BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210227T002832Z UID:9B16CBC0-8FED-4D83-91B1-CA79DBD5AE1E DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T200000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Richmond Section is hosting a Pandemic Response Challe nge to develop solutions to real-world problems related to COVID-19.\n\nTh is live meeting was recorded and can be reviewed at https://youtu.be/KsUYU TbrvWw.\n\nTeams of Problem Solvers (high school students\, university stu dents\, and recent graduates) will join with Mentors (more experienced eng ineering professionals) to identify and implement solutions to actual pand emic-related problems encountered by Problem Owners (organizations from th e public and private sector who have COVID-19 related problems that can be addressed with an engineering solution). The Richmond Section will help s upport teams with funding and training. Co-sponsors will also provide supp ort with goods or services and may also be willing to provide a certain le vel of financial support to teams.\n\nWe are looking for people and organi zations to fill all four roles of Problem Solvers\, Mentors\, Problem Owne rs\, and Co-sponsors.\n\nTo learn more about how you can become involved\, check out the [IEEE Richmond Pandemic Challenge](https://r3.ieee.org/rich mond/covid/) webpage or review the [IEEE Pandemic Response Challenge Flyer ](https://r3.ieee.org/richmond/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2021/02/IEEE-Pa ndemic-Response-Challenge.pdf)\, then join us for a Q&A session on Wednesd ay\, Feb 24 at 7pm.\n\nPre-registration is required in order to receive th e login details for the meeting. The meeting will be recorded for those wh o are not able to attend live.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/ m/262922 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/262922 ORGANIZER:allen.jones@ieee.org SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:Join the IEEE Richmond Section Pandemic Challenge! URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/262922 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The IEEE Richmond Section is hosting a Pan demic Response Challenge to develop solutions to real-world problems relat ed to COVID-19.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>This live meeting was recorded and can be reviewed at&nbsp\;<a href="https://youtu.be/KsUYUTbrvWw">https://yo utu.be/KsUYUTbrvWw</a>.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Teams of Problem Solvers ( high school students\, university students\, and recent graduates) will jo in with Mentors (more experienced engineering professionals) to identify a nd implement solutions to actual pandemic-related problems encountered by Problem Owners (organizations from the public and private sector who have COVID-19 related problems that can be addressed with an engineering soluti on). The Richmond Section will help support teams with funding and trainin g. Co-sponsors will also provide support with goods or services and may al so be willing to provide a certain level of financial support to teams.</p >\n<p><strong>We are looking for people and organizations to fill all four roles of Problem Solvers\, Mentors\, Problem Owners\, and Co-sponsors.</s trong></p>\n<p>To learn more about how you can become involved\, check out the&nbsp\;<a href="https://r3.ieee.org/richmond/covid/" target="_blank" r el="noopener">IEEE Richmond Pandemic Challenge</a>&nbsp\;webpage or review the&nbsp\;<a href="https://r3.ieee.org/richmond/wp-content/uploads/sites/ 48/2021/02/IEEE-Pandemic-Response-Challenge.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noop ener">IEEE Pandemic Response Challenge Flyer</a>\, then <strong>join us fo r a Q&amp\;A session on Wednesday\, Feb 24 at 7pm. </strong></p>\n<p><stro ng>Pre-registration is required</strong> in order to receive the login det ails for the meeting. The meeting will be recorded for those who are not a ble to attend live.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR