BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Istanbul BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T061407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20160907T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1WE;BYMONTH=9 TZNAME:+03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230306T161303Z UID:B747664A-D8CE-48B1-B089-8EBCBD8E5C38 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20230302T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20230302T170000 DESCRIPTION:The main goal behind the trip was to bridge the gap between the industry and students\, also to broaden the volunteers' horizons and show them different contrasting sides of the industry\, from the world of dron es to the world of gaming and game development.\n\nThe trip started at the Jordan Gaming Lab - King Hussein Business Park\, where Instructor Hamzah Alqaisi talked about the impact and importance of game development in our day and age\, and how it has been a booming and trending field in the past years. He also gave a brief introduction to the world of game development by explaining some theory like the difference between 2D and 3D games. To further emphasize the importance and widespread of game development oppor tunities in Jordan\, the group also visited Maysalward\, which is a Jordan ian mobile-game studio\, where the company employees shared their diverse backgrounds and how they started in the field of game development. Then th e group headed to Sager Autonomous Robotics\, which is a Jordanian modern high-tech enterprise where Engineer Kamal Alalul and Engineer Alaaldin Al- Khawajah from Sager Autonomous Robotics explained to the group how the com pany operates\, gave the students useful career tips and pointers\, also e xplained how drones are a tool that the company uses to collect data and t hen analyze it for different industry goals. They also showed the students the different types of drones used at the company and explained what each is used for and the differences between them. Then\, sandwiches from Scoo pLoop and different drinks were distributed and the members had lunch toge ther and got to know each other more\, the Webmaster Tala Alqam prepared i ce breaker games which the members enjoyed while having lunch. Then the gr oup headed to Al-Hussein Technical University where they visited different labs such as the H1 drone racing lab among others in the field of enginee ring. Then a team meeting was held for all the volunteers who took part in the trip where future direction was discussed and the group brainstormed ideas\, the trip ended by distributing the IEEE merchandise to the members and another fun activity prepared by the core team.\n\nKing Hussein Busin ess Park\, Amman\, Jordan\, Jordan LOCATION:King Hussein Business Park\, Amman\, Jordan\, Jordan ORGANIZER: mostafa.kwd@ieee.org SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:Educational Field Trip URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351223 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The main goal behind the trip was to bridg e the gap between the industry and students\, also to broaden the voluntee rs' horizons and show them different contrasting sides of the industry\, f rom the world of drones to the world of gaming and game development.&nbsp\ ;</p>\n<p>The trip started at the Jordan Gaming Lab - King Hussein Busines s Park\, where Instructor Hamzah Alqaisi talked about the impact and impor tance of game development in our day and age\, and how it has been a boomi ng and trending field in the past years. He also gave a brief introduction to the world of game development by explaining some theory like the diffe rence between 2D and 3D games. To further emphasize the importance and wid espread of game development opportunities in Jordan\, the group also visit ed Maysalward\, which is a Jordanian mobile-game studio\, where the compan y employees shared their diverse backgrounds and how they started in the f ield of game development. Then the group headed to Sager Autonomous Roboti cs\, which is a Jordanian modern high-tech enterprise where Engineer Kamal Alalul and Engineer Alaaldin Al-Khawajah from Sager Autonomous Robotics e xplained to the group how the company operates\, gave the students useful career tips and pointers\, also explained how drones are a tool that the c ompany uses to collect data and then analyze it for different industry goa ls. They also showed the students the different types of drones used at th e company and explained what each is used for and the differences between them. Then\, sandwiches from ScoopLoop and different drinks were distribut ed and the members had lunch together and got to know each other more\, th e Webmaster Tala Alqam prepared ice breaker games which the members enjoye d while having lunch. Then the group headed to Al-Hussein Technical Univer sity where they visited different labs such as the H1 drone racing lab amo ng others in the field of engineering. Then a team meeting was held for al l the volunteers who took part in the trip where future direction was disc ussed and the group brainstormed ideas\, the trip ended by distributing th e IEEE merchandise to the members and another fun activity prepared by the core team.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR