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DESCRIPTION:On January 25-27\, 2019\, Regions 6 and 4 will have their annua
 l Operating Committee meetings which will feature a combination of interac
 tive sessions\, speakers and meetings.\n\nThe IEEE Region 6 Opcom is the l
 argest annual IEEE Region 6 meeting\, and gathers together the entire IEEE
  Region 6 Committee – Including the chairs of all IEEE Region 6 sections
 \, Region 6 Area and Activity Chairs\, and Region 6 Executive Committee Of
 ficers. The theme is Innovation\, Imagination\, and Inspiration for 2019. 
 In addition to regular region business\, bylaws\, and budget\, the meeting
  includes extensive training and opportunities to learn from local and glo
 bal IEEE experts including 2019 IEEE President\, 2019 IEEE President\, and
  leaders from major technical and educational activities and organizations
  across IEEE. Candidates and leaders from IEEE-USA will be presenting on a
 dvocacy and professional activities that advance technology for humanity.\
 n\nThe event will incorporate the IEEE-USA Awards Ceremony as part of Satu
 rday’s luncheon.\n\nAgenda: \nLunch and Registration begin at noon\, Fri
 day\n\nProgram begins at 1 pm Friday\, January 25 and ends at noon on Sund
 ay\, January 27.\n\nSaturday program is 8:30 am-5:30 pm\, followed by Off-
 site event\n\nSunday program is 8:30 am to 11:00 am.\n\nFriday\, January 2
 5\n\nLunch at the Hotel prior to the beginning of the program available at
  12:00 pm with pre-registration\n\nAfternoon program of IEEE Region activi
 ties including Vitality\, Member Engagement\, Student Activities\, MGA Ini
 tiatives\, and IEEE-USA and Region Director Candidate Forum\n\nReception a
 t the Hotel after the program and dinner on your own\n\n(Evening R6 Direct
 ors Forum - Budget\, Bylaws\, Sprited Discussion)\n\nSaturday\, January 26
 \n\nBreakfast at the Hotel before the program\n\nProgram - Region and More
 \n\nBreakouts\n\nLunch &amp; IEEE-USA Awards and R6 Awards at the Hotel\n\nBre
 akouts\n\nCandidate Forum\n\nReception at the Hotel\n\nDinner Off-site - d
 epart from hotel\n\nSunday\, January 27\n\nBreakfast at the Hotel\n\n8:30 
 Program Begins\n\nRegion Meeting\n\nArea Meetings\n\nEducational and Techn
 ical Activities\n\nAgenda includes meetings\, speakers\, sessions\, report
 s\, and workshops on these and other topics:\n\n Admission &amp; Advancemen
 t (Senior Membership)\n\n Awards &amp; Recognition\n\n Conferences -Regi
 on 6\n\n Creating Member Value\n\n Chapter Support\n\n Entreprene
 urship\n\n Government Relations\n\n Humanitarian Activities\n\n I
 EEE Presidential Candidate Forum\n\n IEEE-USA Presidential Candidate Fo
 rum\n\n IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu\n\n Industry Engagement\n\n Leadership 
 Development\n\n Life Members\n\n Membership &amp; Geographic Activities 
 Updates\n\n Membership Development\n\n Mentoring\n\n Professional
  Activities (PACE)\n\n Public Visibility for Sections\n\n Region 6 A
 rea Meetings\n\n Region 6 Opcom Business Meeting\n\n Region 6 Budget
 \n\n Sections Congress 2020\n\n Section Vitality\n\n Section Oper
 ations and Planning\n\n STEM Outreach\n\n Student Activities\n\n 
 Technical Activities\n\n Treasurer and Financial Training\n\n Vtools
  Training\n\n Women in Engineering\n\n Young Professionals\n\nEmbass
 y Suites Phoenix Tempe Airport\, 4400 South Rural Road\, Tempe\, Arizona\,
  United States\, 85282
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Phoenix Tempe Airport\, 4400 South Rural Road\, Tem
 pe\, Arizona\, United States\, 85282
ORGANIZER:keith.moore@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:IEEE Region 6/4 OpCom Meeting in Phoenix
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176004
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;On January 25-27\, 2019\, Regions 6 and 4 
 will have their annual Operating Committee meetings which will feature a c
 ombination of interactive sessions\, speakers and meetings.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The IE
 EE Region 6 Opcom is the largest annual IEEE Region 6 meeting\, and gather
 s together the entire IEEE Region 6 Committee &amp;ndash\; Including the chair
 s of all IEEE Region 6 sections\, Region 6 Area and Activity Chairs\, and 
 Region 6 Executive Committee Officers.&amp;nbsp\; The theme is Innovation\, Im
 agination\, and Inspiration for 2019.&amp;nbsp\; In addition to regular region
  business\, bylaws\, and budget\, the meeting includes extensive training 
 and opportunities to learn from local and global IEEE experts including 20
 19 IEEE President\, 2019 IEEE President\, and leaders from major technical
  and educational activities and organizations across IEEE. &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;C
 andidates and leaders from IEEE-USA will be presenting on advocacy and pro
 fessional activities that advance technology for humanity.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The event will incorporate the IEEE-USA Awards Ceremony as
  part of Saturday&amp;rsquo\;s luncheon.&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;
 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunch
  and Registration begin at noon\, Friday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2
 &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Program begins at 1 pm Friday\, January 25 and 
 ends at noon on Sunday\, January 27.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 pan class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday program is 8:30 am-5:30 pm\, followed by O
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 Sunday program is 8:30&amp;nbsp\;am to 11:00 am.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class
 =&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday\, January 25&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
  class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Lunch at the Hotel prior to the beginning of 
 the program available at 12:00 pm with pre-registration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p cla
 ss=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Afternoon program of IEEE Region activities inclu
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  and IEEE-USA and Region Director Candidate Forum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2
 &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Reception&amp;nbsp\;at the Hotel after the program and dinn
 er on your own&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;(Evening R6 Dire
 ctors Forum - Budget\, &amp;nbsp\;Bylaws\, Sprited Discussion)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p 
 class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=
 &quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday\, January 26&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Breakfast at the Hotel before the program&lt;/s
 pan&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Program - Region and More&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Breakouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;s
 pan class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Lunch &amp;amp\; IEEE-USA Awards and R6 Awards at the Hotel&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Breakouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2
 &quot;&gt;Candidate Forum&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Reception at 
 the Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;Dinner Off-site - dep
 art from hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;
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  Hotel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;8:30 Program Begins&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;Re
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 al and Technical Activities&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\
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 ds &amp;amp\; Recognition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt; Confe
 rences -Region 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt; Creating M
 ember Value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt; Chapter Support
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt; Entrepreneurship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
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