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What is YEDS?
The Young Engineers Development
Subcommittee abbreviated as YEDS is a subcommittee of the
Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC) of the IEEE.
The subcommittee was formed with its charter as, “Provide and
promote PCIC technical conference and personal professional
growth opportunity.”
History
In 1994,
the subcommittee existed as an ad hoc committee under the
leadership of Christine Kent. The Young Engineers Development
Subcommittee (YEDS) became a full PCIC subcommittee in 1996
chaired by Amy Frere.
Why
was this subcommittee created?
The PCIC Technical Conference is
an annual event where industrial technology leaders
present/exchange electrical applications technology relating to
the petroleum and chemical industry. The conference not only
helps in sharing knowledge but also helps in personal
professional development.
Young engineers attending this
conference realized its potential and decided to form a
subcommittee with the intention of creating a 'place' where the
newest and younger conference attendees could meet to address
the question ' What is PCIC?', plan their conference agenda,
meet other new attendees, provide an avenue for the newer
attendees to meet experienced PCIC attendees, etc.
The primary goals of YEDS is to
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1.) Provide a forum for newer
conference attendees to learn about the conference objectives
and benefits.
2.) Provide them with
information regarding the technical conference and learning
opportunities gained from conference attendance and
participation.
i.
Staying tuned to industry
trends.
ii.
Sharing of ideas with
industry people.
iii.
Opportunity to
author/co-author technical paper(s) and tutorials.
3.) Provide a forum for newer
attendees to meet one another and form alliances with peers and
mentors early in the conference week.
4.) Provide training to
new/newer attendees regarding the importance they play in
representing their company affiliation and how they can fulfill
a leadership role within PCIC. Stress how they can personally
impact safety and profits within their organizations.
5.) Compile yearly conference
survey results; provide report of results and share key
learning’s to improve the conference.
Officers
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