BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240425T015550Z UID:19076F52-CEDD-4AAA-B818-3CA341406533 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T170000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for the IEEE Boston Tech Conference and Expo. Find out the latest trends in artificial intelligence\, AI\, ML\, Machine Learning\ , Space Exploration Lunar Landing Artemis\, fusion\, RF\, Microgrids and U tilities\, Health and Electronics and Smart Cities Boston.\n\n[PROGRAM](ht tps://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_c77b6eb aedad4b958df6637928333738.pdf) [Speakers](https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915- ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_d6f852d0896f453d9afbad06985484aa.pdf) \n\n[Flyer](https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/ 60c89b_38f5d389d96a47f0a92a89b446c5ef61.pdf) [Registration](https://www.re gister-ieee.com/event-details-registration/ieee-boston-tech-conference-and -expo) [Lanyard](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/60c89b_726bab3e332443b 1877be1b515a05892~mv2.jpg) [T-Shirt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/60 c89b_69b1202f224c4755a692b4c7d10261e7~mv2.jpg)\n\nWe thank our sponsors:\n IEEE Consultant Network [Seattle](https://ieee-seattle.org/cnt/)\nRaimundo [Rodulfo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimundorodulfo/)\, PE MSEM\, PMP\, CSSBB\nDr. Mansoor Khan\, [Land Heart Energy](https://www.landheartenergy .com/)\nFred Ferguson\, [Waterotor](https://waterotor.com/) Energy Technol ogies Inc.\nBob Frankston\, [Frankston.com](http://frankston.com/)\nEarl M cDonald\, [PE](https://www.linkedin.com/in/earl-macdonald-5852122b/)\nRaul Ortega\, [Melbourne](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/175457) IEEE Consul tant Network\nEltijani Elrayah\, [AXIS](https://www.linkedin.com/company/a xis-communications/)\nNaga Simhadri [Apparao](https://www.researchgate.net /profile/Naga-Simhadri-Apparao-Polireddi)Polireddi\nKirill [Gritsenko](htt ps://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-gritsenko-52a80447/)\nSteve Tomaszewski\, [Apollo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventomaszewski/) Solar\n[Snow](htt ps://www.linkedin.com/in/tuyet-trang-snow-lam/) Tuyet-Trang Lam Piel\, Ph D\nBrandon Branham\, [Curiosity Lab](https://curiositylabptc.com/)\nMaxim Jago\, [Creative Conference](https://www.creativityconference.is/)\n\nCo-s ponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society\n\nAgenda: \nBoston Tech Confer ence and Expo April 12\, 2024\, 8 am\n\nSpeaker Line up\n7:30 am Boston St yle Breakfast Buffet – All day beverage service\n8:00 am IEEE Announceme nts\n8:05 am Introduction of all the speakers\n8:10 am Kickoff Mayor\n8:25 am Yuri Quintana\, Chief\, Division of Clinical Informatics\, Beth Israel Harvard Medical\n8:50 am Clark Wiedetz Chief Sales Officer at GreenStruxu re\, ‘Green Energy Case Studies’.\n9:15 am Pranav Chaudhary Senior Sof tware Engineer at Amazon\n9:40 am Ernesto Vega Janica Senior Fire Protecti on Engineer Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory\n10:05 am Dr. Torbjørn Le mbke\, Chief Maglev Scientist\, MagLev Aero\n10:30 am Ding Han\, Clean Ene rgy Professional Leading Digital Transformation\,''\n10:55 am Abir Chermit i\, CEO Coach\n11:20 am Tim Callahan\, Engineering Manager\, Eversource\, ‘Generation/Load Decoupling Standard’\n11:45 am Marie Tupaj and Peter Shea How Schools and Colleges are Adopting AI & ML- STEM Classroom\n12:10 pm Special Guest Prize Pack Giveaway\n12:15 pm Lunch The Cape Cod Buffet\n 12:45 pm Bob Frankston\, IEEE Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer\, IEEE Con sumer Technology Society\, 'Connectivity Networking as a service'\n1:10 pm Frank B. DeFina\, Business Development Manager Vaisala ‘Extreme Weather in the Urban Environment’\n1:35 pm Joseph Redmond\, PE\, Electrical Tea m Leader at B2Q\n2:00 pm Adam Gutbezahl\, associate at Ruberto\, Israel & Weiner\, ‘Balancing AI Benefits & Workplace Challenges.’\n2:25 pm Mahd i Haghzadeh\, PhD\, RF Engineering\, Founder\, Cognitave\, Inc.\, Radar fo r Advanced Vehicular Systems\n2:50 pm Maria Palombini\, Global Practice Le ader\, Healthcare & Life Sciences\n3:15 pm Mansoor Khan\, Virtual Power Pl ants\, Land Heart Energy\, 'from the Big Apple to the Green Apple'\n3:40 p m Saurav Bhattacharya\, Researcher\, Engineer\, Author\, Speaker\, Founder \, Mentor in Digital Authentication Microsoft\n4:05 pm Samuel Li\, Buildin g Digital Twin Metaverse Cities-Accelerating Urban Digital Transformation thru Emerging Tech\n4:30 pm Phil Teague\, ‘DC is the Future’\, CEO and Founder Rectify Solar\n4:55 pm Salute to the Speakers\n5:00 pm Special Gu est – Happy Hour - Networking\n\nPaul Revere Room\n9:00 am Astha Kukreja \, ‘Robotics Autonomous Driving’\, Technical Lead Systems Engineer\n9: 25 am Saad Thabit\, Founder and Principal DRF Engineering Services\n9:50 a m Xinsheng Lou\, Ph D\, ISA Fellow\, Director of ISA POWID\, AI\n10:15 am Anthony Romano\, Dr. Hedge Fund\n10:40 am Jeff Steffensen\, Commissioning Market Leader\, Affiliated Engineers\n11:05 am Youcef Abdelli\, Founder an d CEO ZT1 Technology\, Power Electronics dominate Sustainability Transitio n\n11:30 am Phil Teague\, ‘DC is the Future’\, CEO and Founder Rectify Solar\n11:55 am Olaoluwa Adeleke\, Investment Banking\, Private Equity an d Venture Capital\n12:55 pm Dr. Raj Vayyavur\, Director Enterprise Archite cture Data Governance at Public Consulting Group\n1:20 pm Laiz Souto\, Sen ior Research Associate Future Energy Networks\, University of Bristol\n\n1 00 Boardman Street\, Boston \, Massachusetts\, United States\, 02128 LOCATION:100 Boardman Street\, Boston \, Massachusetts\, United States\, 02 128 ORGANIZER:mike.brisbois@ieee.org SEQUENCE:331 SUMMARY:IEEE Boston Tech Conference and Expo 2024 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/389672 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join us for the IEEE Boston Tech Conferenc e and Expo. Find out the latest trends in artificial intelligence\, AI\, M L\, Machine Learning\, Space Exploration Lunar Landing Artemis\, fusion\, RF\, Microgrids and Utilities\, Health and Electronics and Smart Cities Bo ston.</p>\n<p><a href="https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfil es.com/ugd/60c89b_c77b6ebaedad4b958df6637928333738.pdf">PROGRAM</a>&nbsp\; <a href="https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60 c89b_d6f852d0896f453d9afbad06985484aa.pdf">Speakers</a></p>\n<p><a href="h ttps://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_38f5d3 89d96a47f0a92a89b446c5ef61.pdf">Flyer</a> &nbsp\; <a href="https://www.reg ister-ieee.com/event-details-registration/ieee-boston-tech-conference-and- expo">Registration</a>&nbsp\; <a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ 60c89b_726bab3e332443b1877be1b515a05892~mv2.jpg">Lanyard</a> &nbsp\; <a hr ef="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/60c89b_69b1202f224c4755a692b4c7d102 61e7~mv2.jpg">T-Shirt</a><br><br><br><span class="_3Xq7i" data-hook="wrapp ed-component-container"><span class="wds_1_74_4_typography__root wds_1_74_ 4_newColorsBranding__root wds_1_74_4_madefor__madefor"><span data-offset-k ey="3peck-0-0"><strong>We thank our sponsors: </strong><br>IEEE Consultant Network <a href="https://ieee-seattle.org/cnt/">Seattle</a><br>Raimundo < a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimundorodulfo/">Rodulfo</a>\, PE MSE M\, PMP\, CSSBB<br>Dr. Mansoor Khan\, <a href="https://www.landheartenergy .com/">Land Heart Energy</a><br>Fred Ferguson\, <a href="https://waterotor .com/">Waterotor</a> Energy Technologies Inc.<br>Bob Frankston\, <a href=" http://frankston.com/">Frankston.com</a><br>Earl McDonald\, <a href="https ://www.linkedin.com/in/earl-macdonald-5852122b/">PE</a><br>Raul Ortega\, < a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/175457">Melbourne</a> IEEE Consul tant Network<br>Eltijani Elrayah\, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/compa ny/axis-communications/">AXIS</a><br>Naga Simhadri <a href="https://www.re searchgate.net/profile/Naga-Simhadri-Apparao-Polireddi">Apparao </a>Polire ddi<br>Kirill <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-gritsenko-52a804 47/">Gritsenko</a><br>Steve Tomaszewski\, <a href="https://www.linkedin.co m/in/steventomaszewski/">Apollo</a> Solar<br><a href="https://www.linkedin .com/in/tuyet-trang-snow-lam/">Snow</a> Tuyet-Trang Lam Piel\, Ph D<br>Bra ndon Branham\, <a href="https://curiositylabptc.com/">Curiosity Lab</a><br >Maxim Jago\, <a href="https://www.creativityconference.is/">Creative Conf erence</a><br><br></span></span></span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p cl ass="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: 150%\;"><strong>< span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri' \,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0d0d \; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; ms o-ligatures: none\;">Boston Tech Conference and Expo<span style="mso-tab-c ount: 2\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span>April 12\, 2024\, 8 am</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%\; margin: 0in -9.0pt 0in 0in\;"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 1 4.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-farea st-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themecolor: text1 \; mso-themetint: 242\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">Spe aker Line up</span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-heig ht: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: ' Times New Roman'\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;"><br>7:30 am Boston Style Breakfast Buffet &ndash\; All day beverage service<br>8:0 0 am IEEE Announcements<br>8:05 am Introduction of all the speakers<br>8:1 0 am Kickoff Mayor<br>8:25 am <span style="color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themecolor : text1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">Yuri Quintana\, Chief\, Division of Clinic al Informatics\, Beth Israel Harvard Medical</span><br>8:50 am Clark Wiede tz Chief Sales Officer at GreenStruxure\, &lsquo\;Green Energy Case Studie s&rsquo\;. <br>9:15 am Pranav Chaudhary Senior Software Engineer at Amazon <br>9:40 am Ernesto Vega Janica Senior Fire Protection Engineer Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory<br>10:05 am Dr. Torbj&oslash\;rn Lembke\, Chief Maglev Scientist\, MagLev Aero<br>10:30 am Ding Han\, Clean Energy Profess ional Leading Digital Transformation\,''<br>10:55 am Abir Chermiti\, CEO C oach<br>11:20 am Tim Callahan\, Engineering Manager\, Eversource\, &lsquo\ ;Generation/Load Decoupling Standard&rsquo\;<br>11:45 am Marie Tupaj and P eter Shea How Schools and Colleges are Adopting AI &amp\; ML- STEM Classro om<br>12:10 pm Special Guest Prize Pack Giveaway<br>12:15 pm Lunch The Cap e Cod Buffet<br>12:45 pm Bob Frankston\, IEEE Fellow and Distinguished Lec turer\, IEEE Consumer Technology Society\, 'Connectivity Networking as a s ervice'<br>1:10 pm Frank B. DeFina\, Business Development Manager Vaisala &lsquo\;Extreme Weather in the Urban Environment&rsquo\;<br></span><span s tyle="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans -serif\;">1:35 pm Joseph Redmond\, PE\, Electrical Team Leader at B2Q<br>2 :00 pm Adam Gutbezahl\, associate at Ruberto\, Israel &amp\; Weiner\, &lsq uo\;Balancing AI Benefits &amp\; Workplace Challenges.&rsquo\;<br>2:25 pm Mahdi Haghzadeh\, PhD\, RF Engineering\, Founder\, Cognitave\, Inc.\, Rada r for Advanced Vehicular Systems<br>2:50 pm Maria Palombini\, Global Pract ice Leader\, Healthcare &amp\; Life Sciences<br>3:15 pm Mansoor Khan\, Vir tual Power Plants\, Land Heart Energy\, 'from the Big Apple to the Green A pple'<br><span style="color: #0d0d0d\;">3:40 pm </span>Saurav Bhattacharya \, Researcher\, Engineer\, Author\, Speaker\, Founder\, Mentor in Digital Authentication Microsoft<br><span style="color: #0d0d0d\;">4:05 pm Samuel Li\, Building Digital Twin Metaverse Cities-Accelerating Urban Digital Tra nsformation thru Emerging Tech<br></span>4:30 pm <span style="color: #0d0d 0d\; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">Phil Teague\, &lsquo\;D C is the Future&rsquo\;\, CEO and Founder Rectify Solar</span><br>4:55 pm Salute to the Speakers<br>5:00 pm Special Guest &ndash\; Happy Hour - Netw orking<br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Tim es New Roman'\; color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 24 2\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">Paul Revere Room<br></s pan></strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-fam ily: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\; mso-font-ker ning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">9:00 am Astha Kukreja\, &lsquo\;Robotic s Autonomous Driving&rsquo\;\, </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; lin e-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-fam ily: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">Te chnical Lead Systems Engineer<br><span style="color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themeco lor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">9:25 am Saad Thabit\, Founder and Princ ipal DRF Engineering Services</span><br><span style="color: #0d0d0d\; mso- themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">9:50 am Xinsheng Lou\, Ph D\, IS A Fellow\, Director of ISA POWID\, AI</span><br><span style="color: #0d0d0 d\; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">10:15 am Anthony Romano\ , Dr. Hedge Fund<br></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d\; mso-themecolor: t ext1\; mso-themetint: 242\;">10:40 am Jeff Steffensen\, Commissioning Mark et Leader\, Affiliated Engineers<br></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fare ast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0d0d\; mso-font-kerning: 0p t\; mso-ligatures: none\;">11:05 am Youcef Abdelli\, Founder and CEO ZT1 T echnology\, Power Electronics dominate Sustainability Transition<br></span ><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calibr i'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0d 0d\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">11:30 am Phil Teague\, &lsquo\;DC is the Future&rsquo\;\, CEO and Founder Rectify Solar<br></spa n><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-family: 'Calib ri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #0d0 d0d\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\;">11:55 am Olaoluwa Ade leke\, Investment Banking\, Private Equity and Venture Capital<br>12:55 pm Dr. Raj Vayyavur\, Director Enterprise Architecture Data Governance at Pu blic Consulting Group<br>1:20 pm Laiz Souto\, Senior Research Associate Fu ture Energy Networks\, University of Bristol</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR