BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230514T171244Z UID:8662B920-17CB-4251-A396-89AD0547E6E0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T193000 DESCRIPTION:Oregon Section YP invites you to a special reception at IEEE Su sTech 2023 feauring a presentation on 'Climate Change and Sustainabilty' b y our 2023 IEEE President and CEO\, Dr. Saifur Rahman. This will be a hybr id event (see below for Zoom login details)\, and we'll have a Networking Mixer with FREE food/drinks as well as raffle prizes for those attending i n person.\n\nDate & Time: April 20\, 2023\, 6:00-8:30 PM\n\nNetworking Mix er: 6:00-6:30 PM\, and 7:30-8:30 PM\n\nPresentation by Dr. Saifur Rahman: 6:30-7:00 PM (followed by Q&A)\n\nLocation: University Place Hotel\nMultno mah Room\n310 SW Lincoln St\nPortland\, OR 97201\nTelephone: +1 503-221-01 40 / +1-866-845-4647\nhttps://www.uplacehotel.com/\n\nThis virtual lecture will address what is climate change\, what is causing it and how it is im pacting the daily lives of citizens around the world. In the context the a uthor will the issue of greenhouse gas emissions and how it can be reduced to help mitigate the effect of climate change.\n\nThere has been a major focus placed on the carbon produced through electricity generation\, as it is responsible for roughly 30% of emissions globally\, When focusing on t he energy sector alone\, it is apparent that [nation states are coalescing into two groups](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are -historically-responsible-for-climate-change) when targeting carbon reduct ions:\n\n- Industrialized nation states\, which have been responsible for the vast majority of the total CO2 emissions thus far.\n- Emerging economi es\, which are less responsible for past carbon emissions\, but increasing their carbon emissions at a much faster rate.\n\nA nuanced approach to re duce carbon emissions from the electric power sector will be presented whi ch will require industrialized nation states to collaborate with emerging economies to deploy a portfolio of solutions with low-carbon generation in cluding nuclear\, hydrogen\, storage and demand side management with advan ced technology focusing on energy efficiency.\n\nProfessor Saifur Rahman i s the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tec h\, USA where he is the Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Compu ter Engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the Global Envi ronment. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Millennium Medal winn er. He is the 2023 IEEE President & CEO and was the president of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) for 2018 and 2019. He was the Founding Edit or-in-Chief of the IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He has published over 160 journal papers and has m ade over five hundred conference and invited presentations. He has conduct ed several energy efficiency\, blockchain and sensor integration projects for Duke Energy\, Tokyo Electric Power Company\, the US National Science F oundation\, the US Department of Defense\, the US Department of Energy and the State of Virginia. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Virgin ia Tech.\n\nRoom: Multnomah\, University Place Hotel & Conference Center\, 310 SW Lincoln St\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States\, 97201\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355821 LOCATION:Room: Multnomah\, University Place Hotel & Conference Center\, 310 SW Lincoln St\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States\, 97201\, Virtual: http s://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355821 ORGANIZER:amritesh557@ieee.org SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:"Climate Change and Sustainability" by Professor Saifur Rahman URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355821 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Oregon Section YP invites you to a special reception at IEEE SusTech 2023 feauring a presentation on 'Climate Change and Sustainabilty' by our 2023 IEEE President and CEO\, Dr. Saifur Rahman . This will be a hybrid event (see below for Zoom login details)\, and we' ll have a Networking Mixer with FREE food/drinks as well as raffle prizes for those attending in person.</p>\n<p><strong>Date &amp\; Time: </strong> April 20\, 2023\, 6:00-8:30 PM</p>\n<p><strong>Networking Mixer: </strong> 6:00-6:30 PM\, and 7:30-8:30 PM</p>\n<p><strong>Presentation by Dr. Saifur Rahman:</strong> 6:30-7:00 PM (followed by Q&amp\;A)</p>\n<p><strong>Loca tion:</strong> University Place Hotel<br />Multnomah Room<br />310 SW Linc oln St<br />Portland\, OR 97201<br />Telephone: +1 503-221-0140 / +1-866-8 45-4647<br /><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.uplacehote l.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.uplacehotel.com/</a></p >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This virtual lecture will address what is climate ch ange\, what is causing it and how it is impacting the daily lives of citiz ens around the world. In the context the author will the issue of greenhou se gas emissions and how it can be reduced to help mitigate the effect of climate change.</p>\n<p>There has been a major focus placed on the carbon produced through electricity generation\, as it is responsible for roughly 30% of emissions globally\,&nbsp\; When focusing on the energy sector alo ne\, it is apparent that&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analys is-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change">nation states are coalescing into two groups</a>&nbsp\;when targeting carbon red uctions:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Industrialized nation states\, which have been res ponsible for the vast majority of the total CO2 emissions thus far.</li>\n <li>Emerging economies\, which are less responsible for past carbon emissi ons\, but increasing their carbon emissions at a much faster rate.</li>\n< /ul>\n<p>A nuanced approach to reduce carbon emissions from the electric p ower sector will be presented which will require industrialized nation sta tes to collaborate with emerging economies to deploy a portfolio of soluti ons with low-carbon generation including nuclear\, hydrogen\, storage and demand side management with advanced technology focusing on energy efficie ncy.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Professor Saifur Rahman is the founding d irector of the Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech\, USA where he is the Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the Global Environment. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Millennium Medal winner. &nbsp\;He is the 2023 IEEE President &amp\; CEO and was the president of the IEEE Powe r and Energy Society (PES) for 2018 and 2019. He was the Founding Editor-i n-Chief of the IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He has published over 160 journal papers and has made over five hundred conference and invited presentations. He has conducted s everal energy efficiency\, blockchain and sensor integration projects for Duke Energy\, Tokyo Electric Power Company\, the US National Science Found ation\, the US Department of Defense\, the US Department of Energy and the State of Virginia. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Virginia T ech.</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR