1. Student Professional Activity Experience
SPAX
Student Professional Activity Experience
IEEE*USA
ieee.org/spax
Bala Prasanna
Senior Member, IEEE
IBM Program Manager

2. WHAT IS X? Why SPAX .. What is Student Professional Awareness
The “x” in SPAx is a variable. It could be shaped as a conference with an invited expert speaker, a series of activities focused on honing career skills, a social event to foster networking and team building skills, a design contest, a tech talk, or any other format, as long as they focus on one or more of the following eight areas.
You decide what works for your chapter, and IEEE gives you the support to implement your ideas.

3. SPAX FOCUS AREAS Career Development Professional Integrity
Personal Skills
Engineers & Public Policy
Leadership in Professional Organizations
The Practice of Innovation
The Art of Communication
Humanitarian Grand Challenges

4. HOW DOES THIS WORK? Steps to a successful SPAX
Initiate a SPAx event
submit a few bits of information to Region 1 Coordinator
Bruce Hecht
Design your experience
Decide type of Student Professional Awareness event
Tell us how you did
simply send us a small report on your event and lessons learned.

5. What resources are available?
IEEE-USA can provide a keynote speaker from our national list or up to $200 in matching funding (as long as it isn't used to pay for a speaker) up to twice per calendar year per student branch in regions 1 to 6.

6. What resources are available?
IEEE-USA can provide a keynote speaker from our national list or up to $200 in matching funding (as long as it isn't used to pay for a speaker) up to twice per calendar year per student branch in regions 1 to 6.

7. ieee.org/spax