BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220101T193351Z UID:5B1A851D-E617-4321-AFEA-8C19F508969B DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20210405T120000 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20210405T130000 DESCRIPTION:As a former President of IEEE USA\, Tom Coughlin will enlighten us on how advocacy work can impact Public policies to benefit our country \, technical communities\, and the wellbeing of IEEE-Members. Tom will ill ustrate IEEE-USA's methods to develop public policies in various needed ar eas and how those public policies influence decision-makers in the Congres s\, Senate and White House as well as at the State and local government. H e will also talk about the coming Congressional Visit day (CVD) on April 1 2th\, 2021. On the State level\, he will illustrate the valuable efforts h e led with a group of enthusiastic IEEE Members on the California's AB-5 b ill and its profound impact on technology consultants and small businesses .\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Regio 6 Government relations \n\nSpeaker(s): T om Coughlin\, 2019 IEEE-USA\, \n\nAgenda: \nApril 5 2021\, 12PM-1pm pcifi time\n\nmeeting link\n\nMeeting Link\n\nMeeting Link\n\nJoin from the meet ing link\n\n[https://shereewen.my.webex.com/shereewen.my/j.php?MTID=m05538 ccc50fb5a0d52f73104fba218cd](http://enotice.ieee.org/link.cfm?r=l0izsdnHQI oY6RyL5-MD0A~~&pe=JRcARuIvNK6fRIeVakIGzEU2H27Cq-2JXF7KxYd6feo5Nbm88I4FQ8ux KuegKkZ9bNA-aJo0aryC-FbM_8Or7A~~&t=Zv_SA38AVsvLWPtJ3Xq3Fg~~)\n\nVirtual: h ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267296 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267296 ORGANIZER:swen@ieee.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Public policies to foster innovation\, advance technology leadershi p and benefit engineers URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267296 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>As a former President of IEEE USA\, Tom Co ughlin will enlighten us on how advocacy work can impact Public policies t o benefit our country\, technical communities\, and the wellbeing of IEEE- Members.&nbsp\; Tom will illustrate IEEE-USA's methods to develop public p olicies in various needed areas and how those public policies influence de cision-makers in the Congress\, Senate and White House as well as at the S tate and local government. He will also talk about the coming Congressiona l Visit day (CVD) on April 12th\, 2021. On the State level\, he will illus trate the valuable efforts he led with a group of enthusiastic IEEE Member s on the California's AB-5 bill and its profound impact on technology cons ultants and small businesses.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>April 5 2021 \,&nbsp\; 12PM-1pm&nbsp\; pcifi time&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>meeting link&nbsp\;</p >\n<h3>Meeting Link</h3>\n<p><strong>Meeting Link&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p> <strong>Join from the meeting link</strong></p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n< td><a href="http://enotice.ieee.org/link.cfm?r=l0izsdnHQIoY6RyL5-MD0A~~&am p\;pe=JRcARuIvNK6fRIeVakIGzEU2H27Cq-2JXF7KxYd6feo5Nbm88I4FQ8uxKuegKkZ9bNA- aJo0aryC-FbM_8Or7A~~&amp\;t=Zv_SA38AVsvLWPtJ3Xq3Fg~~" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://enoti ce.ieee.org/link.cfm?r%3Dl0izsdnHQIoY6RyL5-MD0A~~%26pe%3DJRcARuIvNK6fRIeVa kIGzEU2H27Cq-2JXF7KxYd6feo5Nbm88I4FQ8uxKuegKkZ9bNA-aJo0aryC-FbM_8Or7A~~%26 t%3DZv_SA38AVsvLWPtJ3Xq3Fg~~&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1617714193250000&a mp\;usg=AFQjCNFvwf2KfPsrJp1znHNtrpw1f1JdLg">https://shereewen.my.webex.<wb r />com/shereewen.my/j.php?MTID=<wbr />m05538ccc50fb5a0d52f73104fba21<wbr />8cd</a></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nb sp\;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR