IEEE Women in Engineering news: Live chat series, 2016 leadership conference, virtual career fair, awards program, summits

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is pleased to announce some exciting upcoming events and opportunities:

WIE Live Chat Series

Upcoming live chats include:

• “Detour: Coping When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan,” presented by Courtney Clark - Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 10:00 a.m. ET
• “How do you motivate a person (or a team) to do something hard?” presented by Tara Chklovski - Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 1:00 p.m. ET

International Leadership Conference

The 2016 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (2016 WIE-ILC) will take place 23-24 May 2016, in San Jose, CA, USA. Connect with over 1,100 mid-to-senior female engineers and technologists in attendance. The call for speakers is open and partnership opportunities are now available.

Virtual Career

Join the IEEE Women in Engineering Virtual Career Fair on 23 September 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET (1400 UTC-04 to 2100 UTC-04). The sponsorship deadline is 1 September 2015.

Register now

Awards and Recognition Program

The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) awards and recognition program is designed to recognize WIE members and affinity groups that have made an outstanding contribution to WIE, their community, and the engineering community through their dedication and involvement in projects or activities directed toward fulfilling the WIE goals and objectives. The nomination deadline is 1 April 2016.

Learn more about the award guidelines and eligibility requirements and/or submit a nomination

Summits

Several Women in Engineering Summits are taking place around the globe. Follow the links below to learn more about the call for speakers and partnership opportunities.

• WIE Summit Asia: 10-12 September 2015, in Chennai, India
• Women in Computing Summit: 1-2 October 2015, in Santa Clara, CA, USA
• WIE Summit USA: 6-8 November 2015, in Philadelphia, PA, USA
• IEEE International Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015 (WIECON-ECE 2015), 19-20 December 2015, in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email WIE staff  at women@ieee.org with questions about any of these programs

Join the chat on the Women in Engineering Facebook page