IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering Congress (SYWC) 2015 was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The congress has brought together 250 participants representing students, lecturers, engineers and practitioners from all over Asia Pacific region. A total of 3 participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have joined the congress and won second place in the Best Poster Presentation. For this category, the first place and third is from Bangladesh and Indonesia.
This congress that was held for the 3rd time aims to increase network collaborations among members and to expose Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) members to various types of programs created under the IEEE for the benefit of all members. The programs are such as SIGHT, Collabrotec, IEEE Academic and IEEE Xtreme. In addition, congress participants are given the motivation and are encouraged to engage more actively in IEEE and get the fullest benefits from these activities.
Among the activities held during the congress was the award ceremony night where IEEE acknowledges the hardwork of the volunteers of IEEE and multicultural night where all countries participated in this congress opened a booth and promotes their country‟s culture, food and lifestyle. During the day, the participants are given talks regarding engineering and IEEE world.
This program will not only enhance the participants’ network collaborations, it even improve their communication skills, experiencing cultural exchanges between countries, exposing participants to the importance of IEEE programs to the world as well as enhancing the knowledge of participants, especially in the implementation of a program.
