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IEEE Region 8 Professional Activities Shashank Gaur IEEE Region 8 SYP 2016, Regensburg, 19 th August 2016 1 9/19/2016

Professional Activities “Professional Activities (PA) comprise non-technical skills that engineers need to achieve a successful technical career” 2 9/19/2016

Non Technical Skills 2014 Survey of Region 8 members – 2000+ responses 8 interest areas identified Trending areas – Influence Skills: Leadership, Organizational, etc. – Writing Skills: Technical Paper/Proposal writing, etc. – Oral Skills: Presentation skills, Speaking, etc. – Entrepreneurship Skills: Business Models, Ideation, Validity, etc. 3 9/19/2016

Resources Region 8 PA Speakers Program PA Events – Training Workshops – Start up pitch competitions Online Resources – Center for Leadership Excellence  https://ieee-elearning.org/CLE – IEEE USA SPAC Resources 4 9/19/2016

Region 8 PA Speakers Program Speakers for various PA Funding for the travel Hosting OU must support accommodation Growing list of speakers 5 9/19/2016

Communication Hey, I ??## need X? 6 9/19/2016

Communication Written Communication – Emails – Documentation In-Person – Meetings – One on One communication Speakers – Margaretha Eriksson 7 9/19/2016

Leadership 8 9/19/2016

Leadership Team Leadership – Delegation – Decision – Building Team – Recruiting and Retention Speakers – Han Van Loon, Kurt Richter, Nadhem Barda 9 9/19/2016

Entrepreneurship 10 9/19/2016

Entrepreneurship Communication Leadership NEW!! – Ideation – Validity – IP Rights Speakers – Joao Claro, Charles Turner 11 9/19/2016

New Paradigms Local Speakers – Language – Specific Skills – Frequent events and follow ups Partnerships – Learning from Industries – Inside IEEE 12 9/19/2016

Extending PA Activities To events like Nordic SYP, Regensburg SYP IEEE Conferences Region/Section Meetings Non-IEEE events More Online Resources 13 9/19/2016

Call for Speakers!! Yes, we need speakers! Diversity in Location and Topics http://pa.ieeer8.org/ Write an email to r8pasc@ieee.org – Basic Details (Personal & IEEE) – Topics & Experience – Recommendations 14 9/19/2016

So what is R8 PASC? Speakers Program – Interested hosts may send email to r8pasc@ieee.org – At least 3 months before the event Other events related to PA – Trainings/Workshops – Competitions Online Resources, Webinars, CLE, etc. pa.ieeer8.org 15 9/19/2016

Questions? Ana Katalinic, Shashank Gaur r8pasc@ieee.org 16 9/19/2016