IEEE Young Professionals

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June 21, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

More than 150 early-career professionals from a broad range of industries turned out to raise a glass and make new connections at Toronto IEEE Young Professionals’ latest networking social on May 6, 2014. The event at The Three Brewers microbrewery was co-hosted with IEEE Women in Engineering and scheduled to coincide with the Canadian Conference on Electrical […]

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Tunisia YP STEP Event on Green Power and Renewable Energy

June 6, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

The Tunisia IEEE Young Professionals affinity group (AG) conducted its 3rd IEEE Student Transition & Elevation Partnership (STEP) program at the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS) on the 16th of November, 2013, which was attended by 60 students and young professionals. The event was held in cooperation with the Tunisia chapter of the Power […]

Entrepreneurship

Young Scientists From Around the Globe Gather in Singapore

March 21, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

How would you like to pick the brains of thirteen Nobel Laureates, three Fields Medalists, winners of the Millennium Technology Prize, and recipients of IEEE’s own Medal of Honor? In Singapore, at the second installment of the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) in January, five hundred attendees were given the opportunity to do just that. […]

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Fine Arts and Four Presidents at the R10 SGW Congress

January 12, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

This article is part I in a two-part series on last year’s Region 10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress. Young volunteers from Hyderabad, India teamed up to organize Asia Pacific’s largest gathering of leaders, the Region 10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress from July 11th, 2013 – July 14th, 2013. The goal of this volunteer team was to create a platform for conversations […]

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IEEE Region 9 YP 2013 Photo Recap

December 15, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Region 9 Young Professionals sent us a photo summary of their activities in 2013. Happy New Year to all our friends in Region 9!

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Toronto YP Throws Blockbuster Networking Mixer

December 15, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

On November 27 the Toronto Young Professionals Affinity Group held a very successful networking mixer with several hundred attendees. A highlights video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6TbpinDhag. We decided to try out the new “Young Professionals” branding by making the event open to everyone, not just IEEE members. The turnout was staggering! We used the Eventbrite platform to […]

Humanitarian Technology

Santa Clara Valley GOLD Launches New IEEE YP Brand at the GHTC

December 10, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

In March of 2013 the Santa Clara Valley (SCV) chapter of GOLD was asked to help plan a session at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). We recognized this as a great opportunity for SCV GOLD and accepted the challenge. At the same time, our local chapter for Women in Engineering (WIE) was being re-established. […]

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Tokyo GOLD at the Humanitarian Technology Conference in IEEE Region 10

November 26, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

The 2013 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference was held at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan on August 26-29, 2013. The focus of this conference was “Lessons learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake disaster and its worldwide effects.” This conference was a very important event for humanitarian technology community in Region 10. Furthermore, […]

EMC

GOLD at the 2013 IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium

November 22, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Greetings, and welcome to GOLD EMC news! At the 2013 IEEE EMC Symposium in Denver, GOLDies were very busy between the Ice Cream Social, the Ethics in Engineering sessions, and all the raffles. I was delighted to see the majority of the GOLD members who attended the symposium stop by the GOLD table to say […]

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Region 8 GOLD Fall 2013 Recap

November 21, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

In July, the Tunisia GOLD AG of Region 8 was awarded a highly-coveted place in the IEEE MGA GOLD Hall of Fame for 2013. Congratulations to the Tunisia GOLD team for their remarkable work. This is the third time in a row that a GOLD AG from Region 8 has won this award. The Region […]