BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210407T142947Z UID:43263607-A3F8-4691-98AA-A21FF60982D8 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20210406T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20210406T201000 DESCRIPTION:Silicon Valley is commonly acknowledged as the tech capital of the world. When most people think of the Valley\, they probably recall sem iconductors\, personal computers\, software\, biotech and self-driving car s. How did Silicon Valley come into being\, and what can we learn? The sto ry goes back to local Hams (amateur radio operators) trying to break RCA's tube patents\, Stanford "angel" investors\, the sinking of the Titanic\, WW II and radar\, and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that developed -- the se factors pretty much determined that the semiconductor and IC industries would be located in the Santa Clara Valley\, and that the Valley would re main the world’s innovation center as new technologies emerged and a mod el for innovation worldwide.\n\nThis talk will give an exciting and colorf ul history of device technology development and innovation that began in P alo Alto in 1909. You'll meet some of the colorful characters -- Cyril Elw ell\, Lee De Forest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Pa ckard\, Bill Hewlett\, Bill Shockley and others -- who came to define our worldwide electronics industries through their inventions and process deve lopment. You'll understand some of the novel management approaches that ha ve become the hallmarks of its tech startups. Many of these attributes can be found\, to greater or lesser extent\, in other technology hubs\; howev er\, the SF Bay Area has five generations of experience\, as well as a "cr itical mass" of talent\, making it difficult for others to catch up. The k ey attributes will be illustrated and analyzed\, for consideration by othe r tech hubs. [Key 10-minute extension] Then Mr. Wesling will briefly discu ss the key technologies that he expects to be the most important during th e 2020’s\, including autonomous vehicles\, virtual and augmented reality \, artificial intelligence\, and industrial IoT and analytics.\n\nCo-spons ored by: Subra Ganesan\n\nSpeaker(s): Paul Wesling\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Networking\, Introductions\, etc.\n\n6:10 pm Start of Lecture on SV\n\n7: 10 pm Extension Lecture: Tech Projections by Paul W\n\n7:20 pm Q&A\n\nRoom : Digital\, Bldg: Virtual\, Webex\, Rochester\, Michigan\, United States\, 48329\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267924 LOCATION:Room: Digital\, Bldg: Virtual\, Webex\, Rochester\, Michigan\, Uni ted States\, 48329\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267924 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:“The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How It Happened” URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/267924 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Silicon Valley is commonly acknowledged as the tech capital of the world. &nbsp\;When most people think of the Valle y\, they probably recall semiconductors\, personal computers\, software\, biotech and self-driving cars. &nbsp\;How did Silicon Valley come into bei ng\, and what can we learn? &nbsp\;The story goes back to local Hams (amat eur radio operators) trying to break RCA's tube patents\, Stanford "angel" investors\, the sinking of the Titanic\, WW II and radar\, and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that developed -- these factors pretty much determine d that the semiconductor and IC industries would be located in the Santa C lara Valley\, and that the Valley would remain the world&rsquo\;s innovati on center as new technologies emerged and a model for innovation worldwide .</p>\n<p>This talk will give an exciting and colorful history of device t echnology development and innovation that began in Palo Alto in 1909. &nbs p\;You'll meet some of the colorful characters -- Cyril Elwell\, Lee De Fo rest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Packard\, Bill He wlett\, Bill Shockley and others -- who came to define our worldwide elect ronics industries through their inventions and process development. &nbsp\ ;You'll understand some of the novel management approaches that have becom e the hallmarks of its tech startups.&nbsp\; Many of these attributes can be found\, to greater or lesser extent\, in other technology hubs\; howeve r\, the SF Bay Area has five generations of experience\, as well as a "cri tical mass" of talent\, making it difficult for others to catch up. &nbsp\ ;The key attributes will be illustrated and analyzed\, for consideration b y other tech hubs. &nbsp\;<strong><em>[Key 10-minute extension]</em></stro ng>&nbsp\; Then Mr. Wesling will briefly discuss the key technologies that he expects to be the most important during the 2020&rsquo\;s\, including autonomous vehicles\, virtual and augmented reality\, artificial intellige nce\, and industrial IoT and analytics.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><s pan style="font-size: 12pt\;">6:00 pm Networking\, Introductions\, etc.<br /></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">6:10 pm Start of Lectur e on SV<br /></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">7:10 pm Exten sion Lecture: Tech Projections by Paul W</span></p>\n<p><span style="font- size: 12pt\;">7:20 pm Q&amp\;A</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt \;">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR