BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T004037Z UID:A477A593-A635-4CDC-A5DB-B9D207C8007E DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260418T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260418T140000 DESCRIPTION:his landmark event marked the first face-to-face gathering for Tunisian IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) members and the 2026 Ex ecutive Boards of both the IEEE IES Student Branch Chapter (SBC) and the I EEE Student Branch (SB). Held at Le Royal Hammamet\, the session served as a strategic platform to unify leadership and drive growth for the upcomin g term.\n\nThe agenda focused on three critical pillars: empowering member s by highlighting exclusive IES benefits\, guiding non-IES Student Branche s through the petition process to establish new chapters\, and officially launching the "IES Hubs & Nodes" program. Additionally\, attendees receive d an exclusive preview of the Africa Project Competition\, inspiring a spi rit of collaboration and technical innovation across the region. With 50 k ey stakeholders in attendance\, this gathering laid the foundational groun dwork for a successful and impactful 2026 term.\n\nAgenda: \n- Welcome & N etworking\n- IES Value Proposition: Benefits & Opportunities\n- Launch: IE S Hubs & Nodes Program\n- Chapter Expansion Workshop: Petition Process Gui de\n- Strategic IES SBC Officer Meeting: Planning & Workflow\n- Africa Pro ject Competition Preview\n- Closing Remarks & Next Steps\n\nBldg: LE Royal Hotel\, Hammamet\, Nabeul\, Nabeul\, Tunisia LOCATION:Bldg: LE Royal Hotel\, Hammamet\, Nabeul\, Nabeul\, Tunisia ORGANIZER:chaymabouattour@ieee.org SEQUENCE:16 SUMMARY:IES Hubs & Nodes Initiative and Africa Competition Launch in Tunisi a URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/555547 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="qwen-markdown-paragraph"><span cl ass="qwen-markdown-text" data-spm-anchor-id="a2ty_o01.29997173.0.i15.65135 5fbTXxs36">his landmark event marked the first face-to-face gathering for Tunisian IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) members and the 2026 Ex ecutive Boards of both the IEEE IES Student Branch Chapter (SBC) and the I EEE Student Branch (SB). Held at Le Royal Hammamet\, the session served as a strategic platform to unify leadership and drive growth for the upcomin g term.</span></div>\n<div class="qwen-markdown-space">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="qwen-markdown-paragraph"><span class="qwen-markdown-text">The agen da focused on three critical pillars: empowering members by highlighting e xclusive IES benefits\, guiding non-IES Student Branches through the petit ion process to establish new chapters\, and officially launching the </spa n><strong class="qwen-markdown-strong"><span class="qwen-markdown-text">"I ES Hubs &amp\; Nodes"</span></strong><span class="qwen-markdown-text"> pro gram. Additionally\, attendees received an exclusive preview of the </span ><strong class="qwen-markdown-strong"><span class="qwen-markdown-text">Afr ica Project Competition</span></strong><span class="qwen-markdown-text">\, inspiring a spirit of collaboration and technical innovation across the r egion. 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