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Aaron St. Leger PES Young Professionals Committee Chair

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What is Young Professionals?

IEEE Young Professionals is an international community

• f 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.

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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

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Global Entrepreneurship week 2015 PES YP Panel Session at 2015 GM

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

• pportunities

– Integrate PES YP members in PES Activities

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2015 PES YP Activities

• PES YP events at IEEE PES Conferences
• PES Young Professional Webinar Series
• PES Young Professional Regional

Representatives

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PES YP Event Participants in 2015

Webinar Conference/workshop Chapter/Local 6 11 12

Number of PES YP Events in 2015

Webinar Conference/workshop Chapter/Local

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

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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

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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

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PES YP Activities

• IEEE Fetex 2015 (Workshops & Seminar)
• 5th 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

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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)

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Few Highlights

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PTCL Visit , National workshop on Power electronics, Innovation to invention Pakistan Student YP WIE Congress

PES YP Opportunities

• PES YP positions in local chapters
• PES Regional Representative and committee

position openings

• PES YP Webinar program

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Goals for PES YP in Local Chapters

• Monthly – Quarterly contact with IEEE PES

Region representative

• Social events
• Networking events
• More student member participation

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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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