Monthly Archives: March 2022


Meeting schedule – Warsaw

Friday 1 April

 

All meetings are open except if noted otherwise.

Time Baltic 1 Baltic 2 Baltic 3 Nysa Grand Ballroom
8:00-8:15 Welcome
8:15-10:00 SAC YP SPC Orientation
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 MD AfI CCT / SYP Orientation
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:50 ChCSC Awards & Recognitions FinCom Open session for Section Chairs
on R8 programs and initiatives
14:50-15:30 Special humanitarian initiatives in current conflicts
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 DEI PEA CoCSC N&A
(for committee members only)
P&C
17:00-18:00 Entrepreneurship LM and HA CoCSC OpCom (for committee members only)
18:00-19:00 Poland Section presentation

 

Saturday 2 April

 

Time
8:00-15:55 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link
15:55-16:45 Breakout sessions:

  • Humanitarian efforts in current conflicts, Room Baltic 1
  • Conference organization, Room Baltic 2
  • Financial reporting, Room Baltic 3

Sunday 3 April

 

Time
8:00-13:15 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link

Poland Section presentation – Warsaw

Friday 1 April

1) Introduction (general information about the activities and achievements of Poland Section), presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
2) Memory of 50 years of Poland Section history, presentation by Ryszard Jachowicz
3) Information about activities of Chapters and Affinity Groups of Poland Section, presentation by Marek Jasiński
4) Information about Professor Jan Czochralski, the Polish pioneer in microelectronics technology and the IEEE Milestone winner, presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
5) Industry presentations (coordination by Marcin Ziółek):
Intel
Graphcore
QWED


Call for Nominations – 2022 MGA Awards

Nominations for Outstanding Section Awards – Deadline 15 May 2022

Each year, the MGA Outstanding Section Awards are presented to one large, one medium, and one small Section (across all Regions), to recognize their excellent work and successful efforts in fulfilling the educational and scientific goals of IEEE for the benefit of the public.  The recipient Sections are acknowledged for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting the Student Branches, Technical Chapters, and Affinity Groups within their geographic boundaries. 

Three awards are presented, as follows:

  • Large Section = 1,501 or more members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year;

  • Medium Section = 501-1,500 members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year;

  • Small Section = 500 or fewer members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year

To nominate your Section for the MGA Outstanding Large, Medium, or Small Section Award, please

CLICK HERE

Nominations for Friend of IEEE MGA Awards

These awards are designed to specifically recognize support provided to IEEE and its members by firms, divisions of firms, or individuals (non-members). Nominators can submit individuals or organizations for a Friend Award at the supporting or sustaining level. Nominations for this award may be submitted at any time during the year.

To learn more about the Friend of IEEE MGA Awards CLICK HERE

To submit a nomination for the Friend of IEEE MGA Award CLICK HERE

For questions, contact [email protected]


Behind a Successful Woman, Nominate a man who supports the advancement of women

Often, women have been supported in their choices and career by extraordinary men who understood the talent and the difficulties women face in the academic or work environments. Nominate a man or men who support the development and career growth of women. The ideal candidates are men who actively changed the rules in the educational or working environment to promote inclusion. Submit your candidate today.

 

– Nominate a man or men who support the development and career growth of women.

– The ideal candidates are men who actively changed the rules in the educational or working environment to promote inclusion

– Fill out the form available at bit.ly/3DV5HGG and submit your nomination(s) to Anikó Costa and Carolina Oliveira

– Champions will be announced at the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference 2022

 

For inquiries, email:

Anikó Costa – [email protected]

and

Carolina Oliveira – [email protected]


IEEE Region 8 – Statement against acts of war

IEEE Region 8 strongly condemns any act of war, aggression, violation of international laws and conventions, or against humanity.

We firmly believe that they have no place in the world and always support efforts to help those who are suffering because of them.


International Women’s Day, 1 Year Anniversary for the IEEE WIE UK & Ireland ambassadors’ scheme

According to Sheryl Sandberg, “In the future there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) UK & Ireland ambassadors’ scheme is continuously striving to bring this future sooner. On this International Women’s Day, we are proud to celebrate our first anniversary. Indeed, it was a year full of events, activities and struggles to not only promote women in engineering and technology but also to create a culture of diversity & inclusion and accepting it as a norm rather than an exception. We envision a vibrant community of IEEE women and men collectively using their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of humanity.

 

This video sums up our past year’s events and reflects on how we are progressing to reach our goal. Apart from our main goal of global diversity in science, technology, mathematics, computing and engineering, our events also aim to expose the audience to novel areas and aspects of engineering and computing which solves real world problems, establish a link for industrial collaborations, networking and mentorship and create connections for future research opportunities. Last year, we organised four ‘Early Career Talks’ to provide recent PhD graduates and postdoctoral researchers a platform to share their work. This on-going program is now planning to bring together the fifth episode of the series. There were also two main events for promoting a diverse industry-academia collaboration, titled ‘Challenges and Opportunities: Towards Better WIE Future’ and ‘Empowering Women in the Triple Helix Model’. All our events included variety of topics and speakers representing men and women from both academia and industry. We are grateful to the sponsors, speakers and attendees of events for making them a success!

 

We are keen to continue working towards a better future for humanity both in terms of technology and diversity and look forward to your participation and encouragement. We wish a happy International Women’s Day to all women and men supporting equality!

 


WIE Global Marathon

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of WIE

 

The year 2022 will mark the 25th anniversary of IEEE Women in Engineering and we are planning a full year of celebrations and key moments to reflect on the great progress and achievements made by great women in STEM within the IEEE. We also plan to celebrate the great men who consistently support women along the way. The WIE 25th anniversary Sub-committee is ready to announce the portfolio of activities which will start with concerted reflections by the past and current WIE chairs, who have led the Committee since its formation in 1997, with a special interview session this year.

 

This International Women’s Day 08 March, IEEE WIE 25th Anniversary subcommittee presents “A Global Marathon: Spanning the Globe with 25 Years of WIE” We dedicate this event to mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, and all women in the world who are faced with discrimination, injustice, and other socioeconomic issues.

 

Join Maria Alexandra Paun, Chair of IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering.

8th March, 2022

4:30 AM –  7:00 AM (EST)
Link ➡️ https://bit.ly/3pzy2xC