BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200930T195524Z UID:FD44F646-C74A-4184-ABC1-F7D672BF0415 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20200929T190000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20200929T210000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Austin Joint Societies' Chapters of ComSoc\, Signal Pr ocessing\, Consumer Electronics and EMBS and Computer are pleased to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event on\n\n“Cognitive Approach to Buil ding a Safe and Smart Cities/Societies”\n\nTime:\n\n7-8:30 pm Central Ti me\n\nLocation:\n\nZoom (Dial-in information will be provided shortly)\n\n SPEAKER:\n\nFawzi Behmann\,\n\nPresident TelNet Management Consulting Inc. \n\nDL\, Director of IEEE Communications Society Region and BoG Member\n\n Abstract\n\nLayers of smartness—using technology and data—are being bu ilt into cities to make them safer\, more efficient and sustainable. Devel oped cities around the world are actively launching smart solutions\, whil e new and emerging cities are integrating intelligent\, connected systems from the start. The big cities of today may not be those of tomorrow. The opportunities are immense—across infrastructure\, mobility\, energy\, he althcare and beyond. Innovative technology applications and their adoption in society offer a turning point. At its core\, the smart city is about p eople and improving the quality of our everyday lives. The COVID-19 pandem ic has revealed some of the shortcomings of major cities in times of crisi s.\n\nThe talk will cover the following areas:\n\nIntro: Current state and challenges of Smart Cities\n\n- Disruptive technologies enable building s olid foundation for smart cities - highlights of current and future of IoT \, 5G/6G\, Analytics (AI/ML/DP) across key markets\n- Key examples – tec hnology convergence & adoption in new use cases in key verticals such as s mart homes\, public safety\, autonomous driving\, healthcare\, smart energ y and others.\n- Covid-19 accelerate return to new norm with greater innov ation\, and end-to-end services\n\nConclusion: Adoption of disruptive tech nologies and acceleration to a new norm that will help transition to smart societies.\n\nKey Takeaways\n\n- Understanding the mission of smart citie s and current situation of 50 worldwide top smart cities and impact from C oronavirus Covid-19\n- Technology Features overview and roadmap of 4G/5G/6 G\, IoT and AI\n- Sample use cases and power of virtualization and network slicing\n\nBIO:\n\nFawzi is a visionary\, thought leader\, author and con tributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi sp ent over 35 years in industry and held various executive and leadership po sitions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications & networks sp anning Semiconductor\, communication systems and service provider. Fawzi w as a principle architect and championed the definition and the development of nation-wide integrated IoT telecom sensing-analytics system and networ king management solution complied to ITU TMN M3.000 at global carrier Tele globe Canada. He was a senior product manager with Nortel Networks for ent erprise broadband edge and core product releases. Fawzi\, also served as t he Director of Strategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescale for SoC network ing & Communications product line in Austin. Fawzi founded TelNet Manageme nt Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of te chnology trends\, positioning and development of smart networking ecosyste m solutions. Explore disruptive technology enablement such as IoT\, 5G\, v irtualization\, big data/analytics and security across multiple markets. [ www.telnetmanagement.com](http://www.telnetmanagement.com/)\n\nFawzi is a senior member of IEEE\, Distinguished Lecturer and IEEE ComSoc Regional Di rector for North America Board (2020-2021) and chairing several society ch apters (ComSoc\, Signal Processing\, Computer\, EMB\, Cons Elec.). Fawzi i s the chair for WCNC 2022 and has organized several events such as smart c ity summit (2019)\, Blockchain for Healthcare (2018) and Greentech of Smar t Cities (2018) and Advanced technologies in Healthcare (2017). Fawzi has been a keynote speaker at several conferences\, distinguished lecturer at different domestic and international events and organized panel session at Globecom\, ICC\, Himss\, BHI\, Smart connected cities\, Enterprise IoT\, and others. He has several publications and co-authored book on "Collabora tive Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business" publ ished by Wiley.\n\nFawzi was the recipient several awards from Industry an d IEEE. Freescale CEO Diamond Chip Award in 2008\, and IEEE Communications Society Chapter Achievement and Chapter of the year awards in 2015 and 20 17\, Outstanding Region 5 member award for 2013\, 2014 and 2015. Most rece ntly\, Fawzi received IEEE USA Regional Professional Leadership Award in 2 018 and Outstanding Large section and Section Visionary chair for 2018-201 9.\n\nFawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with honors and distinction from C oncordia University\, Montreal\; Masters in Computer Science from the Univ ersity of Waterloo\, Ontario and Executive MBA from Queen’s University\, Ontario Canada.\n\nPLEASE RSVP.\n\nIf you have any question\, please conn ect with Fawzi Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Chair of Joint Austin Chapters (ComSoc/SP/CESoc & Computer/EMBS)\n\nVirtual Event\, Austin\, Tex as\, United States\, 78729 LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78729 ORGANIZER:f.behmann@ieee.