GOLD 2010 - The 2nd IEEE Career Development Essay Contest for Young Professionals and Women Engineers

IEEE Tokyo GOLD Affinity Group Chair Yasuharu Ohgoe
(Tokyo Denki University)
IEEE Japan Council WIE Chair Basabi Chakraborty
(Iwate Prefectural University )

The 2nd IEEE Career Development Essay Contest for Young
Professionals and Women Engineers (Organized by IEEE Tokyo GOLD
Affinity Group and IEEE Japan Council WIE Affinity Group)

IEEE Tokyo GOLD (Graduates of Last Decade) and IEEE Japan Council
WIE (Women in Engineering) organize “The 2nd Career Development
Essay Contest”. This contest targets young professional members
including students and women engineer members.
The contest’s purpose is to raise awareness on young professional
member's future paths and relevant skills and to share the
experiences.
You can think yourself about “how to shape my career?”, “how to
get a dream?”, “how to enjoy your life as a young professional or
woman engineer?”, or “What is benefit of IEEE activities for
development of your skill or career?” etc.
Please express your experience and thinking about career planning
for yourself.

Guideline

1. Theme:
Please select one theme from the followings and express your vision
for career developments.
What kind of skill and experience do you think is needed for career
development in your life?
Please express your vision for the future of your life, including
examples of activities or experience to engage in.
Essays may be submitted by anyone.

a). What's ideal vision for future engineer?
b). What's important skill on activity as a member of society?
c). What's important skill on working abroad?
d). How to contribute to society
e). Research activities for currently and future f). Career
development as a women engineer g). What is benefit of IEEE
activities?
h). What do you think about “career development”, “skill
planning”, or “dream come true”?

2. Deadline:
Entries must be received by September 24th (Fri), 2010

3. Format:
Essay must be 1 page (A4 sheet) in English or Japanese with PDF or
MS word format.

4. Submission:
Essay may be submitted to yasuharu-AT-ieee.org by e-mail (PDF or MS
Word file). Article of the essay should include the following
information.

(1) your name,

(2) affiliation,

(3) e-mail address or phone number,

(4) IEEE membership No. (if you are IEEE member),

(5) essay title.
If you don't receive an acknowledgement within 7 days, please resend
to yasuharu-AT-ieee.org.

5. Qualification:
Essays must be original and unpublished. Essays must be written by
one person.
There is no limitation in qualification for submission, for example,
age, IEEE membership, etc. The essay contest winner should become
IEEE member before ceremony of awarding an honor.

6. Criteria for selection:
The criteria of the contest may be focused on raising awareness of
view on young professional member's future path and relevant skills.

7. Award:
The following awards will be given:
1st Prize: Certificate and prize of 30,000 Japanese Yen 2nd Prize:
Certificate and prize of 10,000 Japanese Yen

All prize winners will be invited to the 7th IEEE Young Researchers
Workshop at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ookayama campus) on 20
November, 2010.
(Travel expenses will not be covered.)
The winner may be required to be IEEE member until the celebration
event on 20 November, 2010.
The winners will be announced in 29 October, 2010.

The winner’s essay will be released on the IEEE Tokyo GOLD Affinity
Group Website.

8. Contact:
If you have any questions, please contact yasuharu-AT-ieee.org
(Yasuharu Ohgoe, IEEE Tokyo GOLD Affinity Group Chair).
Tel: +81(0)-49-296-5921

9. Tokyo GOLD and WIE Japan activities:
http://www.ieee-jp.org/tokyogold/index.html
http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/affinitygroup/...