Student Activities

Choose from a wide variety of sessions that are relative to your specific areas of interest. Sessions will include opportunities for students to interact with peers and with practicing professionals. The annual conference also offers evening socials and a networking mixer organized by student host chapters.

Saturday, May 20

8 a.m. – Noon
Strand 10A
Undergraduate Student Symposium

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Strand 10A
Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT)

Sunday, May 21

7 – 7:45 a.m.
Strand 11B
First Time Attendee Orientation

8 – 10:45 a.m.
Bolden 6
Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Empire Ballroom AB
Keynote: Rick Echevarria

11 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Foster 1
What Leaders Look for In Promoting IE's Into Management

12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Bolden 6
Student Engineering Management Simulation Competition

2 – 3:20 p.m.
Foster 1
Women In Industrial Engineering

3:30 – 4:50 p.m.
Strand 13B
Student Interaction and Poster Session (Quality Control & Reliability Engineering)

5 – 6:20 p.m.
Elite Hall A
Student Networking Mixer – Capstone Sr. Design Showcase and Judging; Practitioners Leadership Mixer and IAB YouTube Video Contest

6:20 – 8 p.m.
Empire Ballroom CD
Welcome Reception

Monday, May 22

8 – 9:20 a.m.
Introduction and BoK

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Empire Ballroom AB
Keynote: Judy Jin

11 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Imperial 11
Industry Leaders' Perspectives and Outlook of Systems and Software Engineering for the Industrial Engineering Community

12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Bolden 5
Chat GPT – What You Need To Know, For Now

2 – 3:20 p.m.
Strand 12B
IISE Diversity Panel Discussion

3:30 – 6:20 p.m.
Strand 11A
Innovative Design Competition

Tuesday, May 23

8 – 9:20 a.m.
Strand 5
Future of Work and Human Factors

11 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Strand 10B
Understanding the Factors Influencing Gen Z and Millennial Career Choices: What It Means for Manufacturing