ANZSCON 2017 congress was held at University of Technology Sydney, Australia on 10th & 11th August 2017. The participants will be exposed to developing engineering and entrepreneur thinking skills, develop a network with colleagues from region 10.
This Congress targeted IEEE members and Young professionals from region 10 and was facilitated by IEEE members of Australia and New Zealand.
The talks at the congress included the benefits and introduction of becoming an IEEE member and the transition of Student to Young Professional member.
An insight into IEEE Sight was given to the participants including how to create the special interest group in a SB, the events being run on sight around the world as well as how to generate capital for the group.
A briefing about IEEE Xtreme was given by Mr. Prashanth Mohan, program chair of IEEE xtreme. Which included Rules and regulations of the program as well as how to register for it and a discussion on how to improve the program.
The congress included breakout sessions and panel discussions as well as a interactive session between participants about on going events at their SB and how to improve the SB.
At the end, the congress was a great experience for the participants. The congress gave me the chance to meet the IEEE president, the Region 10 director and the WIE global chair.
