Past Editions

Since its inception in 2008, WECON™ has grown into one of the region's premier engineering conferences. Over the years, Chitkara University has successfully organized eight editions of the conference. A brief overview of the past editions is presented below.

WECON 2008

WECON 2008 was the first edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems organized by Electronics & Communication Department, Chitkara Institute of Engineering & Technology (Now Chitkara University) during October 18-19, 2008, in association with George Brown College, Canada. The conference was sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR India). Highlights of WECON 2008 were as follows -

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. C. P. Ravikumar - Director, University Relations, Texas Instruments (India), Prof. Jorge Olenewa - George Brown College Canada and Scientist Dr. R.P Bajpai
2 Volumes of conference proceedings were released featuring 273 papers.
Invited talks by technology experts from CEERI Pilani, BITS Pilani, STMicroelectronics, CSIO Chandigarh, GNDU and NITTTR Chandigarh.
About 200 delegates attended the conference spread over two days.
Seventy-three papers were presented in seven technical sessions.
2 Volumes of conference proceedings were released featuring 273 carefully selected papers after a detailed review.

WECON 2009

WECON 2009 was the second edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks & Embedded Systems conducted during Oct 23-24, 2009, organized by ECE department of Chitkara Institute of Engineering & Technology (Now Chitkara University). The conference was sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR India) and had international association with George Brown College, Canada. Highlights of WECON 2009 were as follows -

Over 250 papers were received during the conference of which 136 were selected for the publication in the conference proceedings.
73 Papers were presented in six parallel sessions.
Hands-on workshops on Wireless Technologies by Prof. Jorge Olenewa, George Brown College, Canada.
Hands-on workshop on Open Source Embedded Systems Design using Beagle Board by Dr. C. P. Ravikumar, Texas Instruments
Digital Poster Presentations
Industry Exhibit Demonstration Educational Products related to electronics

WECON 2011

The Third Edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks & Embedded Systems was organized during July 18-19, 2011 by Electronics & Communications Department of Chitkara University in association with George Brown College Canada. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. Rabi Mahapatra, Director, Embedded System Codesign Group, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA. The highlights of WECON 2011 were -

55 Papers were selected for publication in conference proceedings.
Keynote talks by eminent professors from leading foreign universities: Prof. Rabi Mahapatra (Texas A&M), Prof. Jorge Olenewa (GBC Canada), Prof. P.R. Kumar (UIUC, USA).
Symposium on "RF Data Communications and Wi-Fi" conducted by Prof. Jorge Olenewa, George Brown College Canada.
Kick Start of five-day embedded systems design workshop by Prof. Rabi Mahapatra conducted under IUCEE.

WECON 2015

The fourth edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks & Embedded Systems was organized during March 20-21, 2015, by Chitkara University in association with British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada and Deakin University, Australia. Conference attracted over 250 technical papers by students, academicians & researchers from India & abroad of which 94 papers were shortlisted for publishing in the conference e-proceedings & 97 papers were presented during the conference in four parallel tracks.

Advanced Communication Lab Set-up - MoU signed between Chitkara University & Quadrant Televentures Ltd. (QTL) for the set-up of 'Advanced Communications Lab' at Chitkara University.
Launch of 'Innovative Embedded Systems' Projects Book - Book features 69 papers about innovative embedded projects done by students of Indian Engineering Institutions.
8 Keynote Talks – Keynote Talks by leading researchers & industry professionals from India & Abroad.
5 hands-on workshops – Five hands-on workshops conducted on leading embedded technologies.

WECON 2016

WECON 2016 was the 5th edition of international conference on Wireless Networks & Embedded Systems organized by Chitkara University. WECON 2016 was the first edition to garner IEEE technical sponsorship in addition to support from Deakin University, Australia and Texas Instruments India as Principal Patrons. WECON 2016 was also financially aided by ISRO and DRDO.

There were 60 papers from 12 different countries presented in the conference.
Tremendous platform to explore industry academia collaboration.
WECON 2016 had a great team of 54 reviewers, providing a great platform for budding researchers.
Each of the 5 WECON 2016 tracks were chaired by 3 session chairs who were experts in their areas.
WECON 2016 featured 2 pre-conference hands-on workshops on cutting edge Texas Instruments Technologies.
Conference proceedings was published by IEEE on IEEE Xplore.

WECON 2018

The 6th edition of the conference was held on November 16-17, 2018, and was organized with technical sponsorship from IEEE. The proceeding of the conference was published by IEEE on IEEE Xplore. The conference was organized in collaboration with Applied Materials, NXP Semiconductors, ISRO, Heriot Watt University (Malaysia) and IESA.

Mr. Sanjay Gupta – Vice President and Country Head, NXP Semiconductors, India, delivered the inaugural address.
Mr. Ashwini Aggarwal – Director (Govt. Affairs), Applied Materials, India, delivered a keynote address.
Executive Committee of IEEE Delhi Section attended the conference and organized their Executive Council Meeting.
Dr. M.L. Dennis Wong – Deputy Provost, Heriot Watt University, Malaysia, delivered an invited talk.
Mr. H.S. Jatana – SCL Mohali and Mr. Vivek Tripathi – STMicroelectronics conducted tutorials.

WECON 2022

WECON 2022 was organized on May 20-21, 2022 and it was attended by over 200 delegates. To represent a wider spectrum of contemporary technology areas, the conference was renamed as World Engineering Conference on Contemporary Technologies - WECON.

The conference featured 50 Paper Presentations in 5 Parallel Tracks, 4 Keynote Talks, and 9 Invited Talks.
The accepted papers have been published by Elsevier in the Materials Today Proceedings.
The inauguration ceremony was marked by two insightful keynote addresses by Dr. Pradeep K. Rohatgi (UWM, USA) and Dr. Ashwini K Aggarwal (AMAT Inc.).
Day 1 of the conference witnessed paper presentations in two parallel tracks and four invited talks.
On Day 2, two keynote talks and five invited talks were organized.

WECON 2025

The conference witnessed the participation of nearly 300 delegates from academia, industry, and research organizations.

287 research papers were submitted across five technical tracks, with contributions from authors representing 8 countries.
A distinguished panel of 176 researchers and industry experts from around the world conducted a rigorous peer-review process.
56 papers were accepted for presentation and publication, resulting in a highly selective 20% acceptance rate.
48 papers were presented at the conference and forwarded to IEEE for consideration for publication in IEEE Xplore.
WECON 2025 featured keynote and expert talks by Dr. Vishal Sipani (Micron Technology, India), Dr. Ankesh Jain (IIT Delhi, India), Prof. Dennis Wong (Newcastle University, Singapore), Dr. Daniel Lai (Deakin University, Australia), and Dr. Neelesh Kumar (CSIO–Chandigarh, India).
A panel discussion on "Developing a Skilled Workforce for India's Semiconductor Ecosystem" was moderated by Dr. Rajnish Sharma (Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University Himachal Pradesh) and featured Dr. Sandhir Sharma (Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University Punjab), Dr. Preeti Bajaj (Chair-Elect 2025, IEEE India Council), Dr. Prerna Gaur (Netaji Subhas University of Technology & Chair, IEEE India Council), and Dr. Angsuman Sarkar (Kalyani Government Engineering College, West Bengal).