WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
second IEEE Rising Stars Conference is coming to the Excalibur in
Las Vegas, 2-4 January 2016. The event is geared toward
engineering students and young professionals looking to network
with their peers and industry leaders from some of the world's top
technology companies.
A number of attendees from the first conference received job
offers.
The Rising Stars program includes a career fair, competitions,
technical-innovation and professional-development presentations, an
idea-pitching workshop and more. Among the many speakers are:
- Patrick Griffis, executive
director, technology strategy at Dolby Laboratories. He is
charged with helping to define the company's future technology
strategy, including identifying and tracking key technical trends,
performing technical due diligence and supporting advanced
technology initiatives.
- Karen Bartleson, senior director
of corporate programs and initiatives at Synopsys, an
electronic design automation company, in Mountain View, Calif. She was president of the
IEEE Standards Association in 2013-14 and has more than 35 years of
experience in the semiconductor industry. She will serve as IEEE
president in 2016.
- William Pomerantz, vice
president for special projects at Virgin Galactic. He is extending
the company's business beyond suborbital space tourism, helping
start such efforts as suborbital research campaigns and orbital
launch vehicles for small satellites.
Rising stars will precede Storage Visions 2016 (4-5 January), an
event featuring the latest architectures in memory and storage
technologies, and the Consumer Electronics Show (6-9 January).
The event will also include a pitch-your-idea student video
competition that will award $1,500 in
prize money. See http://sites.ieee.org/risingstars/competition/ for
details.
Through Friday 4 December, the cost to attend Rising Stars is
$199. From 5 December to 1 January,
it's $249. After that, it's
$299. Discounted hotel pricing is
available at the Excalibur.
The IEEE Rising Stars Conference is the premier event for
students and young professionals within IEEE Region 6 (Western United States).
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