IEEE Power & Energy Society Bangladesh Chapter had organized a networking and career-related webinar for the young professionals and students on " Network Development & Professional Relationship through Volunteering in IEEE". Speaker was Mr. Redwan Ferdous, Treasurer of IEEE PES Bangladesh Chapter, 2020. The event took place on 20 September 2020. From 8 pm-9:30pm. The platform was Google Meet. A total of 30 participants were present during the session. The recorded version will be available later on by the organizing committee on a regulated platform.

1. Network Development &
Professional Relationship Through
Volunteering in IEEE
Redwan Ferdous
Treasurer, IEEE Power & Energy Society,
Bangladesh Chapter
20th September 2020

2. Today’s Agenda
• At a Glance- IEEE, PES, IEEE BDS, IEEE PES BDC
• Membership Benefits of IEEE PES
• IEEE PES Initiatives
• Networking & Volunteering
• Maximizing Benefits in Volunteering
• Way of Professional Networking
• Are you ready for professional networking?
• Some Guidelines- Networking & Volunteering
• Glimpse of Networking of Redwan Ferdous
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3. IEEE: At a Glance
IEEE has:
• More than 419,000 members in more than 160 countries, more than 50
percent of whom are from outside the United States
• More than 124,000 Student members
• 342 Sections in ten geographic Regions worldwide
• 1,834 Chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests
• 3,422 Student Branches at colleges and universities in over 100 countries
• 2,600 Student Branch chapters of IEEE technical societies
• 568 affinity groups; IEEE affinity groups are non-technical sub-units of one
or more Sections or a Council. The affinity group patent entities are the
IEEE-USA Consultants' Network, Young Professionals (YP), Women in
Engineering (WIE), Life Members (LM), and IEEE Entrepreneurship
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4. IEEE: At a Glance
• Has 39 technical Societies and seven technical
councils representing the wide range of
IEEE technical interests
• More than 5 million documents in the IEEE Xplore®
digital library, with more than 12 million downloads
each month
• Has more than 1,800 conferences in IEEE Xplore
• Has over 1,200 active standards and more than 650
standards under development
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5. IEEE: At a Glance
• Publishes approximately 200 transactions, journals, and
magazines
• Sponsors more than 1,900 conferences in 103 countries
while:
– Partnering with more than 1,400 non-IEEE entities globally
– Attracting more than 547,000 conference attendees
– Publishing more than 1,800 conference proceedings via IEEE Xplore
*Data current as of 31 December 2019. This information is updated annually.
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6. IEEE Region
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7. IEEE PES: At a Glance
• Established in 1884
• 40,000 members worldwide
• 250+ local chapters across 10 global regions
• Eight peer-reviewed technical publications
• 20 technical committees
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8. IEEE PES: At a Glance
• Approximately 40% of IEEE standards come
from PES
• 400+ related standards
• 40+ conferences per year, plus hundreds of
local meetings
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9. IEEE Bangladesh Section
• Established Back in 1993
• 3,000+ Members
• 2018- IEEE MGA Largest Section Award
• Different achievements
• Check more: www.ieeebd.net
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10. IEEE Power & Energy Society-
Bangladesh Chapter
• Established back in 1995
• 1st Society Chapter in Bangladesh Section.
• Currently 2nd largest chapter of Bangladesh S.
• 2019- High Performance Chapter Award
Winner.
• Technical Sponsored Conference- ICEPE, from
2019.
• Learn More: https://sites.ieee.org/Bangladesh-pes
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11. IEEE Power & Energy Society-
Bangladesh Chapter
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12. Membership Benefits:
IEEE Power & Energy Society
• Free subscription to PES award-winning Power &
Energy magazine
• Free digital subscription to Electrification magazine
• Free access to over 1000 technical reports, tutorials,
videos and presentations on the PES Resource Center
• Free membership in your local PES chapter
• Discounts at dozens of PES sponsored or co-
sponsored conferences and meetings in your area
and around the world
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13. Membership Benefits:
IEEE Power & Energy Society (cont.)
• Discounts to technical tutorials
• Access to dozens of live and archived technical and
professional development webinars
• Receive Continuing Education Units or Professional
Development Hours by attending our Plain Talk
Series
• Discounted subscription rate to five PES and four
Sister Society peer-reviewed technical journals
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14. IEEE PES Different Initiatives:
Where you can contribute
• IEEE SMART GRID (partner)
• IEEE SMART CITIES (partner)
• IEEE SMART VILLAGE (partner)
Find out more at:
https://www.ieee-pes.org/pes-communities
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15. IEEE PES Different Initiatives:
PES University and PES Resource
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https://resourcecenter.ieee-pes.org/
https://www.ieee-pes.org/professional-development/pes-university

16. IEEE PES Scholarship
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https://www.ee-scholarship.org/

17. Networking
• Create a ‘Network’ of your own, for:
– Self Development
– Future Reference
– Getting Support
– Mentorship
– Collaborative, Constructive work
– Extend your ‘Network’
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18. IEEE members can access information on local events and activities
by signing in to IEEE Collabratec®, an integrated multi-functional platform
and global network of technology-focused professionals, leveraging
IEEE's extensive knowledge base and community of thought-leaders.
Once signed in, users can:
 Network with other technology professionals
 Establish a professional profile highlighting your accomplishments
 Join and participate in discussions on various technical interests
 Create a group to share and collaborate on projects
 Discover IEEE events and activities throughout the world
https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/
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19. 20-Sep-20

20. Volunteering at IEEE
• As an IEEE volunteer you can:
– HELP make a difference
– CONNECT with others of your profession; make new contacts.
– NETWORK with peers, technical experts, and others.
– CONTRIBUTE your time to your areas of interest in your
professional organization
– GAIN valuable management and leadership skills
– EXPAND your knowledge and understanding of the IEEE
– IMPROVE the public perception and image of engineers and
engineering
– HELP to solve a problem
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21. Maximizing the Benefits in Volunteering
• Understand ‘Time Value’.
• There is nothing called ‘Free Lunch’, ensure
what you deserve.
• Never run after ‘Tangible’ benefits, try to
value the ‘Intangible’ outcomes also.
• Learn-whenever, wherever you can.
– I have practiced WordPress, PHP, Graphical Design,
Tableau, Presentation, Public Speaking, Management,
Emailing, Reporting, Budgeting etc.
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22. Way of Professional Networking
• Email
• Linked In
• Active Engagement in posts on Social Media
• Joining in Workshops and Webinars and
showing activities i.e. comment, reaction.
• Attending Congress, Conference, Symposium
• Express the ‘True’ Yourself !
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23. Are you ready for networking?
• Acid test:
– Do you know ‘clearly’ what is expertise domain?
• If no, ‘Know Thyself’ [Socrates]
– Do you have any professional portfolio?
• Any website/ Google site/ Academia/ research gate/
Google Scholar etc.
– Do you know the common etiquette of writing an
email? Or how to engage in professional media?
• How to address oneself? Is your email ID shows
professionalism? Is your profile self-explanatory?
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24. Are you ready for networking?
• Acid test:
– Do you know all the facilities of IEEE and other
society/chapters of IEEE?
– Your intention of communication have any
concrete reason?
– Are you a motivator to yourself?
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25. Some Guidelines-
from Personal Experience
• Your student life is the best time for practicing network
building
• Get yourself engaged in different local and international
professional network (i.e.: IEEE). No matter if it requires a
small portion of your pocket money.
• Start engaging, ‘Professionally’, in different social and
professional medias. You need to understand difference
between Facebook and LinkedIn.
• You need to accept ‘Rejection’ of being supported from your
connections! Because, ‘To understand the value of Sunlight,
you need to embrace the Darkness of Night’.
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26. Some Guidelines-
from Personal Experience
• You will not get return every time for what have you done or
sacrificed, sometimes do it for free and for no cause.
– ‘Time’ will take care of the return for you.
• Volunteering is ‘Fun’. Enjoy it. Don’t make it a ‘Private Space/
Property/ Source of Income/ Anything related to Profession’.
Consider it a process of:
– Self Development
– Leadership Practice
– Motivating Potentials
– Give return to your peripherals.
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27. Some Guidelines-
from Personal Experience
• IEEE and PES is Professional Network. Combine your
contribution in both ‘Academia’ and ‘Industry’
• Research, Research and Research- Academic/ Industrial/
Personal.
• Be your own competitor. Take reference from others, but
compete with yourself- in terms of Leadership, Qualification,
Diversification, Knowledge, Skill, Network.
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28. Glimpse of Networking of
Redwan Ferdous
• 2020:
– Member, IEEE MGA Member Benefits Portfolio Advisory Committee
– Treasurer, IEEE Power & Energy Society, Bangladesh Chapter
– Editor, IEEE R10 Newsletter
– Publicity Coordinator, IEEE Bangladesh Section
– Mentor, IEEE PES Global Student Congress 2020- SolvIEE it
Competition [Alone from Bangladesh]
– Organizing Committee Member, IEEE TENSYMP 2020
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29. Glimpse of Networking of
Redwan Ferdous
• 2019:
– Secretary, IEEE Power & Energy Society, Bangladesh Chapter
– Editor, IEEE R10 Newsletter
– Ambassador, 2nd IEEE PES Day (From Chapter)
– Organizing Committee Member & Chief, Project Showcasing- 1st
International Conference on Energy & Power Engineering (ICEPE),
Bangladesh
• 2018:
– Treasurer, IEEE Power & Energy Society, Bangladesh Chapter
– Editorial Board Member, IEEE R10 Newsletter Committee
– Industrial Activities Coordinator, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
(RAS), Bangladesh Chapter
– Ambassador, 1st IEEE PES Day (From Section Chapter)
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30. Glimpse of Networking of
Redwan Ferdous
• 2017:
– Editorial Board Member, IEEE R10 Newsletter Committee
– Invited Lecturer, IEEE SPAC 2017, Bangladesh (R10)
• 2014:
– Treasurer, IEEE Young Professionals, Bangladesh Chapter (former
GOLD) (R10)
– Invited Speaker, ETCell Weekend, IEEE RUET Student Branch
• 2013:
– Chair, IEEE Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology (AUST) SB
– Winner, 1st ETCell, IEEE RUET Student Branch
• 2012:
– Organizing Member, IEEE AUST Student Branch
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31. Did You Know?
• Like ‘Netflix’, IEEE Power & Energy Society has
‘PESFLIX’?
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https://www.ieee-pes.org/pes-video-series-new-videos-now-online

32. Some Motivation
• ‘The measurement of your “success” lies in
following simple equation.
“P > (Ax2)”
– Where, P= Number of Publication &
A= Your Age
~ Unconfirmed Source.
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33. All Information Resources
• https://www.ieee-pes.org/about-
pes/member-benefits
• https://www.ieee-pes.org/featured-pes-news
• https://www.ieee.org/about/at-a-glance.html
• https://slideplayer.com/slide/6045051/
• https://www.ieee.org/membership/benefits/i
ndex.html
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34. Thank You
For your kind attention!
Redwan Ferdous
redwan.contact@gmail.com | redwan.engineer@ieee.org
https://sites.google.com/view/redwanferdous
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