Date: Thursday, 23 May 2019
Time: 12:30-14:00
Location: Yellow River Hall, Oriental Riverside Hotel
This is a free event. However, please register here to attend.
In this session, organized by the Women in Communications Engineering standing committee of IEEE ComSoc, we will congratulate the WICE awardees of 2018 and discuss plans and ideas to increase the visibility of women in Communications engineering. In particular, we will debate about the initiatives of WICE to increase the presence of women in IEEE ComSoc committees, as well as female IEEE Senior members and Fellows.
The session will have the following schedule:
- Welcome and introduction by WICE Chair
- Presentation of WICE awards 2018
- WICE activities towards increasing the visibility of women in Communications engineering
- Panel discussion about "Increasing the visibility of women in Communications Engineering".
Lunch will be served.
Organizer: Ana Garcia Armada, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, WICE Chair
WICE Awards 2018 to be presented:
Outstanding Achievement Award
Aylin Yener, Penn State University
Outstanding Service Award
Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada
This event counts with the support of WICE student travel grants.