“How to encourage young women in Communications Engineering – best practices and experiences”
It was held on Tuesday 21st March
Organized by IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) Standing Committee and N2Women
Organizers: Ana Garcia Armada and Meryem Simsek
Sponsored by Intel
More information: http://wcnc2017.ieee-wcnc.org/content/wice-event
The panel brought together interesting perspectives from the industry and academia on how to encourage and support young women that are initiating their careers in Communications Engineering.
Invited talk by Asha Keddy, General Manager of Next Generation and Standards at Intel Corporation
Panelists:
Patricia Robb, Product Development Executive at Intel
Poornima Lalwaney, Senior Director at Qualcomm
Elza Erkip, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Aylin Yener, Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford and Dean’s Fellow and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State