About IEEE N3XT® Events
Events & conference sessions hosted in partnership with IEEE EntrepreneurshipAbout IEEE N3XT® Events
IEEE Entrepreneurship works in partnership with IEEE Entities to host IEEE N3XT® events that showcase engineering-driven founders and entrepreneurial topics.
IEEE N3XT® embodies the spirit of future technological development — the root word “next,” and the number “3” represent the three pillars of entrepreneurial thinking: ideas, innovation, and inspiration.
These events are valuable to you, if you are:
- an aspiring, early-stage, or successful technical entrepreneur
- transforming your education ideas into inventions or applications
- interested in learning from conversations with founder peers and the larger technical startup community
- inspired by visionaries sharing their stories
- work for ecosystem communities including incubators, accelerators, investors and service providers.
By bringing together the technical entrepreneur community, these events will foster collaboration and innovation, as well as provide encouragement and skills building to entrepreneurs looking to make their mark.
Host an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event
IEEE owns the trademark for IEEE N3XT® and licenses the brand for use on an approval basis. Currently, the IEEE N3XT® brand is available in an add-on format, meaning that an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event may be added to a larger event or conference, as a session, meetup, workshop, or other iteration that is differentiated from the standalone flagship event.
IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Events are focused on bringing skills and inspiration to the next generation of
entrepreneurs. These events should embrace new style methodologies and produced event formats that would appeal to these audiences.
Upcoming Affiliate Events
Past Affiliate Events
2016 | IEEE Technology Time Machine
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Joshua Windmiller
Eric Tobias
Drew Taylor
Meredith Perry
Rakesh Kumar
2017-05-25
8:00 am
The Palace San Francisco
2017 | IEEE Vision, Innovation & Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Kurt Peterson, Phd
Craig Barratt
Mario Milicevic
Samantha Snabes
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Yotam Ariel
2018-03-30
8:00 am
Beijing, China
IEEE TEMS International Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ISIE)
The mission of the IEEE TEMS International Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ISIE) is to help promote and advance knowledge in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. Through encouraging discussions... Read More
2018-04-06
8:00 am
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
2018 | HKN Student Leadership Conference
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Courtney Powell
Shane Owens
Laine Powell
Robert Reynolds
2018-05-11
8:00 am
San Francisco, California, USA
2018 | IEEE VISION, INNOVATION & CHALLENGES SUMMIT
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Ryan Cousins
Veronica Osinski
Kevin Noertker
Matthew Fiedler
2018 Rwanda | A 5-Day Workshop, organized by IEEE, ICTP and EAIFR
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Ken Stauffer
2018 | IEEE TEMSCON
Failing for Success: Lessons Learned in Innovation NOTE: No registration is needed for this event! Although part of TEMSCON, this session is open to the public. This event is an... Read More
Colin Curtin
Carlee Price
Allan Tear
Pramod Abichandani
2018-07-08
8:00 am
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 | IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Alexandre Bess
José Roberto de Marca
Isa Oliveira
Nima Kazerooni
Flavio Pereira
Roberto A. Lotufo
2018-07-15
8:00 am
San Francisco, California, USA
2018 | International Conference on Magnetism
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Jeric Bautista
Eric Trabold
Charles Barry
Andrew Kent
Han Jin
Tom Coughlin
2018 | IEEE-USA Future Leaders Forum
THE 2018 FUTURE LEADERS FORUM WILL TAKE PLACE JULY 26-28 IN AUSTIN, TX. This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role... Read More
Daniella Piper
Krenar Komoni
Kevin Noertker
Samantha Snabes
BRAND CENTRAL
SPONSORED BY THE IEEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science... Read More
Kevin Noertker
2018-08-24
7:00 pm
São Paulo, Brazil
2018 | IEEE PES Hardtech Summit & 3rd PES Student Congress
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to the... Read More
2018-10-31
8:00 am
San Diego, California, USA
2018 | IEEE Technology Time Machine
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to... Read More
Greg Horowitt
Conor Russomanno
Colin Curtin
Ganesh Subramanian
Tom Coughlin
Rakesh Kumar
2018-12-28
8:00 am
Colombo, Sri Lanka
2018 | IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering as it relates to the... Read More
2019-04-15
8:00 am
Limerick, Ireland
IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things
The IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) will be held on the spectacular parkland setting of the University of Limerick. The historic city of Limerick is located... Read More
2019-05-15
8:00 am
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2019 | AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup Finals
7 pitches. 4 minutes. $50,000. May 15, 2019 – Pittsburgh Watch as 7 physical product companies from around the nation compete for the $50,000 grand prize from Startbot. You’ll also hear... Read More
2019-05-16
8:00 am
Paris, France
VivaTech | 2019
VivaTech is the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders to celebrate innovation. It’s a gathering of the world’s brightest minds, talents, and products taking place in Paris on 16–18 May... Read More
2019-05-17
8:00 am
San Diego, CA, USA
2017 | IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit (VICS)
The IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit (“IEEE VIC Summit”) will be held on 17 May 2019 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, Calif, USA. The IEEE... Read More
2019-05-20
12:00 pm
Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Canada
2019 | ICRA – IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
The 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will be held on 20-24 May 2019 in Montreal, Canada. The ICRA 2019 is a flagship IEEE Robotics & Automation Society... Read More
2019-05-21
12:00 pm
Montreal, Canada
2019 | IEEE & IFR Invention Entrepreneurship Award
The purpose of this award is to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products. This is... Read More
2019-05-23
8:00 am
Austin, Texas, USA
IEEE WIE ILC | 2019
Lead Beyond Launched 5 years ago, the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (IEEE WIE ILC) provides professional women in technology, whether in industry, academia, or government, the opportunity... Read More
2019-05-25
12:00 pm
Montreal, Canada
2019 | IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)
ICSE’s New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track provides a forum for innovative, thought-provoking research in software engineering with the goal of accelerating the exposure of the community to disruptive... Read More
2019-06-12
8:00 am
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
TEMSCON | 2019
2019 International Conference of the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Leading Innovation in Times of Constant Change Engineering managers are increasingly expected to lead innovation initiatives across their organization’s value chain. ... Read More
2019-06-23
8:00 am
Milano, Italy
13th IEEE PES PowerTech Conference
On behalf of the International Steering Committee and the Local Organizing Committee we invite you to attend the 13th IEEE PowerTech 2019 co-sponsored by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) and... Read More
2019-07-03
12:00 pm
Osaka, Japan
2019 | ICARM – IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics & Mechatronics
The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) is the flagship conference of both IEEE-SMC TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems, and IEEE-RAS TC on Neuro-Robotics Systems. The... Read More
2019-07-18
12:00 pm
Massachusetts, Boston
2019 | Sunset Cruise and Networking & Evening
The Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network (ENET) invites you to “EntrepreneurSHIP 2019 – Sunset Cruise and Networking Evening,” its 17th annual sunset networking cruise of Boston Harbor on Thursday July 18, 2019... Read More
2019-08-09
12:00 pm
2019 | IEEE Toronto Innovations in Communication Summit
This one-day summit will provide a platform for industry leaders, innovators, and researchers from industry and the academic community to collaborate and exchange ideas in this emerging technology, which in... Read More
2019 | PowerAfrica Conference
The IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), Industrial Applications Society (IAS) and IEEE Nigeria Section are pleased to announce Call for Papers for the 6th IEEE PowerAfrica 2019 Conference with... Read More
Janati Nakimera
Ken Stauffer
2019-08-23
12:00 pm
Balıkesir Burhaniye BUBYO Application Hotel
2019 | Turkey 17th IEEE Student and Young Professionals Congress
IEEE BAUN, the student branch of Balıkesir University, which is a global structure of IEEE, is to represent our country and university abroad, to provide students with the potential to... Read More
2019-08-24
9:00 am
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2019 | C3HACK – Hackathon
The FURG Student Branch of the IEEE is organizing its first Hackathon, in Rio Grande – Brazil. The event is co-organized by local student organizations, with the partnership of innovation... Read More
2019-08-26
12:00 pm
Ukulhas, Maldives
2019 | 13th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA)
The International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2019) is going to be held from 26 to 28 August 2019 in Island of Ulkulhas, Maldives. The conference... Read More
2019-09-03
12:00 pm
Constant Contact, Inc. Great Room, Waltham, MA
2019 | ENTREPRENEURIAL BOOTSTRAPPING BASICS
Entrepreneurs often think that the only way to grow their business is to raise capital from VCs or angel investors. While outside capital can fuel growth, it also carries a... Read More
2019-09-09
12:00 pm
Firenze, Italy
2019 | 5th INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIETY & INDUSTRY (RTSI)
The IEEE Italy Section, in cooperation with the IEEE Region 8 and the IEEE Croatia, France, Israel, Switzerland and UK&Ireland Sections, is organizing the 5th International Forum on Research and... Read More
2019-09-12
12:00 pm
Whippany, Hanover, NJ, USA
2019 | SMALL BUSINESS INSIGHTS
Join us as we discuss making the transition from corporate life to entrepreneurship with Lorette Pruden, PhD, a chemical engineer turned Business Coach and Advisor. Lorette shares insights and advice from... Read More
2019-09-17
12:00 pm
Draper, Hill Building, MA
2019 | PROJECT, HOBBY… OR COMPANY?
Great startups begin with intrepid entrepreneurs, bursting with creativity, energy – and the ability to cope with sleep deprivation is often helpful. Also, an essential component of a successful startup... Read More
2019-09-18
12:00 pm
Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy
2019 | AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT)
In recent years, we are seeing a growing synergy among infrastructures and systems for production, transmission, distribution and conversion of electricity, for telecommunications, and all those computing technologies that provide... Read More
2019-09-25
12:00 pm
Tampa, Florida
2019 | 10th IEEE International Conference on Biometrics (BTAS)
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event, and will include a session that focuses on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in science and biometrics as it relates to... Read More
2019-09-25
12:00 pm
Ghent, Belgium
2019 | CTTE-FITCE: Smart Cities & Information and Communication Technology (CTTE-FITCE)
Today, multiple sources estimate that by 2050, about 70% of the population will live in cities. Furthermore, cities compete on a global level to attract entrepreneurial talent and successful businesses.... Read More
2019-09-28
8:00 am
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2019 | IEEE Empower a Billion Lives
Introducing IEEE Empower a Billion Lives IEEE Empower a Billion Lives is a global competition aimed at fostering innovation to develop solutions to electricity access. Solutions are expected to be... Read More
2019-09-29
12:00 pm
Baltimore, Maryland
2019 | The Eleventh Annual Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition [ECCE 2019]
The five day conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on September 29 – October 3, 2019. ECCE is the pivotal international conference and exposition event on electrical and... Read More
2019-09-30
8:00 am
Dresden, Germany
2019 | IEEE 5G World Forum Dresden
Paper Submissions due April 15 The 2019 IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum (5GWF’19) in Dresden, Germany, seeks contributions on how to nurture and cultivate 5G technologies and applications for the... Read More
2019-09-30
12:00 pm PM
Uganda, Africa
2019 | IEEE, ICTP and EAIFR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOP FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Uganda, Africa 2019 September 30 – October 04 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A 5-day workshop, organized by IEEE, ICTP and EAIFR, will be conducted at the Makerere University, Uganda. Participants will... Read More
2019-10-02
12:00 pm
San Francisco
2019 | TechCrunch Disrupt SF
TechCrunch has been uncovering some of the best developers and programmers through Disrupt Hackathons with projects seeing great success beyond the event, like GroupMe which was created overnight and ultimately... Read More
2019-10-03
12:00 pm pm
Maryland, USA
2019 | Do Good Robotics Start-up Competition (DGRSC)
Robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies hold tremendous potential in addressing many of the societal challenges exemplified in the seventeen sustainable development goals of the 2030 agenda of the... Read More
2019-10-04
12:00 pm pm
NYC, USA
2019 | The Business of WE (Women Entrepreneurs) Summit
2019 October 04 NYC, USA This full-day event (open to men and women) is jam-packed with inspiration, proven strategies, actionable steps, and the tips, resources and information for maximum business... Read More
2019-10-07
12:00 pm
Riga, Latvia
2019 | IEEE 60th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON)
Intention of the organizers is to give an opportunity to scientists, engineers and manufacturers as well as to doctoral students from all over the world to meet and discuss recent... Read More
2019-10-16
12:00 pm
Cincanatti, Ohio
2019 | IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
The 49th Annual Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference is a major international conference focusing on educational innovations and research in engineering and computing education. We welcome submissions related to educational... Read More
2019-11-01
12:00 pm
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2019 | IEEE-HKN Student Leadership Conference
The annual IEEE-HKN Student Leadership Conference is a signature program of the society and is an opportunity for your chapter to meet with other officers, members, faculty advisers, members of... Read More
Bruce Hecht
Tish Scolnik
Bobbie Carlton
Susan K. (Kathy) Land
2019-11-13
12:00 pm AM
Singapore
2019 | Slingshot Competition @ Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH)
IEEE Entrepreneurship will be in hosting an IEEE N3XT® Stars Program during the 2019 Slingshot Competition at Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology (SWITCH)! SWITCH is a platform concept event week that brings together... Read More
Haymon Sinapius
Andy Chen
Kush Agarwal
Leo Hwa Chiang
Mary Ward-Callan
Randi Sumner
2019-12-13
12:00 pm
Phoenix, Arizona
2019 | Neurotech Entrepreneurs Workshop
This event is an IEEE N3XT® Affiliate Event and will include panel sessions, workshops, & seminars that focus on the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in neuroscience and neural engineering... Read More