Daily Archives: 26 October 2019

How to form a new Young Professionals Affinity Group in Your Section?

 in Form a New Affinity Group

Would you like to join the family of Young Professionals? Check the following steps:

  • look at the informative map below to see if you are already part of it
  • find out if there is already an existing IEEE Section in your country – full list can be found here
  • check if there is already an existing IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group (YP AG) in your Section – full list can be found here
  • if there is an IEEE Section in your country but not a YP AG, you are eligible to submit a petition – check the guidelines and the document below

 

Forming a new Young Professionals Affinity Group is an easy task but you have to prove that you will be able to sustain it in the future. For this, you need to be acquainted with IEEE and Young Professionals program. If the new AG is approved and formed, you will then serve as an interim chair who has to put together a team, hold activities and perform elections. For this, check the document below, put together by R8YP Subcommittee.

 

The document is available to download below:

YP AG Formation Guidelines

 

Getting YPAG members list from OU Analytics

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How to obtain members list and their contacts from OU Analytics?

This document is a short guide on how to obtain members list and their contacts from OU Analytics. Before accessing the database, be advised that not every IEEE officer has access to OU Analytics tool or every available information there. Young Professionals Affinity Group Chairs are automatically granted access after listing them in vTools under officers reporting. After log in with your IEEE credentials, you can access the members contacts for your organizational unit, in this case that is probably your YPAG. The document is a surgical precision guide on how to do it in less than a minute, tailored by R8YP Subcommittee. For the detailed guides, visit official OU Analytics tutorials here.

 

The document is available to download below:
OU Analytics members list (1372 downloads )

Cross-sectional Student and Young Professional Congress Manual

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How to organize a Cross-sectional Student and Young Professionals Congress?

This document is a guide on how to organize IEEE Cross-sectional Student and Young Professional Congress. It has been prepared by the Student Activities Committee and the Young Professionals Subcommittee in Region 8 for 2017 and updated in 2019. The content of this guide covers from the moment the Call for applications is released until the period after the congress when everything has to be finalized.

The document is available to download below:
XSSYPmanual (1307 downloads )

 

Winners of the Region 8 Young Professionals Awards for 2019

 in Region 8 YP Awards

We are proud to present this year’s winners of the Region 8 Young Professionals Awards for 2019:

  • Region 8 Young Professionals Exceptional Volunteer Award 2019

Piotr Graca (Poland Section Young Professionals Affinity Group) For his continuous hard work, dedication and enthusiasm to promoting the Young Professionals mission and vision, and that of IEEE at large during 2018. Our biggest congratulations to you!

 

  • Region 8 Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award 2019

We are very happy to announce that the Region 8 Young Professionals Subcommittee has selected the Croatia Section Young Professionals Affinity Group as the winner of the Region 8 Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award for its activities during 2018. Congratulations to the entire Croatia YP team! Their efforts and dedication to the IEEE YP causes have made them stand out, and we are glad to acknowledge their successful initiatives.

Region 8 Young Professionals Awards for season 2019 handed at Region 8 Meeting in Valencia

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During Gala Dinner at the 113th IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting in Valencia, Spain, 12-13 of October 2019, the Region 8 Young Professionals Awards have been handed to the recipients. Piotr Graca, Poland, has received IEEE Region 8 Young Professional Exceptional Volunteer Award and the award was handed to Poland Section Chair Mariusz Malinowski. Croatia Section Young Professionals Affinity Group, Chaired by Diego Susanj, has been awarded by IEEE Region 8 Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award and the award was handed to former Croatia Section Chair Igor Kuzle. Details about the wards and selected photos are given in the sequel.

 

IEEE Region 8 Young Professional Exceptional Volunteer Award

To recognize a volunteer within Region 8 for his/her dedication towards the mission of IEEE Young Professionals. The recognition is given to a devoted Young Professional member that presents the most successful maintenance of ongoing efforts, leadership skills, and remarkable development and implementation of new ideas and programs within the last year. These activities have an important impact on the Section and on Region 8 Young Professional community, and other IEEE members. Piotr Graca received the award and diploma providing the citation for the award granted by the Region 8 Young Professionals Subcommittee.

 

 

IEEE Region 8 Young Professional Exceptional Volunteer Award ceremony (left to right: Costas Stasopoulos – Region 8 Awards & Recognitions Committee Past Chair, Magdalena Salazar Palma – Region 8 Director, Mariusz Malinowski – Poland Section Chair, Vinko Lesic – Region 8 Young Professionals Subcommittee Chair, James A. Jefferies – IEEE Past President)

 

IEEE Region 8 Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award

To recognize Young Professionals Affinity Groups (AG) within Region 8 for their efforts, successes and achievements in carrying out the mission of IEEE YP and the aims of IEEE in Region 8 within their Section during the calendar year of 2018. Recognition is given to the Young Professionals AG that displayed the most successful maintenance of ongoing efforts, as well as the development and implementation of new programs. These activities leave an important imprint on the Section and on Region 8. Croatia Section Young Professionals Affinity Group received a certificate providing the citation for the award and a cash prize of $400 granted by the R8 YP Subcommittee.

 

IEEE Region 8 Young Professional Exceptional Volunteer Award ceremony (left to right: Costas Stasopoulos – Region 8 Awards & Recognitions Committee Past Chair, Magdalena Salazar Palma – Region 8 Director, Igor Kuzle – Croatia Section former Chair, Vinko Lesic – Region 8 Young Professionals Subcommittee Chair, James A. Jefferies – IEEE Past President)

“Inspiring Leaders” workshop at 113th IEEE Region 8 Meeting in Valencia, Spain

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Inspiring Leaders workshop led by Arturo Medina in front of Region 8 Section chairs and committees

 

“Inspiring Leaders” is a successful program of Spain Section YPAG that originated during “Young Professionals on Tour”, an initiative designed to revitalize IEEE communities in cities across Spain while granting the opportunity to peek to the diverse professional possibilities that await future engineers at the end of their study race. The success stories of former students and Young Professionals give simple and clear way what it means to belong to Young Professionals and IEEE in general.

 

The “Inspiring Leaders” event was held at 113th IEEE Region 8 Meeting in Valencia, Spain to give a glimpse in front of the Region 8 Committee in form of a panel with speakers listed below, led by Arturo Medina, current Chair of Spain Section YPAG.

 

Insipiring Leaders workshop panelists

 

Young Professionals Spain with Region 8 YP (from left to right: Ramon Medran Medran, Arturo Medina, Vinko Lesic, Manuel Ballesteros Carballo)

 

Participants of the 113th IEEE Region 8 Meeting in Valencia, Spain