BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171201T194157Z UID:703D9CB4-D6CF-11E7-833E-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20171219T190000 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20171219T203000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Paul Wesling\, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and Life Fe llow\, Hewlett Packard (retired)\n\nDate: Tuesday\, December 19\, 2017\n\n Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM\n\nCost: Free\, open to the public (guests welcome) \n\nLocation: Marriott Spring Hill Suites\, 113 East Syndor Ave\, Ridgecre st\n\nCo-sponsor: China Lake Museum Foundation\n\nReservations: required\, by email\, to Bob Smith\, rdsmith1@mchsi.com by Dec. 17th\n\nLink: www.ch inalakemuseum.org/silicon-valley\n\nFor full description\, see the attache d flyer\n\nSummary:\n\nWhy did Silicon Valley\n\ncome into being? Paul Wes ling\, an IEEE Life Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer\, will give an excit ing and colorful history of device technology development and innovation t hat began in Palo Alto with some Stanford grads\, and spread across the Sa nta Clara Valley during and following World War II. You'll meet some of th e colorful characters – Cyril Elwell\, Lee DeForest\, Bill Eitel\, Charl es Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Packard\, Bill Hewlett and others -- who c ame to set leadership patterns for the worldwide electronics industries th rough their inventions and process development and allied management techn iques. Exploding after military investments during and after WW II\, this innovation continued through analog design\, to digital\, then to software \, biotech\, the Internet\, mobile\, Big Data\, virtual reality\, and now autonomous transportation. He’ll end by telling us about some current mo vements that keep alive the spirit of the radio Hams and the Homebrew Comp uter Club -- Maker Faire\, MeetUps\, incubators\, and the other entreprene urial groups where geeks gather to start new companies that invent the fut ure.\n\nSpeaker(s): Paul Wesling\, \n\nBldg: Marriott Spring Hill Suites\, 113 East Syndor Ave\, Ridgecrest\, California\, United States\, 93555 LOCATION:Bldg: Marriott Spring Hill Suites\, 113 East Syndor Ave\, Ridgecre st\, California\, United States\, 93555 ORGANIZER:rdsmith1@mchsi.com SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:"Origins of Silicon Valley" - IEEE China Lake Bakersfield Distingui shed Lecturer Presentation URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/48866 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Speaker</strong>: Paul Wesling\, I EEE Distinguished Lecturer and Life Fellow\, Hewlett Packard (retired)</p> \n<p><strong>Date</strong>: Tuesday\, December 19\, 2017</p>\n<p><strong>T ime</strong>: 7:00 &ndash\; 8:30 PM</p>\n<p><strong>Cost</strong>: Free\, open to the public (guests welcome)</p>\n<p><strong>Location</strong>: Mar riott Spring Hill Suites\, 113 East Syndor Ave\, <strong>Ridgecrest</stron g></p>\n<p><strong>Co-sponsor</strong>: China Lake Museum Foundation</p>\n <p><strong>Reservations</strong>: required\, by email\, to Bob Smith\, <st rong><a href="mailto:rdsmith1@mchsi.com">rdsmith1@mchsi.com</a> </strong>b y Dec. 17th</p>\n<p><strong>Link</strong>: <strong><a href="http://www.chi nalakemuseum.org/silicon-valley">www.chinalakemuseum.org/silicon-valley</a ></strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp\; Fo r full description\, see the attached flyer </em></strong></p>\n<p><strong >&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Summary: </strong></p>\n<p>Why did <stro ng><em>Silicon Valley </em></strong></p>\n<p>come into being? Paul Wesling \, an IEEE Life Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer\, will give an exciting and colorful history of device technology development and innovation that began in Palo Alto with some Stanford grads\, and spread across the Santa Clara Valley during and following World War II. You'll meet some of the co lorful characters &ndash\; Cyril Elwell\, Lee DeForest\, Bill Eitel\, Char les Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Packard\, Bill Hewlett and others -- who came to set leadership patterns for the worldwide electronics industries t hrough their inventions and process development and allied management tech niques. Exploding after military investments during and after WW II\, this innovation continued through analog design\, to digital\, then to softwar e\, biotech\, the Internet\, mobile\, Big Data\, virtual reality\, and now autonomous transportation. He&rsquo\;ll end by telling us about some curr ent movements that keep alive the spirit of the radio Hams and the Homebre w Computer Club -- Maker Faire\, MeetUps\, incubators\, and the other entr epreneurial groups where geeks gather to start new companies that invent t he future.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR