BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181203T055315Z UID:595F3A53-BB5E-405C-9FA9-2BDBF3628344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181017T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181017T200000 DESCRIPTION:[MacroFab](http://www.macrofab.com/) and [Mouser Electronics](h ttp://www.mouser.com/) have teamed up to create a FREE monthly meetup in H ouston for anyone involved with hardware & electronics engineering or manu facturing. These meetups are designed to build a community of professional s who want to learn from one another\, gain new insights into emerging ele ctronics technologies\, and expand their network.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nPaul DeC arlo - DevOps and the Internet of Things\n\nIan Uriarte - The state of the practice for industrial IoT projects - Best practices.\n\nTopics:\n\nDevO ps and the Internet of Things - The Internet of Things requires a new para digm of software development practices for enabling quality DevOps practic es in development\, deployment\, testing\, and release cycles. We find tha t development in this space often involves the management of potentially t housands of devices\, mandatory field updates\, and an ability to securely manage the distribution of code to those devices from a trusted authority . We will discuss these issues in detail and look at how these particular cases are solved with service offerings from Microsoft including Azure Dev Ops\, IoT Edge\, and Kubernetes Services.\n\nThe state of the practice for industrial IoT projects - Best practices. - Industrial IoT (IIoT) is comp lex due to the integration of sensors\, sensor networks\, data\, and dispa rate applications. It is also complex due to the nature of governance betw een OT and IT. Different governance and different skill sets get in the wa y of smooth integration. Such custom solutions become hard to maintain or upgrade. Simple IoT solutions leverage standardized hardware and closed/pr oprietary software solutions to keep simplicity. On the other hand\, enter prise-level solutions are usually a box of parts that require multiple ski ll sets and thousands of hours of development\, IT\, and engineering to de liver value. At the end of 2016\, 60% of IoT initiatives stall at the Proo f of Concept stage. We will walk through current best practices and a fram ework to create a plug and play approach to Enterprise IoT Projects. We wi ll see how to leverage tools including open source frameworks\, cloud serv ices\, and in particular\, IBM Watson IoT platform\, to help enterprises s implify this problem.\n\nWho is this event for:\n\n- Electrical Engineers\ n- Small to medium-sized businesses\n\n- Industrial Controls\n- Original E quipment Manufacturer (OEMs)\n- Consumer Electronics\n- Healthcare\n- Oil & Gas\n- Business owners & investors\n- C-suite professionals\n- Purchasin g Managers\n- Makers\, students\n\nWhat to expect:\n\n- Networking\n- Door prizes\n- Refreshments\n- Tasty bites\n\nMeetup Agenda:\n\n- 6pm - Networ king\, Bites & Refreshments\n- 6:20pm - First Discussion with Q&A\n- 7:00p m - Second Discussion with Q&A\n- 7:30pm - Raffle Prizes & Networking\n- 8 pm - End of meetup\n\nThis is an 18+ event\n\nTo stay up to date on event announcements\, follow MacroFab and Mouser!\n\n[@MacroFab](https://twitter .com/macrofab)\n\n[@MouserElec](https://twitter.com/MouserElec)\n\n[#MFmee tup](https://www.instagram.com/macrofabinc/)\n\nBy registering for this ev ent you will be subscribed to MacroFab and Mouser’s* newsletters.\n\n*Mo user Electronics may contact you via email or mail to provide you with mar keting materials regarding products\, updates\, and other information.\n\n By registering for this event\, you agree to have your photo taken and sha red on MacroFab\, and Mouser's public-facing channels (i.e. websites\, soc ial media\, email newsletters). We will not sell any images.\n\nHave quest ions about Hardware & Electronics Engineering Meetup by MacroFab & Mouser Electronics? [Contact MacroFab Inc.](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hardware -electronics-engineering-meetup-by-macrofab-mouser-electronics-tickets-506 13570552?aff=Outreach#)\n\nBldg: MacroFab\, Inc. \, 2000 W. Governors Circ le\, Suite F \, Houston\, Texas\, United States\, 77092 LOCATION:Bldg: MacroFab\, Inc. \, 2000 W. Governors Circle\, Suite F \, Hou ston\, Texas\, United States\, 77092 ORGANIZER:krisdow@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY: Hardware & Electronics Engineering Meetup by MacroFab & Mouser Ele ctronics URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/178873 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><a href="http://www.macrofab.com/">MacroFa b</a>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.mouser.com/">Mouser Electronics< /a>&nbsp\;have teamed up to create a&nbsp\;FREE monthly meetup&nbsp\;in Ho uston for anyone involved with hardware &amp\; electronics engineering or manufacturing. These meetups are designed to build a community of professi onals who want to learn from one another\, gain new insights into emerging electronics technologies\, and expand their network.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\ n<p><strong>Speakers:</strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Paul DeCarlo -&nbsp\;DevOps and the Internet of Things</p>\n<p>Ian Uriarte -&nbsp\;The state of the pr actice for industrial IoT projects - Best practices.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n <p><strong>Topics:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>DevOps and the Internet of Things</strong>&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;The Internet of Things r equires a new paradigm of software development practices for enabling qual ity DevOps practices in development\, deployment\, testing\, and release c ycles. We find that development in this space often involves the managemen t of potentially thousands of devices\, mandatory field updates\, and an a bility to securely manage&nbsp\;the distribution&nbsp\;of code to those de vices from a trusted authority.&nbsp\;We will discuss these issues in deta il and look at how these particular cases are solved with service offering s from Microsoft including Azure DevOps\, IoT Edge\, and Kubernetes Servic es.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>The state of the practice for industri al IoT projects - Best practices.&nbsp\;</strong>-&nbsp\;Industrial IoT (I IoT) is complex due to the integration of sensors\, sensor networks\, data \, and disparate applications. It is also complex due to the nature of gov ernance between OT and IT. Different governance and different skill sets g et in the way of smooth integration. Such custom solutions become hard to maintain or upgrade. Simple IoT solutions leverage standardized hardware a nd closed/proprietary software solutions to keep simplicity. On the other hand\, enterprise-level solutions are usually a box of parts that require multiple skill sets and thousands of hours of development\, IT\, and engin eering to deliver value. At the end of 2016\, 60% of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept stage. We will walk through current best practice s and a framework to create a plug and play approach to Enterprise IoT Pro jects. We will see how to leverage tools including open source frameworks\ , cloud services\, and in particular\, IBM Watson IoT platform\, to help e nterprises simplify this problem.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p> <strong>Who is this event for:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrical Engineer s</li>\n<li>Small to medium-sized businesses</li>\n<ul>\n<li>Industrial Co ntrols</li>\n<li>Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs)</li>\n<li>Consumer Electronics</li>\n<li>Healthcare</li>\n<li>Oil &amp\; Gas</li>\n</ul>\n<l i>Business owners &amp\; investors</li>\n<li>C-suite professionals</li>\n< li>Purchasing Managers</li>\n<li>Makers\, students</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\; </p>\n<p><strong>What to expect:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Networking</li>\n <li>Door prizes</li>\n<li>Refreshments</li>\n<li>Tasty bites</li>\n</ul>\n <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Meetup&nbsp\;Agenda:<br /></strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>6pm&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;Networking\, Bites&nbsp\;&amp\;&nbsp\;Refreshments</ li>\n<li>6:20pm&nbsp\;- First Discussion with Q&amp\;A</li>\n<li>7:00pm&nb sp\;- Second Discussion with Q&amp\;A</li>\n<li>7:30pm&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;Raffl e&nbsp\;Prizes &amp\; Networking</li>\n<li>8pm&nbsp\;-&nbsp\;End&nbsp\;of meetup</li>\n</ul>\n<p><em>This is an 18+ event</em></p>\n<p>To stay up to date on event announcements\, follow MacroFab and Mouser!</p>\n<p><a href ="https://twitter.com/macrofab">@MacroFab</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://twi tter.com/MouserElec">@MouserElec</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.instagra m.com/macrofabinc/">#MFmeetup<br /><br /></a></p>\n<p><em>By registering f or this event you will be subscribed to MacroFab and Mouser&rsquo\;s* news letters.</em></p>\n<p><em>*Mouser Electronics may contact you via email or mail to provide you with marketing materials regarding products\, updates \, and other information.</em></p>\n<p><em>By registering for this event\, you agree to have your photo taken and shared on MacroFab\, and Mouser's public-facing channels (i.e. websites\, social media\, email newsletters). We will not sell any images.</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-wei ght: 400\;">Have questions about Hardware &amp\; Electronics Engineering M eetup by MacroFab &amp\; Mouser Electronics?&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.ev entbrite.com/e/hardware-electronics-engineering-meetup-by-macrofab-mouser- electronics-tickets-50613570552?aff=Outreach#" data-automation="organizer- contact-link">Contact MacroFab Inc.</a></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR