SPIE Overview for Students
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Networking Top Speakers Education Outreach Industry Exhibits International Conferences Student Programs Employee Search New Research SPIE – The International Society for Optics and Photonics Training
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What is SPIE? How can joining a professional society help my career? How does SPIE support student development? Find out inside...
Transcript of SPIE Overview for Students
Networking
Top SpeakersEducation Outreach
Industry ExhibitsInternational Conferences
Student Programs
Employee Search
New Research
SPIE – The International Society for Optics and
Photonics
Training
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
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
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
Students and SPIE
Connecting Students to the Global Optics & Photonics Community
•Academia•Industry
•Government
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
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
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
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
