BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T001407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20090314T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0200 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SA;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:-03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260830T060700Z UID:D694CE32-AC06-4761-A4C9-E76635D097CF DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20261111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20261112T220200 DESCRIPTION:The National Student Branches and Young Professionals Meeting ( RNRYP) is the annual national gathering of IEEE Student Branches and Young Professionals across Argentina\, organized by the IEEE Argentina Section. Each year it rotates to a different host city — past editions were held in San Nicolás de los Arroyos and San Luis — and the 2026 edition will take place in Córdoba\, hosted at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba ( UNC). The program combines technical and soft-skills training (leadership\ , public speaking\, teamwork\, event planning)\, networking\, and cultural exchange among students\, Young Professionals\, and volunteer leaders fro m across the country.\nIEEE ARGENCON\, the Argentina Section's premier bie nnial technical congress\, will be held November 11–13\, 2026\, at the s ame host institution (UNC). The overlap of the two events brings together the national student/YP community and a broader technical conference audie nce on the same campus\, offering unusually wide reach for an activity hel d during that window.\nThe Activity is an icebreaker-style integration act ivity aimed at RNRYP and ARGENCON2026 attendees. Participants will be divi ded into small groups to solve collaborative riddles and puzzles\, encoura ging interaction between attendees of both conferences who would not norma lly cross paths.\nThe activity will incorporate Riko-chan material (the ma scot of the WIE Manga Story Contest) to raise visibility of the contest am ong a technical audience that may not be familiar with it\, connecting one of WIE's cultural/creative outreach initiatives with an engineering audie nce. Winning groups will receive recognition in the form WIE merchandise.\ nThis directly aligns with WIE's mission to connect\, support\, and inspir e women in STEM\, increasing the visibility of WIE and its programs (inclu ding the Manga Contest) among a large and diverse audience at a national-s cale technical event.\n\nBldg: fcefyn\, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299\, X5000 J JC\, Córdoba\, Argentina\, Cordoba\, Cordoba\, Argentina LOCATION:Bldg: fcefyn\, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299\, X5000 JJC\, Córdoba\, A rgentina\, Cordoba\, Cordoba\, Argentina ORGANIZER:juan.desages@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:WIE Integration Activity at RNRYP / ARGENCON2026 — Córdoba URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/574885 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The National Student Branches and Young Pr ofessionals Meeting (RNRYP) is the annual national gathering of IEEE Stude nt Branches and Young Professionals across Argentina\, organized by the IE EE Argentina Section. Each year it rotates to a different host city &mdash \; past editions were held in San Nicol&aacute\;s de los Arroyos and San L uis &mdash\; and the 2026 edition will take place in C&oacute\;rdoba\, hos ted at the Universidad Nacional de C&oacute\;rdoba (UNC). The program comb ines technical and soft-skills training (leadership\, public speaking\, te amwork\, event planning)\, networking\, and cultural exchange among studen ts\, Young Professionals\, and volunteer leaders from across the country.< br>IEEE ARGENCON\, the Argentina Section's premier biennial technical cong ress\, will be held November 11&ndash\;13\, 2026\, at the same host instit ution (UNC). The overlap of the two events brings together the national st udent/YP community and a broader technical conference audience on the same campus\, offering unusually wide reach for an activity held during that w indow.<br>The Activity is an icebreaker-style integration activity aimed a t RNRYP and ARGENCON2026 attendees. Participants will be divided into smal l groups to solve collaborative riddles and puzzles\, encouraging interact ion between attendees of both conferences who would not normally cross pat hs.<br>The activity will incorporate Riko-chan material (the mascot of the WIE Manga Story Contest) to raise visibility of the contest among a techn ical audience that may not be familiar with it\, connecting one of WIE's c ultural/creative outreach initiatives with an engineering audience. Winnin g groups will receive recognition in the form&nbsp\; WIE merchandise.<br>T his directly aligns with WIE's mission to connect\, support\, and inspire women in STEM\, increasing the visibility of WIE and its programs (includi ng the Manga Contest) among a large and diverse audience at a national-sca le technical event.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR