Highlights:

• Career and Leadership Presentation Track
• Travel support for presenters
• UKC YG Fellows Program for Outstanding Young Professionals

The UKC encourages participation by Young Professionals (e.g. working professionals under 40 years old) to participate in KSEA through development seminars and networking. We will have speakers in the fields of leadership, presentations, career planning, and networking that aim to expose participants to different ways in which they can improve professionally, and personally. In addition there are many plenary speakers from diverse areas, and technical topics from over 10 different areas.

As the greatest resource of KSEA is the members, Young Professionals can also participate through networking with members from across the nation, and from many different fields. KSEA members are diverse in age, Korean heritage, academic background and fields of study. This year, we encourage networking via lunches and dinners grouped according to field, providing a chance to sit down for a meal and meet new people with similar backgrounds.

In addition there are two programs for Young Professionals

1. Career and Leadership Presenters
2. Fellows Program

Descriptions of these activities are given below

Career and Leadership Presentation Program

In addition to applying via the technical tracks, the UKC invites Students and Young Professionals between to present on the topics of Career and Leadership. These presentations will be used to share information about careers, leadership roles, or leadership opportunities. Past presentations have covered:

• Careers in Software Consulting
• Applying to Business School
• Improving Networking Skills
• Engineering roles at [a major engineering company]
• Local YG Group activities

As an example, please look at the sample Career Abstract (Click to download), and Leadership Abstract (click here to download).

Selected presenters will be either assigned to present at a session, or will present a poster on their topic. They are also eligible to receive travel support. Apply by:

1. Uploading an abstract to the Paper submission page (click here)
• Under Technical Tracks, select: [CNL] Career and Leadership

Participants that are selected as Career and Leadership presenters are also eligible for travel support:

• $30 for local participants, and up to $300 for non-local participants (maximum reimbursements vary according to distance). Click here for details on the travel support policy.

UKC YG Fellows Program

Outstanding participants that are especially interested in networking opportunities should also apply to the YG Fellows Program. This is a networking program built on top of UKC, with the goal of emphasize networking between participants and KSEA, and between the members in the program, by utilizing

• Short workshops on improving networking, mentoring and communication skills
• A tailored networking session designed to connect participants with the leaders in KSEA
• A session where the YG fellows serve as mentors to the younger members of KSEA
• Providing increased access into the UKC by providing access to UKC organizers
• Meals (Fri: Lunch, Sat: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner) and lodging support (1 night) will be provided to selected applicants

This program is open to Young Professionals, Graduate Students, Post-Docs, and Faculty. Undergraduate students are not eligible for this program.

To apply for the YG Fellows program, please:

1. Submit an abstract via
   Paper Submission page (click here)
2. Send a PDF of your resume to:
   a. Subject Line: UKC 2012 YG Fellows Resume [First Name] [Last Name]
   b. To: yg@ksea.org
3. Fill out the YG Fellows application form (click here)

Please send questions to ygcommittee@gmail.com.
Applications will be accepted until May 31st.