BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260415T140903Z UID:7E8C2F4F-BF1D-4BB0-B94D-9F36AD0FFCF8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T150000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Mississippi Section 2026 Professional Development Day will provide technical presentations on industry topics as well as an ethi cs presentation. The attendees to this event will receive 5 PDH credits in cluding Ethics. The event will be held on Friday\, April 17 at the Jackson State University (JSU) College of Science\, Engineering\, and Technology (CSET) building Auditorium from 8 am to 3 pm and will include lunch. There is a registration cost of $35 for IEEE members and $50 for non-IEEE membe rs. The event is run by the IEEE Mississippi Section Professional Activiti es Committee for Engineers (PACE).\n\nCo-sponsored by: Mississippi PES Cha pter\n\nSpeaker(s): Vernon Toups\, Neal Rich\, Brian Sullivan\, Paul Watso n\, Ron Ogan\n\nAgenda: \n8:00 am – 8:15 am – registration and network ing - CSET Building 1st Floor outside auditorium\n\n8:15 am – 9:05 am – presentation 1 - Vernon Toups\, Siemens - HV Circuit Breakers (72.5 th ru 800 kV)\n\n9:15 am – 10:05 am – presentation 2 - Neal Rich\, Whitsu n Engineer Expert Witness - Inverter technology\n\n10:15 am – 10:30 am – break\n\n10:30 am – 11:20 am – presentation 3 - Brian Sullivan\, E ntergy – Data Centers\n\n11:30 am – 12:30 pm – lunch - Faculty loung e\n\n12:30 pm – 1:20 pm – presentation 4 – Paul Watson\, Raytheon - retired – Ethics\n\n1:30 pm - 2:20 pm - presenter 5 - Ron Ogan\, Raytheo n - retired - Safety and Class L Lithium Fire Extinguishers\n\n2:30 pm – 3 pm – closing comments and distribute PDH certificates\n\nRoom: Audito rium\, Bldg: CSET\, 1400 J. R. Lynch Street\, Jackson\, Mississippi\, Unit ed States\, 39217 LOCATION:Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: CSET\, 1400 J. R. Lynch Street\, Jackson\ , Mississippi\, United States\, 39217 ORGANIZER:tomfield@ieee.org SEQUENCE:108 SUMMARY:IEEE Mississippi Section Professional Day URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/550505 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The IEEE Mississippi Section 2026 Professi onal Development Day will provide technical presentations on industry topi cs as well as an ethics presentation.&nbsp\; The attendees to this event w ill receive 5 PDH credits including Ethics. The event will be held on Frid ay\, April 17 at the Jackson State University (JSU) College of Science\, E ngineering\, and Technology (CSET) building Auditorium from 8 am to 3 pm a nd will include lunch. There is a registration cost of $35 for IEEE member s and $50 for non-IEEE members. The event is run by the IEEE Mississippi S ection Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE).</p><br /><b r />Agenda: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-he ight: normal\;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-them e-font: minor-latin\;">8:00 am &ndash\; 8:15 am &ndash\; registration and networking - CSET Building 1st Floor outside auditorium</span></p>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme -font: minor-latin\;">8:15 am &ndash\; 9:05 am &ndash\; presentation 1 - V ernon Toups</span>\, Siemens - HV Circuit Breakers (72.5 thru 800 kV)</p>\ n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bid i-theme-font: minor-latin\;">9:15 am &ndash\; 10:05 am &ndash\; presentati on 2 -&nbsp\;</span>Neal Rich\, Whitsun Engineer Expert Witness - Inverter technology</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-hei ght: normal\;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme -font: minor-latin\;">10:15 am &ndash\; 10:30 am &ndash\; break</span></p> \n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-la tin\;">10:30 am &ndash\; 11:20 am &ndash\; presentation 3 - </span>Brian S ullivan\, Entergy &ndash\; Data Centers</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="m argin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-fami ly: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">11:30 am &ndash\; 12:30 pm &ndash\; lunch - Faculty lounge</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-fa mily: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\;">12:30 pm &ndash\; 1:20 pm &ndash\; presentation 4 &ndash\; Paul Watson\, Raytheon - retired &nda sh\; Ethics</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; l ine-height: normal\;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bid i-theme-font: minor-latin\;">1:30 pm - 2:20 pm - presenter 5 - Ron Ogan\, Raytheon - retired - Safety and Class L Lithium Fire Extinguishers</span>< /p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; line-height: normal\ ;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor -latin\;">2:30 pm &ndash\; 3 pm &ndash\; closing comments and distribute P DH certificates</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR