The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is a global membership organization dedicated to advancing technologies in plastics and polymers. SPE has over 18,500 members from over 10,000 companies representing the entire plastics value chain. Members include engineers, executives, academics, and students. SPE provides resources like an online technical library, journals, conferences, and networking opportunities to support the plastics industry.
Nicole Baute presented to the LSU Transition Advisory Team's Commercialization & Technology Transfer Task Force on research and economic development initiatives at LSU. She provided an overview of the current organizational structure of technology transfer offices across LSU campuses. She also presented metrics on research funding, invention disclosures, licensing, and start-up activity. Key areas for improvement included implementing best practices, increasing faculty outreach, and enhancing commercialization capacity through policy and organizational changes. The presentation highlighted trends that could impact the ability to translate research results if not addressed.
The document summarizes data from the AUTM survey on university technology transfer and spin-offs from 1993-2006. It shows that while licensing agreements predominantly involve established firms, spin-offs can provide local economic benefits and be a vehicle for uncertain technologies. The presentation goes on to discuss case studies of university spin-offs and asks how entrepreneurship programs and centers may impact the success of spin-offs.
The document discusses stress testing in banks, including what it is, its purpose, and key elements of an effective stress testing process. It notes that while stress testing is important, banks often get it wrong by using inappropriate scenarios, not considering linkages between risks and institutions, and having methodological issues. An effective stress testing process should identify exposures, construct plausible adverse scenarios, estimate losses using risk models, and implement corrective actions if needed.
Marshall Women's Soccer had a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 4 ties in the previous year but has improved to 9 wins and 2 losses this year with seven games remaining, showing the positive impact of a new head coach. The article encourages supporting the team at their upcoming home games on October 23rd and 25th.
Dokumen tersebut membahas kompleksitas penanggulangan penyalahgunaan narkoba dan kriminalisasi pengguna narkoba. Terdapat beberapa poin penting yaitu: (1) penggunaan narkoba lebih dari sekadar efek zat melainkan juga masalah ketergantungan emosional-psikologis, (2) pengobatan hanya menghilangkan efek zat tidak menjamin perubahannya, (3) hukum berperan mengatur dan mel
The document outlines the goals and phases of a pilot project to donate bicycles in African nations. It discusses researching potential partners and logistical challenges in African countries. The project would finance, supply, warehouse, ship, and maintain donated bicycles. Stakeholders would refine the mission, evaluate strategic approaches, and develop a work plan with responsibilities, timelines, budgets, and contingencies. An evaluation report would assess successes, mistakes, and lessons learned.
Presentation for the first visit of all the participating schools for the Comenius project. - Presentation prepared and designed by students from Son Pacs.
The document provides examples of using the present continuous tense in English, including affirmative, negative, and question forms. It gives the conjugations of "play", "live", and "learn" in tables for the present continuous affirmative, negative, and question forms for subjects like "I", "you", "we", "they", and others. The purpose is to illustrate how to form sentences in the present continuous tense in English for different subjects.
Nicole Baute presented to the LSU Transition Advisory Team's Commercialization & Technology Transfer Task Force on research and economic development initiatives at LSU. She provided an overview of the current organizational structure of technology transfer offices across LSU campuses. She also presented metrics on research funding, invention disclosures, licensing, and start-up activity. Key areas for improvement included implementing best practices, increasing faculty outreach, and enhancing commercialization capacity through policy and organizational changes. The presentation highlighted trends that could impact the ability to translate research results if not addressed.
The document summarizes data from the AUTM survey on university technology transfer and spin-offs from 1993-2006. It shows that while licensing agreements predominantly involve established firms, spin-offs can provide local economic benefits and be a vehicle for uncertain technologies. The presentation goes on to discuss case studies of university spin-offs and asks how entrepreneurship programs and centers may impact the success of spin-offs.
The document discusses stress testing in banks, including what it is, its purpose, and key elements of an effective stress testing process. It notes that while stress testing is important, banks often get it wrong by using inappropriate scenarios, not considering linkages between risks and institutions, and having methodological issues. An effective stress testing process should identify exposures, construct plausible adverse scenarios, estimate losses using risk models, and implement corrective actions if needed.
Marshall Women's Soccer had a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 4 ties in the previous year but has improved to 9 wins and 2 losses this year with seven games remaining, showing the positive impact of a new head coach. The article encourages supporting the team at their upcoming home games on October 23rd and 25th.
Dokumen tersebut membahas kompleksitas penanggulangan penyalahgunaan narkoba dan kriminalisasi pengguna narkoba. Terdapat beberapa poin penting yaitu: (1) penggunaan narkoba lebih dari sekadar efek zat melainkan juga masalah ketergantungan emosional-psikologis, (2) pengobatan hanya menghilangkan efek zat tidak menjamin perubahannya, (3) hukum berperan mengatur dan mel
The document outlines the goals and phases of a pilot project to donate bicycles in African nations. It discusses researching potential partners and logistical challenges in African countries. The project would finance, supply, warehouse, ship, and maintain donated bicycles. Stakeholders would refine the mission, evaluate strategic approaches, and develop a work plan with responsibilities, timelines, budgets, and contingencies. An evaluation report would assess successes, mistakes, and lessons learned.
Presentation for the first visit of all the participating schools for the Comenius project. - Presentation prepared and designed by students from Son Pacs.
The document provides examples of using the present continuous tense in English, including affirmative, negative, and question forms. It gives the conjugations of "play", "live", and "learn" in tables for the present continuous affirmative, negative, and question forms for subjects like "I", "you", "we", "they", and others. The purpose is to illustrate how to form sentences in the present continuous tense in English for different subjects.
CTI provides quality control, inspection, testing, and compliance services for all elements of building design, construction, and performance. They have expertise across geotechnical engineering, materials testing, building sciences, and code compliance. CTI aims to be the "eyes and ears" for owners and design teams by proactively monitoring construction and identifying any issues. Their third-party oversight helps ensure projects are completed efficiently and as intended.
Learn what social media is, Why it is important to a business, but also to non-profits, hospitals, schools, and institutions! The presentation goes on to share how to get started, tips to remember, and then explores the BIG 3.
Alion is an employee-owned technology solutions company based in McLean, Virginia with approximately 3,500 employees worldwide. It provides research, engineering, and operational support services to defense, government, and commercial clients. Alion has a vision of being a premier total technology solutions provider and operates various research laboratories across the United States and internationally.
Obama delivered a speech after winning the 2008 election where he talked about 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper, one of the people who voted for him. He highlighted how Cooper was born after slavery at a time when women couldn't vote, witnessed women's suffrage and the New Deal which helped the country recover from the Great Depression, saw America rise up against tyranny in World War 2, and participated in the civil rights movement by voting in the 2008 election, showing how much America has changed over her lifetime.
The passage describes a typical Thanksgiving family dinner, where a father and son prepare the turkey, the mother cooks it, a girl sets the table, the father cuts the turkey, the grandfather serves the food, families often eat pumpkin pie for dessert, and at the end the daughter washes the dishes.
God blesses us and then... it all unravels but upon closer reflection it is a transforming of blessings into new shiny bright better for us blessings! That\'s God for you!
The document summarizes the key points of Nigeria's 2010 budget and its potential impact on the business environment. It outlines the budget's assumptions around oil prices, GDP growth, exchange rates and inflation. A large portion of the budget will fund infrastructure projects in power, transport and agriculture. This is expected to improve infrastructure and lower costs, though high inflation remains a risk. The budget also aims to increase non-oil revenues and boost security spending in the Niger Delta to support business and investment.
This document contains two poems by a young Majorcan woman poet about her life feeling like a washing machine on a variable spin cycle that never stops, along with a poem about a woman tattooing her name on her skin after a man's unfaithfulness. It also contains several comics about gender roles and domestic responsibilities, including one showing a woman listing all the jobs she does and one showing a modern man expressing how he wants to love a woman. The document discusses how these poems and comics reflect issues still facing women today and the need for continued progress.
The document outlines strategies for successful Sunday school programs, including publicizing the program within the congregation and community, ensuring attendance, running engaging lessons, and following up with attendees. It emphasizes the importance of planning, variety, teaching God's word, and working with church leadership to propose and support the Sunday school program. The goal is to spread God's love and grow the next generation of the church by kindling faith through an exciting Sunday school program.
Pep Colom is an architect who designs houses by drawing plans on a computer program. Before drawing, he asks himself three important questions - what does the client look like to consider mobility needs, what is the client like to design for sociability, and what does the client like to incorporate preferred activities into the design. By remembering to ask these questions, the architect can design the perfect house for each client's individual needs and interests.
The document provides an overview of IPC, a global trade association representing the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. IPC supports its over 2,600 member companies through standards development, training, market research, and advocacy related to PCB design, manufacturing, and electronics assembly. Major areas of focus include management programs, conferences, technical programs, and statistical research.
The document provides an overview of IPC, a global trade association serving the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. IPC represents over 2,600 member companies worldwide and focuses on standards development, training, market research, and advocacy. Key areas covered include IPC's background, structure, membership benefits, conferences, technical and management programs, training initiatives, market research, and global activities.
The IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 Conference is one of the IEEE Communications Society's two flagship conferences. Each year, over 3,000 scientific researchers and their management submit proposals for program sessions to be held at a GLOBECOM Conference. After extensive peer review, the best of the proposals are selected for the conference program, which includes technical papers, tutorials, workshops and industry sessions.
Major components of the conference program include: keynote speakers (representing the elite of the Communications industry), technical papers sessions, workshops, tutorials, an award's luncheon and a world class banquet with entertainment. IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 will also place major emphasis on the real-world interests of industry practitioners.
It is with great pleasure that the Austin technical and business community was chosen to host this prestigious Conference. As communications technology professionals, engineers and practitioners around the world know, Austin, Texas is known as "Silicon Valley."
We offer many levels of patronage and opportunities to exhibit. After all, EVERYONE knows that Patronage Means Leadership and Reputation. There will be special industry events and opportunities to meet and recruit young engineers. This will include a GOLD (IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade) Session, and other professional and career events which will be publicized in the Advance Program.
Being a Patron presents your company to not only local audiences but also to those involved in world wide communications technology engineering and management. We expect up to 2,000 participants, technical researchers and industry practitioners from the USA and many other countries of the world to include Japan, China, India, Canada, England, France, Germany, Korea and many others.
See Patronage Brochure for complete details.
For more information, contact:
Russ Roy
email: Russ.Roy@rigstat.com
phone: 281-773-4055
or
James Kimery
email: jgkimery@ieee.org
phone: 512-413-2131
This report summarizes the findings of a survey of 801 subscribers and attendees of Powder & Bulk Solids publications and events. The survey gathered information on resource usage, event attendance, industry trends, job roles, industries, equipment purchases, and challenges facing respondents' companies. Key findings include that the majority of respondents work in engineering roles in food industries, obtain information from trade publications and websites, and face increased pressures for productivity and profitability.
ISPE is the Society of Choice for 25,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals. For information about joining ISPE, visit www.ISPE.org/membership.
IPC is an international industry association dedicated to furthering the competitive excellence and financial success of its over 3,700 member companies in the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. As the industry's leading source for standards, training, market research, and advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of the $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains offices around the world and has expanded its presence in China to better serve the needs of members in that region.
The document discusses the role of SME associations in encouraging research and innovation. It notes that over 95% of companies in the textile and clothing industry are SMEs, and SMEs have specific needs when it comes to research and innovation support. SME associations are well positioned to support the research and innovation needs of their SME members due to their industry knowledge, networking capabilities, and ability to communicate requirements to policymakers. However, associations also face limitations like lack of scientific expertise and potentially conflicting interests among members. The document provides recommendations for how associations can better support SME innovation and how policymakers can help associations in this role.
The document provides information about an IEEE membership awareness program held by the IEEE SASTRA University Student Branch. It begins with an agenda for the program which includes an overview of what IEEE is, how to get connected and participate, member benefits, student competitions, and a Q&A session. It then provides details about IEEE, including its history, fields of membership, structure and regions, membership statistics, societies and councils, conferences, and benefits. It emphasizes the importance of connecting through one's IEEE account to access resources like myIEEE and networking opportunities through societies and conferences.
CTI provides quality control, inspection, testing, and compliance services for all elements of building design, construction, and performance. They have expertise across geotechnical engineering, materials testing, building sciences, and code compliance. CTI aims to be the "eyes and ears" for owners and design teams by proactively monitoring construction and identifying any issues. Their third-party oversight helps ensure projects are completed efficiently and as intended.
Learn what social media is, Why it is important to a business, but also to non-profits, hospitals, schools, and institutions! The presentation goes on to share how to get started, tips to remember, and then explores the BIG 3.
Alion is an employee-owned technology solutions company based in McLean, Virginia with approximately 3,500 employees worldwide. It provides research, engineering, and operational support services to defense, government, and commercial clients. Alion has a vision of being a premier total technology solutions provider and operates various research laboratories across the United States and internationally.
Obama delivered a speech after winning the 2008 election where he talked about 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper, one of the people who voted for him. He highlighted how Cooper was born after slavery at a time when women couldn't vote, witnessed women's suffrage and the New Deal which helped the country recover from the Great Depression, saw America rise up against tyranny in World War 2, and participated in the civil rights movement by voting in the 2008 election, showing how much America has changed over her lifetime.
The passage describes a typical Thanksgiving family dinner, where a father and son prepare the turkey, the mother cooks it, a girl sets the table, the father cuts the turkey, the grandfather serves the food, families often eat pumpkin pie for dessert, and at the end the daughter washes the dishes.
God blesses us and then... it all unravels but upon closer reflection it is a transforming of blessings into new shiny bright better for us blessings! That\'s God for you!
The document summarizes the key points of Nigeria's 2010 budget and its potential impact on the business environment. It outlines the budget's assumptions around oil prices, GDP growth, exchange rates and inflation. A large portion of the budget will fund infrastructure projects in power, transport and agriculture. This is expected to improve infrastructure and lower costs, though high inflation remains a risk. The budget also aims to increase non-oil revenues and boost security spending in the Niger Delta to support business and investment.
This document contains two poems by a young Majorcan woman poet about her life feeling like a washing machine on a variable spin cycle that never stops, along with a poem about a woman tattooing her name on her skin after a man's unfaithfulness. It also contains several comics about gender roles and domestic responsibilities, including one showing a woman listing all the jobs she does and one showing a modern man expressing how he wants to love a woman. The document discusses how these poems and comics reflect issues still facing women today and the need for continued progress.
The document outlines strategies for successful Sunday school programs, including publicizing the program within the congregation and community, ensuring attendance, running engaging lessons, and following up with attendees. It emphasizes the importance of planning, variety, teaching God's word, and working with church leadership to propose and support the Sunday school program. The goal is to spread God's love and grow the next generation of the church by kindling faith through an exciting Sunday school program.
Pep Colom is an architect who designs houses by drawing plans on a computer program. Before drawing, he asks himself three important questions - what does the client look like to consider mobility needs, what is the client like to design for sociability, and what does the client like to incorporate preferred activities into the design. By remembering to ask these questions, the architect can design the perfect house for each client's individual needs and interests.
The document provides an overview of IPC, a global trade association representing the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. IPC supports its over 2,600 member companies through standards development, training, market research, and advocacy related to PCB design, manufacturing, and electronics assembly. Major areas of focus include management programs, conferences, technical programs, and statistical research.
The document provides an overview of IPC, a global trade association serving the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. IPC represents over 2,600 member companies worldwide and focuses on standards development, training, market research, and advocacy. Key areas covered include IPC's background, structure, membership benefits, conferences, technical and management programs, training initiatives, market research, and global activities.
The IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 Conference is one of the IEEE Communications Society's two flagship conferences. Each year, over 3,000 scientific researchers and their management submit proposals for program sessions to be held at a GLOBECOM Conference. After extensive peer review, the best of the proposals are selected for the conference program, which includes technical papers, tutorials, workshops and industry sessions.
Major components of the conference program include: keynote speakers (representing the elite of the Communications industry), technical papers sessions, workshops, tutorials, an award's luncheon and a world class banquet with entertainment. IEEE GLOBECOM 2014 will also place major emphasis on the real-world interests of industry practitioners.
It is with great pleasure that the Austin technical and business community was chosen to host this prestigious Conference. As communications technology professionals, engineers and practitioners around the world know, Austin, Texas is known as "Silicon Valley."
We offer many levels of patronage and opportunities to exhibit. After all, EVERYONE knows that Patronage Means Leadership and Reputation. There will be special industry events and opportunities to meet and recruit young engineers. This will include a GOLD (IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade) Session, and other professional and career events which will be publicized in the Advance Program.
Being a Patron presents your company to not only local audiences but also to those involved in world wide communications technology engineering and management. We expect up to 2,000 participants, technical researchers and industry practitioners from the USA and many other countries of the world to include Japan, China, India, Canada, England, France, Germany, Korea and many others.
See Patronage Brochure for complete details.
For more information, contact:
Russ Roy
email: Russ.Roy@rigstat.com
phone: 281-773-4055
or
James Kimery
email: jgkimery@ieee.org
phone: 512-413-2131
This report summarizes the findings of a survey of 801 subscribers and attendees of Powder & Bulk Solids publications and events. The survey gathered information on resource usage, event attendance, industry trends, job roles, industries, equipment purchases, and challenges facing respondents' companies. Key findings include that the majority of respondents work in engineering roles in food industries, obtain information from trade publications and websites, and face increased pressures for productivity and profitability.
ISPE is the Society of Choice for 25,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals. For information about joining ISPE, visit www.ISPE.org/membership.
IPC is an international industry association dedicated to furthering the competitive excellence and financial success of its over 3,700 member companies in the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. As the industry's leading source for standards, training, market research, and advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of the $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains offices around the world and has expanded its presence in China to better serve the needs of members in that region.
The document discusses the role of SME associations in encouraging research and innovation. It notes that over 95% of companies in the textile and clothing industry are SMEs, and SMEs have specific needs when it comes to research and innovation support. SME associations are well positioned to support the research and innovation needs of their SME members due to their industry knowledge, networking capabilities, and ability to communicate requirements to policymakers. However, associations also face limitations like lack of scientific expertise and potentially conflicting interests among members. The document provides recommendations for how associations can better support SME innovation and how policymakers can help associations in this role.
The document provides information about an IEEE membership awareness program held by the IEEE SASTRA University Student Branch. It begins with an agenda for the program which includes an overview of what IEEE is, how to get connected and participate, member benefits, student competitions, and a Q&A session. It then provides details about IEEE, including its history, fields of membership, structure and regions, membership statistics, societies and councils, conferences, and benefits. It emphasizes the importance of connecting through one's IEEE account to access resources like myIEEE and networking opportunities through societies and conferences.
Establishing your strategic focus, what are you trying to do?
Getting buy-in for growth from your board.
Processes to ensure commitment to the strategy.
Steps to take to execute your strategy.
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The document summarizes the benefits of IEEE membership across several categories: keeping current with technology; career resources and recognition; professional networking; member discounts; humanitarian programs; and society memberships in specific fields. It highlights benefits like access to publications and conferences, career development tools, networking opportunities, and discounts. It encourages joining IEEE to take advantage of these benefits and make an impact as part of the world's largest professional technology association.
The document summarizes the benefits of IEEE membership across several categories: keeping current with technology; career resources and recognition; professional networking; member discounts; humanitarian programs; and society memberships in specific fields. It highlights benefits like access to publications and conferences, career development tools, networking opportunities, and discounts. It encourages joining IEEE to take advantage of these benefits and make an impact as part of the world's largest professional technology association.
Parshva Bavishi (IEEE Young Professionals Staff) and Nivas Ravichandran conducted a Brainstorming Activity on how we could keep IEEE relevant for Young Professionals.
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Cadence is a global project management training and consulting firm founded in 1983 that is dedicated to project management. It has headquarters in Portland, Oregon and provides services worldwide through a network of Global Solution Providers. Cadence takes a phased project management approach using simple tools and techniques and emphasizes establishing a project management process within client organizations.
Peeranut Phuttal is seeking a manager level position to utilize her technical and educational background. She has over 20 years of experience in quality assurance and supplier engineering roles for companies in the electronics manufacturing industry. Her experience includes establishing quality control systems, qualifying suppliers, and new product development. Currently she is a Strategic Operation Manager, coordinating projects to achieve factory goals. Peeranut holds a bachelor's degree in science, two master's degrees, and has extensive training in quality management, statistics, and electronics manufacturing processes.
This document provides a summary of Glenn D. Sta. Cruz's professional experiences and qualifications. It outlines over 28 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics industries, including roles in manufacturing, engineering, management, sales, and marketing. His work history details positions held at Henkel Philippines, Ablestik Laboratories Philippines, Amkor Technology Philippines, NS Electronics Bangkok, and PSI Technologies, demonstrating experience in production, process engineering, quality, and customer support. Relevant education and training are also listed.
Fan-Out Packaging: Technologies and Market Trends 2019 report by Yole Dévelop...Yole Developpement
Samsung and PTI, with panel-level packaging, have entered the Fan-Out battlefield.
More information on that report at : https://www.i-micronews.com/report/product/fan-out-packaging-technologies-and-market-trends-2019.htm
Edutech is a learning and organizational development solutions provider established in 1991. It has over 200 employees across 20 international offices and provides holistic learning solutions for academic and corporate clients. Edutech's offerings include digital learning platforms, hands-on learning labs, library solutions, technical training, consulting services, and proprietary products like iClinicR and LearnQ courseware. Their vision is to be the preferred global partner for learning solutions and services through a consultative approach and diverse, experienced team.
The document is a presentation from John Matogo, Kenya Section Chair of IEEE, about the benefits of joining IEEE. It discusses what IEEE is, which is a professional organization that advances technology for humanity. It has over 400,000 members in 160 countries. The Kenya section focuses on supporting local members' careers and communities. Benefits of joining include collaborating with peers, staying up to date on knowledge, expanding expertise, and discounts on conferences and publications.
