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IEEE Conference Geared Toward Engineering Students, Young Professionals Coming to Las Vegas in January

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2015 — (PRNewswire) —  The second IEEE Rising Stars Conference is coming to the Excalibur in Las Vegas, 2-4 January 2016. The event is geared toward engineering students and young professionals looking to network with their peers and industry leaders from some of the world's top technology companies.

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A number of attendees from the first conference received job offers.

The Rising Stars program includes a career fair, competitions, technical-innovation and professional-development presentations, an idea-pitching workshop and more. Among the many speakers are:

Rising stars will precede Storage Visions 2016 (4-5 January), an event featuring the latest architectures in memory and storage technologies, and the Consumer Electronics Show (6-9 January).

The event will also include a pitch-your-idea student video competition that will award $1,500 in prize money. See http://sites.ieee.org/risingstars/competition/ for details.

Through Friday 4 December, the cost to attend Rising Stars is $199. From 5 December to 1 January, it's $249. After that, it's $299. Discounted hotel pricing is available at the Excalibur.

The IEEE Rising Stars Conference is the premier event for students and young professionals within IEEE Region 6 (Western United States).

IEEE-USA serves the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of nearly 200,000 engineering, computing and technology professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE.  

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