BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Lima BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380118T221407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3MO;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19940331T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:-05 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261014T200905Z UID:4EEAAB22-A177-4ADA-84DF-F8ABD3C1776F DTSTART;TZID=America/Lima:20261016T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Lima:20261016T180000 DESCRIPTION:Micro Mentoring Week 2026 – IEEE Student Branch UNL\n\nMicro Mentoring Week 2026 is an activity organized by the IEEE Student Branch at the Universidad Nacional de Loja\, supported by the IEEE Computer Society \, that creates a close\, welcoming space for guidance between students an d professionals with experience in different areas of computing. Participa nts will receive focused mentoring\, learn about real academic and profess ional growth journeys\, get their questions answered\, and take away ideas they can apply to their own education and career path.\n\nThe event will take place in person on Friday\, October 16\, 2026\, from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM\, in Laboratories 1 and 2 of the Computer Science Department (Building 2) at the Universidad Nacional de Loja. Each micro-mentoring session lasts 30 minutes and includes approximately 5 students. Sessions run simultaneo usly in both laboratories\, with an expected attendance of up to 40 studen ts.\n\nThe mentoring areas are Software Development\, Artificial Intellige nce\, Internet of Things (IoT)\, and Research. Mentors will share their ca reer paths\, the challenges they faced\, the lessons they learned\, and pr actical recommendations for students’ current education and future caree rs. Participants are encouraged to arrive on time and prepared with clear questions and goals to make the most of their time with each mentor. A sna ck will be provided to students after each session.\n\nObjectives\n\n- Con nect students with professionals who have academic or industry experience in specific areas of computing.\n- Provide brief\, focused\, and useful gu idance that helps students clarify questions about their professional and academic development.\n- Encourage the exchange of experiences between men tors and students\, strengthening a culture of mentorship and support.\n- Help students learn about paths\, lessons\, and practical recommendations in Software Development\, Artificial Intelligence\, IoT\, and Research.\n- Motivate participants to come prepared with clear questions and goals.\n\ nAgenda: \nMicro Mentoring Week 2026 – Friday\, October 16\, 2026\nLabor atories 1 and 2\, Computer Science Department (Building 2)\, Universidad N acional de Loja\n\nTime Activity\n3:30 – 3:40 PM Participant check-in: s eating of students\, group verification\, and welcome remarks.\n3:40 – 3 :50 PM General introduction: brief overview of the format and objectives o f the event.\n3:50 – 4:20 PM Micro-mentoring – Session 1 (Block 1): So ftware Development (Lab 1) and Artificial Intelligence (Lab 2). Snack prov ided as students exit.\n4:20 – 4:50 PM Micro-mentoring – Session 2 (Bl ock 1): Software Development (Lab 1) and Artificial Intelligence (Lab 2). Snack provided as students exit.\n4:50 – 5:20 PM Micro-mentoring – Ses sion 3 (Block 2): Internet of Things (IoT) (Lab 1) and Research (Lab 2). S nack provided as students exit.\n5:20 – 5:50 PM Micro-mentoring – Sess ion 4 (Block 2): Internet of Things (IoT) (Lab 1) and Research (Lab 2). Sn ack provided as students exit.\n5:50 – 6:00 PM Closing remarks: thanks t o mentors and participants.\n\nAv. Reinaldo Espinosa \, Eduardo Kigman\, L oja\, Loja\, Ecuador\, 110102 LOCATION:Av. Reinaldo Espinosa \, Eduardo Kigman\, Loja\, Loja\, Ecuador\, 110102 ORGANIZER:manuel.tamayo@unl.edu.ec SEQUENCE:184 SUMMARY:YPS - MICRO MENTORING URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/585053 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p dir="ltr"><strong>Micro Mentoring Week 202 6 &ndash\; IEEE Student Branch UNL</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Micro Mentor ing Week 2026 is an activity organized by the IEEE Student Branch at the U niversidad Nacional de Loja\, supported by the IEEE Computer Society\, tha t creates a close\, welcoming space for guidance between students and prof essionals with experience in different areas of computing. Participants wi ll receive focused mentoring\, learn about real academic and professional growth journeys\, get their questions answered\, and take away ideas they can apply to their own education and career path.</p>\n<p dir="ltr">The ev ent will take place in person on Friday\, October 16\, 2026\, from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM\, in Laboratories 1 and 2 of the Computer Science Department ( Building 2) at the Universidad Nacional de Loja. Each micro-mentoring sess ion lasts 30 minutes and includes approximately 5 students. Sessions run s imultaneously in both laboratories\, with an expected attendance of up to 40 students.</p>\n<p dir="ltr">The mentoring areas are Software Developmen t\, Artificial Intelligence\, Internet of Things (IoT)\, and Research. Men tors will share their career paths\, the challenges they faced\, the lesso ns they learned\, and practical recommendations for students&rsquo\; curre nt education and future careers. Participants are encouraged to arrive on time and prepared with clear questions and goals to make the most of their time with each mentor. A snack will be provided to students after each se ssion.</p>\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Objectives</strong></p>\n<ul dir="ltr">\n <li>Connect students with professionals who have academic or industry expe rience in specific areas of computing.</li>\n<li>Provide brief\, focused\, and useful guidance that helps students clarify questions about their pro fessional and academic development.</li>\n<li>Encourage the exchange of ex periences between mentors and students\, strengthening a culture of mentor ship and support.</li>\n<li>Help students learn about paths\, lessons\, an d practical recommendations in Software Development\, Artificial Intellige nce\, IoT\, and Research.</li>\n<li>Motivate participants to come prepared with clear questions and goals.</li>\n</ul><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p d ir="ltr"><strong>Micro Mentoring Week 2026 &ndash\; Friday\, October 16\, 2026</strong><br>Laboratories 1 and 2\, Computer Science Department (Build ing 2)\, Universidad Nacional de Loja</p>\n<div dir="ltr">\n<table>\n<thea d>\n<tr>\n<th scope="col">Time</th>\n<th scope="col">Activity</th>\n</tr>\ n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>3:30 &ndash\; 3:40 PM</td>\n<td><strong>Part icipant check-in:</strong> seating of students\, group verification\, and welcome remarks.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3:40 &ndash\; 3:50 PM</td>\n<td><s trong>General introduction:</strong> brief overview of the format and obje ctives of the event.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3:50 &ndash\; 4:20 PM</td>\n<t d><strong>Micro-mentoring &ndash\; Session 1</strong> (Block 1): Software Development (Lab 1) and Artificial Intelligence (Lab 2). Snack provided as students exit.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4:20 &ndash\; 4:50 PM</td>\n<td><st rong>Micro-mentoring &ndash\; Session 2</strong> (Block 1): Software Devel opment (Lab 1) and Artificial Intelligence (Lab 2). Snack provided as stud ents exit.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4:50 &ndash\; 5:20 PM</td>\n<td><strong> Micro-mentoring &ndash\; Session 3</strong> (Block 2): Internet of Things (IoT) (Lab 1) and Research (Lab 2). Snack provided as students exit.</td>\ n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5:20 &ndash\; 5:50 PM</td>\n<td><strong>Micro-mentoring &ndash\; Session 4</strong> (Block 2): Internet of Things (IoT) (Lab 1) an d Research (Lab 2). Snack provided as students exit.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<t d>5:50 &ndash\; 6:00 PM</td>\n<td><strong>Closing remarks:</strong> thanks to mentors and participants.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR