3...2...1...Launch! Taking off from Houston, Space City USA, and landing in Orlando, home of the Kennedy Space Center, is EP Elite—the intern program that El Paso Corporation created to provide strong technical and leadership experience for students in engineering and business. Following the launch of the EP Elite program, El Paso reached an 84 percent intern conversion rate and a 73 percent offer/acceptance rate in the program’s first year. In this session, you will count down the creative steps needed to develop an exclusive intern brand, engage company managers and mentors with the intern program, create leadership opportunities for interns, and increase your campus presence through the intern program brand.