IEEE GOLD Webinars 2009: "Geek in the Lead Growing from Engineer to Manager”, an upcoming Professional Development webinar for GOLD members and Graduate Student members. Dr. B. Michael Aucoin, PE, PMP, an internationally recognized leader in innovative approaches to the challenges of the high velocity workplace, will present an entertaining and informative webinar on the most important development in the career of an engineer.

IEEE GOLD Webinar: "Geek in the Lead: Growing from Engineer to Manager"
Presented by: Dr. B. Michael Aucoin, PE, PMP
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time

Register: https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/OnlineRegistration.asp?eventcode=ais

IEEE GOLD Webinars 2009: "Gandhian Engineering"

In commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday on 2 October 2009, IEEE GOLD is pleased to announce a special webinar, “Gandhian Engineering,” presented by the renowned Dr. R.A. Mashelkar.

Topic: Gandhian Engineering
Presented by: Dr. R.A. Mashelkar
Date: Friday, 2 October 2009
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 EDT / 14:30 – 15:30 UTC
Registration URL: https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/OnlineRegistration.asp?eventcode=pwx

An abstract of the topic, as well as a full biography of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar can be found at:
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/events/gandhianengrg.html.

 

IEEE GOLD Webinars 2009: "Innovation in Emerging Regions"

Upcoming IEEE GOLD Webinar on Thursday, 3 September 2009 at 11:00AM EDT.

The topic of of this one hour webinar is "Innovation in Emerging Regions" and will be presented by Dr. Nicolas Chevrollier, an outstanding professional and leader at TNO, the Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research.

The registration for the online webinar is now available at: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/events/nchevrollieraug09session.html

 GOLD online webinars are a great asset to young IEEE professionals and impart knowledge in a convenient and accessible setting. I urge you all to please propagate the webinar details to as many GOLD members as you can. I would really appreciate if the GOLD Coordinators could reach out to GOLD members in their respective Regions and encourage them to take advantage of this opportunity. 

IEEE GOLD Sponsored Webinars for 2009

 Helping engineers contribute in a business or commercial role is what this webinar is offering. Our speaker, Arun Gopalakrishnan, is a Market Manager

for the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.  

 Seminar 3: Saturday, 4 April 2009, 8:00am (EDST)

Topic: “Career change: how engineers can contribute in a business/commercial role for a technology company”. Session will explore how people with engineering experience who also develop business skills can play key roles in technology companies where a combination of technical and commercial skills can be very effective.  Registration is open for the third session scheduled for Saturday, 4 April 2009 at 8:00am EDST for one hour. 

 Please register at:

http://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?eventcode=hpe

 For more information on each webinar topic, dates and details, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/events/ArunGsessions09.html

Seminar 2: Held on Saturday, 28 February 2009

Topic: “How engineers and marketers work together to create new products in innovative companies”. 

This session was recorded and is available:

http://ieee.na3.acrobat.com/p15405520/.

Seminar 1: Held on Saturday, 24 January 2009

Topic: “Navigating a globalized, turbulent business landscape – what engineers need to know”. This session was recorded and is available:

http://ieee.na3.acrobat.com/p70729649/ .

 Biography: Arun Gopalakrishnan has worked for the DuPont Company as a Market Manager in Wilmington, Delaware since July 2006. Arun’s first role at DuPont was providing marketing consulting to startup businesses within the company. He moved to his current role in DuPont’s Performance Elastomers division in August 2007, where he sets the global strategy and drives revenue growth in the Energy, Oil & Gas business segment. Arun’s areas of specialty include innovation processes, business development, and pricing and profitability management.

IEEE GOLD Sponsored Webinars for 2009

 Helping engineers get through the business landscape, work together in creating new products and contribute in a business or commercial role is what this series of three webinars is offering. Each session will be

scheduled for one hour and is offered at no charge.   Our speaker, Arun

Gopalakrishnan,, is a Market Manager for the DuPont Company in Wilmington,

Delaware, U.S.   The sessions are outlined below with the first two session

dates confirmed.

 Seminar 1: Saturday, 24 January 2009, 8:00am Eastern.

Topic: “Navigating a globalized, turbulent business landscape – what engineers need to know”.

Concepts covered in this session will include:

 * Cost of Capital and how this drives business decision making

 * New Product Portfolios and how projects get selected and killed

 * Global competition and shortening product life cycles

 * Drivers of outsourcing in support services, manufacturing facilities and even research and development

 Registration is open for the first session scheduled for Saturday, 24 January 2009 at 8:00am Eastern for one hour.  Please register at https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/OnlineRegistration.asp?eventcode=1kx .

Seminar 2: Saturday, 28 February 2009, 8:00am Eastern.

Topic: “How engineers and marketers work together to create new products in innovative companies”.  Concepts covered in this session will include:

 * Best-in-class new product development processes

 * Identifying true unmet customer needs with high value potential

 * How to foster cross-functional collaboration between technical and marketing processionals

 * Examples of successful product launches and critical success factors

Seminar 3: Saturday, March 2009, 8:00am Eastern.

Topic: “Career change: how engineers can contribute in a business/commercial role for a technology company”. Session will explore how people with engineering experience who also develop business skills can play key roles in technology companies where a combination of technical and commercial skills can be very effective.

 Biography: Arun Gopalakrishnan has worked for the DuPont Company as a Market Manager in Wilmington, Delaware since July 2006. Arun’s first role at DuPont was providing marketing consulting to startup businesses within the company. He moved to his current role in DuPont’s Performance Elastomers division in August 2007, where he sets the global strategy and drives revenue growth in the Energy, Oil & Gas business segment. Arun’s areas of specialty include innovation processes, business development, and pricing and profitability management.

IEEE GOLD Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 - Call for Participation!

Wednesday, 3 December 2008: The Road to The Future

Find yourself in a perplexing situation in your early career? Feel strong need for direction and guidance to facilitate decision? Come join us in the IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Panel in IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 at New Orleans!

Founded in 1996, GOLD aims to help young professionals make a smooth transition from being a student to entering the professional world. The GOLD Panel Session at IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 will bring together world-renowned scholars, researchers, practitioners, and business leaders from academia, industry, and government to discuss issues of interest to both students and young professionals who are in their early stages of career planning. Each panelist will give a short presentation, and a Question & Answer section will follow. Come along to share your ideas. You will enjoy it! Admission is Free!

For more details, please visit http://www.ieee-globecom.org/gold.html

• August 2008:
  
  IEEE Student Branch and Region 8 Congress, London, England, August 28 - September 1, 2008.
  
  
• July 2008:
  
  Workshop on: "Development of Leadership Skills", Co-Sponsored by IEEE Greece GOLD Affinity Group, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, July 3-4, 2008.
  
  
• May 2008:
  
  IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference, Co-Sponsored by IEEE Greece GOLD Affinity Group, Italy, May 22-23, 2008.