BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20231020T133433Z UID:A213E1F3-25D3-4060-B093-831EA6DC4459 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T233000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Seattle Section Affinity Group CN is co-locating a spe cial conference during the [IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise](https://crui se.ieeeusa.org)\, to be held 16-20 October on Royal Caribbean’s Independ ence of the Seas.\n\nOur events are FREE to attend\, however in order to d o so – you must be booked on the IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise by[cli cking here](https://cruise.ieeeusa.org/). Doing so will get you a lanyard which is required for entrance.\n\nNOTE: Failure to book accommodations th rough the link above will lead to you being denied entry into all IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise activities and the IEEE Seattle Section Affinity Group Cruise Conference. If you have any questions regard to the cruise it self\, contact cruise@ieeeusa.org\n\n[BOOK IEEE-USA CRUISE NOW](https://cr uise.ieeeusa.org)\n\nAfter you have booked the IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary C ruise\, be sure to [register for this conference](https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/event/register/347133) using the button below.\n------------------- --------------------------------------------\n\nTopics include: Green Ener gy\, RF Communications\, Women Entrepreneur\, 5G\, EM Field MagLev\, AI Ma chine Learning\, Advanced Metering\, Power\, Space and Health electronics\ , International Space Station\, Islanding switch\, Microgrids as a Service \, software models\, National Electric Code updates\, NESC\, cryptocurrenc y\, blockchain\, Metaverse\, Virtual Reality\, Analytics Big Data\, IEEE 1 547 Utility interconnection\, large Scale Utility power\, Utility scale ba tteries\, Cathodic protection\, AV design build\, commissioning\, Clean En ergy Fusion\, Smart Cities\, socio-technical aspects of Cybersecurity\, an d Patents/Trademarks.\n\nAgenda: \nIEEE Cruise Conference Thursday October 19\, 2023\n8:00 am Breakfast in Key Largo Dining Room\n11:00 am Announcem ents IEEE\n11:05 am Announcing the Speakers\n11:10 pm Introduction of the Key Note Speaker and presentation by Dr. Melissa Sassi\, Network\, Partner \, ‘Women Start-Ups – Pitfalls to Avoid’\n11:35 am Raimundo Rodulfo\ , Director of Innovation Technology\, City of Coral Gables\, CIO ‘Traffi c Com’\n12:00 pm Jeff Glickman\, ‘Artificial General Intelligence: Bri dging the Gap Towards Human-like Cognition’\n12:25 pm Ron Zimmer\, past CEO of the Continental Automated Buildings Association\, ‘Intelligent Bu ildings + Smart Cities = Reduced Energy'\n1:00 pm Lunch – Microgrid Cons ortium\n3:30 pm Aaron Albritton\, Crafting a proper Commissioning (Cx) Pla n and Specifications for Electrical Systems Commissioning\n3:55 pm Curtis Ashton\, Director of Training American Power Systems EastPenn ‘Li-Ion Ba tteries for home\, telecom\, UPS Pros and Cons’\n4:20 pm Gora Datta\, Ch airman CEO CAL2CAL Corp.\, Cyber Healthcare'\n5:30 pm Dinner at the Key La rgo Dining Room\n7:30 pm Dr. Yu Yuan\, President of IEEE Standards Associa tion\, 'Metaverse is the Next Big Thing'\n7:55 pm Karen Pedersen\, PE\, Et hics in Engineering\n8:20 pm Michael Shapiro\, PE\, ‘Microgrids and the Inflation Reduction Act’ Michael Shapiro\, LLC\n8:45 pm Bob Dent\, Past President at IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology\, ‘Update s’\n9:10 pm Fred Furguson\, CEO and Founder\, Waterotor Energy Technolog ies Inc ‘Kinetic energy’\n9:35 pm Dennis Walters\, Chief of Staff\, St ars Technologies Corporation\, ‘On Site Hydrogen Fueling’\n10:00 pm ED T IEEE Prize Pack Giveaway\n10:05 pm EDT Salute to our Speakers\n10:10 pm EDT Happy Hour\n11:10 pm EDT End of Conference (See you Arizona for the IE EE Phoenix Tech Conference and Expo)\n\nNationally known speakers\n\n- Wil liam Hawkins\, Principal data consultant\, Enterprise Data Solutions\, Inc . Lunar data protection\n- Gora Datta\, Chairman CEO CAL2CAL Corp\, ‘Cyb er Healthcare’\n- Raimundo Rodulfo\, Director of Innovation Technology\, City of Coral Gables\, CIO ‘Traffic Com’\n- Karen Pedersen\, PE\, Ped ersen Power Solns\, IEEE President 2017 ‘Ethics in Engineering’\n- Kis hore Kadari\, Embedded Software Engineer\, ‘Digital Twins’\, Universit y of South Florida\n- Muntaser Syed\, ‘Chat GPT’\, NVIDIA\, GPU Develo per Advocate\n- Fred Ferguson\, CEO and Founder\, Waterotor Energy Technol ogies Inc ‘Kinetic energy’\n- Ron Zimmer\, past CEO of the Continental Automated Buildings Association\, ‘Intelligent Buildings + Smart Cities = Reduced Energy'\n- Dennis Walters\, Chief of Staff\, Stars Technologies Corporation\, ‘On Site Hydrogen Fueling’\n- Jeff Glickman\, ‘Artifi cial General Intelligence: Bridging the Gap Towards Human-like Cognition ’\n- Charly Esnal\, Entrepreneur\, Mana Tech ‘Start Ups’\n- Curtis A shton\, Director of Training American Power Systems EastPenn ‘Li-Ion Bat teries for home\, telecom\, UPS Pros and Cons’\n- Josh Robinson\, IRISS\ , VP BD\, ‘Electrical Safety Infrared Windows’\n- Heather Thompson\, ‘Personal Branding’\, Executive Leadership Transformation\, Blue Phoen ix\n- Alexander Pfalzgraf\, ‘Digital Transformation Manufacturing’\, S iemens\n- Dr. Yu Yuan\, President of IEEE Standards Association\, 'Metaver se Is the Next Biggest Thing'\n- Thomas Coughlin\, IEEE President Elect 20 24\, ‘Storage and Data in today’s World’\n- Chris Houghtaling\, Rais e Link\, CEO\, ‘Start ups’\n- Kartik Kukarni\, Chair\, Social Impact C ommittee\, Distributed Systems and Blockchain Technologist\n- Chris Widene r\, NYT and WSJ Best Selling Author\, Motivational Speaker Hall of Fame\, Keynote\n- Ahmed Soliman\, Researcher\, Florida International University\n - Michael Shapiro\, PE\, ‘Microgrids and the Inflation Reduction Act’ Michael Shapiro\, LLC\n- Priyanca Ford\, Fusion Unlimited Clean Energy Kro nos Fusion Energy\n- Dave Lewis\, CEO and Founder of MoveEV\, ‘Electrica l Vehicle Charging Latest Trends’\n- Aaron Albritton\, Global Director o f Commissioning for Burr Computer Environments Inc\, ‘Electrical Commiss ioning’\n- Binesh Kumar\, Technical Project Lead for Atom Power\, ‘Tec hnical Organizational Leadership’\n- Bob Dent\, Past President at IEEE S ociety on Social Implications of Technology\, ‘Updates’\n- Babak Enaya ti\, Director of Engineering\, New Leaf energy\, ‘Utility Scale Microgri ds’\n- Andreas Fornwald\, CEO\, Doosan Grid Tech\, CEO\, ‘Battery Ener gy Storage Systems Utility’\n- Kaveh Aflaki\, IEMS executive Board membe r\, ‘Smart Wires’\n\n[Speakers](https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9 310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_f896e8906f3649e293316b8c0ed9b222.pdf) [Vide o](https://youtu.be/FdxPU2Hsw6A) [Salute to our Speakers](https://youtu.be /8k2U7ugYiRs)\n\n[Banner](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/60c89b_9b96a5 e1325f4610a9340f2424b7d029~mv2.jpg) [PROGRAM](https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9 915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_ff69bc91b0db4580ba189be08a7f54ad. pdf) - IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise Information: [REGISTER](https://cr uise.ieeeusa.org/)\n\nBldg: Cruise Terminal # 1\, Royal Caribbean Independ ence of the Seas\, 9050 Discover Place\, Port Canaveral\, Florida\, United States\, 32920 LOCATION:Bldg: Cruise Terminal # 1\, Royal Caribbean Independence of the Se as\, 9050 Discover Place\, Port Canaveral\, Florida\, United States\, 3292 0 ORGANIZER:mike.brisbois@ieee.org SEQUENCE:95 SUMMARY:IEEE Cruise Conference URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347133 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">The IEEE Seattle Section Affinity Group CN&nbsp\; is co-locating a special conferen ce during the&nbsp\; </span><a href="https://cruise.ieeeusa.org"><span sty le="font-weight: 400\;">IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise</span></a><span s tyle="font-weight: 400\;">\, to be held 16-20 October on Royal Caribbean&r squo\;s Independence of the Seas.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Our events are FREE to attend\, however in order to do so &ndash\; </span><strong><em>you must be booked on the IEEE-USA 50</em></strong><st rong><em>th</em></strong><strong><em> Anniversary Cruise</em></strong><spa n style="font-weight: 400\;"> by</span><a href="https://cruise.ieeeusa.org /"><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400\ ;">clicking here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400\;">. Doing so wil l get you a lanyard which is </span><strong>required for entrance</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400\;">.</span></p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:</strong><s pan style="font-weight: 400\;"> Failure to book accommodations through the link above will lead to you being </span><strong>denied entry</strong><sp an style="font-weight: 400\;"> into all IEEE-USA 50</span><span style="fon t-weight: 400\;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> Anniversary Cr uise activities and the IEEE Seattle Section Affinity Group Cruise Confere nce. If you have any questions regard to the cruise itself\, contact </spa n><a href="mailto:cruise@ieeeusa.org"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">cru ise@ieeeusa.org</span></a></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><a cla ss="btn btn-rw btn-primary button-pill" style="margin-left: 20px\; margin- top: 20px\; margin-bottom: 10px\;" title="" href="https://cruise.ieeeusa.o rg" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" data-original-title="Book Y our Passage">BOOK IEEE-USA CRUISE NOW</a></span></p>\n<p>After you have bo oked the IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise\, be sure to <a href="https://ev ents.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/347133">register for this conference</ a> using the button below.</p>\n<hr align="left" width="45%" />\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Topics include: Green Energy\, RF Communication s\, Women Entrepreneur\, 5G\, EM Field MagLev\, AI Machine Learning\, Adva nced Metering\, Power\, Space and Health electronics\, International Space Station\, Islanding switch\, Microgrids as a Service\, software models\, National Electric Code updates\, NESC\, cryptocurrency\, blockchain\, Meta verse\, Virtual Reality\, Analytics Big Data\, IEEE 1547 Utility interconn ection\, large Scale Utility power\, Utility scale batteries\, Cathodic pr otection\, AV design build\, commissioning\, Clean Energy Fusion\, Smart C ities\, socio-technical aspects of Cybersecurity\, and Patents/Trademarks. </span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>IEEE Cruise Conference Thu rsday October 19\, 2023<br /></strong>8:00 am Breakfast in Key Largo Dinin g Room<br />11:00 am Announcements IEEE<br />11:05 am Announcing the Speak ers <br />11:10 pm Introduction of the Key Note Speaker and presentation b y Dr. Melissa Sassi\, Network\, Partner\, &lsquo\;Women Start-Ups &ndash\; Pitfalls to Avoid&rsquo\;<br />11:35 am Raimundo Rodulfo\, Director of In novation Technology\, City of Coral Gables\, CIO &lsquo\;Traffic Com&rsquo \;<br />12:00 pm Jeff Glickman\, &nbsp\;&lsquo\;Artificial General Intelli gence: Bridging the Gap Towards Human-like Cognition&rsquo\;<br />12:25 pm Ron Zimmer\, past CEO of the Continental Automated Buildings Association\ , &lsquo\;Intelligent Buildings + Smart Cities = Reduced Energy'<br />1:00 pm Lunch &ndash\; Microgrid Consortium <br />3:30 pm Aaron Albritton\, Cr afting a proper Commissioning (Cx) Plan and Specifications for Electrical Systems Commissioning<br />3:55 pm Curtis Ashton\, Director of Training Am erican Power Systems EastPenn &lsquo\;Li-Ion Batteries for home\, telecom\ , UPS Pros and Cons&rsquo\;<br />4:20 pm Gora Datta\, Chairman CEO CAL2CAL Corp.\, Cyber Healthcare'<br />5:30 pm Dinner at the Key Largo Dining Roo m<br />7:30 pm Dr. Yu Yuan\, President of IEEE Standards Association\, 'Me taverse is the Next Big Thing'<br />7:55 pm Karen Pedersen\, PE\, Ethics i n Engineering<br />8:20 pm Michael Shapiro\, PE\, &lsquo\;Microgrids and t he Inflation Reduction Act&rsquo\; Michael Shapiro\, LLC<br />8:45 pm Bob Dent\, Past President at IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology \, &lsquo\;Updates&rsquo\;<br />9:10 pm Fred Furguson\, CEO and Founder\, Waterotor Energy Technologies Inc &lsquo\;Kinetic energy&rsquo\;<br />9:35 pm Dennis Walters\, Chief of Staff\, Stars Technologies Corporation\, &ls quo\;On Site Hydrogen Fueling&rsquo\; <br />10:00 pm EDT IEEE Prize Pack G iveaway<br />10:05 pm EDT Salute to our Speakers<br />10:10 pm EDT Happy H our<br />11:10 pm EDT End of Conference (See you Arizona for the IEEE Phoe nix Tech Conference and Expo)<br /><br /><strong>Nationally known speakers </strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>William Hawkins\, Principal data consultant\, Ent erprise Data Solutions\, Inc. Lunar data protection</li>\n<li>Gora Datta\, Chairman CEO CAL2CAL Corp\, &lsquo\;Cyber Healthcare&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Ra imundo Rodulfo\, Director of Innovation Technology\, City of Coral Gables\ , CIO &lsquo\;Traffic Com&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Karen Pedersen\, PE\, Pedersen Power Solns\, IEEE President 2017 &lsquo\;Ethics in Engineering&rsquo\;</ li>\n<li>Kishore Kadari\, Embedded Software Engineer\, &lsquo\;Digital Twi ns&rsquo\;\, University of South Florida</li>\n<li>Muntaser Syed\, &lsquo\ ;Chat GPT&rsquo\;\, NVIDIA\, GPU Developer Advocate</li>\n<li>Fred Ferguso n\, CEO and Founder\, Waterotor Energy Technologies Inc &lsquo\;Kinetic en ergy&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Ron Zimmer\, past CEO of the Continental Automated Buildings Association\, &lsquo\;Intelligent Buildings + Smart Cities = Red uced Energy'</li>\n<li>Dennis Walters\, Chief of Staff\, Stars Technologie s Corporation\, &lsquo\;On Site Hydrogen Fueling&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Jeff Gl ickman\, &lsquo\;Artificial General Intelligence: Bridging the Gap Towards Human-like Cognition&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Charly Esnal\, Entrepreneur\, Mana Tech &lsquo\;Start Ups&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Curtis Ashton\, Director of Trai ning American Power Systems EastPenn &lsquo\;Li-Ion Batteries for home\, t elecom\, UPS Pros and Cons&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Josh Robinson\, IRISS\, VP BD \, &lsquo\;Electrical Safety Infrared Windows&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Heather Th ompson\, &lsquo\;Personal Branding&rsquo\;\, Executive Leadership Transfor mation\, Blue Phoenix</li>\n<li>Alexander Pfalzgraf\, &lsquo\;Digital Tran sformation Manufacturing&rsquo\;\, Siemens</li>\n<li>Dr. Yu Yuan\, Preside nt of IEEE Standards Association\, 'Metaverse Is the Next Biggest Thing'</ li>\n<li>Thomas Coughlin\, IEEE President Elect 2024\, &lsquo\;Storage and Data in today&rsquo\;s World&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Chris Houghtaling\, Raise Link\, CEO\, &lsquo\;Start ups&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Kartik Kukarni\, Chair\, Social Impact Committee\, Distributed Systems and Blockchain Technologist< /li>\n<li>Chris Widener\, NYT and WSJ Best Selling Author\, Motivational S peaker Hall of Fame\, Keynote</li>\n<li>Ahmed Soliman\, Researcher\, Flori da International University</li>\n<li>Michael Shapiro\, PE\, &lsquo\;Micro grids and the Inflation Reduction Act&rsquo\; Michael Shapiro\, LLC</li>\n <li>Priyanca Ford\, Fusion Unlimited Clean Energy Kronos Fusion Energy</li >\n<li>Dave Lewis\, CEO and Founder of MoveEV\, &lsquo\;Electrical Vehicle Charging Latest Trends&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Aaron Albritton\, Global Directo r of Commissioning for Burr Computer Environments Inc\, &lsquo\;Electrical Commissioning&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Binesh Kumar\, Technical Project Lead for Atom Power\, &lsquo\;Technical Organizational Leadership&rsquo\;</li>\n<l i>Bob Dent\, Past President at IEEE Society on Social Implications of Tech nology\, &lsquo\;Updates&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Babak Enayati\, Director of Eng ineering\, New Leaf energy\, &lsquo\;Utility Scale Microgrids&rsquo\;</li> \n<li>Andreas Fornwald\, CEO\, Doosan Grid Tech\, CEO\, &lsquo\;Battery En ergy Storage Systems Utility&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Kaveh Aflaki\, IEMS executi ve Board member\, &lsquo\;Smart Wires&rsquo\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href="htt ps://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_f896e890 6f3649e293316b8c0ed9b222.pdf">Speakers</a> &nbsp\; <a href="https://youtu. be/FdxPU2Hsw6A">Video</a>&nbsp\; <a href="https://youtu.be/8k2U7ugYiRs">Sa lute to our Speakers</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp\; <a href="https://static.wixstatic .com/media/60c89b_9b96a5e1325f4610a9340f2424b7d029~mv2.jpg">Banner</a> &nb sp\;<a href="https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd /60c89b_ff69bc91b0db4580ba189be08a7f54ad.pdf">PROGRAM</a> - IEEE-USA 50th Anniversary Cruise Information: <a href="https://cruise.ieeeusa.org/">REGI STER</a></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR