1. WIE Region 1 Report Denise Griffin Region 1 WIE Coordinator
Region 1 BoG Meeting
Nashua, NH
10 June 2017

2. Region 1 WIE Focus Collaboration
Within Region 1 (26 WIE affinity groups)
With Other Regions
Joint Meetings with Technical Societies
Relationships with Industry

3. Collaboration Within Region 1 With other Regions
Held Conference calls and exchanged s with various affinity groups in the region
Make nearby groups aware of local meetings (e.g, if Boston is having a meeting, let NH know)
With other Regions
Joint event between R1 and R2 is being planned for December 2017 in Baltimore – IEEE WIE Forum
Involves many months of planning by a steering committee which is made up of members of both regions and both men and women (hello, Charles and Bob P.!)

4. Collaboration (cont) WIE ILC Event Reached out to WIE Canada
Attended WIE ICL for 3rd year in a row
Networked with companies at Career Fair to establish relationships and encourage participation at other events
Interacted with WIE members from several other regions to share best practice ideas and brainstorm
Reached out to WIE Canada
They are interested in partnering
Informed them about the upcoming WIE Forum
Will tie in the technical societies to this partnership

5. Joint Meetings with Technical Societies
Affinity groups hold joint meetings with technical societies
Topic of the meeting is either technical or “soft skills”
Speaker can be from WIE, technical society, or invited from industry
Held at local industry/academic locations including MITRE, Analog Devices, MIT Lincoln Labs, Boston University, Tufts, etc.)
Advertise the meeting jointly
The technical society and WIE both get “credit” for the meeting
Companies like diversity aspect and willing to host the meeting
E-Net cruise is an example of an even that IEEE WIE Boston participates in every year – growing event

6. Relationships with Industry
This is HUGE. This is how we will attract new members to WIE and IEEE in general.
Encourage companies who are excited about diversity to partner with WIE (and therefore IEEE) at a local, regional and national level
Example:
Sensata –WIE ILC partner, three time IEEE WIE R1/R2 Forum partner, and now want to do a talk in Boston – win Win WIN
Amazon Lab126 – potential IEEE WIE R1/R2 Forum patron, interested in hosting a Boston event as well in Sunnyvale, CA
…….win Win WIN!!!

7. Thank you for your time (Sorry I could not Attend) For additional info: Denise Griffin (781) 7