IEEE Bangladesh Section held the IEEE Professional Talks (IEEE Pro Talks) on October 10, 2015 at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. It was a new initiative to create an open online courseware for Bangladeshi engineering professionals that incorporated lessons from successful tech entrepreneurs, leaders and managers. Pro Talks covered three major areas: technical entrepreneurship, technical leadership and technical management.

Shah Ali Newaz Topu, CTO of Secure Link Services, talked about building teams, managing funds, and dealing with investors in the keynote speech. This was followed by a panel discussion consisting of Jennifer Farrel, Founder & CEO of Critikalink; Md. Miftah Uddin, Co-Founder and CEO of Ubitrix Inc.; Weidong Xue), MD of Solarland; and MD. Hasibur Rashid, Director & CMO, Novotel Ltd.

At the end of the first round of talks, participants and speakers got to meet one another in a networking session. The second session started with Tanzim Sakib, DX Lead of Microsoft, talking about technical leadership. In a panel discussion between  Syeda Kamrun Ahmed, Director (Strategy & Planning), Akhoni.Com Ltd.; Tanveer Ehsanur, Director, Spectrum Engineering Consortium Ltd.; Dr. Reduan Hasan Khan, DGM & Head (CSS), Grameenphone; and S M Altaf Hossain, Founding MD & CEO, Drik ICT Ltd. dissected technical leadership in a more generalised manner.

At the last session, Intekhab Sadekin, Tech Manager, IT of IMS Health, presented the qualities required of a technical manager.  Maruf Ahmed, Deputy Director & Head (Operation & Maintenance), Banglalink; Selima Ahmad, President, BWCCI & Vice President, Nitol Group; and Anamika Bhakta, Vice President, Technical Regulation, Regulatory Affairs, Robi Axiata Ltd. drew from their own experiences and presented their views on technical management.