BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220924T001306Z UID:3FB46900-C78B-43E1-945D-2EF6C9C9AB53 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20220923T183000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20220923T193200 DESCRIPTION:Recently in February\, June and October 2021\, as part of an in novative and fresh approach\, i.e. a non-traditional meeting event: we pre sented video documentaries. This was very warmly received. So we decided t o continue the good work.\n\nWe proudly present the Documentary: AMERICA E XPERIENCE: "TESLA: Visionary or Madman?"\n\nSummary: Meet Nikola Tesla\, t he genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized t he electrical age of the 20th century. Regarded by many historians as an e ccentric genius\, Tesla gained international fame for his invention of a s ystem of alternating current that made possible the distribution of electr icity over vast distances and is the basis for the electrical grid that po wers 21st century life. But the visionary Tesla imagined much more — rob ots\, radio\, radar\, remote control\, the wireless transmission of messag es and pictures\, and harnessing the wind and sun to provide free energy t o all. A showman\, he dazzled his scientific peers who flocked to see him demonstrate his inventions and send thousands of volts of electricity puls ing through his body. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the so urce of his genius but also his downfall\, as the image of Tesla as a “m ad scientist” came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator . Even before his death in 1943\, he was largely forgotten\, his name obsc ured by Thomas Edison — his hero\, one-time employer\, and rival. But it is his exhilarating sense of the future that has inspired renewed interes t in the man\, as his once scoffed-at vision of a world connected by wirel ess technology has become a reality.\n\nWEBEX client will be needed. Link will be sent 1 hour before\n\nAFTER the movie - we can have a brief discus sion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-)\n\n Trivia may also follow\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too\n\nCo-sponsored b y: Subramaniam Ganesan\n\nAgenda: \n6:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; (on your own) Pizza\, Popcorn and Soda Pop\n\n6: 35 PM - Documentary\n\n7:35 PM - End of Documentary\; Start of Q & A\; Gro up Discussion\n\n7:40 PM - Wrap Up\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee. org/m/318149 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318149 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:Nikola Tesla: documentary URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318149 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Recently in February\, June and October 20 21\, as part of an innovative and fresh approach\, i.e. a non-traditional meeting event: we presented video documentaries. This was very warmly rece ived. So we decided to continue the good work.</p>\n<p>We proudly present the <strong>Documentary</strong><strong>: </strong>AMERICA EXPERIENCE: "TE SLA: Visionary or Madman?"</p>\n<p><strong>Summary: </strong><em>Meet Niko la Tesla\, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revo lutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Regarded by many histor ians as an eccentric genius\, Tesla gained international fame for his inve ntion of a system of alternating current that made possible the distributi on of electricity over vast distances and is the basis for the electrical grid that powers 21st century life. But the visionary Tesla imagined much more &mdash\; robots\, radio\, radar\, remote control\, the wireless trans mission of messages and pictures\, and harnessing the wind and sun to prov ide free energy to all. A showman\, he dazzled his scientific peers who fl ocked to see him demonstrate his inventions and send thousands of volts of electricity pulsing through his body. His fertile but undisciplined imagi nation was the source of his genius but also his downfall\, as the image o f Tesla as a &ldquo\;mad scientist&rdquo\; came to overshadow his reputati on as a brilliant innovator. Even before his death in 1943\, he was largel y forgotten\, his name obscured by Thomas Edison &mdash\; his hero\, one-t ime employer\, and rival. But it is his exhilarating sense of the future t hat has inspired renewed interest in the man\, as his once scoffed-at visi on of a world connected by wireless technology has become a reality.</em>< /p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">WEBEX client will be ne eded. Link will be sent 1 hour before</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: # 800000\;"><strong>AFTER the movie - we can have a brief discussion session . NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-)</strong> </span ></p>\n<p><span style="color: #800000\;"><strong>Trivia may also follow\, so bring your Jeopardy hats too</strong></span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-s ize: 12pt\;">6:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update \; (on your own) Pizza\, Popcorn and Soda Pop<br /></span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;"> 6:35 PM - Documentary</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: courier new \, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">7:35 PM - End of Documentary\; Start of Q &amp\; A\; Group Discussion <br /></span></p>\n<p><span style= "font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, mono space\;">7:40 PM - Wrap Up</span><span style="font-family: courier new\, c ourier\, monospace\;">&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size : 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR