Region 2 SAC Presentation made by the Student Activities Representative.

1. Region 2
Student Activities
Li Bai
Student Activities Chair
Andrew Thompson
Regional Student Representative
IEEE SAC Meeting in Singapore
15 July 2009

2. Outreach Within the Region
Appointed East and Central Representatives – Still Looking for North, South and
West
North R2 RSR:
West R2 RSR: Central: Richard King East R2 RSR: Sudarshan Kandi
South R2 RSR:
Online meetings
Student Activities Conference
Region Representatives

3. 2009 Student Activities Conference
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio, April 17­19, 2009
Back for SAC 2009 New for SAC 2009
Conference
­ Brown Bag Hardware Design • Multiple Workshops
• Gold Workshop
­ Micromouse Competition
• Leadership Workshop
­ Paper Competition
• Corporation Talks
­ Project Showcase
• Microsoft
­ Ethics Competition
­ Job Fair
­ Branch Counselor Training Workshop
Banquet Keynote Speech

4. Current SAC Planning
• Website Updates ­ http://www.eng.ysu.edu/~ieee/sac2009.html
– Setting up registration page
– Adding documents detailing the rules for each of the competitions
– Announcing the paper competition deadline as April 3rd , 2009
• GOLD morning session and judges
– Working with Rachel Andre Krepps
– Senior students and GOLD members can attend
– Benefits of IEEE after graduation – Why you should stay with IEEE!
– Goals
• Increase Retention rate after graduation
• Help increase GOLD member base and activities in Region 2
• Presentation on Microsoft benefits to IEEE members
• Corporation Funding for Conference and Job Fair
– Still need more companies to participate in the job fair
– Please let us know if your company may be interested!
• Banquet Dinner Speaker
– Still needed – Something special for IEEE 125th?
– Any ideas, please contact me ASAP

5. Other Opportunities for Students
ISBIR ­ IEEE Student Branches Industry Relations
• Industry, Students, IEEE
• Career Center for Job and Internship Opportunities
• Event Advertising and Collaboration
Presidents' Change the World Competition
• The IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition recognizes
students who develop unique solutions to real­world problems using
engineering, science, computing and leadership skills to benefit their
community and/or humanity
IEEE USA Student Video Competition ­ 10K in Scholarships
• Choose an Aspect of engineering that you consider to be socially
constructive, appealing and "fun"; then translate it into a 90­second
video clip aimed at an 11­to13 year­old audience.
125th Anniversary Activities
• Integrated into R2 Student Activities Conference
• Publicity Release with Student Inventors
Ex: Google, Youtube, Facebook, Napster
• Predict the Future Competition