Young Professionals: We are the Future!

1. Young Professionals: We are the Future! Ramesh Nair Vice Chair, IEEE Young Professional Global Strategy Senior Design Engineer, Intel Corporation rameshnair@ieee.org

2. IEEE Young Professionals: who we are? Graduated from their first professional degree within the last 15 years *There is an opt-in option available for members that do not meet this criteria 171 Local Affinity Groups • 1 out of 4 IEEE members is a Young Professional:59,409 members in 181 countries

3. Background Information: Source: 2017 December MD Report, December SAMIEEE

4. Why does IEEE need us? IEEE is “Missing”Young Engineers IEEE is Aging Source: Bill Moses

5. 2017 Young Professionals Business Plan: • Overarching trend • 3.6% decrease in Young Professional membership (Sep. 2017 vs. Sep. 2016) • Young Professional volunteer and member engagement/satisfaction are declining • IEEE Young Professional members want • To stay technically competent and up-to-date • To be more involved in the IEEE community, but in a way that suits their lifestyle • Be better represented at conferences, activities and events • To have customized products and services with superior user experience • November 2016 IEEE Board Series • MGA approved funding for 3-years development of the YP Business Plan • IEEE Board approved funding for the YP Business Plan development in 2017, with possible extension • In June 2017, MGA Board Approved $90k for 2018 for further development of the YP Business Plan

6. 2017 IEEE Young Professionals Projects: • Access to technical content via IEEE Xplore • Leverage an existing IEEE service to provide IEEE Young Professional members with the technical content they desire as a membership benefit (not for opt-ins or grad students) • μVolunteering platform • Introduce a platform that allows IEEE Young Professional members to create and find flexible micro-volunteering opportunities • Volunteer loyalty and recognition program • Recognize local volunteer efforts on a higher level, track their achievements (modernize reporting), apply gamification theory to increase participation and engage more members • Presence at high-profile events • Support presence at high-profile events to expand global IEEE Young Professionals community, attract industry practitioners, and showcase IEEE membership benefits • Seed funding for local events • Increase volunteer engagement/satisfaction by providing support for local volunteers to deliver engaging event experiences for IEEE Student and Young Professional members

7. Projects Status as of Feb 2018: • IEEE Xplore • Continuing research into implications and needed approvals from stakeholders to run pilot of special MDL/Xplore packages • uVolunteering • Potential platform identified with sandbox testing launched in the middle of October • Vendor negotiation and full scale pilot to occur in Q2/3 of 2018 • Loyalty program • Research, framework creation and negotiations with consulting companies has been completed • Discover phase of consulting agreement with workshop and stakeholder interviews in scheduling • Signature & Meet Up Events • 7 Signature and 21 Meet-ups are organized in 2017, surpassing success metric of 5 and 15, respectively. Survey and feeback looks positive. • Seed funding • Program was launched in February and supported over 32 events organized by YP Affinity Groups worldwide

8. Young Professionals Funding Portal: yp.ieee.org/funding-opportunities

9. What can you do as Section leaders?: • Initiate a Young Professionals Affinity Group (AG) in your section. • Encourage the AG to elect officers and conduct events (Global YP Team has funding for events) – STEP and Seed. • Collaborate with schools in your section and introduce YP program to graduating senior students. (Help retain IEEE membership). • Conduct events with networking and professional development opportunities for YP’s. • Provide opportunities to young people in your section to take on IEEE leadership roles in your section!

10. Strengthening the global IEEE member networkCreating sustainable, global networking experiences at conferences Young Professionals Event at Conference (Panel, Hackathon, “Breakfast with Mentors”) FREE Off-Site Meetup Event with Local IEEE Members IEEE Conference Sponsored by Society (1000+ Int’l Attendees) International Conference Attendees Local Section IEEE Members Global Professional Networking Experiences

11. Young Professional Business Plan Updates: yp.ieee.org/bp • YP Business Plan document • YP Business Plan progress report – June 2017 • YP Business Plan progress report – November 2017

12. 2019 IEEE Rising Stars Conference A premier student and young professionals conference from IEEE Region 6 January 4-6, 2019 at Las Vegas 2019 will be the 5th IEEE Rising Stars Conference, first one happened in 2015. Venue is Las Vegas. Conference has grown significantly over the past several years, with 278 attendees in 2018 Rising Stars. The 3 day event aims at student and young professionals technical and professional development and competitions. Increase in number of Young Professionals YoY. 40% attendees at 2018 RS were YP’s. Partnership and collaboration with several IEEE OU’s and industry.

13. Thank You! rameshnair@ieee.org