BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T183247Z UID:64909D5B-9965-4376-8C8C-3CDCE684363E DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T140000 DESCRIPTION:University of Manchester Student Branches (including Industrial Applications (IAS)\, Power and Energy (PES)\, Microwave Theory and Techni ques (MTT)\, Communications (COM)\, Electronic Devices)\, together with [U K and Ireland Power and Energy Society Chapter\,](https://www.ieee-ukandir eland.org/chapters/power-and-energy/) [UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter\,](http s://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-t echnology/)[UK and Ireland Women in Engineering (WIE)](https://www.ieee-uk andireland.org/affinity-groups/women-in-engineering/) and SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT are cooperating to organise this SSIT Distinguished Lecture hosted a t University of Manchester on 20 February 2024.\n\nProf Paul M Cunningham (Chair\, IEEE UK and Ireland Section) will briefly present the IEEE UK and Ireland Section and associated volunteer opportunities followed by Dr Pri ncy Johnson (Chair\, Uk and Ireland Women in Engineering)\, who will brief ly present "Toolkits for building leadership capabilities" to stimulate di scussion regarding potential capacity building opportunities.\n\nPaul will then deliver an SSIT Distinguished Lecture "mHealth4Afrika - Issues assoc iated with Technology Adoption in Resource Constrained Environments".\n\nT his meeting will take place in University of Manchester at 1pm on 20 Febru ary 2024.\n\nRegistration\n\nThis event is open to all IEEE Members and Vo lunteers (including local Student Branch Members) as well as other staff a nd students at local universities and local industry representatives. Plea se [click here to register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/401550) your physical participation.\n\nIEEE Members (including Student Members) should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.\n\nDistinguished L ecture Focus\n\nSupported by the European Commission\, mHealth4Afrika co-d esigned and validated a state-of-the-art modular\, extensible and multilin gual standards-based health information system to support strengthening pr imary healthcare delivery in resource-constrained environments in Ethiopia \, Kenya\, Malawi and South Africa\n\nThis SSIT Distinguished Lecture (DL) by Prof. Paul M Cunningham (IST-Africa Institute\, Ireland) will share in sight gained from mHealth4Afrika related to co-designing appropriate techn ological solutions to address societal challenges in resource-constrained environments.\n\n_________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________\n\nPost-Event Update: Event Photos\n\nCo-sponsored by: The University of Manchester\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Paul Cunningham \, Dr P rincy Johnson\, \n\nAgenda: \nWelcome\nIEEE UK and Ireland Section Volunte er Opportunities\, Prof Paul Cunningham\, IEEE UK and Ireland Section Chai r\nToolkits for building leadership capabilities\, Dr Princy Johnson\, Cha ir\, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) UK and Ireland\nmHealth4Afrika - Issu es associated with Technology Adoption in Resource Constrained Environment s - Prof Paul M Cunnigham\, IST-Africa Institute\, Ireland\nDiscussion\n\n Room: G.007\, Bldg: Oddfellows Hall\, University of Manchester\, Mancheste r\, England\, United Kingdom LOCATION:Room: G.007\, Bldg: Oddfellows Hall\, University of Manchester\, M anchester\, England\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER:airam.perezguillen@manchester.ac.uk SEQUENCE:16 SUMMARY:IEEE SSIT Distinguished Lecture: mHealth4Afrika – Issues Associat ed with Technology Adoption in Resource Constrained Environments URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/401550 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>University of Manchester Student B ranches</strong> (including Industrial Applications (IAS)\, Power and Ener gy (PES)\, Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT)\, Communications (COM)\, Electronic Devices)\, together with <a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland .org/chapters/power-and-energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Ire land Power and Energy Society Chapter\,</a>&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.iee e-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter\, </a><a href= "https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/affinity-groups/women-in-engineering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Ireland Women in Engineering (WIE)</ a> and SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT are cooperating to organise this SSIT Disting uished Lecture hosted at <strong>University of Manchester</strong> on <str ong>20 February 2024</strong>.</p>\n<p><strong>Prof Paul M Cunningham</str ong> (Chair\, IEEE UK and Ireland Section) will briefly present the <stron g>IEEE UK and Ireland Section and associated volunteer opportunities</stro ng> followed by <strong>Dr Princy Johnson (</strong>Chair\, Uk and Ireland Women in Engineering)\, who will briefly present "<strong>Toolkits for bu ilding leadership capabilities</strong>" to stimulate discussion regarding potential capacity building opportunities.</p>\n<p>Paul will then deliver an SSIT Distinguished Lecture "<strong>mHealth4Afrika - Issues associated with Technology Adoption in Resource Constrained Environments</strong>".< /p>\n<p>This meeting will take place in <strong>University of Mancheste</s trong>r at 1pm on <strong>20 February 2024</strong>.</p>\n<p><strong>Regis tration</strong></p>\n<p>This event is open to all <strong>IEEE Members an d Volunteers</strong> (including local Student Branch Members) as well as <strong>other staff and students at local universities and local industry representatives</strong>. Please <a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m /401550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here to register</a> your ph ysical participation.</p>\n<p>IEEE Members (including Student Members) sho uld include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.</p>\n<p><strong >Distinguished Lecture Focus</strong></p>\n<p>Supported by the European Co mmission\, mHealth4Afrika co-designed and validated a state-of-the-art mod ular\, extensible and multilingual standards-based health information syst em to support strengthening primary healthcare delivery in resource-constr ained environments in Ethiopia\, Kenya\, Malawi and South Africa</p>\n<p>T his SSIT Distinguished Lecture (DL) by&nbsp\;<strong>Prof. Paul M Cunningh am</strong><strong>&nbsp\;</strong>(<strong>IST-Africa Institute\, Ireland </strong>) will share insight gained from mHealth4Afrika related to co-des igning appropriate technological solutions to address societal challenges in resource-constrained environments.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>____________ __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________</p>\n<p>< strong>Post-Event Update: Event Photos</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src=" https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/31fdd495-fc17-4319- 8ab4-8ed2f2078f13"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/medi a/display/3124e187-0776-4659-8d8f-c63d1b0afd05" width="519" height="389">< /strong></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>Welcome</strong><br><stro ng>IEEE UK and Ireland Section Volunteer Opportunities</strong>\, Prof Pau l Cunningham\, IEEE UK and Ireland Section Chair<br><strong>Toolkits for b uilding leadership capabilities\,</strong> Dr Princy Johnson\, Chair\, IEE E Women in Engineering (WIE) UK and Ireland<br><strong>mHealth4Afrika - Is sues associated with Technology Adoption in Resource Constrained Environme nts</strong> - Prof Paul M Cunnigham\, IST-Africa Institute\, Ireland<br>< strong>Discussion</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR