1. IEEE Region 6 Young Professionals
Sean Collison – IEEE Region 6 YP Chair
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2. IEEE Young Professionals
YP Affinity Group is an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative IEEE members and volunteers.
Benefits
Provides Professional Networking to early-career IEEE Members.
Helps YP’s evaluate their career goals.
Helps YP’s polish their professional image
Creates building blocks for a lifelong and diverse professional network.
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3. IEEE Young Professionals
Automatically included in Affinity Group for 15 years after first professional degree (e.g. Bachelors), can opt-in after that.
No extra cost to be a member of the YP Affinity Group.
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4. IEEE Young Professionals
Each IEEE Section in a Region will usually have a YP Affinity Group, that will hold at least 2 networking events a year
Each Region, YP Affinity Group plans a signature event each year – for Region 6 we held ours at the Tech Industry Summit.
STEP (Student Transition and Elevation Partnership) Funding available for events w/ at least 10 attendees, and starts at $500. (
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5. IEEE Young Professionals
To start a YP Affinity Group in Your Section:
Visit: /forms_petitions/index.html
Follow and complete the Affinity Group petition form.
You’ll need signatures from at least 6 people who are Young Professionals to form the group.
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