IEEE Australia Council WIE Skill Development Meeting
The Australian Council organised this online event to have three objectives:
(1) First-ever networking event for WIE Affinity groups' chairs, and WIE student branch chairs across Australia
(2) Technical skill development on VTool and an educational session on event, planning, organising, financing and promotional guidelines
(3) A planning day for 2026.
The IEEE WIE Australia Council Coordinator, IEEE R10 chair and the WIE chairs across Australia (QLD, NSW, ACT) and studnet branch chairs attended the event, discussing planning activities for 2026.
Date and Time
Location
Hosts
Registration
Add Event to Calendar
Speakers
Ruwini of RMIT University
IEEE Australia Council
- Dr Ruwini Edirisinghe (Chair IEEE-WIE) presentation
- Introduction about WIE, Victorian Section members
- Introduction about WIE-Chairs across Australia
- Introduction to VTools
- Most members use VTools and ENotice as a tool for communication
- VTools for Office Reporting
- ENotice – Call for Nomination
- VTools – Events – Advertising the event, reporting the event
- Live demonstrations using VTools and ENotice
- Event Sponsorship
- How do rebates work?
- How to claim a rebate?
- AG Rebate and Bonus Rebate
- In a year, minimum requirements are to conduct 2 events while reporting the number of active members
- With WIE Affinity Group - 6 or more events - an additional 75 USD
- Marketing and Promoting Events
-
- Australia Council Planning Activity for 2026
Email:
Address:Australia
Reshma of Deakin University
IEEE Events Marketing
Topics spoken about
- Marketing 101, Multi-channel Promotion Strategies
- Tools to use for effective promotion – VTools Event, E-Notice, Posters and Emails
- Region 10 representatives - Pauline, Warunika and Vijay
- Usage of Eventbrite
- Add a small description
- Registration time limit - <10 mins
- Specifications for dietary preferences for catering
- Posters – alternative for emails
- Send calendar invite – immediately add it into the plan
Address:Victoria, Australia
Agenda
The following items were covered in the online Teams meeting
-
Introduction
-
Technical skills on VTool
-
Event publicising Multi-channel promotion strategy
-
Planning 2026