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DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Buffalo Section and Communications Society chapter alo
 ng with the Washington D.C. Communications Society chapter is presenting I
 EEE Distinguished Lecturer Fawzi Behmann.\n\nSaturday March 20\,2021 comme
 ncing at 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).\n\nHis presentation is on &quot;Dur
 ing Covid-19 How Can Technology Help\,&quot;). The virtual event is free to att
 end. You can register at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263219\n\nOnce y
 ou registered you will receive a URL link the morning of the event.\n\nLoc
 ation: Virtual\n\nDate Saturday\, March 20\, 2021\n\nTime: 11:00 AM to 12:
 30 PM EDT\n\nRSVP By: March 19\, 2021\n\nCost: Free\n\nTo Register go to h
 ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263219 or email Debi at Siering@ieee.org\n
 \nNote: once registered you will receive a link for the event by 10:00 AM 
 EDT March 20\, 2021.Send an email to Siering@ieee.org if you have not rece
 ived the link by 10 AM 03/20/2021.\n\nAgenda:\n\n11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Welco
 ming &amp; Speaker Introduction\n\n11:05 AM - 12:00 PM Presentation\n\n12:00 P
 M - 12:15 PM Presentation Questions and Answers\n\n12:15 PM - 12:25 PM Mr.
  Behmann IEEE/ComSoc Career Involvement\n\n12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Closing Rem
 arks\n\nABSTRACT:\n\nWe are witnessing rapid advancement in disruptive tec
 hnology such as the Internet of Things (IoT)\, Artificial Intelligence (AI
 )\, wireless technology and security and others that will enable building 
 and providing tools with multiple applications. However\, with Covid-19\, 
 the world has witnessed early 2020 and for over a year a disruption to our
  normal daily life. Work\, school\, medical services\, transportation\, sh
 opping\, gyms\, restaurants\, entertainment\, travel\, conferences\, and m
 any others are being redefined. In many cases\, technology have shifted an
 d accelerated to what is urgent. IoT and AI have become innovative to addr
 ess these new challenges with great levels of creativity and innovation.\n
 \nMr. Behmann will touch briefly upon Covid-19 and worldwide impact and th
 en address some areas of technology such as sensing\, wearables\, mobile d
 evices\, smart tools\, and systems. He will walk through some examples and
  welcomes the opportunity for audience discussion. His talk will conclude 
 looking at the future as to how technology will help improve quality of li
 fe and business operations.\n\nBIO:\n\nMr. Fawzi Behmann has over 35 years
  in industry and held various executive and leadership positions with Tier
  1 companies in the areas of communications &amp; networks spanning semiconduc
 tor\, communication systems and service providers.\n\nMr. Behmann founded 
 TelNet Management Consulting Inc. in 2009 offering consulting services in 
 the areas of technology trends\, positioning and development of smart netw
 orking ecosystem solutions. He explores disruptive technology enablement s
 uch as IoT\, 5G\, virtualization\, big data/analytics\, and security acros
 s multiple markets.\n\nHe is the chair for Wireless Communications and Net
 working Conference (WCNC) 2022 and has organized several events such as sm
 art city summit (2019)\, Blockchain for Healthcare (2018) and Greentech of
  Smart Cities (2018) and Advanced technologies in Healthcare (2017). Mr. B
 ehmann has been a keynote speaker at several conferences\, distinguished l
 ecturer at different domestic and international events and organized panel
  session at Globecom\, International Conference on Communications (ICC)\, 
 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)\, Biomedical
  Health Informatics (BHI)\, Smart connected cities\, Enterprise IoT\, and 
 others. He has published several publications and co-authored the book on 
 &quot;Collaborative Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Busi
 ness&quot; published by\n\nCo-sponsored by: Washington D.C. ComSoc Chapter\n\nB
 uffalo\, New York\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or
 g/m/265245
LOCATION:Buffalo\, New York\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtool
 s.ieee.org/m/265245
ORGANIZER:jmmoskal@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:4
SUMMARY:During Covid-19\, How Can Technology Help
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/265245
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The IEEE B
 uffalo Section and&amp;nbsp\;Communications Society chapter along with the Was
 hington D.C. Communications Society chapter is presenting IEEE Distinguish
 ed Lecturer Fawzi Behmann.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Saturday March 20\,2021 c
 ommencing at 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;His presentation i
 s on &quot;During Covid-19 How Can Technology Help\,&quot;). The virtual event is fr
 ee to attend. You can register at &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.o
 rg/m/263219&quot;&gt;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263219&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Once 
 you registered you will receive a URL link the morning of the event.&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location: &lt;/strong&gt;Virtual&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date&lt;/strong&gt; Saturd
 ay\, March 20\, 2021&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time: &lt;/strong&gt;11:00 AM to 12:30 PM &lt;
 strong&gt;EDT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSVP By:&lt;/strong&gt; March 19\, 2021&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost&lt;/strong&gt;: Free&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;To Register go to &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http
 s://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263219&quot;&gt;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/2632
 19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; or email Debi at &lt;u&gt;Siering@ieee.org &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:
 &lt;/strong&gt; once registered you will receive a link for the event by 10:00 A
 M EDT March 20\, 2021.Send an email to&amp;nbsp\; Siering@ieee.org if you have
  not received the link by 10 AM 03/20/2021.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/stron
 g&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Welcoming &amp;amp\; Speaker Introduction&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;11:05 AM - 12:00 PM Presentation&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Presentati
 on Questions and Answers&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;12:15 PM - 12:25 PM Mr. Behmann IEEE/ComS
 oc Career Involvement&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Closing Remarks&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ABSTRACT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We are witnessing rapid
  advancement in disruptive technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT)
 \, Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, wireless technology and security and oth
 ers that will enable building and providing tools with multiple applicatio
 ns.&amp;nbsp\; However\, with Covid-19\, the world has witnessed early 2020 an
 d for over a year a disruption to our normal daily life. Work\, school\, m
 edical services\, transportation\, shopping\, gyms\, restaurants\, enterta
 inment\, travel\, conferences\, and many others are being redefined.&amp;nbsp\
 ; In many cases\, technology have shifted and accelerated to what is urgen
 t. IoT and AI have become innovative to address these new challenges with 
 great levels of creativity and innovation.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Mr. Behmann will touch 
 briefly upon Covid-19 and worldwide impact and then address some areas of 
 technology such as sensing\, wearables\, mobile devices\, smart tools\, an
 d systems.&amp;nbsp\; He will walk through some examples and welcomes the oppo
 rtunity for audience discussion.&amp;nbsp\; His talk will conclude looking at 
 the future as to how technology will help improve quality of life and busi
 ness operations.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIO&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Mr.
  Fawzi Behmann has over 35 years in industry and held various executive an
 d leadership positions with Tier 1 companies in the areas of communication
 s &amp;amp\; networks spanning semiconductor\, communication systems and servi
 ce providers.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Mr. Behmann founded TelNet Management Consulting Inc
 . in 2009 offering consulting services in the areas of technology trends\,
  positioning and development of smart networking ecosystem solutions.&amp;nbsp
 \; He explores disruptive technology enablement such as IoT\, 5G\, virtual
 ization\, big data/analytics\, and security across multiple markets.&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;He is the chair for Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (
 WCNC) 2022 and has organized several events such as smart city summit (201
 9)\, Blockchain for Healthcare (2018) and Greentech of Smart Cities (2018)
  and Advanced technologies in Healthcare (2017).&amp;nbsp\; Mr. Behmann has be
 en a keynote speaker at several conferences\, distinguished lecturer at di
 fferent domestic and international events and organized panel session at G
 lobecom\, International Conference on Communications (ICC)\, Healthcare In
 formation and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)\, Biomedical Health Infor
 matics (BHI)\, Smart connected cities\, Enterprise IoT\, and others. He ha
 s published several publications and co-authored the book on &quot;Collaborativ
 e Internet of Things for Future Smart Connected Life and Business&quot; publish
 ed by&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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