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DESCRIPTION:About\n\nIEEE Engineering Day ([https://engineeringday.ieee-pt.
 org](https://engineeringday.ieee-pt.org/2024/)) is a yearly event promoted
  by IEEE Portugal aiming to join Academia and Industry to present and disc
 uss relevant topics for the technological community.\n\nThis year we will 
 meet at [Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde](https://www.ubi.pt/entidade/cie
 ncias_da_saude) (FCS) from [Universidade da Beira Interior](https://www.ub
 i.pt/) (UBI) located at the beautiful city of [Covilhã](https://turismodo
 centro.pt/concelho/covilha/)\, with the topic &quot;Shaping the Next Generation
  of Data Centers and Connectivity”.\n\nAccommodation - if you plan to st
 ay overnight at Covilhã from 14th to 15th November\n\nOur co-sponsors [Sp
 ort Hotel](https://www.sporthotel.pt/en/) and [Puralã Hotel](https://www.
 hotelpurala.pt/en/) offer a special 10% discount over the daily best price
  rate. To ensure that you have access to this special offer\, the booking 
 should be conducted directly through the frontdesk:\n\n- Sport Hotel (spor
 thotel.front@naturaimbhotels.com)\n- Puralã (purala.front@naturaimbhotels
 .com)\n\nIf you have any questions please contact us directly.\n\nCo-spons
 ored by: Universidade da Beira Interior || Faculdade de Ciências da Saúd
 e || Altice (Data Center)\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Carlo Fischione\, Manuel de M
 atos Fernandes\, Paulo Marques\, Carlos Pardelinha\, Paulo Duarte\n\nAgend
 a: \n&lt;------------------------ Provisional Agenda - Check regularly for up
 dates ------------------------&gt;\n\n09:00 - Registration and Welcoming Sess
 ion - IEEE Portugal Section @Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde (FCS)\n\n10:
 00 - Field Trip: Visit to Altice&#39;s Data Center (Options: 1 - morning walk 
 from FCS OR 2 - meet at the public parking lot)\n\n12:30 - Lunch Break || 
 IEEE Portugal Section Awards\n\n14:00 - Keynote Lecture: &quot;Energy Transitio
 n in Portugal: Where are we?&quot;\, Manuel de Matos Fernandes\, Deputy Directo
 r at REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais and the President of the National 
 Council of the College of Electrical Engineering.\n\n14:30 - Keynote Lectu
 re: &quot;Channel Coding for Digital Wireless Computations&quot;\, Carlo Fischione\,
  Full Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Distinguished Lectu
 rer for the IEEE Communications Society (Session Chair: Professor Fernando
  Velez)\n\n15:30 - Coffee Break\n\n16:00 - Panel: &quot;Shaping the Next Genera
 tion of Data Centers and Connectivity” with the presence of Carlos Parde
 linha\, Paulo Duarte and Paulo Marques.\n\n17:00 - IEEE Portugal MSc Outst
 anding Awards\n\n17:30 - Closing Session\n\nCo-Sponsors\n\n- [IT - Institu
 to de Telecomunicações](https://www.it.pt/)\n\n- [OE - Delegação Distr
 ital de Castelo Branco](https://www.ordemdosengenheiros.pt/regiao-centro/p
 t/contactos/delegacoes-distritais/)\n\n- [Sport Hotel](https://www.sportho
 tel.pt/en/) and [Puralã Hotel](https://www.hotelpurala.pt/en/)\n\nRoom: A
 nfiteatro Verde\, Bldg: FCS\, Anfiteatro Verde - Faculdade de Ciências da
  Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior\, Av. Infante D. Henrique\, Covil
 hã\, Centro\, Portugal\, 6200-506 Covilhã
LOCATION:Room: Anfiteatro Verde\, Bldg: FCS\, Anfiteatro Verde - Faculdade 
 de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior\, Av. Infante D. H
 enrique\, Covilhã\, Centro\, Portugal\, 6200-506 Covilhã
ORGANIZER:excom@ieee-pt.org
SEQUENCE:70
SUMMARY:ED&#39;24 | Engineering Day 2024 | IEEE Portugal Section
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/438445
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 t promoted by IEEE Portugal aiming to join Academia and Industry to presen
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 n&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-
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 d at the beautiful city of &lt;a href=&quot;https://turismodocentro.pt/concelho/co
 vilha/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Covilh&amp;atilde\;&lt;/a&gt;\, with the topi
 c &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Shaping the Next Generation of Data Centers and Connectivit
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 strong&gt;10% discount&lt;/strong&gt; over the daily best price rate. To ensure tha
 t you have access to this special offer\, the booking should be conducted 
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 mily: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;Sport Hotel (&lt;a h
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 mbhotels.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, ge
 neva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;Pural&amp;atilde\; (&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:pur
 ala.front@naturaimbhotels.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;purala.front
 @naturaimbhotels.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:
  verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;If you have any questi
 ons please contact us directly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;
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 genda - Check regularly for updates ------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&amp;gt\;&lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; fo
 nt-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;09:00 - Registration and Welcoming Session - IEEE Portuga
 l Section @Faculdade de Ci&amp;ecirc\;ncias da Sa&amp;uacute\;de (FCS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
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 0pt\;&quot;&gt;10:00 - Field Trip: Visit to Altice&#39;s Data Center (Options: 1 - mor
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 &quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:30 - Lunch Break || IEEE Portugal Section Awards&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/spa
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 size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;14:00 - Keynote Lecture:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Energy Transitio
 n in Portugal: Where are we?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\, Manuel de Matos Fernandes\, 
 Deputy Director at REN - Redes Energ&amp;eacute\;ticas Nacionais and the Presi
 dent of the National Council of the College of Electrical Engineering.&lt;/sp
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 -size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;14:30 - Keynote Lecture: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Channel Coding for Di
 gital Wireless Computations&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\, Carlo Fischione\, Full Profes
 sor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Distinguished Lecturer for the 
 IEEE Communications Society (Session Chair: Professor Fernando Velez)&lt;/spa
 n&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-
 size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;15:30 - Coffee Break&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fo
 nt-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;16:00 - Pane
 l: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Shaping the Next Generation of Data Centers and Connectivi
 ty&amp;rdquo\; &lt;/strong&gt;with the presence of Carlos Pardelinha\, Paulo Duarte 
 and Paulo Marques.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\,
  geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;17:00 - IEEE Portugal MSc Outsta
 nding Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, s
 ans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;17:30 - Closing Session&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font
 -size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;Co-Sponsors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdan
 a\, geneva\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;- &lt;a title=&quot;IT - Instituto de
  Telecomunica&amp;ccedil\;&amp;otilde\;es&quot; href=&quot;https://www.it.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blan
 k&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IT - Instituto de Telecomunica&amp;ccedil\;&amp;otilde\;es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\; fo
 nt-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;- &lt;a title=&quot;Ordem dos Engenheiros&quot; href=&quot;https://www.orde
 mdosengenheiros.pt/regiao-centro/pt/contactos/delegacoes-distritais/&quot; targ
 et=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;OE - Delega&amp;ccedil\;&amp;atilde\;o Distrital de Cas
 telo Branco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana\, geneva\
 , sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sporthotel.pt/en/
 &quot;&gt;Sport Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hotelpurala.pt/en/&quot; targe
 t=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Pural&amp;atilde\; Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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