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IEEE Region 8 Student Branch Congress

WELCOME!

IEEE Student Membership&

Region 8 Student Activities

Who is talking to you?

Başak Yüksel

IEEE Region 8 Student Representative

Ankara/Turkey

e-mail: basak@ieee.org

Why Do We, Students, Join IEEE?

Why Do We, Students, Join IEEE?

• Perceived value of local community experience

• Function of student branch leadership and continuity

Why Do We, Students, Join IEEE?

• Underclassmen:– Sense of community– Advocacy – Local issues

• Professor involvement• Credits• Programs

• Upperclassmen:– Career/Leadership opportunities– Networking with professionals/potential employers– Resume enhancer

• Graduate Students:– Technical Societies– Review/acceptance of research

Why Do We, Students, Join IEEE?

What else?

IEEE Global

The IEEE is truly global…(‘transnational’ in IEEE terms)

Are we taking the advantage of being GLOBAL?

Region 8: Europe, Middle East & Africa

1-6

7788

1010

99R8 –

~12,500

R10 - ~15,50

0

R7 - ~3,500

R1-6 ~30,00

0

R9 - ~4,500

Non-US - ~36,000

TOTAL – ~66,000

IEEE Region 8 Student Membership

Do you know …?

… that there are more than 12.500 Student Members in Region 8?

… that there are >150 Student Branches in Region 8?

IEEE Region 8 Student Membership

That means:

… that Student Members represent 26% of all our Members in Region 8!

… that every 4th Member of IEEE in Region 8 is a Student!

…BIG FAMILY…

Student Membership

Increase the student membership value in IEEE…

HOW?

IEEE

• IEEE is GLOBAL – take advantage of being a member of a global organization!

• IEEE is a BIG FAMILY – student members: 12.500 in R8, 66.000 totally – we have the potential!

• We want to increase the VALUE of student membership in IEEE – How!

Other Student Organizations

Let’s look at their aims & activities...

JADE – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises

• Aim: To encourage students to gain INTERNATIONAL practical experience in management, leadership and professional work at an early stage.

• Activities: To consult projects (technical, IT, …) for companies in various sectors that integrates state-of-the-art knowledge from universities with practical business experience.

AEGEE - Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de

l'Europe• Aim: To promote INTERNATIONAL

cooperation and avoid creating any physical or mental borders within Europe.

• Activities: Action days, case study trips, projects, summer universities, trainings.

AIESEC - Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et

Commerciales

• Aim: To facilitate INTERNATIONAL traineeship exchanges and supporting activities that provide: – practical learning experiences for

trainees,– and that facilitate the learning of the

members and other stakeholders.

EESTEC-Electrical Engineering Students' European

association • Aim: To promote and develop

INTERNATIONAL contacts and exchange ideas, as well as improve the technical knowledge of electrical engineering students. – so introduce students to the industry and the

educational system of other countries.

• Activities: Workshops, exchanges and conferences.

BEST- Board of European Students of Technology

• Aim: To promote communication, INTERNATIONAL cooperation and exchange between students of technology throughout Europe and to make technology students more international minded by encouraging their mobility and intercultural communication.

• Activities: Organizing academic and non-academic courses and involvement in the European educational system.

ESTIEM – European Students of Industrial Engineering and

Management• Aim: To increase communication and

INTERNATIONAL cooperation between students and institutions of technology in Europe within the field of Industrial Engineering and Management.

• Activities: Exchanges, conferences, case competitions, lectures and workshops.

IAESTE - International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical

Experience

• Aim: To operate a high quality practical training exchange programme between members in order to enhance technical and professional development and to promote INTERNATIONAL understanding and goodwill amongst students, academic institutions, employers and the wider community.

IEEE Global

What are the common aims of students to join all these student

organizations including IEEE Student Body?

IEEE Global

• Mobility• International cooperation• Improving personal skills• Technical and professional development• Get to know people from other countries• Learn about different universities • Learn about different companies for our

future career• ...

IEEE Global

What “Internet” and “Information Technology” can NOT achieve to do is “mobility” of students.

IEEE Global

The most important thing at that point is to take the advantages of being a part of an INTERNATIONAL organization:

SO?

IEEE Region 8 Student Activities

Let’s turn back to IEEE Region 8 Student Activities and look

at FUTURE…

IEEE Region 8 Student Activities

• Local Activities• Section/Country Base Activities

– Country-Base Student Branch Congresses (Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, …)

• International Activities – Student Branch Exchanges, – Intl. Competitions

(Chess Contest, Student Paper Contest, …)– IEEE SPAC/SPAV– IEEE Student Exchange Program– IEEE Job Site/Internship

IEEE

• IEEE is GLOBAL – take advantage of being a member of a global organization!

• IEEE is a BIG FAMILY - student members: 12.500 in R8, 66.000 totally – we have the potential!

• We want to increase the VALUE of student membership in IEEE – How!

R8 Student Activities

What else we can do?

R8 Student ActivitiesWe can extent our current local activities to an international level slowly and gradually:– First, invite other student branches in your

local region or country to your ongoing activities

– Then, invite one,two or more foreign IEEE student members to your activities depending on your budget

– Lastly, extent your activity to an international level…

R8 Student Activities

How to reach others and announce our activities?

Region 8 Student News

R8StudentNews@ieee.org

R8 Student Activities• Go to GOOGLE and search for the

student branch web pages... Better to have a web page and update the contact information...

• R8 SAC Web Page (Send an e-mail to me to update your

student branch info on R8 SAC Web Page…

• Student Web PORTAL

R8 Student Activities

WHAT ELSE?

R8 Student Activities

R8/Global Competitions and Activities that are organized by voluntary student branches…

Coming Soon…

Robotics Competition

For details: Workshop 2Tomorrow, 9.00 AM

IEEE Global- Key Words

• Mobility• Sharing knowledge, ideas and

experience• Networking• Share problems we faced in our

student branches• International Cooperation• Organizing Joint Events

Last Words…

Improve your relations with your section:– Learn more about IEEE, its entities and

the existing opportunities– Organize joint activities with your

section– Get personal contacts from your section– Career guidance

After Graduation…

To continue IEEE life you have as a student, JOIN/ACTIVATE GOLD in your section after graduation:

- IEEE GOLD –… connecting young professionals…

Why are we here?

Just For FUN!

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