Young Professional Competition

 

Description:

Young professional attendees are invited to participate in the Power Pitch Competition. The 1st place winner will receive a $500 prize, with 2nd and 3rd place winners receiving prizes of $300 and $200, respectively, furnished thanks to the IEEE MTT-S Young Professionals. All winners will also receive a certificate.

 

 

The rules are as follows:

    ♦   The oral pitches will involve: a maximum of 3 min presentation with a maximum of 4 powerpoint slides;

    ♦   Pitches will be submitted by pre-recorded video. Please submit yours [here];

    ♦   The pitches should highlight the key needs or challenges that your work addresses along with important innovations and/or outcomes;

    ♦   The winners will be announced during the conference.

 

Eligibility:

    ♦   Any Young Professional who is a co-author of a presented paper is eligible to participate, whether or not they are the presenter of the paper itself;

    ♦   Young Professional is defined by the IEEE as someone who is within 15 years from the graduation date of their first professional degree, please see here for further information – (External link).

 

Indicate your interest to participate on EDAS:

    ♦   In EDAS during the manuscript upload, you will be prompted to answer the question “Interested in participating in Young Professionals Competition?” to which you should check “yes”.

 

Conference Steering Committee Members overseeing the YP Competition:

    ♦   Dr. Giacomo Paolini (giacomo.paolini4@unibo.it)

    ♦   Prof. Emily Porter (emily.porter@mcgill.ca)

    ♦   Dr. Simona Di Meo (simona.dimeo@unipv.it)

 

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