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DESCRIPTION:Dear all\,\n\nYou are warmly invited to attend the IEEE iSTEP
 –SPAC event hosted by the Student Activities &amp; Young Professional Commit
 tee of the IEEE New York Section.\n\nSeveral IEEE leaders will be joining 
 us\, including:\n- Dr. Kevin Lu\, Student Activities Coordinator\, IEEE Re
 gion 1\n- Dr. Ping‑Tsai Chung\, Chair of IEEE NY Section\n- Mr. Robert P
 ellegrino\, Acting Secretary &amp; Past Chair\, IEEE NY Section\n- Mr. Samir I
 abbassen\, Young Professionals Coordinator\, IEEE NY Section\n\nEvent Deta
 ils:\nDate: May 1\, 2026\nTime: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM\nLocation:\nAcademic C
 omplex Building\, Room A‑103\nNew York City College of Technology\, CUNY
 \n285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY 11201\n\nWe look forward to seeing you at
  the event.\n\nBest regards\,\nXinzhou (Joe) Wei\nStudent Activities\, IEE
 E NY Section\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE NY Section Student Activies\, IEEE S
 tudent Branch New York City College of Technology/CUNY and IEEE Student Br
 anch at LIU-Brooklyn\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Chung\, Dr. Lu\, Bob\, Samir\n\nAg
 enda: \nAgenda\n\n5:30 PM - Welcome\, refreshments\, student’s projects 
 demo\, and networking\n\n6:00 PM - Introduction - Dr. Xinzhou Wei\, Profes
 sor\, New York City College of Technology\, CUNY\n\n6:05 PM – Welcome re
 mark &amp; IEEE One Voice Video\, Dr. Ping-Tsai Chung\, Chair\, IEEE NY Sectio
 n\n\n6:10 PM – Brief Introduction of IEEE R1 and Student Activities\, Dr
 . Kevin Lu\, IEEE R1\n\n6:20 PM –  Keynote: Introduction of Benefits of 
 IEEE Membership\, Mr. Robert Pellegrino\, Past Chair\, IEEE New York Secti
 on\n\n7:00 PM - Bridge the gap – Soft skills expected from Industry\, Mr
 . Samir Iabbassen\, Coordinator of Yong Professional\, IEEE NY Section.\n\
 n7:10 PM - Panel Session\n\n7:30 PM - Concluding Remarks\n\nRoom: A-103\, 
 Bldg: Academic Complex Building\, 285 Jay Street\, Academic Complex\, New 
 York City College of Technology of CUNY\, Brooklyn\, New York\, United Sta
 tes\, 11201
LOCATION:Room: A-103\, Bldg: Academic Complex Building\, 285 Jay Street\, A
 cademic Complex\, New York City College of Technology of CUNY\, Brooklyn\,
  New York\, United States\, 11201
ORGANIZER:xwei@citytech.cuny.edu
SEQUENCE:124
SUMMARY:Invitation to IEEE iSTEP–SPAC Event – May 1\, 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/554220
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear all\,&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;You are warmly invited 
 to attend the IEEE iSTEP&amp;ndash\;SPAC event hosted by the Student Activitie
 s &amp;amp\; Young Professional Committee of the IEEE New York Section.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;Several IEEE leaders will be joining us\, including:&lt;br&gt;- Dr. Kevin Lu\,
  Student Activities Coordinator\, IEEE Region 1&lt;br&gt;- Dr. Ping‑Tsai Chung
 \, Chair of IEEE NY Section&lt;br&gt;- Mr. Robert Pellegrino\, Acting Secretary 
 &amp;amp\; Past Chair\, IEEE NY Section&lt;br&gt;- Mr. Samir Iabbassen\, Young Profe
 ssionals Coordinator\, IEEE NY Section&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Event Details:&lt;br&gt;Date: May
  1\, 2026&lt;br&gt;Time: 5:30 PM &amp;ndash\; 7:30 PM&lt;br&gt;Location:&lt;br&gt;Academic Compl
 ex Building\, Room A‑103&lt;br&gt;New York City College of Technology\, CUNY&lt;b
 r&gt;285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY 11201&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We look forward to seeing y
 ou at the event.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Best regards\,&lt;br&gt;Xinzhou (Joe) Wei&lt;br&gt;Student Ac
 tivities\, IEEE NY Section&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNorma
 l&quot;&gt;Agenda&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;5:30 PM - Welcome\, refreshments\, stu
 dent&amp;rsquo\;s projects demo\, and networking&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;6:0
 0 PM - Introduction - Dr. Xinzhou Wei\, Professor\, New York City College 
 of Technology\, CUNY&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;6:05 PM &amp;ndash\; Welcome re
 mark &amp;amp\; IEEE One Voice Video\, Dr. Ping-Tsai Chung\, Chair\, IEEE NY S
 ection&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;6:10 PM &amp;ndash\; Brief Introduction of IE
 EE R1 and Student Activities\, Dr. Kevin Lu\, IEEE R1&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNo
 rmal&quot;&gt;6:20 PM &amp;ndash\; &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;Key
 note: Introduction of Benefits of IEEE Membership\, Mr. Robert Pellegrino\
 , Past Chair\, IEEE New York Section&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;7:00 PM - B
 ridge the gap &amp;ndash\; Soft skills expected from Industry\, Mr. Samir Iabb
 assen\, Coordinator of Yong Professional\, IEEE NY Section.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=
 &quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;7:10 PM - Panel Session&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;7:30 PM - Co
 ncluding Remarks&lt;/p&gt;
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