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Editor's Notes
SPE was founded as a global professional Society in 1942 Like many technical societies, our mission is to advance technologies for plastics and polymers to better our lives Today, SPE works in many areas. We have 18,500 members in 70 countries worldwide. Many SPE groups in Europe and Asia have been around for more than 25 years. There are many national organizations for plastics, but there is only one global technical organization for our industry – SPE. Membership includes participate through both technical and local organizations within SPE, we call them “Technical Divisions” and “Sections”
Most of our members work for plastics companies, only about 7% of SPE members are from academic institutions or are students Many are in management, marketing and sales, in addition to being in R&D, design and production SPE members include a very influential group of key decision makers and influencers within their companies
SPE likewise represents the entire value chain for plastics, making us a unique place to meet and network with both colleagues and customers While our goal is to provide forums for technical review and discussion, networking is an obvious benefit of membership.
In addition to covering the entire value chain, we also touch many industries and markets for plastics. SPE members can discover innovations and developments made in one area, and apply them to other areas. Such broad exposure to so many experts in a wide number of industries is also valuable when developing new markets for your products, or managing your career.
This also translates into networks of many companies – large, medium and small – all over the globe. Access to key personnel within these companies through SPE membership is important to developing your own professional networks
At our heart, we offer the best peer-reviewed, unbiased technical information on plastics available – period. Much of this is done online through our: Online Technical Database which includes thousands of peer-reviewed papers delivered at SPE conferences Online access to over 40-years of juried technical articles from SPE’s journals Polymer Engineering & Science, and Polymer Composites Weekly webinars that can be accessed either live for an online interactive experience, or in a recorded format.
SPE has a host of technical publications – all of them peer-reviewed for quality of content. They include: Plastics Engineering magazine - Free with membership Polymer Science & Engineering - Free online access with membership Polymer Composites - Free online access with membership Journal of Vinyl & Additive Technology - subscribers only (quarterly) SPE Tech Focus e-Newsletter - Free with membership SPE Website – www.4spe.org - Full access free with membership SPE Books and Conference Proceedings - Special discounts to non-SPE published works when purchased through SPE – Hanser, Wiley, etc.
In addition to publishing, technical conferences form the backbone of SPE’s value proposition. Bringing members together to present and discuss advances in plastics is part of our central mission. SPE runs between 20-30 conferences a year. Almost one-third of those are now outside the U.S., and that number is growing. In Europe, we have regular bi-annual conferences for Thermoforming, Additives & Colour and Medical. In 2009, we will be introducing a more comprehensive industry-wide conference called EUROTEC! 2008 saw SPE’s first conference in China, and SPE has had conferencing and activities in India for more than 20 years. These are important industry events to discover new theoretical and practical applications in plastics, as well as opportunities to network.
SPE has a job board, but it has much, much more than that. As a member you should: Proactively promote yourself through resume posting. Read up on articles and white papers on career management, job searching, and other workplace-related issues Get special services if you are unemployed Use SPE’s online member directory to help make connections in prospective companies Use SPE events and online networking tools to meet prospective employers, or hear directly from a trusted SPE member about their experience working for a prospective company SPE will soon be adding new mentoring programs for young professional members, but also for older members who want help from younger engineers in using new tools and techniques – it goes both ways.
SPE also believes that we need to give to get. In 2007, SPE gave away over $150,000 in scholarships and grants to students and institutions. We support educational outreach in science and math to young children to spark an interest in plastics and chemistry that we hope will last their whole lives. We ask that each member contribute something of their time or money to help build an interest in how plastics can be used to better the human condition, and have a series of internationally recognized awards programs to honor those in our industry who have served human kind with their inventions and businesses in plastics.
Division membership is included in your base fee. For modest additional fees, you can join as many divisions as you want such as: Injection Moulding, Extrusion, Medical Plastics, Thermoforming, Additives and Colour, Mould Making etc.,
Becoming a member gives you obvious access to a lot of technical information and networking opportunities But to really get full value, you need to give to get These are just some examples of how being an active members of SPE can help you and your company Remember that SPE is also a way to give back to your community and industry [TALK ABOUT HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED AND HOW SPE HAS HELPED YOU]
Please join SPE today and become part of a vibrant global organization in your field! Go to www. 4spe.org/join to become a member and to see a complete listing of all SPE benefits.