BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 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:20220124T194339Z UID:79E89EEB-E0C2-4E72-B465-87CB9F2ED8BC DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T193000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In the news Australia and California frequent fires\, we are also seeing more frequent and stronger Tornados and Hurricanes. La nds that used to be fertile\, are becoming deserts and areas that were dry become flooded. For years\, areas such as California’s San Joaquin Vall ey have been booming their agricultural industry while confronting punishi ng droughts and fires\, due to climate change\, leading to water over-extr action from aquifers. The lands have sunk 28 feet in a fairly short period of time. According to a 2021 Science article subsidence will affect 1.6 b illion people who will be displaced in the next 2 decades because those ar eas will be susceptible to floods. In addition\, there will be less land a vailable to produce food. With the daily global population increases (perh aps reaching 10 billion by 2045)\, water\, food and energy will be major c hallenges to the world. The February 2021 climate crisis in Texas\, showed not only how all Critical Infrastructures are interdependent among themse lves but how dependent we are with cyberspace\, and how unprepared the wor ld is for the effects of climate change. While 85 percent of America’s c ritical infrastructure\, from power grids to communications networks to wa ter treatment plants\, to many healthcare systems are controlled by privat e firms\, they are all susceptible to cyberattacks. In May 2021 a pipeline that provides the US East Coast with nearly half its gasoline and jet fue l remained shuttered on Sunday (May 9) after yet another ransomware attack to a private firm. In the late 80s\, we spoke of Information Superhighway s and the 21st Century was labeled the “Information Age” with Informat ion Technology playing a major role in our everyday life. Currently\, whil e the world struggles with COVID-19\, it is expected that primary\, second ary and college students will attend school via distance learning\, while people will do telework and in general the public will access their medica l support via telemedicine. Purchases of products will be done mainly via e-Commerce. These assumptions may be clear for the developed world\, howev er approximately 60% of the world does not have Internet access and if you lack safe drinking water\, food\, health or a house to live in\, Internet is not a priority. The world political polarization\, has created a new w orld of unproven conspiratory theories and fake news\, spreading instantan eously around the world in seconds through social media\, making it very d ifficult for the world to work in unison to solve any of the new world cha llenges.\n\nBio: Luis Kun\, IEEE SSIT President Elect 2022:\nDr. Kun gradu ated from the Merchant Marine Academy in Uruguay and holds a BSEE\; MSEE a nd Ph.D. degree in BME all from UCLA. He is a Distinguished Professor Emer itus of National Security Affairs (CHDS) and was Professor of Homeland Sec urity at the National Defense University (2003-2015). A (Lifetime) Fellow of the IEEE\, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineerin g\, and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. I s the founding Editor in Chief of Springer's Journal of Health and Technol ogy 2010-2020. He spent 14 years at IBM and later Director of Medical Syst ems Technology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. As Senior IT Advisor to AHC PR he formulated the IT vision and was the lead staff for High Performance Computers and Communications program and Telehealth. In July 1997\, as in vited speaker to the White House\, he was largely responsible for the firs t Telemedicine Homecare Legislation signed by President Clinton\, August 1 997. While a Distinguished Fellow at the CDC\, as Acting Chief IT Officer for the National Immunization Program he formulated their IT vision on 10/ 2000. Kun received many awards including: AIMBE's first-ever Fellow Advoca te Award in 2009\; IEEE-USA Citation of Honor Award\, "For exemplary contr ibutions in the inception and implementation of a health care IT vision in the US." 2011 Golden Core Award by the IEEE Computers. Named: "Profesor H onoris Causa" by Favaloro University\, (2009)\; "Distinguished Visitor" by City of Puebla\, (Mexico 2013). He is/was an EEE Distinguished Lecturer f or Computer Society\, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and Chai rman for SSIT’s DL Program. Kun is an Honorary Professor of the Electric al Engineering Dept. at the School of Engineering of the University (UDELA R) in Montevideo\, Uruguay. He received the Medal of Merit in 2016 in Mexi co by the National Unit of Engineering Associations and named Visiting Pro fessor by the National Technological University of Buenos Aires\, Argentin a\, November 2017.\n\nSpeaker(s): Carlos \, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vt ools.ieee.org/m/289181 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289181 ORGANIZER:kdixit@ieee.org SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Our Planet’s Sustainability Crisis in 2021 By Dr. Luis Kun URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/289181 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> <strong>In the news Australia and California frequent fires\, we are also seeing more fre quent and stronger Tornados and Hurricanes. Lands that used to be fertile\ , are becoming deserts and areas that were dry become flooded. For years\, areas such as California&rsquo\;s San Joaquin Valley have been booming th eir agricultural industry while confronting punishing droughts and fires\, due to climate change\, leading to water over-extraction from aquifers. T he lands have sunk 28 feet in a fairly short period of time. According to a 2021 Science article subsidence will affect 1.6 billion people who will be displaced in the next 2 decades because those areas will be susceptible to floods. In addition\, there will be less land available to produce foo d. With the daily global population increases (perhaps reaching 10 billion by 2045)\, water\, food and energy will be major challenges to the world. The February 2021 climate crisis in Texas\, showed not only how all Criti cal Infrastructures are interdependent among themselves but how dependent we are with cyberspace\, and how unprepared the world is for the effects o f climate change. While 85 percent of America&rsquo\;s critical infrastruc ture\, from power grids to communications networks to water treatment plan ts\, to many healthcare systems are controlled by private firms\, they are all susceptible to cyberattacks. In May 2021 a pipeline that provides the US East Coast with nearly half its gasoline and jet fuel remained shutter ed on Sunday (May 9) after yet another ransomware attack to a private firm . In the late 80s\, we spoke of Information Superhighways and the 21st Cen tury was labeled the &ldquo\;Information Age&rdquo\; with Information Tech nology playing a major role in our everyday life. Currently\, while the wo rld struggles with COVID-19\, it is expected that primary\, secondary and college students will attend school via distance learning\, while people w ill do telework and in general the public will access their medical suppor t via telemedicine. Purchases of products will be done mainly via e-Commer ce. These assumptions may be clear for the developed world\, however appro ximately 60% of the world does not have Internet access and if you lack sa fe drinking water\, food\, health or a house to live in\, Internet is not a priority. The world political polarization\, has created a new world of unproven conspiratory theories and fake news\, spreading instantaneously a round the world in seconds through social media\, making it very difficult for the world to work in unison to solve any of the new world challenge</ strong>s.<br /><br /></p>\n<p><strong>Bio: Luis Kun\, IEEE SSIT President Elect 2022:<br />Dr. Kun graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in Uru guay and holds a BSEE\; MSEE and Ph.D. degree in BME all from UCLA. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of National Security Affairs (CHDS) and was Professor of Homeland Security at the National Defense University (20 03-2015). A (Lifetime) Fellow of the IEEE\, the American Institute for Med ical and Biological Engineering\, and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. Is the founding Editor in Chief of Springer's Journal of Health and Technology 2010-2020. He spent 14 years at IBM and later Director of Medical Systems Technology at Cedars Sinai Medical Cente r. As Senior IT Advisor to AHCPR he formulated the IT vision and was the l ead staff for High Performance Computers and Communications program and Te lehealth. In July 1997\, as invited speaker to the White House\, he was la rgely responsible for the first Telemedicine Homecare Legislation signed b y President Clinton\, August 1997. While a Distinguished Fellow at the CDC \, as Acting Chief IT Officer for the National Immunization Program he for mulated their IT vision on 10/2000. Kun received many awards including: AI MBE's first-ever Fellow Advocate Award in 2009\; IEEE-USA Citation of Hono r Award\, "For exemplary contributions in the inception and implementation of a health care IT vision in the US." 2011 Golden Core Award by the IEEE Computers. Named: "Profesor Honoris Causa" by Favaloro University\, (2009 )\; "Distinguished Visitor" by City of Puebla\, (Mexico 2013). He is/was a n EEE Distinguished Lecturer for Computer Society\, Engineering in Medicin e and Biology Society and Chairman for SSIT&rsquo\;s DL Program. Kun is an Honorary Professor of the Electrical Engineering Dept. at the School of E ngineering of the University (UDELAR) in Montevideo\, Uruguay. He received the Medal of Merit in 2016 in Mexico by the National Unit of Engineering Associations and named Visiting Professor by the National Technological Un iversity of Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, November 2017.</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR