Join the NA-YGN Professional Development Forum!
Interested in finding or sharing ideas about professional development activities for your chapter? Want to read articles on careers, communicating effectively, career management and more? Well, go check out the NA-YGN Professional Development Forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naygn_pd/. To join immediately, send an email from your preferred e-mail address to naygn_pd-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

• non-technical workplace skill development,
• cross-generational knowledge transfer, and
• intra-generational networking building.

Upcoming Professional Development Events

• Canadian PD Seminar
  Eaton Centre Marriot, Toronto
  June 11, 2006
  11:30 am - 5:00 pm
  Here is another exciting professional development opportunity! Proposed conference topics include Chernobyl 20 Years Later, Conflict Resolution and Gen IV Reactor Concepts. Click here for more information or contact Brent Williams: williams@na-ygn.org.

• 2006 International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC)
  Sweden and Finland
  June 18-23, 2006
  Questions? Contact Martin Luthander at martin.luthander@iync.org or Alexander Tsibulya at alexts@iync.org

• Mexican PD Session
  Acapulco, Mexico
  September 3-8, 2006
  A NA-YGN Professional Development Session will take place in conjunction with the First Pan-American IRPA Congress, VII Regional Congress of Radiological and Nuclear Safety, XXIV SMSR Annual Meeting, and the XVII Annual SNM Congress in Acapulco, Mexico. If you are interested, please contact Armando M. Gómez Torres at gomeztorres@na-ygn.org.

• NA-YGN PD Session
  Albuquerque, New Mexico
  November 12-16, 2006
  A NA-YGN Professional Development Session, “Get Connected!” will take place at the 2006 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting’s "Ensuring the Future in Times of Change: Nonproliferation and Security.” Many company development programs focus on the technical skills needed for their employees and offer very little training for the “soft skills”. Through the means of an interactive seminar, NA-YGN will provide valuable tips from the more experienced “networkers” and opportunities to help hone the participants’ networking skills. For more information please contact, stone@na-ygn.org.

• 2007 NA-YGN Heads to Miami
  Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort, Miami
  May 22-23, 2007
  It’s time to plan for the NA-YGN Annual Workshop! The 2007 workshop will take place May 22nd-23rd at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort in Miami, Florida. The meeting is currently being developed and if your want to help, please contact stone@na-ygn.org.

  All members, friends, and colleagues are invited to attend all conferences! As always, we promise to provide sessions to entertain and educate our members.

• 2006 NA-YGN Annual Workshop
  The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA
  May 16-17, 2006
  The 2006 Annual Workshop provided an opportunity for young professionals and industry leaders to interact and discuss the hottest topics for young professionals in the nuclear industry. Bookmark this website for the latest and greatest information! Click here for more information.

• 2006 ANS Student Conference
  Nuclear Power: A Look at the Future
  March 30th - April 1st
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
  For more information: http://ans.union.rpi.edu/Conference/index.html

Please, contact us at pd@na-ygn.org if you want to help plan or participate in any of these programs or if you have other suggestions.