About
Scope
To advance the world through the creativity and innovation of expansive leadership, and to foster the careers, connections, and talent of women in the Power Industry to achieve their full potential to become the leaders of the future. WiP is open to anyone that is interested in participating.
Goals
PES Women-in-Power aims at empowering candidates to join and to lead the energy and power industry through education, building trusting relationships and mentorship.
- An inclusive environment in conferences, events and awards
- A strong and bonded WiP community to draw inspiration and support that has open and honest dialogue
- Recognition of leaders, institutions and role models
- Focusing on early education to ensure the next workforce and leaders are informed about the energy industry
- Supporting organizations and candidates in advocating for fair promotion and leadership opportunities
People
Committee
The Women in Power initiative has pulled together a Leadership Advisory Committee comprised of men and women from broad backgrounds. Their stories and their positions in the industry help to demonstrate, first hand, the success that anyone can achieve with a lot of hard work.
Awards
IEEE PES Women in Power Poster Competition
To commemorate Earth Day 2025, IEEE PES Women in Power (WIP) in collaboration with IEEE PES Day organized an inspiring Poster Competition, aiming to engage young minds in promoting sustainable energy solutions and climate action through creativity and innovation and honouring the powerful role of Women in Sustainability.
Theme: Women for the Earth: Empowering Change, Sustaining the Future
Winners:
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| 1st Place: Siwar Gouirah, National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS) | 2nd Place: Manasa Anil, IEEE PES SB Chapter, College of Engineering Chengannur | 3rd Place: Nesrine Selmi, IEEE PES ENI Carthage Student Branch Chapter |
WiP Chair’s Award of Volunteer Service
Jing Sun
For his outstanding and continuous contributions to WIP through multiple services for the members and for the promotion of the community.
Jing Sun graduated from Beijing Normal University and worked in China Society of electrical engineering and Tsinghua University. He has been committed to the construction of information system in power and energy industry for many years. During his more than ten years at CSEE, he has repeatedly provided information technology support for activities jointly sponsored by IEEE PES in China. As a WIP volunteer from 2020 to 2021, he was responsible for data statistics and technical support.
IEEE PES Awards and Scholarships
To learn more about other award and scholarship opportunities click here.
Expanding collaboration & engagement is essential for any workforce or community. IEEE Power & Energy Society Women in Power (WiP) fosters career advancement, networking and education of women in the energy industry.
