiences which leads to a commitment to life.

“Oh, was there ever a  sailor free to choose,
That didn’t settle somewhere near the sea? - - -“  Kippling

Any way, two years from now you are all invited to join us in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for the 17th ICHQP - which promises, among other attractions, a meeting of expert friends who like William Blake believed that “opposition is true friendship” and will engage each other in great discussions for the sake of learning, understanding and cooperation  - never competition.

Check the webpage under construction - - -

WWW.ICHQP2016.ORG

We plan on a conference as exciting as the upcoming World Cup, but with better preparation and planning  :-)
Cheers, Paulo


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Celebrating the Quality of Life





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