IEEE BANGALORE SECTION

In Association with

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore

Presents

IEEE REGION 10 GOLD CONGRESS 2009

“Addressing the Challenges of Young Professionals

& Next Generation Leaders”

05 & 06 December 2009, Bangalore, INDIA

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 several 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.

Speakers

Dr. Rajeev Rastogi, VP & Head of Yahoo! Labs Bangalore

Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, President & MD, Texas Instruments, India

Mr. Anil Valluri, Vice-President & MD, Sun Microsystems India

Dr. Vishy Poosala, Head of Bell Labs—India, Alcatel-Lucent

Dr. V. Prithviraj, Advocate, High Court of Orissa

Dr. Praveen Vishakantaiah, President, Intel India

Mr. Samir Kumar, Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners

Prof. C. N. R. Rao*, Hon. President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Dr. P. Anandan*, MD, Microsoft Research India

Mr. Ajay Gupta*, HP Labs India

Dr. Devi Shetty*, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya

Dr. Pankaj Chandra*, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Dr. Mukul Saxena*, VP & Head, Siemens Corporate Research & Technologies—India Labs

Dr. Guruduth Banavar*, Director, IBM India Research Laboratory & Chief Technologist, IBM India / South Asia

* Confirmation awaited

Venue Details

The IEEE Region 10 GOLD Congress will be conducted during 5th and 6th December 2009 at the following venue:

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Shivage Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout

Bangalore 560 078

Karnataka, India

Registration Details

Registration is open to IEEE Members (GOLD members in particular), IEEE Student Members from Region 10 & other regions, and Non-IEEE Members. The registration fee covers food (lunch / banquet) and accommodation* from December 04, 2009 to December 07, 2009. Invitation letters to international participants will be sent after receiving

the registration fee.

* Please note that Limited Single Accommodation on twin sharing basis is available for out-station participants on first come-first serve basis, and preference will be given to International Participants

Registration fee: IEEE Members / IEEE Student Members / Non-IEEE Members from India

CATEGORY AMOUNT

·         IEEE GOLD Members:  INR 1,500

·         Non-IEEE Members: INR 2,000

·         IEEE Student Members:  INR 750

·         Non-IEEE Student Members:  INR 1,000

Registration fee: International Participants

CATEGORYAMOUNT

·         International Participants:  USD 100

The registration fee should be paid via Cheque/demand draft drawn in favor of “IEEE Bangalore Section” payable at Bangalore, India. Please register by entering your details in the online registration form in the website and sending us the cheque / DD to the address mentioned there in.

To register online for the event, please visit the web page:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/gold/GOLD_congress/register.htm

For more details about the event and for periodic updates, please visit the web page:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/bangalore/gold/GOLD_congress/home.htm