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Student Leadership Conference 2017: Worldwide Engineering
The annual IEEE-HKN Student Leadership Conference was hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana USA from March 31 to April 2, 2017.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
Registration
Registration is now closed.
Fees
| Category | Fee |
|---|---|
| Students | $55 |
| Alumni | $100 |
Sponsors
The IEEE-HKN Student Leadership Conference 2017 is sponsored by private donors and the following companies. Beta Chapter extends a gracious thank you to all who are sponsoring and those attending.
Sponsorship
We look forward to working with anyone who is interested in sponsoring the conference. The event represents a unique opportunity to support the absolute best future leaders in the electrical and computer engineering and computer science fields.
Hotel & Travel
Multiple Hotels can be booked through the group rate. State that you are with the Eta Kappa Nu Student Leadership Conference.
Purdue University and West Lafayette are centrally located in the Midwest state of Indiana in the USA. The nearest airport is Indianapolis International Airport. Shuttles are available to travel to and from the airport. Please visit the Purdue Visitor Information Site for more information about traveling to Purdue.
Transportation to and from West Lafayette, including flights and airport shuttles, is not included in the registration price.
IEEE-HKN provides up to a $250 reimbursement to chapters to cover student attendance. Additionally, a further $250 is available for faculty adviser attendance. Once the conference is over, information will be sent out on how to claim the reimbursement, normally just a simple matter of sending in an expense form and receipts for nationals to process.
Conference Guidebook
Get the Conference App or view the Guidebook online. Check your email for the passphrase.
Dress Code
We recommend a business casual dress style at a minimum for conference events. That said, do not hesitate to look your best! (In other words, business formal is welcome too!) Feel free to bring casual clothes for the evening festivities as well.
Conference Schedule
As the schedule evolves and finalizes, more details will be added. Program is subject to change.
Most conference events are at the Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) or the Stewart Center. Location names should link to Maps.
| Time | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00pm - 8:00pm @ PMU | Check-in and Registration (in front of the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom entrance) | ||
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm @ PMU | Dinner (@ Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom) | ||
| Opening Remarks Venkataramanan "Ragu" Balakrishnan, Michael and Katherine Birck Head Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University | |||
| Keynote: EPICS in IEEE Ray Alcantara, Program Manager, EPICS in IEEE | |||
| 7:30am - 9:00am @ PMU | Breakfast (East West Faculty Lounge, 2nd floor, PMU) | ||
| Welcome and Keynote (East West Faculty Lounge, 2nd floor, PMU) Timothy Kurzweg, President, IEEE-HKN | |||
| Breakout Sessions | |||
| 9:10am - 10:00am @ STEW | Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) (STEW 214A) Phi Nguyen and Hattie Larson, WISE Alumni |
HKN Leadership and Scholarship Discussion (STEW 214B)
Nadra Guizani, Former HKN Beta President Sutton Hathorn, Current HKN Beta President, Former Operations Director Stephen Larew, HKN Beta Treasurer Emeritus Dennis Ogbe, Former HKN Beta President |
Artificial Intelligence and Ethically Aligned Design (STEW 214C) Sara Jordan, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech |
| 10:10am - 11:00am @ STEW | Why Academia? Panel (STEW 214A) Matthew Swabey, Director, Bechtel Innovation Design Center Dan Jiao, Professor in ECE, Purdue University; former Intel Engineer Tim Rogers, Assistant Professor in ECE, Purdue University Todd Wild, Industrial Design Projects Manager, Purdue University |
Student Advisory Council (STEW 214B) Michael Benson, Student Representative Governor, IEEE-HKN Board of Governors |
Intersectionality in Engineering (STEW 214C) Héctor E. Rodríguez-Simmonds, PhD Student in Engineering Education, Purdue University |
| 11:10am - 12:30pm @ PMU | Lunch @ East West Faculty Lounge, 2nd floor, PMU | ||
| Aaron Novelle, IEEE-HKN Activites Program Manager Michael Benson, Student Representative, IEEE-HKN Board of Governors |
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| 1:00pm - 1:50pm @ STEW | Entrepreneurship Panel (STEW 214A) Cortland Starrett, Founder and CEO, OneFact, Inc. Kyle McNulty, Co-Founcer and CEO, Perceive, Inc. Janet Goings, Global Innovation Leader, General Motors |
Chapter Best Practices (STEW 214B) Michael Benson, Student Representative, IEEE-HKN Board of Governors |
IEEE Academic Program (STEW 214C)Rui Costa, Founder and Coordinator, IEEE Academic |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm @ STEW | Biophotonics: From Basic Research to Human Health (STEW 214A) Kevin Webb, Professor in ECE, Purdue University | Awards, Scholarship, Sponsorship, and Support Panel (STEW 214B) Dan Toland, Director, IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Program Ron Jensen, MGA Timothy Kurzweg, President, IEEE-HKN | Direct, Current: Professional Communication with Power (STEW 214C) Richard House, Former President, IEEE Professional Communication Society |
| 3:00pm - 5:00pm | Group Photo (in front of Hovde Hall), Visit the HKN Lounge | ||
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm @ The Anvil | Dinner | ||
| Keynote: Global Communications
Kirk St.Amant, Professor and Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair of Technical Communication, Louisiana Tech University Madelyn Flammia, Associate Professor of English, University of Central Florida |
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| Key Chapter Awards | |||
| 9:00am - 11:00am | Campus Tours | ||
Speaker Bios
LINK TO SPEAKER BIO PAGEFood (The Best Part!)
The following meals are included with registration cost:
- Friday, March 31
- Dinner
- Pasta with choice of chicken parmigiana, eggplant parmigiana, and Italian meatballs; tiramisu
- Saturday, April 1
- Breakfast
- Buffet-style; garden vegetable scrambled egg casserole, southern pecan French toast with warm praline syrup, hash browns, apple smoked bacon
- Lunch
- Sliced roast sirloin of beef with mushroom demi-glace, vegetable casserole, ranch-smashed potatoes, chef's seasonal vegetable
- Dinner
- Lemon Pepper Chicken with steamed broccoli and roasted potatoes. (Vegetarian option: Pasta Primavera)
Chapters Attending
- Epsilon Theta
- Gamma Beta
- Delta Omega
- Alpha
- Gamma Tau
- Gamma Nu
- Gamma Rho
- Theta Kappa
- Delta
- Epsilon Eta
- Psi
- Alpha
- Sigma
- Beta Alpha
- Sigma
- Alpha
- Nu
- Epsilon Eta
- Iota Omega
- Kappa Lambda
- Beta Rho
- Sigma
- Nu
- Beta Rho
- Gamma Omega
- Epsilon Theta
- Beta Rho
- Epsilon Xi
- Epsilon Eta
- Epsilon Theta
- Beta
- Kappa Omicron
- Gamma Omega
- Delta Epsilon
- Lambda Rho
- Epsilon Kappa
- Kappa
- Beta Omega
- Beta Mu
Activities in Lafayette/West Lafayette
Lafayette-West Lafayette offers a variety of activities to explore outside of the SLC schedule. For a detailed list of what our cities have to offer, visit www.homeofpurdue.com:. Here are some hand-picked suggestions:- Bowling & Pool at the Union Rack and Roll
- Bars and eateries on Chancey Square
Finding Trip Funding
IEEE-HKN provides up to a $250 reimbursement to chapters to cover student attendance. Additionally, a further $250 is available for faculty adviser attendance. Once the conference is over, information will be sent out on how to claim the reimbursement, normally just a simple matter of sending in an expense form and receipts for nationals to process.