The IEEE Young Professionals (YP) program focuses on young people, i.e., up to fifteen years from the first degree and with an option to participate beyond the fifteen-year span. YP is an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative members and volunteers. IEEE is committed to help YPs evaluate their career goals, polish their professional image, and create the building blocks of a lifelong and diverse professional network.

The 8th RTSI forum, bringing together leading representatives from industry and academia to foster technological innovation and excellence in all the fields of primary interest for IEEE, offers a great opportunity to YPs to show and share advancements in their respective fields.

The RTSI 2024 forum includes a YP Pitch competition, that consists of making a short and captivating presentation (3 minutes) related to specific young researcher activities, both from industry and Academia.

During the forum (September 18-20, 2024), a slot will be dedicated to present YP pitch presentations. An evaluation committee will rank all pitch presentations, and the best one will be awarded with a prize (certificate).

The pitch presentations will be judged on the basis of originality, clarity and by considering the ability to effectively convey to the key-points of each presented idea.

Please, submit your contribution by using the abstract format (max. 1 page in English), in which the key-ideas of the work are effectively summarized.

The deadline to submit abstracts is July 31, 2024.

To submit a contribution, please send an e-mail to santi.pavone@unict.it and to martina.bevacqua@unirc.it, which must contain – in the subject – the string “[RTSI2024-YP] Pitch Competition” and – in the main body – the following information:

• Title of the contribution;
• Author list with affiliations;
• Presenter (must register to the forum);
• Attached Abstract in PDF format.