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:Austin-IEEE Joint Chapters bring VIRTUAL Distinguished Lecture even t on “Cognitive Approach to Building a Safe and Smart Cities/Societies ” URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/240637 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>The IEEE Austin Joint Societies' C hapters of ComSoc\, Signal Processing\, Consumer Electronics and EMBS and Computer are pleased to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event on</st rong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><strong>&ldq uo\;Cognitive Approach to Building a Safe and Smart Cities/Societies&rdquo \;</strong></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Time: &nbsp\;</strong> &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>7-8:30 pm Central Time&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbs p\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Location:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n <p>Zoom (Dial-in information will be provided shortly)</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> \n<p class="Default"><strong>SPEAKER:</strong></p>\n<p class="Default">Faw zi Behmann\,</p>\n<p class="Default">President TelNet Management Consultin g Inc.</p>\n<p class="Default">DL\, Director of IEEE Communications Societ y Region and BoG Member</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Ab stract</strong></p>\n<p>Layers of smartness&mdash\;using technology and da ta&mdash\;are being built&nbsp\;into cities to make them safer\, more effi cient and sustainable. Developed cities around the world are actively laun ching smart solutions\, while new and emerging cities are&nbsp\;integratin g intelligent\, connected systems from the start. The big cities of today may not be those of tomorrow. The opportunities are immense&mdash\;across infrastructure\, mobility\, energy\, healthcare and beyond. Innovative tec hnology applications and their adoption in society offer a turning point. At its core\, the smart city is about people and improving the quality of our everyday lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some of the shortco mings of major cities in times of crisis.</p>\n<p>The talk will cover the following areas:</p>\n<p>Intro: Current state and challenges of Smart Citi es</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disruptive technologies enable building solid foundation for smart cities - highlights of current and future of IoT\, 5G/6G\, Anal ytics (AI/ML/DP) across key markets</li>\n<li>Key examples &ndash\; techno logy convergence &amp\; adoption in new use cases in key verticals such as smart homes\, public safety\, autonomous driving\, healthcare\, smart ene rgy and others.</li>\n<li>Covid-19 accelerate return to new norm with grea ter innovation\, and end-to-end services</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Conclusion: Adopt ion of disruptive technologies and acceleration to a new norm&nbsp\;that w ill help transition to smart societies.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways</str ong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding the mission of smart cities and current situation of 50 worldwide top smart cities and impact from Coronavirus Cov id-19</li>\n<li>Technology Features overview and roadmap of 4G/5G/6G\, IoT and AI</li>\n<li>Sample use cases and power of virtualization and network slicing</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>BIO:</strong></p>\n<p>Faw zi is a visionary\, thought leader\, author and contributor in advancing a doption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi spent over 35 years in in dustry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier 1 com panies in the areas of communications &amp\; networks spanning Semiconduct or\, communication systems and service provider. Fawzi was a principle arc hitect and championed the definition and the development of nation-wide in tegrated IoT telecom sensing-analytics system and networking management so lution complied to ITU TMN M3.000 at global carrier Teleglobe Canada. He w as a senior product manager with Nortel Networks for enterprise broadband edge and core product releases. Fawzi\, also served as the Director of Str ategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescale for SoC networking &amp\; Communi cations product line in Austin. Fawzi founded TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology tren ds\, positioning and development of smart networking ecosystem solutions. Explore disruptive technology enablement such as IoT\, 5G\, virtualization \, big data/analytics and security across multiple markets. <a href="http: //www.telnetmanagement.com/">www.telnetmanagement.com</a></p>\n<p>Fawzi is a senior member of IEEE\, Distinguished Lecturer and IEEE ComSoc Regional Director for North America Board (2020-2021) and chairing &nbsp\;several society chapters (ComSoc\, Signal Processing\, Computer\, EMB\, Cons Elec. ). Fawzi is the chair for WCNC 2022 and has organized several events such as smart city summit (2019)\, Blockchain for Healthcare (2018) and Greente ch of Smart Cities (2018) and Advanced technologies in Healthcare (2017). Fawzi has been a keynote speaker at several conferences\, distinguished le cturer at different domestic and international events and organized panel session at Globecom\, ICC\, Himss\, BHI\, Smart connected cities\, Enterpr ise IoT\, and others. He has several publications and co-authored book on "Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Busi ness" published by Wiley.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Fawzi was the recipient several a wards from Industry and IEEE. Freescale CEO Diamond Chip Award in 2008\, a nd IEEE Communications Society Chapter Achievement and Chapter of the year awards in 2015 and 2017\, Outstanding Region 5 member award for 2013\, 20 14 and 2015. Most recently\, Fawzi received IEEE USA Regional Professional Leadership Award in 2018 and Outstanding Large section and Section Vision ary chair for 2018-2019.</p>\n<p>Fawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with ho nors and distinction from Concordia University\, Montreal\; Masters in Com puter Science from the University of Waterloo\, Ontario and Executive MBA from Queen&rsquo\;s University\, Ontario Canada.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>& nbsp\;</p>\n<p>PLEASE RSVP.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>If you have any question\, please connect with Fawzi Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Chair of Joint Austin Chapters (ComSoc/SP/CESoc &amp\; Computer/EMBS)</p> \n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR