WIE Japan
IEEE Japan Council Women in Engineering Affinity Group
About Us
IEEE Japan Council Women in Engineering affinity group was officially
established May 2, 2005. ;This is the first WIE affinity
group in Japan.
- Executive committee members are updated for the 2010-2011 period.
- Activity report of the 2008-2009 period is released.
- IEEE WIE ExCom Meeting 2010 Minites
Events
Panel discussion "Fostering Women Leaders in the Scientific and Engineering Field"
in the 15th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
We would like to invite female leaders (senior government officials, CTO, etc.) in the field of science and engineering or the head of companies promoting women engineers and scientists from APEC member countries to join our plenary discussion. We would like to request them to share the experience of building their own careers (in case of Woman leader) and to discuss about the status of women participation in the field of science and engineering, the existing challenges, the policies undertaken for promoting women's activities and their effects and the best practices in their respective companies or countries. We expect that the plenary discussion, based on an unified indicator, will be able to bring forth the future direction and the theme needed to be undertaken jointly by APEC member countries to foster women engineers and scientists.
For more details, read Japanese page and 15th APEC WLN Site.
IEEE Japan Council WIE 5th Anniversary Meeting
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the founding of IEEE Japan Council WIE.
We will hold a lunch meeting to celebrate our 5th anniversary and deepen exchanges between members.
For more details, read Japanese page or English page.
Third Career Development Workshop for University Students and Young Engineers
Read more details in Japanes and apply.
Second Career Development Workshop for University Students and Young Engineers
- Date: Saturday, 28 November, 2009
- Time: 13:30-17:00 (Workshop), 17:30-19:30 (Party)
- Place: Tokyo Denki University, Kanda Campus, Building #7, 8F, Room #7802
Read more details in Japanes and apply.
WIE Forum for Women to Play Active Roles in Local Community
IEEE WIE Japan held a forum at Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan, on Wednesday,
28 October 2009 on the topic "WIE Forum for Women to Play Active Roles in Local Community".
The event was held in two parts. The part one was held in Iwate Prefectural University,
Takizawa Village, Iwate, with keynote lecture and panel discussion.
President of Iwate Prefectural University delivered the inaugural talk. In his talk he
emphasized the importance of nurturing energetic female students capable of taking leading
role in diverse areas to promote activities in local community. IEEE JC WIE Chair Dr.
Hideko Kunii, in her keynote speech titled "The Participation of the Women is the Measure
of the Developing Local Community". She pointed out the basic problems women generally
face in the workplace and in the society and the measures to be taken for the improvement
of work environment. The final program was the panel discussion. Five panelists from
different areas took part in the discussion. The topic was "Women participation and
progress of the local community". Over 100 people (students, general public and teachers)
attended the first part of the forum.
The second part was held in Morioka Metropolitan Hotel. Various women leaders and business
women were invited to exchange opinions for improvement and promotion of more women in
various areas. Over 40 persons including Vice Governor of Iwate Prefecture, Vice Mayors
of Morioka City and Takizawa Village attended the event.
Dr. Kunii's keynote speech is available.
Ceremony for IEEE 125th Anniversary
IEEE 125th Anniversary Ceremony was held on Friday, 23 October 2009 at Level 21, Tokyo.
WIE Japan formally received the IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award at the ceremony.
Career Development Essay Contest to Celebrate IEEE's 125th Anniversary
IEEE WIE Japan and IEEE Tokyo GOLD conducted "Career Development Essay Contest"
to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of IEEE. Totaly 15 essays were submitted, and
WIE-GOLD
joint panel selected winners. The winners will receive awards at the
Ceremony for IEEE 125th Anniversary on Friday, 23 October 2009.
Career Development Workshop for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Building up your skills during student days - For success in society
The workshop was successfully held on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at
Kogakuin University. The workshop aims at helping young people to broaden the
view on their future paths and relevant skills. The workshop themes
include "how to shape my career", "how am I going to find a job after
the PhD course", etc. Seven young researchers were invited from industry
and government agencies to facilitate group discussions.
Seventy seven young people participated and enjoyed the discussion and the party.
Read detailed report
in English or in Japanese.
Change the World! - Power of Women Scientists and Engineers (20 March 2009)
WIE Japan cooperated with the event for high school girls entitled "Change the World! - Power of Women Scientists and Engineers" which was held on 20 March 2009 at Chuo University.
For more details, read Japanese page and
Chuo University Site.
Software Japan 2009 IT Diversity Forum Program
Chair(Coordinator): Doi, Miwako (Toshiba Research and Develop Center, Chief
Fellow)
- 10:30-11:00: Keynote Presentation (1)
"The Significance of Mentoring in Enterprise"
Kiyomi, Junko (Ricoh Leasing CO., LTD., Corporate Senior Vice President)
Considering Mentoring to be essential for improving the intellectual
productivity of enterprise from the management perspective, Mrs. Kiyomi is
running Mentoring Activities centering on counseling based communication.
She talked about how to bring up self-reliance specialists with examples
from her company.
- 11:00-12:00: Keynote Presentation (2)
"Support for Individual Adapted Mentoring"
Fujii, Sawako (Socio-tech Institute CO., LTD., Consultant)
Women who are trying to deal well with Work-life Balance and to construct
their careers may sometimes feel lost for choosing necessary support and
mentors (consulter). In such situations, it is important to build up their
own carrier by utilize "own efforts" and "others' helps". The speech will
introduce the necessary skills for mentors (adviser), present situation and
characteristic features for women, as well as their difference with the
case of men.
- 12:00-12:30 : Keynote Presentation (3)
"Practical Mentoring Activities for Women Engineers in IT Enterprise"
Sugahara, Kayoko (IBM Japan, Ltd., Distinguished Engineer)
In the speech, activities, achievements as well as practical examples of
mentoring from IBM Japan were introduced. Additionally, it also covered
many global examples. Mentoring is important for self improvement. The
speech introduced how to make use of mentoring in career development no
matter in what place and in what situation.
[reported by Emi Yano (WIE Japan Treasurer), translated by Jien Kato (WIE Japan International Liaison)]
News
- WIE Japan receives this year's IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award
- Dr. Hideko Kunii, Vice Chair of WIE Japan, wrote an article
entitled "Gender Equality Activities in Ricoh R&D Group" in the
Journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.
Hideko Kunii: ``Gender Equality Activities in Ricoh R&D Group'',
J. IEICE, pp.565-566, July 2007 (in Japanese)
- IEEE WIE Japan received an honorable mention in the 2006 WIE
Affinity Group of the Year Award.
- Dr. Hideko Kunii, Vice Chair of WIE Japan, received "IEEE Tokyo
Section Women Pioneer Award" from Dr. Harashima, Tokyo Section Chair.
- Our activity has been reported in the April 2006 issue of the Journal of the
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers by
Prof. Kaoru Arakawa. See
Kaoru Arakawa: ``The Situation of Women Engineers in Germany : From the
First Lecture of IEEE Women in Engineering Japan'', J. IEICE,
pp.339-340, Apr. 2006 (in Japanese)
