BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 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:20210103T235650Z UID:F0FFBD63-232E-4B49-881F-CE09B1C55982 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20201109T090000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20201109T103000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE ComSoc chapters in Europe and NA are pleased to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event on the topic of:\n\n“Cognitive App roach to Building a Safe and Smart Cities/Societies”\n\nTime:\n\n9:00-10 :30 am Central Time\n\nLocation:\n\nZoom (Dial-in information will be prov ided shortly)\n\nSPEAKER:\n\nFawzi Behmann\,\n\nPresident TelNet Managemen t Consulting Inc.\n\nDL\, Director of IEEE Communications Society Region a nd BoG Member\n\nAbstract\n\nLayers of smartness—using technology and da ta—are being built into cities to make them safer\, more efficient and s ustainable. Developed cities around the world are actively launching smart solutions\, while new and emerging cities are integrating intelligent\, c onnected systems from the start. The big cities of today may not be those of tomorrow. The opportunities are immense—across infrastructure\, mobil ity\, energy\, healthcare and beyond. Innovative technology applications a nd their adoption in society offer a turning point. At its core\, the smar t city is about people and improving the quality of our everyday lives. Th e COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some of the shortcomings of major cities in times of crisis.\n\nThe talk will cover the following areas:\n\nIntro: Current state and challenges of Smart Cities\n\n- Disruptive technologies enable building solid foundation for smart cities - highlights of current and future of IoT\, 5G/6G\, Analytics (AI/ML/DP) across key markets\n- Key examples – technology convergence & adoption in new use cases in key ve rticals such as smart homes\, public safety\, autonomous driving\, healthc are\, smart energy and others.\n- Covid-19 accelerate return to new norm w ith greater innovation\, and end-to-end services\n\nConclusion: Adoption o f disruptive technologies and acceleration to a new norm that will help tr ansition to smart societies.\n\nKey Takeaways\n\n- Understanding the missi on of smart cities and current situation of 50 worldwide top smart cities and impact from Coronavirus Covid-19\n- Technology Features overview and r oadmap of 4G/5G/6G\, IoT and AI\n- Sample use cases and power of virtualiz ation and network slicing\n\nBIO:\n\nFawzi is a visionary\, thought leader \, author and contributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving h umanity. Fawzi spent over 35 years in industry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communicati ons & networks spanning Semiconductor\, communication systems and service provider. Fawzi was a principle architect and championed the definition an d the development of nation-wide integrated IoT telecom sensing-analytics system and networking management solution complied to ITU TMN M3.000 at gl obal carrier Teleglobe Canada. He was a senior product manager with Nortel Networks for enterprise broadband edge and core product releases. Fawzi\, also served as the Director of Strategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescal e for SoC networking & Communications product line in Austin. Fawzi founde d TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services i n the areas of technology trends\, positioning and development of smart ne tworking ecosystem solutions. Explore disruptive technology enablement suc h as IoT\, 5G\, virtualization\, big data/analytics and security across mu ltiple markets. [www.telnetmanagement.com](http://www.telnetmanagement.com /)\n\nFawzi is a senior member of IEEE\, Distinguished Lecturer and IEEE C omSoc Regional Director for North America Board (2020-2021) and chairing s everal society chapters (ComSoc\, Signal Processing\, Computer\, EMB\, Con s Elec.). Fawzi is the chair for WCNC 2022 and has organized several event s such as smart city summit (2019)\, Blockchain for Healthcare (2018) and Greentech of Smart Cities (2018) and Advanced technologies in Healthcare ( 2017). Fawzi has been a keynote speaker at several conferences\, distingui shed 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 b ook on "Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life a nd Business" published by Wiley.\n\nFawzi was the recipient several awards from Industry and IEEE. Freescale CEO Diamond Chip Award in 2008\, and IE EE Communications Society Chapter Achievement and Chapter of the year awar ds in 2015 and 2017\, Outstanding Region 5 member award for 2013\, 2014 an d 2015. Most recently\, Fawzi received IEEE USA Regional Professional Lead ership Award in 2018 and Outstanding Large section and Section Visionary c hair for 2018-2019.\n\nFawzi holds a Bachelor of Science with honors and d istinction from Concordia University\, Montreal\; Masters in Computer Scie nce from the University of Waterloo\, Ontario and Executive MBA from Queen ’s University\, Ontario Canada.\n\nPLEASE RSVP.\n\nIf you have any quest ion\, please connect with\n\nFawzi Behmann\, f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Cha ir of Joint Austin Chapters (ComSoc/SP/CESoc & Computer/EMBS)\n\nOr\n\nDr. Alar Kuusik\, alar.kuusik@taltech.ee \, Chair of Estonia Section Jt Chapt er\, C16/COM19/IT12\n\nVirtual Event\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78 729 LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78729 ORGANIZER:f.behmann@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:IEEE ComSoc VIRTUAL Distinguished Lecture event on “Cognitive App roach to Building a Safe and Smart Cities/Societies” URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/245514 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>The IEEE ComSoc chapters in Europe and NA are pleased to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event &nbsp\; on the topic of:</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><strong>&ldquo\;Cognitive Approach to Building a Safe and Smart Ci ties/Societies&rdquo\;</strong></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Tim e: &nbsp\;</strong> &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>9:00-10:30 am Central Time&nbs p\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Locatio n:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Zoom (Dial-in information will be provided shor tly)</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="Default"><strong>SPEAKER:</strong></p> \n<p class="Default">Fawzi Behmann\,</p>\n<p class="Default">President Tel Net Management Consulting Inc.</p>\n<p class="Default">DL\, Director of IE EE Communications Society Region and BoG Member</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&n bsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>Layers of smartness&mdash\ ;using technology and data&mdash\;are being built&nbsp\;into cities to mak e them safer\, more efficient and sustainable. Developed cities around the world are actively launching smart solutions\, while new and emerging cit ies are&nbsp\;integrating intelligent\, connected systems from the start. The big cities of today may not be those of tomorrow. The opportunities ar e immense&mdash\;across infrastructure\, mobility\, energy\, healthcare an d beyond. Innovative technology applications and their adoption in society offer a turning point. At its core\, the smart city is about people and i mproving the quality of our everyday lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has reve aled some of the shortcomings 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 Cities</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disruptive technologies enable b uilding solid foundation for smart cities - highlights of current and futu re of IoT\, 5G/6G\, Analytics (AI/ML/DP) across key markets</li>\n<li>Key examples &ndash\; technology convergence &amp\; adoption in new use cases in key verticals such as smart homes\, public safety\, autonomous driving\ , healthcare\, smart energy and others.</li>\n<li>Covid-19 accelerate retu rn to new norm with greater innovation\, and end-to-end services</li>\n</u l>\n<p>Conclusion: Adoption of disruptive technologies and acceleration to a new norm&nbsp\;that will help transition to smart societies.</p>\n<p><s trong>Key Takeaways</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding the mission of s mart cities and current situation of 50 worldwide top smart cities and imp act from Coronavirus Covid-19</li>\n<li>Technology Features overview and r oadmap of 4G/5G/6G\, IoT and AI</li>\n<li>Sample use cases and power of vi rtualization and network slicing</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>B IO:</strong></p>\n<p>Fawzi is a visionary\, thought leader\, author and co ntributor in advancing adoption of technology in serving humanity. Fawzi s pent over 35 years in industry and held various executive and leadership p ositions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communications &amp\; netwo rks spanning Semiconductor\, communication systems and service provider. F awzi was a principle architect and championed the definition and the devel opment of nation-wide integrated IoT telecom sensing-analytics system and networking management solution complied to ITU TMN M3.000 at global carrie r Teleglobe Canada. He was a senior product manager with Nortel Networks f or enterprise broadband edge and core product releases. Fawzi\, also serve d as the Director of Strategic Marketing with Motorola/Freescale for SoC n etworking &amp\; Communications product line in Austin. Fawzi founded TelN et Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology trends\, positioning and development of smart networki ng ecosystem solutions. Explore disruptive technology enablement such as I oT\, 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\, Com puter\, EMB\, Cons Elec.). Fawzi is the chair for WCNC 2022 and has organi zed several events such as smart city summit (2019)\, Blockchain for Healt hcare (2018) and Greentech of Smart Cities (2018) and Advanced technologie s in Healthcare (2017). Fawzi has been a keynote speaker at several confer ences\, distinguished lecturer at different domestic and international eve nts and organized panel session at Globecom\, ICC\, Himss\, BHI\, Smart co nnected cities\, Enterprise IoT\, and others. He has several publications and co-authored book on "Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business" published by Wiley.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Fawzi was the recipient several awards from Industry and IEEE. Freescale CEO Diamon d Chip Award in 2008\, and IEEE Communications Society Chapter Achievement and Chapter of the year awards in 2015 and 2017\, Outstanding Region 5 me mber award for 2013\, 2014 and 2015. Most recently\, Fawzi received IEEE U SA Regional Professional Leadership Award in 2018 and Outstanding Large se ction and Section Visionary chair for 2018-2019.</p>\n<p>Fawzi holds a Bac helor of Science with honors and distinction from Concordia University\, M ontreal\; Masters in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo\, On tario 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</p>\n<p>Fawzi Behm ann\, f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Chair of Joint Austin Chapters (ComSoc/SP/ CESoc &amp\; Computer/EMBS)</p>\n<p>Or</p>\n<p>Dr. Alar Kuusik\, alar.kuus ik@taltech.ee \, Chair of Estonia Section Jt Chapter\, C16/COM19/IT12</p>\ n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR