As part of AFCEA Central Maryland's goal to educate and inspire the next generation of technical professionals, in 2017, we started the Summer Internship Presentation Showcase (SIPS). It’s time for you to sign up for this year’s competition – 2024. We will hold the event on August 7, 2024.
SIPS is a premier opportunity for summer interns from participating companies in the Central Maryland area to practice their presentation skills and demonstrate their technical prowess. It is our goal that as the summer interns share their achievements with others in the community, they also will be sharing and building their passion and excitement for technology.
Interns from AFCEA CMD Sponsor companies are welcome to participate. The showcase gives interns (individually or as project teams) the opportunity to present (in 15 minutes) their summer projects in front of an audience and a panel of judges. Each presenter/team will receive professional presentation coaching prior to the showcase. Following the formal presentations, there will be time allotted for interns to discuss, and demonstrate as appropriate, their projects.
We award three cash prizes – Best Presentation, Best Technical Project, and Best Overall – to be used as scholarship funds. Each intern on the team wins $500. Winning the SIPS Challenge can be a financial benefit and a coveted addition to a student’s resume!
Individual or team entries are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis. Entry is free and each company can register an individual intern or a team of up to three interns making a single presentation.