IEEE Region 10 Gold Congress 2009 to be held Dec. 5-6 in Bangalore

BANGALORE, INDIA: The IEEE Bangalore Section, in association with the Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, will be hostin the IEEE Region 10 Gold Congress 2009. It will be held on Dec. 5-6 at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Shivage Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore,

The event is based on the theme: “Addressing the Challenges of Young Professionals & Next Generation Leaders.”

Today, the IEEE stands proud with 125 years of rich experience in fostering technology and empowering technocrats across the globe. IEEE has been organizing numerous events that benefit its members and the society. It’s essential that they are sustained across generations. It is important to identify the challenges, groom the future leaders and pass on expertise through the generations.

IEEE graduates of the last decade (GOLD) Members are potential future leaders of IEEE and this congress offers a great avenue to celebrate GOLD events and share best practices. It aims to equip GOLD members and final year IEEE student members with skills necessary to face the challenges of next generation leaders.

The event will include sessions on various themes such as innovation, entrepreneurship, career building, etc. It will feature talks by eminent industry leaders, academicians and several team building, expertise sharing activities. It will be an excellent forum to meet IEEE GOLD members across the globe.

Tutorial
Prof. K. Kumar and Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula, NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, IIM-B.

Confirmed Speakers
* T. V. Mohandas Pai, Director & Head, Finance, Admin, HR, Infosys Leadership Institute and Education & Research, Member of the Board.
* Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, President & MD, Texas Instruments, India.
* Anil Valluri, Vice-President & MD, Sun Microsystems India.
* Dr. Vishy Poosala, Head of Bell Labs—India, Alcatel-Lucent.
* Dr. Praveen Vishakantaiah, President, Intel India.
* Ramesh Ramanathan, Co-founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.
* Parag Dhol, Director, Inventus Capital Partners.
* Dr. Dinakar Sitaram, CTO, HP STSD India.
* Pradeep Kar, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, Microland.
* Dr. Srinivas Kandula, Global Head - Human Resources, iGATE Global Solutions Ltd
* Dr. V. Prithviraj, Advocate, High Court of Orissa
* M. N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary, Department of eGovernance, Government of Karnataka.
* Dr. Raghuram Krishnapuram, Senior Manager, Services Information & Analytics, IBM India Research Laboratory.

Registration is open to IEEE Members (GOLD members in particular), IEEE Student Members from Region 10 and other regions, and Non-IEEE Members.

To register online, please visit: http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/gold/GOLD_congress/register.htm