On  29-31 July 2017 at Ruang Litigasi Fakultas Hukum Diponegoro University and Balai Diklat Koperasi dan UMKM, Diponegoro University, Semarang Indonesia, UNDIP Student Branch hosted the “IEEE INDONESIA STUDENT CONGRESS 2017” (IEEE ISC 2017). IEEE ISC 2017 was chaired by Muhammad Ja’far Shiddiq, attended by 12 Student Branches  from all over Indonesia.

This year congress was very interactive and even more engaging with the participants. There are many activities in this event too, those are; Speeches from IEEE Indonesia Section officers; delivered by  professors, business leaders,  entrepreneur, and young professionals, national seminar, awarding nights, and Semarang trip. 

In this event, there are four categories of the competitions, which are: IEEE ISC Paper Competition, IEEE ISC Photo Competition, IEEE ISC Most Active Student Branch Award, and IEEE ISC Best Member Recruitment Award. IEEE SB Institut Teknologi Bandung are chosen to be the host of IEEE ISC 2018.

The Congress started with IEEE Indonesia Section Chair, Dr. Fitri Yuli Zulkifli, ST., MSc.,IPM.,SMIEEE, Professor from Universitas Indonesia gave presentation about Introduction of IEEE, the vision, various activities members can volunteer in and the benefits. Mrs Agnes Irwanti , Secretary of IEEE Indonesia Section , Co-Founder Multikom then had a shared discussion : “become an entrepreneur or pursuing career : what do you really want?”

The next session was by Mrs. Kurnianingsih, Young Professional Chair IEEE Indonesia Section, delivered brief talk about “Attracting and Engaging Young Professional”. Then, Mr Lingga Wardhana, Industry Relationship and Professional Activity Vice Chair, CEO Floatway Systems shared about “Industry Relationship and Professional Activity” .

Ms Amanda Julia Isa, Student Activity Vice Chair IEEE Indonesia Section gave an informed speech “Power Up Your Team Through The World’s Largest Technical Professional Organization”, shared stories to secured the 1st Place Humanitarian Project Contest held by IEEE Industry Application Society, in Portland, Oregon, last year. She also shared an experience about life after graduate as Great People Trainee Programs at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia.

The afternoon session was conducted National Seminar with Dr. Eng. Khoirul Anwar, ST., M. Eng as the speaker. He is the owner of broadband technology patents that become the international standard ITU, both for terrestrial systems (on earth) and satellites (in outer space). Dr. Khoirul delivered a very fruitful presentation about “Innovation and Student Creativity ”.

Second Day of Congress was Student Branch Session. Every Student Branch have a session to shared their SB’s activities and achievements. In this session, Ms. Amanda Julia Isa gave a productive tutorial about Vtools that provide Online Reporting, Electronic Elections and Remote Conferencing.

This Congress was an amazing experience for all IEEE Indonesia Section especially the student members. We would like to extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to all the committees and partners to host this annual event with their active presence. 

We would also like to thank all the great volunteers and members! See you at the next IEEE ISC!