Colombia, situated in the north-western region of South America, is home to the Colombian Young Professionals Affinity Group.  This affinity group, established in 1996, boasts the second highest number of Young Professionals within Region 9. Since the creation of the Young Professionals Affinity Group, the group has been working with several initiatives that have helped […]

In the Gwangju section in region 10, young professionals gathered together for the first jump. The chair of young professional affinity group in Gwangju section, Seonggeon Kim, introduced what IEEE is and what young professionals. In addition, they selected the executives, vice chair (Jaeuk Byun) and manager (Mohammad Mostafavi), to assist the chair. The host, […]

The global IEEE Young Professionals Committee would like to congratulate the following three Young Professionals Affinity Groups as winners of the 2016 IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group Hall of Fame Award: Egypt (Region 8), Kerala (Region 10), and Tokyo (Region 10). Each winning affinity group will receive a cash price of $500 USD to be used for future Young Professional […]

Our assistant editor Michael Gough had the pleasure of catching up with Ramakrishna Kappagantu, the Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Director. Ramakrishna is a highly accomplished individual who shares some of his life experiences with our Young Professionals. Please watch the short video introduction and listen to the podcast below. PODCAST: About Ramakrishna: Ramakrishna Kappagantu has over […]

Tokyo Young Professionals Affinity Group was established in 2008 as a first Affinity Group in Japan. Since then the group has organized many events for the career development of the young professionals. Through these events, their biggest achievement is the formation of strong bonds with many great friends. In this article, we introduce several Tokyo YP activities […]

In today’s article we cast our eye on the Panama Young Professionals. We speak to the chair of the affinity group, Mr. Fotis Stringos.   Fotis tell us a little about yourself  From an early age I felt attracted to solving problems of all kinds.  I was always passionate about mathematics and physics which motivated […]

In today’s article we bring you the story of a young female biomedical engineer, aspiring to make an impact in the world of neurogenesis and hippocampal prostheses. We are speaking to Veronika Cencen who is an extraordinary individual having lived in many countries, conducted research at different universities, competed in numerous international rhythmic gymnastics forums […]