1. Graduates of the Last Decade IEEE Systems Council AdCom Meeting September 24, 2012 OPHIR KENDLER IEEE GOLD Vancouver, Canada

2.  GOLD Affinity Group created in 1996  Aimed at retention of graduating IEEE members  Peer group of recent graduates and young engineers  Regular members, sometimes graduate students  Focus on the needs of young professionals 2

3. Student Member (Undergrad) Student Member (Undergrad) Member (Young Professional) Member (Young Professional) Graduate Student Member Member (Young Professional) Member (Young Professional) Member or Senior (Professional) Member or Senior (Professional) Member or Senior (Professional) Member or Senior (Professional) GOLD Members 10 years 3

4.  GOLD Vision: ◦ “IEEE GOLD will be the global community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative young professionals engaged for the benefit of humanity.”  GOLD Mission: ◦ “To inspire, energize, empower, and engage young professionals to envision and realize their dreams.” 4

5.  “Developing young professionals: Young professionals are the reason for our very existence - we are passionate about helping young professionals to develop personally, professionally, and technically”  “Innovation: We embrace creative thinking and innovative ideas”  “Voice & Visibility: We strive to ensure the voice and visibility of young professionals around the world”  “The World Around Us: We have a passion for the world around us and all that IEEE stands for. We embrace diversity, member engagement, and cooperation to inspire solutions for the benefit of humanity”  “Fun & Friendships: We celebrate our youthful energy and spirit through the fun we have and the friendships we make” 5

6.  Provide recent graduates with professional and personal development opportunities  We provide value to the young professional demographic and a home where they feel welcome  Network opportunities between GOLD and other professionals in all member grades  Explore different areas of professional development, such as, ◦ Career Development ◦ Leadership  Complement non-technical interests in general ◦ Financial Management ◦ Time Management ◦ Health 6

7.  Organization evolves with each new generation of members  Develop future IEEE leaders  Recruit and develop volunteers for Sections  Increase retention rate  Increase participation in all events  Align IEEE with latest technological trends 7

8.  GOLD Focuses on the needs of young professionals  GOLD gives young professionals a home at IEEE, which in turn increases member retention  GOLD is an Affinity Group and is generally non-technical, similar to other Affinity Groups ◦ Women In Engineering, ◦ Life Members ◦ Consultants Network 8

9.  What are the needs of GOLD members? ◦ Learn about Engineering life… (Non-technical)  Professional development  Career advancement  Continuing education  Personal Development ◦ Networking with senior members and industry 9  Entrepreneurship  Intellectual property  Professional Engineering  Social

10.  GOLD brings in new members – future professionals  Systems engineering is socio-technical…  Early career is good time to choose a direction  Systems engineering is valuable to all engineers. Young engineers need to know…  GOLD is a place were professionals of various disciplines come together 10

11.  How can we introduce GOLD members to the activities and interests of IEEE System Council? ◦ Social events with some technical flavor ◦ Guidance on the systems engineering career path ◦ Continuing education in systems engineering and related fields ◦ STEP events, introducing new graduates to Systems Engineering, as they enter the professional world ◦ Workshops for young professionals, touching on topics relevant to Systems, hence to all engineers, such as:  Risk Management  Project Management  Robust Design  The “ilities” 11  Human Factors  SysML  System Dynamics  …and so on.

12.  Systems engineering should be promoted – what better place to begin than with young professionals?  GOLD Affinity Group focuses on non-technical needs of newly graduated IEEE members and young professionals.  Any suggestions are more than welcome! 12