Event Information
Description
About Expo
More information www.ieeevic.org/engineering-expo
Join over 20 companies at the 2016 Victorian Engineering & IT Career Expo which will be held on the 21st of September at the State library of Victoria.
The event will deliver a world-class exhibition that promotes the employment opportunities in engineering and IT, celebrates Victorian engineering excellence and advocates the importance of engineering leadership within the profession.
The Victorian Engineering and IT Careers Expo is the first joint career expo between three leading professional bodies representing our profession; Engineers Australia (EA) , Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions, La Trobe University.
The event has become the ultimate event for Australian industries employing engineers and IT professionals to showcase their capabilities to those seeking career path advice and employment information. The expo has been held at Etihad Stadium and Melbourne Town Hall in the past. Working in partnership, IEEE, Engineers Australia, IET and La Trobe University are proud to usher in a new era for this iconic career expo and are pleased to move the expo to the State Library of Victoria.
Organiser IEEE Victorian Section
Organiser of Victorian Engineering & IT Career Expo 2016
IEEE Victorian Section is an organisation that is part of a global organisation of 430,000 + volunteers dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. The IEEE Victorian Section was founded in 1975 as s subsection of the Australian Section and became an independent section in 1983. The section serves more than 2000 members of the IEEE. There are 17 chapters and affinity groups covering topics of interest from Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Social Implications of Technology, Women in Engineering to Young Professionals and much more. The chapters and affinity groups organize more than 100 meetings per year. The Victorian Section also comprises of numerous student branches which organise their own events related to student leadership and technical advancement. In addition to the IEEE organization activities, the Victorian Section organises and sponsors several major conferences in any given year, as well as short courses and technical training. The Victorian Section publishes a weekly e-newsletter and the Uplink online magazine 3 times a year.
The Victorian Section also offers social programs such as the section annual meeting, networking events, industry engagement events and other non-technical professional activities to round out the local events.
