INSPIRE Program

The program “Inspiring New Students to Pursue Integrated circuits Regional Education (INSPIRE)” is to encourage pre-university and university students to pursue careers in integrated circuits and semiconductors in the SSCS Chapter’s home country.

• This program is open to all SSCS chapters worldwide (with priority given to those in geographies underrepresented in the semiconductor industry).
• The invited speaker is chosen by the Chapter and is strongly encouraged to:
  • be member of the IEEE and the SSCS,
  • come from a well-developed industry or field of academia which should be related to IC technology, and
  • originate from the country of the inviting Chapter.
•  The talk (or seminar) should include high level technical concepts that can be understood with basic science knowledge. It is also to include future potential enabled by IC technologies.
• It is required that SSCS be promoted using slides that will be made available and will have to be included at the beginning of the presentation. In case the speaker is not a member, the Chapter should promote the SSCS as part of their speaker introduction.
• The talk, or a portion of it, can also be done in the context of a success story.
• The presentation, as well as the Q&A session, can be in any language that the audience is most comfortable with.
• Target audience should preferably be undergraduate students and/or highschoolers. Please note that attendees under 18 must be under the supervision of their parent(s)/guardian(s) or other authorized adults (e.g., schoolteacher).

• Budget for the speaker is available as per the SSCS DL guidelines, in which only travel-related expenses can be reimbursed and limited to a maximum regional travel budget of 1,000 USD. Following the event, the speaker will have to submit an expense report via IEEE Concur to claim the incurred travel-related expenses. Organization costs are to be covered by the Chapter’s budget.
• An additional 500 USD can be used by the inviting chapter to purchase SSCS promotional materials and/or to use the funds in a way that will inspire their members to engage in the semiconductor industry. Chapters will be permitted to apply their discretion when allocating these funds. The chapter can purchase promotional materials or items for up to 500 USD and will have to submit an expense report via IEEE Concur to claim the incurred expenses.

• Advance advertising (e.g., email, vtools events, social media).
• Report the event on vtools – basic Chapter requirement for all activities.
• Submission of an article to the SSC Magazine – limit of 350 words and 2 photos.

1. Carefully read the above points.
2. Identify and directly contact a speaker to inform him/her about the program details.
3. In case the speaker accepts the invitation, preliminary details of the visit should be worked out between the Chapter and the speaker.
4. Contact Alec Antunes () and include the following details:
   a. talk date and location,
   b. speaker bio, talk title and abstract,
   c. audience profile and expected number, and
   d. an estimate of travel-related total cost.
5. The application will be reviewed by members of the INSPIRE Committee.
6. Subject to budget availability and to meeting all requirements, an approval email will be sent with full details for the submission of the expense report via IEEE Concur. If there is a budget limitation, reporting of the talk for the next year may be considered.