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:20260413T223515Z UID:ACBCCA1B-6B20-4B15-928F-B1E55EE5E711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260422T190000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful virtual webinar on "The Engineer’s Guide to AI Strategy: Bridging the Gap Between Business and Technical Real ity" hosted by the IEEE Women in Engineering Oregon Section AG and co-host ed by Spokane Section\, Seattle Section San Francisco section\, Santa Clar a Valley Section\, and San Fernando Valley Section WIE AG where we challen ge the traditional boundaries between strategy\, governance\, and engineer ing.\n\nThe rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence has led to countless “ Proof of Concepts” that never make it to production—and production sys tems that fail spectacularly when they do. Why does this happen?\n\nA key reason lies in how organizations traditionally separate Strategy and Gover nance from Engineering execution. Strategy is often treated as a conceptua l exercise\, while governance is reduced to compliance checklists—leavin g engineers disconnected from the very decisions that shape successful AI systems.\n\nIn this insightful session\, we challenge that paradigm. We wi ll explore how engineers must evolve from execution-focused contributors t o strategic decision-makers\, integrating governance and strategy as core technical requirements in AI system design.\n\nParticipants will learn how to bridge the gap between business vision and engineering reality by embe dding strategy\, governance\, and ethical considerations directly into the development lifecycle.\n\nAdditionally\, the session will highlight pract ical strategies for women in tech to strengthen their influence—through confident communication\, strategic thinking\, and authentic leadership.\n \nKey Learning Objectives\n\n- Understand why many AI systems fail to tran sition from concept to production\n- Learn how to align engineering decisi ons with organizational strategy\n- Explore how to embed governance and sa fety into AI pipelines\n- Develop a strategic engineering mindset\n- Gain practical insights on influencing effectively as a woman in technology\n\n Who Should Attend\n\n- Engineers and AI practitioners\n- Early-career prof essionals and students\n- Technical leaders and project managers\n- Anyone interested in AI strategy\, governance\, and leadership development\n\nSp eaker(s): Kierra Dotson\n\nAgenda: \n- Welcome & Overview of IEEE WIE Oreg on Section Affinity Group\n- Invited talk from Kierra Dotson\n- Q/A Sessio n\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/553802 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/553802 ORGANIZER:shallene.s@ieee.org SEQUENCE:65 SUMMARY:Webinar - The Engineer's Guide to AI Strategy: Bridging the Gap Bet ween Business and Technical Reality URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/553802 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join us for an insightful virtual webinar on "<strong><em>The Engineer&rsquo\;s Guide to AI Strategy: Bridging the G ap Between Business and Technical Reality</em></strong>" hosted by the <st rong><span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-point er align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">IEEE Women in Engineeri ng Oregon Section AG</span></span></strong> and co-hosted by <strong>Spoka ne Section\, Seattle Section San Francisco section\, Santa Clara Valley Se ction\, </strong>and<strong> San Fernando Valley Section WIE AG</strong> w here we challenge the traditional boundaries between strategy\, governance \, and engineering.</p>\n<p><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto \; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/med ia/display/da511fbb-a8df-49e2-abf3-48210f2806b3" width="580" height="726"> </p>\n<p data-start="405" data-end="605">The rapid rise of Artificial Inte lligence has led to countless &ldquo\;Proof of Concepts&rdquo\; that never make it to production&mdash\;and production systems that fail spectacular ly when they do. Why does this happen?</p>\n<p data-start="607" data-end=" 922">A key reason lies in how organizations traditionally separate <strong data-start="669" data-end="696">Strategy and Governance</strong> from <st rong data-start="702" data-end="727">Engineering execution</strong>. Strat egy is often treated as a conceptual exercise\, while governance is reduce d to compliance checklists&mdash\;leaving engineers disconnected from the very decisions that shape successful AI systems.</p>\n<p data-start="924" data-end="1179">In this insightful session\, we challenge that paradigm. W e will explore how <strong data-start="1000" data-end="1090">engineers mus t evolve from execution-focused contributors to strategic decision-makers< /strong>\, integrating governance and strategy as core technical requireme nts in AI system design.</p>\n<p data-start="1181" data-end="1377">Partici pants will learn how to bridge the gap between business vision and enginee ring reality by embedding strategy\, governance\, and ethical consideratio ns directly into the development lifecycle.</p>\n<p data-start="1379" data -end="1571">Additionally\, the session will highlight <strong data-start=" 1420" data-end="1462">practical strategies for women in tech</strong> to s trengthen their influence&mdash\;through confident communication\, strateg ic thinking\, and authentic leadership.</p>\n<h2 data-section-id="ja4hah" data-start="1578" data-end="1609">&nbsp\;Key Learning Objectives</h2>\n<ul data-start="1611" data-end="1954">\n<li data-section-id="8ekil3" data-sta rt="1611" data-end="1691">Understand why many AI systems fail to transitio n from concept to production</li>\n<li data-section-id="xj49xr" data-start ="1692" data-end="1765">Learn how to align engineering decisions with orga nizational strategy</li>\n<li data-section-id="ukjhf1" data-start="1766" d ata-end="1830">Explore how to embed governance and safety into AI pipeline s</li>\n<li data-section-id="kgbrp1" data-start="1831" data-end="1874">Dev elop a strategic engineering mindset</li>\n<li data-section-id="rq0xv2" da ta-start="1875" data-end="1954">Gain practical insights on influencing eff ectively as a woman in technology</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 data-section-id="ja4hah " data-start="1578" data-end="1609">Who Should Attend</h2>\n<ul data-start ="1611" data-end="1954">\n<li data-section-id="r0zqec" data-start="2854" d ata-end="2888">Engineers and AI practitioners</li>\n<li data-section-id="k 36ewd" data-start="2889" data-end="2932">Early-career professionals and st udents</li>\n<li data-section-id="1uu0nnx" data-start="2933" data-end="297 5">Technical leaders and project managers</li>\n<li data-section-id="155f3 uu" data-start="2976" data-end="3052">Anyone interested in AI strategy\, g overnance\, and leadership development</li>\n</ul><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><ul>\n<li>Welcome &amp\; Overview of <span class="hover:entity-accent en tity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespa ce-normal">IEEE WIE Oregon Section Affinity Group</span></span></li>\n<li> Invited talk from&nbsp\;<strong>Kierra Dotson</strong></li>\n<li>Q/A Sessi on</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR