WIE 2017 NEA Meeting March 10 2017 Peijung

WIE 2017 NEA Meeting March 10, 2017 Peijung Tsai ptsai@ieee. org

Region 6 Wi. E Chair. Kathy Herring Hayashi 2 kathyh@ieee. org

2017 Region 6 WIE Focus Visibility • Shine spotlight on women in technology Communication • Cross Section Communication • Communication to WIE community Empowerment • Technology sessions and workshops Inspire Engage Promote Women in Technology 3

Partner with Existing IEEE Events Partner with other IEEE Society Events • Speaker selections • Networking • Technology Interests • • Host with local events Formal or informal get-togethers Technology Panels IEEE SD WIE Luncheon at Globecom - Dec 2015 Engage with Student Organizatons • • • IEEE San Diego WIE/Computer Society meeting at Qualcomm Auditorium (January 2017) UCSD Student Branch Panel on Engineering Careers – Oct 2016 4 Tell our story Inspire Connect

Consider a Tech Summit San Diego Past Summit Women in Tech Summit – September 22, 2016 – Theme: Emerging Technologies – Co-sponsors: IEEE Computer Society, Qualcomm QWISE Topics: – – – – Bio. Tech Virtual Reality Internet of Things Semiconductors Big Data Education Electrical Engineering

WIE Visibility Strategies Papers - Encourage and mentor • Provide suggestions for publications • Guide through processes • Provide editing support Awards • Highlight those with technical achievements Patents • Mentor in process for patents Empowering with Emerging. Technologies • IOT, Cybersecurity, 5 G 6 Inspire Engage Promote Women in Technology

WIE Region 6 Communications Mailing list for all Region 6 Sections Send me ANY WIE highlights in your section (remember pictures) Communicate WIE events at meetings Website for IEEE Region 6 WIE Propose a meetup at WIE ILC 2017 Form local WIE Affinity Group 7 Inspire Engage Promote Women in Technology

http: //ieee-wie-ilc. org 8

NEA Wi. E Utah Section is the only one with Wi. E New Petition: http: //www. ieee. org/societies_communiti es/geo_activities/forms_petitions/index. ht ml 9

Utah Local Events 10

Discussions 11