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SPIE Overview for Students
- 1. Networking Top Speakers Education Outreach Industry Exhibits International Conferences Student Programs Employee Search New Research SPIE – The International Society for Optics and Photonics Training
- 2. SPIE The International Society for Optics & Photonics founded in 1955 Offices in the EU & USA A not-for profit educational society 16,000 members, 4,300 student members, 425 corporate members 190,000 active constituents representing 143 countries
- 3. SPIE Services Education & training: short courses, DVDs, in-company training (over 800 courses) SPIEWorks jobsite ( www.SPIEWorks.org ) Digital Library with 290,000 papers 8 peer reviewed journals SPIE Newsroom – photonics news & articles Membership and networking 38,000 attendees at 26 SPIE conferences and 16 exhibitions annually
- 4. SPIE Non-profit Activities $292,000 USD in Scholarships annually $90,000 USD in Outreach Grants annually Visiting Lecturer Program UNESCO Active learning in Optics and Photonics (ALOP) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Winter College and library support Hands-on Optics for kids Women in Optics
- 5. Students and SPIE Connecting Students to the Global Optics & Photonics Community Academia Industry Government
- 6. Who are we? Future Colleagues! 141 Student Chapters, 27 countries ~2400 students involved in chapters 27% of SPIE Members are students (4300) San Diego Student Leadership Workshop 2007 Workshops held at: Photonics West, Photonics Europe, and Optics & Photonics
- 7. Student Chapter - Benefits Real Leadership Experience Chapter Activity Grant Chapter Officer Travel Grant Leadership Workshops Assistance for science education outreach to local pre-college students Visiting Lecturer Grant Collaborative Conference Grant Michael Stinger and Jon Lee (PSU) represent their chapter at an information table in the O&P07 Exhibit Hall
- 8. More to life (and a career) than the lab… Personal Growth Leadership experience - organizing & facilitating groups to plan and execute a project Grant writing, teaching, forming partnerships - experience Student independence Community Growth Students dispersed among departments - bring optics sections together Meet members of the local optics industry – jobs Expand network of connections – worldwide Give back to the community – teach the next generation Network, network, network
- 9. What now? - Take charge of your career Develop your leadership & communication skills Be a mentor to your peers and younger students Build your network of contacts Explore options in industry, government Influence the direction of your profession Check us out! http://spie.org/students http://Twitter.com/SPIEStudents
- 10. Learn more about SPIE at www.spie.org Maria Yzuel, 2009 SPIE President [email_address]