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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nIEEE Day Lecture - from the IEEE History Center\n\nSilico
 n Valley is commonly acknowledged as the tech capital of the world. How di
 d Silicon Valley come into being\, and what can we learn for our own start
 ups and tech hubs? How has Silicon Valley directly affected the IEEE?\nThe
  story goes back to local Hams trying to break RCA’s tube patents\, Stan
 ford “angel” investors\, the sinking of the Titanic\, WW II and radar\
 , and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that developed – these factors pret
 ty much determined that the semiconductor and IC industries would be locat
 ed in the Santa Clara Valley\, and that the Valley would remain the world
 ’s innovation center as new technologies emerge\, and be the model for i
 nnovation worldwide.\nThis non-technical talk will give an exciting and co
 lorful history of development and innovation that began in Palo Alto in 19
 09. You’ll meet some of the colorful characters – Cyril Elwell\, Lee D
 e Forest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Packard\, Bil
 l Hewlett\, Bill Shockley and others – who came to define our worldwide 
 electronics industries through their inventions and process development. W
 e will profile five IEEE presidents from Silicon Valley: Fred Terman and h
 is son Lew Terman\; Bill Hewlett\; Charles (“Bud”) Eldon\; and Tom Cou
 ghlin. You’ll understand some of the novel management approaches that ha
 ve become the hallmarks of its tech startups.\n\n#IEEEDay\n\nSpeaker(s): P
 aul Wesling\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/500918
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/500918
ORGANIZER:p.wesling@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:34
SUMMARY:The Origin and Growth of Silicon Valley: Effects on the IEEE and Le
 ssons for Tech Hubs
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/500918
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="float: right\;" src="https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/ad6ad68c-b101-4cbd-9f5f-059d
 e46aafc5" alt="" width="390" height="234"></p>\n<p><strong>IEEE Day Lectur
 e - from the IEEE History Center</strong></p>\n<p>Silicon Valley is common
 ly acknowledged as the tech capital of the world. How did Silicon Valley c
 ome into being\, and what can we learn for our own startups and tech hubs?
  How has Silicon Valley directly affected the IEEE?<br>The story goes back
  to local Hams trying to break RCA&rsquo\;s tube patents\, Stanford &ldquo
 \;angel&rdquo\; investors\, the sinking of the Titanic\, WW II and radar\,
  and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that developed &ndash\; these factors 
 pretty much determined that the semiconductor and IC industries would be l
 ocated in the Santa Clara Valley\, and that the Valley would remain the wo
 rld&rsquo\;s innovation center as new technologies emerge\, and be the mod
 el for innovation worldwide.<br>This non-technical talk will give an excit
 ing and colorful history of development and innovation that began in Palo 
 Alto in 1909. You&rsquo\;ll meet some of the colorful characters &ndash\; 
 Cyril Elwell\, Lee De Forest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terman\,
  David Packard\, Bill Hewlett\, Bill Shockley and others &ndash\; who came
  to define our worldwide electronics industries through their inventions a
 nd process development. We will profile five IEEE presidents from Silicon 
 Valley: Fred Terman and his son Lew Terman\; Bill Hewlett\; Charles (&ldqu
 o\;Bud&rdquo\;) Eldon\; and Tom Coughlin. You&rsquo\;ll understand some of
  the novel management approaches that have become the hallmarks of its tec
 h startups.</p>\n<p>#IEEEDay</p>
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