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DESCRIPTION:The Young Protégé 2026 Kick-Off Session\, organized by StudPr
 o 9.0 under IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka\, marks the official launch
  of Sri Lanka’s premier IEEE mentoring initiative for the year 2026. The
  event brings together 38 industry mentors and 76 mentees across 21 domain
 s\, creating a diverse and impactful mentorship ecosystem.\n\nThe session 
 introduces the vision\, structure\, and key milestones of the program\, wh
 ile formally onboarding mentors and mentees into the Young Protégé journ
 ey. It provides clear guidance on roles\, responsibilities\, and expectati
 ons\, ensuring participants are well-prepared for an effective mentoring e
 xperience.\n\nIn addition\, the session inspires participants through the 
 program’s vision and IEEE ELEVATE framework\, while fostering early netw
 orking and engagement within the IEEE community. This Kick-Off Session set
 s the foundation for structured guidance\, collaboration\, and meaningful 
 professional growth throughout the Young Protégé 2026 journey.\n\nCo-spo
 nsored by: IEEE ELEVATE\n\nBldg: Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
  – School of Computing\, Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) – S
 chool of Computing\, 57\, Ramakrishna Road\, Colombo\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lan
 ka
LOCATION:Bldg: Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) – School of Comp
 uting\, Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) – School of Computing\
 , 57\, Ramakrishna Road\, Colombo\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lanka
ORGANIZER:ieeeypsl@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:7
SUMMARY:Young Protégé 2026 – Kick-Off Session
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563241
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p data-start="74" data-end="422">The <strong
  data-start="78" data-end="117">Young Prot&eacute\;g&eacute\; 2026 Kick-Of
 f Session</strong>\, organized by <strong data-start="132" data-end="188">
 StudPro 9.0 under IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka</strong>\, marks the 
 official launch of Sri Lanka&rsquo\;s premier IEEE mentoring initiative fo
 r the year 2026. The event brings together <strong data-start="310" data-e
 nd="366">38 industry mentors and 76 mentees across 21 domains</strong>\, c
 reating a diverse and impactful mentorship ecosystem.</p>\n<p data-start="
 424" data-end="734">The session introduces the vision\, structure\, and ke
 y milestones of the program\, while formally onboarding mentors and mentee
 s into the Young Prot&eacute\;g&eacute\; journey. It provides clear guidan
 ce on roles\, responsibilities\, and expectations\, ensuring participants 
 are well-prepared for an effective mentoring experience.</p>\n<p data-star
 t="736" data-end="1074">In addition\, the session inspires participants th
 rough the program&rsquo\;s vision and IEEE ELEVATE framework\, while foste
 ring early networking and engagement within the IEEE community. This Kick-
 Off Session sets the foundation for structured guidance\, collaboration\, 
 and meaningful professional growth throughout the Young Prot&eacute\;g&eac
 ute\; 2026 journey.</p>
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