San Diego Engineers Week Awards Banquet Festival
You are invited to kick-off Engineers Week with the 72nd annual San Diego Engineers Week Awards Banquet on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Considered the highlight of Engineers Week, this Festival is hosted by the San Diego County Engineering Council in collaboration with local Engineering Society Chapters, Engineering Colleges and STEM Organizations. Join us to network and celebrate the contributions of those local people, projects and organizations who are advancing engineering and technology in the community.
Thank you to all of our 2023 Sponsors! Visit their Display Tables (and bring your resumes)!
AGENDA (Feb 19, 2023)
2:00 pm - Early Registration Opens
2:00 - 3:00 STUDENT NETWORK TRAINING (Indoors, optional with a festival ticket) complementary "Networking Tools to Advance Your Career" is available to students* with a festival ticket.
DISPLAY TABLE Setup available starting at 2 pm / Teardown begins at 4:30 pm / Dinner 5 pm
3:00 - 5:00 Reception and Sponsor Displays (Outdoors, Private Patio) is full of informative and company, career networking opportunities and fun photo booth activities. Make sure to bring your business cards, resumes, and get ready to take your group photo and share memories via #EFEST23
4:00 - 6:00 No-host cash bar;
5:00 - 6:00 Buffet Dinner (Indoors) Open seating;
5:00 - 7:00 Awards Ceremony (Indoors)
VENUE LOCATION, PARKING, DRESS, AUDIENCE:
LOCATION: Marina Village Conference Center, 1936 Quivera Way, San Diego.
PARKING is free. Use North end of lot to access "SEASIDE ROOM" See MAP for conference room location
DRESS: Business. (Please note the reception is outdoors on a private, covered patio).
AUDIENCE: Professional and collegiate engineering society section leadership, their members, guests and all interested aspiring engineers and advocates.
*PRE-COLLEGE High School Students are very welcome to attend; ages 17 and younger must be accompanied by a guardian. Please note that this is a no-robot zone. Due to an inability to support the overwhelming request from multiple robotics teams to display, we thank you for not brining any robots this year.
FESTIVAL TICKETS (Feb 19, 2023)
FESTIVAL SPONSORS have access to your organization's package GROUP TICKETS. Please make sure to contact your organization's leadership first for ticket availability. For help reaching the right point of contact, visit Join/Societies or email sponsorship@SanDiegoEngineers.org. We'll put you in touch with the right person.
If you don't see your organization listed, it is not too late to secure a FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP.
If you still need a ticket, PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL TICKETS. (Early bird ticket prices expire February 13, Late registration prices are available through February 18)
TICKETS SOLD: 254 (out of 250) 2023-Feb-18
MEET THE 2023 AWARD WINNERS
MEET THE 2023 ON-DEMAND SPEAKERS
FEATURED SPEAKERS, TRAINING, CELEBRITIES
"CREATING THE FUTURE"
To help us kick-off Engineers Week, our featured speaker is Industrial Engineer Dr. Chell Roberts, the University of San Diego (USD) Engineering Dean. He will address this year's theme "Creating the Future".
"WORLD's QUEST FOR FUSION POWER"
Nikolai Norausky, P.E., will introduce the International Thermonuclear Expansion Reactor (ITER) - the world's largest science experiment - and the 110-ton superconducting Central Solenoid magnet often referred to as the "heartbeat" of ITER.
STUDENT NETWORK TRAINING
Advance your career networks. Learn networking techniques, meet engineers in various disciplines, and practice what you learned during the festival. Speaker: Industrial and System Engineer Michelle Vargas, ASQ Regional Director & Associate Director of Pacira BioSciences.
HASHTAG CAMPAIGN #EFEST23:
Post your San Diego Engineers Week Festival photos to Instagram, Twitter or Linkedin using the hashtag #efest23. Your posts will show up on our wall.
More Engineers Week (Feb 19 - 25) Opportunities:
Please see STEM PAGE for even more engineering outreach opportunities.
Engineering Day at the Mall (Chula Vista Center) 10 am - 4 pm.