1 Aaron St. Leger PES Young Professionals Committee Chair
2 What is Young Professionals? IEEE Young Professionals is an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative members and volunteers. IEEE is committed to helping young professionals evaluate their career goals, polish their professional image, and create the building blocks of a lifelong and diverse professional network.
3 PES YP Membership • IEEE PES members who have earned their first degree within the past 15 years. • Automatic membership (no need to apply) • > 8000 PES YP members Global Entrepreneurship week 2015 PES YP Panel Session at 2015 GM
4 PES YP Program • Objectives: – Build continuity between student, young professional, and senior IEEE/PES membership. – Provide students and young professionals with career services, leadership opportunities, and networking opportunities – Integrate PES YP members in PES Activities
5 2015 PES YP Activities • PES YP events at IEEE PES Conferences • PES Young Professional Webinar Series • PES Young Professional Regional Representatives Number of PES YP Events in 2015 PES YP Event Participants in 2015 222 6 664 12 830 11 Webinar Conference/workshop Chapter/Local Webinar Conference/workshop Chapter/Local
6 PES YP Committee Members – Aaron St. Leger (Committee Chair) • United States Military Academy – Valentina Cecchi (Academic Liaison) • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Anthony Deese (Event Coordinator) • The College of New Jersey – Kevin Maynard (Industry Liaison) • Eaton Corporation – Giorgio Sulligoi (Communications Coordinator) • University of Trieste – Sayonsom Chanda (Webmaster) • Washington State University
7 IEEE PES YP Regional Representatives • Region 1: Chiranjeevi ‘ Bala ’ Kotharu • Region 2: Kyle D. Barth • Region 3: Daniel Diaz • Region 4: Rohith Goura • Region 5: Hung-Ming Chou • Region 6: John Hofman • Region 7: Adenusi Opeyemi Adebisi • Region 8: Mr. Anwar Ahmad Sabri, Princessose Irabor • Region 9: Thiago Alencar • Region 10: Mr. Usman Munawar
8 Regional Representative Goals • Establish PES YP Regional Representatives for all regions • Foster growth and report on IEEE PES YP activities in all regions • Establish relationship and collaboration between PES YP committee and PES local chapters
9 PES YP Activities • IEEE Fetex 2015 (Workshops & Seminar) • 5 th IEEE Invention to Innovation Summit 2015 • Student Transition and elevation Partnership (STEP) Program • IEEE Young Professionals Summit 2015 • IEEE Technowar 2015 • IEEE PES Malaysia Awareness Program on Electrical Safety 2015 • IEEE National Workshop on Power Electronics • PES YP/WIE panel session and reception 2015 ISGT
10 PES YP Programs • IEEE Research and Development Program • IEEE Graduate Internship Program • IEEE Technical Lecture Series • IEEE Mentor Program • IEEE Be Engr Program(Collaborated Region 8,9 and 10)
11 Few Highlights PTCL Visit , National workshop on Power electronics, Innovation to invention Pakistan Student YP WIE Congress
12 PES YP Opportunities • PES YP positions in local chapters • PES Regional Representative and committee position openings • PES YP Webinar program
13 Goals for PES YP in Local Chapters • Monthly – Quarterly contact with IEEE PES Region representative • Social events • Networking events • More student member participation
14 Goals for PES YP in Local Chapters • Create activities geared toward YPs – Industry related tours • PES YP position in every chapter! – Establish PES YP position (member at large slot?) – And/or target PES YP for other established positions
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