Speakers Overview

All the speakers at the conference, including the keynote, session, and panelist, will share their insights, experiences, and wisdom—providing valuable lessons and inspiration for all attendees.

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Call for Speakers is now open!

If you’re leading, innovating, mentoring, building, or reimagining the future of technology, we want to hear from you. We’re inviting proposals for sessions such as:

  • Leadership & Professional Growth: Building leadership capacity across career stages
  • Innovation, Industry & Entrepreneurship: Connecting engineering with industry and innovation
  • Career Evolution & Knowledge Transfer: Building sustainable leadership pipelines
  • Global Impact & Inclusion: Leadership for societal and global challenges

We welcome industry leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, early‑career professionals, and community builders, especially those who reflect the diversity of our global engineering community.

If you’re passionate about developing the next generation of leadership, submit a proposal or nominate a speaker. Let’s build a program that inspires and equips leaders across generations and disciplines.

The IEEE ILC is a volunteer‑driven conference. Speakers participate without honoraria, and travel support is not provided.

Please note: An IEEE account is required to proceed; however, IEEE membership is not necessary. If you do not already have an account, use this link to create your account.

Instructions for creating your account are available here.

  • Submissions Open: 13 April 2026

  • Submissions Deadline: 15 May 2026

  • Speaker Notification: 15 June 2026

  • Speaker Acceptance Deadline: 15 July 2026

Emerging Leaders

This track focuses on leadership skill‑building, strategic thinking, and career progression. Participants engage in sessions on leading teams and initiatives, managing complexity and change, entrepreneurship and innovation in practice, and balancing professional growth with personal purpose. Interactive workshops, peer exchange, and practical case discussions equip attendees to move from technical or individual contributor roles into broader leadership and influence.

Seasoned Professionals

This track emphasizes mentorship, knowledge transfer, and legacy leadership. Sessions explore coaching and advising the next generation, board and volunteer leadership, civic and community engagement, and personal reinvention beyond full‑time employment. Participants share lived experience, strengthen cross‑generational connections, and identify pathways to remain engaged, influential, and fulfilled as leaders and mentors.