BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dhaka BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T091407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+06 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091231T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0700 TZOFFSETTO:+0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=12 TZNAME:+06 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211031T133321Z UID:416D040D-AAE7-4A1F-8327-4A69F389EBE0 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dhaka:20210821T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dhaka:20210822T210000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Bangladesh section offers successful events for the whole section by collaborating with different national and international IEEE se ctions\, affinity groups\, student branches etc. Recently IEEE Bangladesh Section and Women In Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE Bangladesh Section have organised an event named “Women In Engineering Covid 19 Congress 2 021” (WIECOV 2021) with the help of the Women In Engineering Affinity Gr oup of IEEE Bangalore Section. This successful event was totally a virtual event that went live on 21st and 22nd August 2021\, starting the session at sharp 4.00 PM GMT+6 and lasting till 9.00 PM GMT+6.\n\nThe event’s ma in focus was to empower female engineers\, scientists\, students\, profess ionals and entrepreneurs to search for the best possible way to utilise th e time of the COVID 19 pandemic by contributing their worth to the society with what calibre they all have in their specific field of interest. The whole program was divided into multiple topics of interest and those are D iversity and Inclusion\, Work-Life Balance\, Research and Innovation\, Tec hnical Society Engagement and Activities\, Industry Activities\, Entrepren eurial Skill Development\, Young Professionals and Women in Engineering Co llaboration\, New Initiatives to handle COVID19\, Career Planning\, Profes sional Development and Retention\, Preserving History of Women in Engineer ing Activities and Affinity Group. Each day had a separate section for all of the focus areas mentioned.\n\nThe program was Chaired by Prof. Dr Celi a Shahnaz\, the former Chairperson of IEEE BDS and current IEEE WIE Commit tee Chair-Elect 2022. There was an expert team of valuable leaders from IE EE Bangladesh Section and WIE AG IEEE BDS including the current Chairperso n of IEEE BDS Prof. Dr Moshiul Haque\, Raihan Ur Rashid\, Irtiza Haque and Jannatul Adan. The program committee had a few more active student member s who contributed to the success of this huge event.\n\nThe program was a success as it had more than 50 Speakers from 11 countries. The first day h ad 20 Speakers and the second day had a few more than 30 speakers. The bio graphy of the speakers is given here (Link: shorturl.at/opHPW ) and the ba nners of all the speakers are given here (Link: shorturl.at/frMR2 ). There was a good number of attendees from different countries and time zones. T his program was educative\, informative\, creative and interactive. The at tendees were from different professions and occupations with an interest i n Science\, Engineering and Social Innovation. Among the attendees\, we ha d a good number of male attendees along with female attendees. This proved the real meaning of diversity in inclusion.\n\nDay 1 of WIECOV 2021 start ed with an inaugural speech from Prof. Dr Celia Shahnaz at 4.00 PM GMT+6. After her valuable speech on WIECOV 2021 and thought sharing\, respected s peakers Poornalatha G\, Renu Sharma\, Maheshi Dissanayake\, Alivarini Maha patra had spoken on Work\, Life and Management Settings to Face the Change as Chance. After their term speaker T. Sree Sharmila spoke on Research an d Innovation\; Nancy\, Pei Yanhua spoke on Career planning\, professional development\, and retention\, Rajlaxmi Chouhan\, S. Karthika\, Ruwan Gopur al Piyapan Hannarkin shared their view on Research and Innovation during C OVID -19 Pandemic. After these parts\, Satish Babu\, a Software designer & developer and Internet Governance specialist shared his initiatives on Va ccination Challenges for Large Countries. The talented speaker Namita Mitt al from Jaipur talked about Diversity and Inclusion and ended half of the session with thoughtful shares.\n\nAlong with the speaker Sarthak Sengupta from Allahabad India\, sharing thoughts on COVID 19 initiatives\, WIECOV 2021 had something to gift to the entrepreneurs who can really make these initiatives work in real life. Enchanting personalities Suma K V\, Aarti K arande\, Mohana Lakshmi J spoke about the tips and tricks for Entrepreneur ial Skill Development and handed the technical talk to the real-life entre preneur Melissa Sassi and Samar Baba from IBM Z. They both gave the audien ce real-life views on opportunities related to IBM Z and shared their stru ggles and achievements. In a nutshell\, it was a fulfilling day for both t he speakers and the participants. The screenshots of day 1 can be found he re in this link: shorturl.at/bACRX\n\nThe day 2 of WIECOV 2021 started wit h Deepak Waikar speaking about Engineering Education in the midst of Covid -19 and Beyond\, Safoora Saleem sharing insights on Entrepreneurial Skill Development\, Sally Musonye on Preserving History of Women in Engineering Activities and Affinity Group\, Aisha Nazia Nasir Mayin and S. Elangovan o n Career Planning / Professional Development and Retention\, Anandi Giridh aran on Mental Health. Mentors like Chandrani Singh\, K Subramanian\, Kumu dhini Ravindra and Sujata Chakravarty shared their insights and suggestion s on Technical Society Engagement and Activities\, Research & Innovation a nd Entrepreneurial Skill Development\, and Compliances and Challenges of C OVID-19 on Research and Innovation. Speakers like BeeTheng Lau\, Sricheta Parui\, Anjali Anand K\, Satyaranjan Jena\, Lisien Leon Quillas\, S. Hariv ardhagini\, Sarika Chouhan\, Tripura Pidikiti shared their views on Work L ife Balance. On Day 2\, to talk on Research and Innovation WIECOV 2021 had Aparna Mahajan\, Barakkath Nisha U. Among other interesting sessions\, th ere was the session of S.A. Fattah & IEEE PES HAC Team who discussed the n eed of Humanitarian Project Design and how it can shape our society toward s successful problem solving with engineering. Shruti Jain\, Vaishnavi Bho pe\, Tanmoy Roy Choudhury\, Udayan Roy Choudhury\, Windhya Rankothge also shared their views on their own interests and they were from IEEE Young Pr ofessionals and WIE Affiliations. At the end of Day 2 and WIECOV 2021\, th ere was Ljiljana Trajkovic 2019-2020\, IEEE Division X Delegate/Director\, Past President\, IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society\, Past Pres ident\, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society\; showing her immense love and r espect to IEEE Bangladesh Section. All the attendees were blessed to have her presence and the committee members did not miss the chance to take pic tures with her.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/279072 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/279072 ORGANIZER:celia.shahnaz@gmail.com SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:International Women in Engineering COVID 19 Congress 2021 (WIECOV 2 021) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/279072 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>IEEE Bangladesh section offers successful events for the whole section by collaborating with different national and international IEEE sections\, affinity groups\, student branches etc. Rece ntly IEEE Bangladesh Section and Women In Engineering Affinity Group of IE EE Bangladesh Section have organised an event named &ldquo\;Women In Engin eering Covid 19 Congress 2021&rdquo\; (WIECOV 2021) with the help of the W omen In Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE Bangalore Section. This success ful event was totally a virtual event that went live on 21st and 22nd Augu st 2021\, starting the session at sharp 4.00 PM GMT+6 and lasting till 9.0 0 PM GMT+6.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The event&rsquo\;s main focus was to e mpower female engineers\, scientists\, students\, professionals and entrep reneurs to search for the best possible way to utilise the time of the COV ID 19 pandemic by contributing their worth to the society with what calibr e they all have in their specific field of interest. The whole program was divided into multiple topics of interest and those are Diversity and Incl usion\, Work-Life Balance\, Research and Innovation\, Technical Society En gagement and Activities\, Industry Activities\, Entrepreneurial Skill Deve lopment\, Young Professionals and Women in Engineering Collaboration\, New Initiatives to handle COVID19\, Career Planning\, Professional Developmen t and Retention\, Preserving History of Women in Engineering Activities an d Affinity Group. Each day had a separate section for all of the focus are as mentioned.</p>\n<p>The program was Chaired by Prof. Dr Celia Shahnaz\, the former Chairperson of IEEE BDS and current IEEE WIE Committee Chair-El ect 2022. There was an expert team of valuable leaders from IEEE Banglades h Section and WIE AG IEEE BDS including the current Chairperson of IEEE BD S Prof. Dr Moshiul Haque\, Raihan Ur Rashid\, Irtiza Haque and Jannatul Ad an. The program committee had a few more active student members who contri buted to the success of this huge event.</p>\n<p>The program was a success as it had more than 50 Speakers from 11 countries. The first day had 20 S peakers and the second day had a few more than 30 speakers. The biography of the speakers is given here (Link: shorturl.at/opHPW ) and the banners o f all the speakers are given here (Link: shorturl.at/frMR2 ). There was a good number of attendees from different countries and time zones. This pro gram was educative\, informative\, creative and interactive. The attendees were from different professions and occupations with an interest in Scien ce\, Engineering and Social Innovation. Among the attendees\, we had a goo d number of male attendees along with female attendees. This proved the re al meaning of diversity in inclusion.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Day 1 of WIE COV 2021 started with an inaugural speech from Prof. Dr Celia Shahnaz at 4 .00 PM GMT+6. After her valuable speech on WIECOV 2021 and thought sharing \, respected speakers Poornalatha G\, Renu Sharma\, Maheshi Dissanayake\, Alivarini Mahapatra had spoken on Work\, Life and Management Settings to F ace the Change as Chance. After their term speaker T. Sree Sharmila spoke on Research and Innovation\; Nancy\, Pei Yanhua spoke on Career planning\, professional development\, and retention\, Rajlaxmi Chouhan\, S. Karthika \, Ruwan Gopural Piyapan Hannarkin shared their view on Research and Innov ation during COVID -19 Pandemic. After these parts\, Satish Babu\, a Softw are designer &amp\; developer and Internet Governance specialist shared hi s initiatives on Vaccination Challenges for Large Countries. The talented speaker Namita Mittal from Jaipur talked about Diversity and Inclusion and ended half of the session with thoughtful shares.</p>\n<p>Along with the speaker Sarthak Sengupta from Allahabad India\, sharing thoughts on COVID 19 initiatives\, WIECOV 2021 had something to gift to the entrepreneurs wh o can really make these initiatives work in real life. Enchanting personal ities Suma K V\, Aarti Karande\, Mohana Lakshmi J spoke about the tips and tricks for Entrepreneurial Skill Development and handed the technical tal k to the real-life entrepreneur Melissa Sassi and Samar Baba from IBM Z. T hey both gave the audience real-life views on opportunities related to IBM Z and shared their struggles and achievements. In a nutshell\, it was a f ulfilling day for both the speakers and the participants. The screenshots of day 1 can be found here in this link: shorturl.at/bACRX</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; </p>\n<p>The day 2 of WIECOV 2021 started with Deepak Waikar speaking abou t Engineering Education in the midst of Covid-19 and Beyond\, Safoora Sale em sharing insights on Entrepreneurial Skill Development\, Sally Musonye o n Preserving History of Women in Engineering Activities and Affinity Group \, Aisha Nazia Nasir Mayin and S. Elangovan on Career Planning / Professio nal Development and Retention\, Anandi Giridharan on Mental Health. Mentor s like Chandrani Singh\, K Subramanian\, Kumudhini Ravindra and Sujata Cha kravarty shared their insights and suggestions on Technical Society Engage ment and Activities\, Research &amp\; Innovation and Entrepreneurial Skill Development\, and Compliances and Challenges of COVID-19 on Research and Innovation. Speakers like BeeTheng Lau\, Sricheta Parui\, Anjali Anand K\, Satyaranjan Jena\, Lisien Leon Quillas\, S. Harivardhagini\, Sarika Chouh an\, Tripura Pidikiti shared their views on Work Life Balance. On Day 2\, to talk on Research and Innovation WIECOV 2021 had Aparna Mahajan\, Barakk ath Nisha U. Among other interesting sessions\, there was the session of S .A. Fattah &amp\; IEEE PES HAC Team who discussed the need of Humanitarian Project Design and how it can shape our society towards successful proble m solving with engineering. Shruti Jain\, Vaishnavi Bhope\, Tanmoy Roy Cho udhury\, Udayan Roy Choudhury\, Windhya Rankothge also shared their views on their own interests and they were from IEEE Young Professionals and WIE Affiliations. At the end of Day 2 and WIECOV 2021\, there was Ljiljana Tr ajkovic&nbsp\; 2019-2020\, IEEE Division X Delegate/Director\, Past Presid ent\, IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society\, Past President\, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society\; showing her immense love and respect to IE EE Bangladesh Section. All the attendees were blessed to have her presence and the committee members did not miss the chance to take pictures with h er.&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR