Features

The event focuses on research, enterprise and knowledge transfer and will comprise:

• Keynote
• Presentations (of submitted papers)
• Panel Discussion
• Workshops
• Awards
• Reception Dinner

Participants are invited to submit papers and/or posters on their research. The papers will be classified and presented through different tracks. This is not a peer reviewed conference – the idea here is to give participants the opportunity to discuss their research before an unfamiliar audience. A poster session will allow participants to interact with different researchers on their displayed research topics.

An open discussion session that allows panellists to briefly introduce/discuss their outlined focus areas and to field questions from the participants and also share their experiences and perspectives related to their journeys to their current careers. Focus will include:

• Pathways to industry
• Pathways to academia
• Becoming an entrepreneur
• Professional registration
• Benefits of professional body membership
• Starting MPhil/PhD (by a fresh MPhil/PhD student)
• Finishing MPhil/PhD (by an MPhil/PhD student in their final stages)

Experts will deliver talks/training on:

• Research Methods and Tools
• Securing Funds and Publishing
• Research to Enterprise
• LaTeX

Each workshop is 30 minutes in duration. There are two streams, each running in parallel. Please be aware that workshops occur at the same time as the research to enterprise pitches.

The IEEE UK & Ireland Young Professionals is sponsoring awards for:

• Best Paper
• Best Poster
• Best Research to Enterprise Pitch