BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251021T173108Z UID:2ACF9862-6270-4FC7-9598-86F1BFE5539C DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251009T133000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251009T153000 DESCRIPTION:Debate Competition Coordinator: Sneha R and Mahesh N\n\nTopic: Artificial Intelligence - A Boon or a Bane to Humanity and Environment\n\n Judges Panel\n\n• Prof. Ravikiran B. A\, Assistant Professor\, Departmen t of Electronics and Communication Engineering.\n\n• Dr. Sivasubramanyam Medasani\, Associate Professor\, Department of Computer Science and Engin eering.\n\nThe Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering\, K SSEM\, in association with the IEEE KSSEM Student Branch\, organized the “Clash of Minds - Debate Competition” on 9th October 2025 at the Aryab hata Seminar Hall. The event was scheduled from 2 PM to 4 PM and aimed to provide an engaging platform for students to express diverse viewpoints on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society and the environment .\n\nParticipants were divided into two teams advocating for and against A I. The debate followed a structured format featuring opening statements\, rebuttals\, judges’ questioning\, and closing remarks. The judges critic ally evaluated argumentation\, delivery\, and content\, while encouraging ethical and analytical discussions.\n\nKey discussion points included AI ’s benefits in healthcare\, education\, defense\, and sustainable resour ce management versus concerns about privacy\, ethical issues\, job displac ement\, and misinformation. The interaction fostered critical thinking\, a wareness of AI’s societal implications\, and responsible use of technolo gy.\n\nEvent Coordinators\n\nDr. Renuka V Tali\, Branch Counsellor\n\nMahe sh N\, IEEE Day Ambassador 2025\n\nBangalore\, Karnataka\, India\, 560109 LOCATION:Bangalore\, Karnataka\, India\, 560109 ORGANIZER:trenukav@gmail.com SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:KSSEM Student Branch: IEEE day 2025 Celebrations: CLASH OF MINDS- D ebate Competition URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/508782 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h1 style="text-align: justify\; text-justify : inter-ideograph\; text-indent: 0cm\; line-height: 150%\; mso-list: none\ ; margin: 4.45pt 135.1pt .0001pt 0cm\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; l ine-height: 150%\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Debate Competition Coordi nator: Sneha R and Mahesh N</span></h1>\n<h1 style="text-align: justify\; text-justify: inter-ideograph\; text-indent: 0cm\; line-height: 150%\; mso -list: none\; margin: 4.45pt 135.1pt .0001pt 0cm\;"><span style="font-size : 12.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Topic: </span ><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; font-weight: normal\ ;">Artificial Intelligence - A Boon or a Bane to Humanity and Environment< /span></h1>\n<h1 style="text-align: justify\; text-justify: inter-ideograp h\; text-indent: 0cm\; line-height: 150%\; mso-list: none\; margin: 4.45pt 135.1pt .0001pt 0cm\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 150% \;">Judges Panel<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </span></span></ h1>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-add-space: auto\; tex t-indent: -18.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2\; margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&bull\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span><!--[endif]--><strong >Prof. Ravikiran B. A</strong>\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Elect ronics and Communication Engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nb sp\; </span></p>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-add-space : auto\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; line-height: 150%\; mso-list: l0 level1 lf o2\; margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 36.0pt\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style ="mso-list: Ignore\;">&bull\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;" >&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span><!--[endi f]--><strong>Dr. Sivasubramanyam Medasani</strong>\, Associate Professor\, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<div style="mso-element: para-border-div\; bor der: solid windowtext 1.0pt\; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .25pt\; pad ding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; line-height: normal\; border: none\; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .25pt\; padding: 0cm\; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Segoe UI '\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; letter-spacin g: .05pt\; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN\;">The Department of Electronics an d Communication Engineering\, KSSEM\, in association with the IEEE KSSEM S tudent Branch\, organized the &ldquo\;Clash of Minds - Debate Competition& rdquo\; on 9th October 2025 at the Aryabhata Seminar Hall. The event was s cheduled from 2 PM to 4 PM and aimed to provide an engaging platform for s tudents to express diverse viewpoints on the impact of Artificial Intellig ence (AI) on society and the environment.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; line-heig ht: normal\; border: none\; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .25pt\; paddi ng: 0cm\; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0 pt\; font-family: 'Segoe UI'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; letter-spacing: .05pt\; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN\;">Parti cipants were divided into two teams advocating for and against AI. The deb ate followed a structured format featuring opening statements\, rebuttals\ , judges&rsquo\; questioning\, and closing remarks. The judges critically evaluated argumentation\, delivery\, and content\, while encouraging ethic al and analytical discussions.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso -margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; line-height: normal\ ; border: none\; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .25pt\; padding: 0cm\; m so-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-f amily: 'Segoe UI'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' \; letter-spacing: .05pt\; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN\;">Key discussion p oints included AI&rsquo\;s benefits in healthcare\, education\, defense\, and sustainable resource management versus concerns about privacy\, ethica l issues\, job displacement\, and misinformation. The interaction fostered critical thinking\, awareness of AI&rsquo\;s societal implications\, and responsible use of technology.</span></p>\n</div>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><s pan style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: 'Cambria'\ ,serif\;">Event Coordinators</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: 'Cambria'\,serif\;"> Dr. Renuka V Tali\, Branch Counsellor</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><sp an style="font-size: 14.0pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: 'Cambria'\, serif\;">Mahesh N\, IEEE Day Ambassador 2025</span></p>\n<p class="MsoList ParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-add-space: auto\; text-indent: -18.0pt\; lin e-height: 150%\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2\; margin: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 36.0pt\; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.o rg/vtools_ui/media/display/5c6992a0-b062-4a7e-a1ad-1f4f797fcb18"></span></ p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR