BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260221T210200Z UID:917C6782-C280-4619-B4F2-0DA013ED988B DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T190000 DESCRIPTION:“Engineering a Greener Future: Sustainable Technologies and O pportunities”\n\nwith San Murugesan\, Director of BRITE Professional Ser vices\, Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University\, Australia\, Senio r Consultant with Cutter Consortium (USA).\n\nDate/Time: Tuesday\, Feb 17\ , 6 pm\, USA (Wednesday\, Feb 18\, 1 pm\, Sydney)\n\nAbstract:\n\nOur well -being and socioeconomic progress are inseparable from the health of our e nvironment. A sustainable environment underpins human survival\, economic stability\, and the future of life on Earth. Livelihoods\, industries\, ec osystems\, and biodiversity all depend on a stable planet. Yet decades of environmental degradation have brought us to an unprecedented crisis. Extr eme weather events—droughts\, floods\, heat waves\, snowstorms\, and wil dfires—are increasing in frequency and intensity\, disrupting lives\, da maging economies\, and escalating recovery costs. Environmental degradatio n also poses serious health risks\, contributing to respiratory and cardio vascular diseases\, the spread of infectious illnesses\, and food insecuri ty.\n\nEngineering has long driven human progress\, and today it must lead sustainability efforts. Green (or sustainable) engineering balances envir onmental responsibility with economic viability\, performance\, and profit ability.\n\nSpeaker(s): San Murugesan\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Introduction of Speaker\n\n7:00 pm Adjourn\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/ m/536478 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/536478 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:SusTech Talk February 2026 - Engineering a Greener Future: Sustaina ble Technologies and Opportunities URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/536478 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h2 style="text-align: center\;"><strong>&ldq uo\;Engineering a Greener Future: Sustainable Technologies and Opportuniti es&rdquo\; </strong></h2>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">with&nbsp\;<str ong>San Murugesan\, </strong>Director of BRITE Professional Services\, Adj unct Professor at Western Sydney University\, Australia\, Senior Consultan t with Cutter Consortium (USA).</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><stro ng>Date/Time:</strong> Tuesday\, Feb 17\, 6 pm\, USA (Wednesday\, Feb 18\, 1 pm\, Sydney)</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><strong>Abstract:</stro ng></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Our well-being and socioeconomic progress are inseparable from the health of our environment. A sustainabl e environment underpins human survival\, economic stability\, and the futu re of life on Earth. Livelihoods\, industries\, ecosystems\, and biodivers ity all depend on a stable planet. Yet decades of environmental degradatio n have brought us to an unprecedented crisis. Extreme weather events&mdash \;droughts\, floods\, heat waves\, snowstorms\, and wildfires&mdash\;are i ncreasing in frequency and intensity\, disrupting lives\, damaging economi es\, and escalating recovery costs. Environmental degradation also poses s erious health risks\, contributing to respiratory and cardiovascular disea ses\, the spread of infectious illnesses\, and food insecurity.</p>\n<p st yle="text-align: justify\;">Engineering has long driven human progress\, a nd today it must lead sustainability efforts. Green (or sustainable) engin eering balances environmental responsibility with economic viability\, per formance\, and profitability.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:00 pm Intr oduction of Speaker</p>\n<p>7:00 pm Adjourn</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR