Student Social
Date & Time: Sunday, 13.07.2025 — 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Bierbaron Bierspezialitäten, Heinrichstrasse 56, 8010 Graz
The Student Social marks the start of the conference for student attendees, providing a platform for networking and reconnecting with peers from previous years. Through engaging icebreaker activities, students can build new connections while also fostering existing relationships. The event serves as the official kickoff for all student-focused activities throughout the conference, creating a welcoming and collaborative environment for participants.
Student Career Lunch
Date & Time: Tuesday, 15.07.2025 — 12:30 – 14:00
Location: Conference Lunch Hall
*Pre-registration is required.
This informal networking lunch is designed to connect students with professionals from industry and academia through assigned small-group lunches. It’s a unique opportunity for students to ask questions, gain career insights, and hear real-world perspectives; and professional to share their journey, inspire future talent, and connect with the next generation of professionals in our field.
Student Pitch Competition
Date & Time: Wednesday, 16.07.2025 — 12:45 – 13:30
Location: C- HS 15.02
The Student Pitch Competition will be an opportunity for students to present themselves to future employers and the research community. This is intended to help employers find new team members or postdocs and help students expand their professional network. Three individual juries of leading experts will select their winners. Bring a single slide and show everyone your most interesting results in 90 seconds!
Participants will be judged on their single presentation slide, their clarity of speech and time management, their clarity of results/research, and the overall impression will be provided as if this pitch was a job interview. There will be three monetary prizes awarded, and each winner will receive an IEEE UFFC-S certificate.