Meet the S-PAC challenge: A professional speaker's view of student-organized conferences

A Student Professional Awareness Conference (S-PAC, pronounced “es-pak”) is a one-day conference which addresses professional topics affecting an engineer's career. An S-PAC is organized and run by students all the way. As a speaker at a dozen or so S-PAC's over the last two years, I have developed an admiration for the students who plan and hold successful S-PAC's and an appreciation of the value of S-PAC's as professional development vehicles for students.