Young Professionals Summary and Initiatives AESS Board of Governors Meeting May 12-13, 2017 Seattle, WA Lorenzo Lo Monte

Introducing IEEE Young Professionals Caters to the professional development of recent graduates and early career professionals Expose members and prospective members to new and unique career opportunities Workshops Seminars Networking Events

Timeline Appointed as YP Rep at the last BoG meeting

Timeline Attended the YP general meeting in Costa Rica

Timeline Rafal Ramesh Mario Tushar Met YP Key Players Informally guaranteed to fund YP events at conferences (about $2000) Can’t guarantee 60k budget Rafal Ramesh Mario Tushar

Establish Young Professional events at all AES conferences Main Focus for AESS Establish Young Professional events at all AES conferences

First Event at RadarConf 60 Attendees AESS Mentoring l $2,000 Free Food/ Drinks

Need Local Volunteers Target Conferences RadarConf Autotestcon IEEE Aerospace Conference International Conference on Information Fusion IEEE ION More ??? Need Local Volunteers

AESS Mentoring Meet-up YP Event Flow Select AES Conference Set Schedules Advertise Request YP Funding Summer School Young Professional Event Conference Desired AESS Mentoring Meet-up

AESS Sponsoring of YP Event YP in Space Partial Funding for “Space Bootcamp” ($7k) Why? Golden Rule Closely related to AES AES Sponsored WIE in India MTT Donated $3k VP Education approves idea