Introduction

IEEE WIE Forum USA East Dec. 1-3, 2016 in Boston, MA) focuses on developing and improving leadership skills for individuals at all stages of their careers. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear inspirational and empowering talks presented by successful leaders from IEEE Northeast. Emerging technologies will also be demonstrated, engaging attendees to facilitate discussion and potential advancement of STEM outreach class ideas.

To inspire and empower women as leaders in engineering and technology. Through a network of more than 500 affinity groups and 15,000 members around the world, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) directly transforms the lives of hundreds of thousands of young girls and women via pre-university outreach, technical seminars, humanitarian projects, networking events, and educational programs focused on encouraging self-realization through the core ideas of the IEEE WIE mission.

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Submission Topics

  • Mentoring the next generation of female leaders

  • Strategies for increasing equity in power and decision making

  • Women as leaders in education, industry, and government

  • Development: communication skills in written and spoken word, effective dialog

  • Cross-cultural aspects of leadership

  • What it takes to be a great leader – qualities that all successful leaders share

  • Shaping the future by female leaders

  • Training vs inherent skills: can leadership be learned?

  • Work-Life balance: family systems traditions and changes

  • Leadership development for women: overcoming stereotypes

  • The design, implementation, and evaluation of leadership from a structural perspective

  • Helping girls and young women become leaders – motivating to empower, empowering to motivate

  • Exploring the attrition gap – why do women leave the engineering field and what can be done to prevent it.

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  • Conference Date

    Dec 01

    2016

    to

    Dec 03

    2016

  • Dec 03 2016

    Registration deadline

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