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IEEE WIE UKI Ambassadors Programme | Third Event of ‘Early Career Talk’ Series – Call for Participation

IEEE WIE UKI’s goal is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally. We envision a vibrant community of IEEE women and men collectively using their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of humanity.

IEEE WIE UK and Ireland through the Ambassador Scheme are calling women in engineering to participate in a technical, inspirational and empowering session tagged “Early Career Talk“.

Previous IEEE WIE UKI “Early Career Talk” events were successfully held on April 8th and October 16th of this year and attracted attention from both academia and industry.

This third event brings together the novel (state-of-the-Art) research areas in Engineering, establishing networking/collaboration links, exploring new research opportunities for developing interactions between Academia, Industry and Government fostering economic and social development.

Criteria for who should apply and how to apply

This session welcomes speakers/presenters from any part of the world who are:

  • PhD students close to graduation and have published papers in respectful conferences/journals
  • Engineers who have participated in innovative projects.

This programme supports women from academia or industry who have been in an industry/postgraduate position for less than 10 years. When applying, include the following information:

  1. Area of career (academia/industry)
  2. Research interests or work field
  3. The subject of the talk (100-word)
  4. Speaker bio (including links and web pages with photo).

Workshop details

The call for Third Event of ‘Early Career Talk’ closes on November 20th, 2021

The Session will be held and delivered virtually on Saturday December 11th, 2021 at 11am.

If you would like to participate in this exciting workshop, please email the documents required to Dr. Nagham Saeed (IEEE WIE UKI Ambassadors Network lead) at nagham.saeed@uwl.ac.uk. The recommended email title is: “Opportunity to participate in Early Career Talk”.

We look forward to receiving your submission.