IEEE Huntsville Section is hosting a 2-day IEEE Smart Tech: Metro Area Workshop at the Von Braun Center on November 4-5, 2011. See additional details at https://www.ieee-huntsville.org/ieee-smart-tech-metro-area-workshop-huntsville-alabama-nov-4-5-2011 and you will see bios for the distinguished speakers at right at https://www.ieee-huntsville.org/2011-huntsville-metropolitan-area-workshop-distinguished-speaker-bios.

Register at https://mawhuntsville.eventbrite.com/ for this event, which represents a tremendous networking and learning opportunity for area technologists and priced very affordably. Attendees choose one 8-hour workshop per day from a menu of Introduction to Wireless Communications Engineering, Software Engineering Essentials, and Introduction to Smart Grid Power Systems. IEEE Communications Society is presenting the Wireless Communications Engineering Workshop on Friday only, and the Computer Society and Power Systems Society are offering the Software Engineering and Smart Grid Power Systems workshop tracks on both Friday and Saturday.

IEEE-USA Employment and Career Services Committee (ECSC) volunteers will present an 8-hr Career Enhancement Workshop option on Saturday, designed to assist engineers and technology professionals develop and maintain lifelong employment skills in continuously changing career and employment environments, concentrating on ways to heighten your career options NOW. The workshop will provide information and tools to help engineers and technology professionals focus on professional and career development by managing your career as a business.

Kicking off the event Friday morning is the Skills Gap Career Panel discussion with attendee Q&A afterward that includes distinguished and knowledgeable panelists. Our expert panel consists of Boeing VP of Human Resource Rick Stephens, Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Vice President for Workforce Development Lucia Cape, Omni Team owner and CEO Carolyn Lord, Sr. Human Resource Specialist Nancy Bates at Jacobs (ESTS) Group at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center,  and Dynetics Chief Scientist and Panel Moderator Bob Berinato.

Panelists will discuss common gaps between what companies need, what job-seekers offer, and how savvy  applicants can best bridge those gaps. Whether you are a technical professional transitioning to new employment or looking for future opportunities within your own company, this panel will help you better market your skills and make transitions from the career that was to the career of the future. The Friday morning panel discussion and Friday evening reception/plenary presentation are open to all interested.

Smart Tech Metro Area Workshop, Huntsville, Alabama - Von Braun Center, North Hall, November 4-5, 2011

            * CEU credits available.

Rick Stephens,
Boeing Exec VP of HR

Lucia Cape
VP, Chamber of Commerce
Workforce Development

Nancy Bates,
Jacobs Senior ESTS HR

Carolyn Lord
Omni Team CEO

Bob Berinato,
Dynetics Chief Scientist