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DESCRIPTION:Event Objectives:\n\n-\nFoster networking and collaboration amo
 ng students\, faculty\, industry professionals\, and IEEE members\n\n-\nEx
 change innovative teaching practices and course development ideas\n\n-\nSt
 rengthen membership engagement and recruitment for VTS chapter\n\n-\nIdent
 ify funding opportunities and new program concepts\n\n--------------------
 -------------------------------------------\n\nAgenda (10:00 AM – 2:00 P
 M)\n\n-\n10:00 – 10:15 AM – Welcome & Semester Highlights\n\n-\nChapte
 r chair opens event\, reviews semester achievements\, and outlines retreat
  goals\n\n-\n10:15 – 10:45 AM – Speed Meet & Greet (Networking Round 1
 )\n\n-\n5-minute small-group rotations\n\n-\nEach person shares: name\, ro
 le\, one teaching/collaboration idea\, and one IEEE membership goal\n\n-\n
 10:45 – 11:15 AM – Teaching Practices: In-Person vs. Online\n\n-\nShar
 e effective hybrid strategies for VTS-related courses\n\n-\nDiscuss tools\
 , engagement techniques\, and lessons learned from this semester\n\n-\n11:
 15 – 11:45 AM – Course Development Progress & New Program Ideas\n\n-\n
 Update on current courses under development\n\n-\nBrainstorm new certifica
 tes\, minors\, or modules (e.g.\, connected vehicles\, V2X\, 6G communicat
 ions)\n\n-\n11:45 AM – 12:15 PM – Funding Opportunities & Grant Collab
 orations\n\n-\nReview internal/external grants\, IEEE Seed Funding\, and i
 ndustry sponsorships\n\n-\nIdentify upcoming deadlines and potential proje
 ct partnerships\n\n-\n12:15 – 12:45 PM – IEEE VTS Membership Improveme
 nt\n\n-\nStrategies for student recruitment and retention\n\n-\nEncouragin
 g professional upgrades and joint VTS memberships\n\n-\nMember testimonial
 s and success stories\n\n-\n12:45 – 1:15 PM – Networking & Lunch Break
  (Informal)\n\n-\nCasual conversation over provided lunch or virtual break
 out rooms\n\n-\nOpportunity to follow up on earlier discussions\n\n-\n1:15
  – 1:45 PM – Open Mic: Collaboration Ideas & Action Items\n\n-\nPropos
 e joint workshops\, mentorship programs\, or semester-long projects\n\n-\n
 Identify volunteers for next semester’s initiatives\n\n-\n1:45 – 2:00 
 PM – Closing Remarks & Next Steps\n\n-\nSummary of action items\n\n-\nAn
 nouncement of follow-up meeting or newsletter\n\n-\nSemester-end celebrati
 on recognition\n\nRoom: A604\, Bldg: 24 Queen Street East\, 24 Queen Stree
 t East\, Brampton\, Ontario\, Canada\, L6V 1A3
LOCATION:Room: A604\, Bldg: 24 Queen Street East\, 24 Queen Street East\, B
 rampton\, Ontario\, Canada\, L6V 1A3
ORGANIZER:ajmery.sultana@algomau.ca
SEQUENCE:23
SUMMARY:IEEE VTS Semester-End Social Retreat: Connect\, Share\, Grow
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556841
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>Even
 t Objectives:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">F
 oster networking and collaboration among students\, faculty\, industry pro
 fessionals\, and IEEE members</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-para
 graph">Exchange innovative teaching practices and course development ideas
 </p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Strengthen membership 
 engagement and recruitment for VTS chapter</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-
 markdown-paragraph">Identify funding opportunities and new program concept
 s</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h3>Agenda (10:00 AM &ndash\; 2:00 PM)</h3>\n<u
 l>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>10:00 &ndash\; 10:15 AM
 </strong> &ndash\; Welcome &amp\; Semester Highlights</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p 
 class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Chapter chair opens event\, reviews semester
  achievements\, and outlines retreat goals</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\
 n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>10:15 &ndash\; 10:45 AM</strong>
  &ndash\; Speed Meet &amp\; Greet (Networking Round 1)</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p
  class="ds-markdown-paragraph">5-minute small-group rotations</p>\n</li>\n
 <li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Each person shares: name\, role\, o
 ne teaching/collaboration idea\, and one IEEE membership goal</p>\n</li>\n
 </ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>10:45 &ndash\
 ; 11:15 AM</strong> &ndash\; Teaching Practices: In-Person vs. Online</p>\
 n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Share effective hybrid strat
 egies for VTS-related courses</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-para
 graph">Discuss tools\, engagement techniques\, and lessons learned from th
 is semester</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragrap
 h"><strong>11:15 &ndash\; 11:45 AM</strong> &ndash\; Course Development Pr
 ogress &amp\; New Program Ideas</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-par
 agraph">Update on current courses under development</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p c
 lass="ds-markdown-paragraph">Brainstorm new certificates\, minors\, or mod
 ules (e.g.\, connected vehicles\, V2X\, 6G communications)</p>\n</li>\n</u
 l>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>11:45 AM &ndash\
 ; 12:15 PM</strong> &ndash\; Funding Opportunities &amp\; Grant Collaborat
 ions</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Review internal/ext
 ernal grants\, IEEE Seed Funding\, and industry sponsorships</p>\n</li>\n<
 li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Identify upcoming deadlines and pote
 ntial project partnerships</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-ma
 rkdown-paragraph"><strong>12:15 &ndash\; 12:45 PM</strong> &ndash\; IEEE V
 TS Membership Improvement</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph
 ">Strategies for student recruitment and retention</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p cl
 ass="ds-markdown-paragraph">Encouraging professional upgrades and joint VT
 S memberships</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Member te
 stimonials and success stories</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="d
 s-markdown-paragraph"><strong>12:45 &ndash\; 1:15 PM</strong> &ndash\; Net
 working &amp\; Lunch Break (Informal)</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdo
 wn-paragraph">Casual conversation over provided lunch or virtual breakout 
 rooms</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Opportunity to fo
 llow up on earlier discussions</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="d
 s-markdown-paragraph"><strong>1:15 &ndash\; 1:45 PM</strong> &ndash\; Open
  Mic: Collaboration Ideas &amp\; Action Items</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class="d
 s-markdown-paragraph">Propose joint workshops\, mentorship programs\, or s
 emester-long projects</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">I
 dentify volunteers for next semester&rsquo\;s initiatives</p>\n</li>\n</ul
 >\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph"><strong>1:45 &ndash\; 2:0
 0 PM</strong> &ndash\; Closing Remarks &amp\; Next Steps</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n
 <p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Summary of action items</p>\n</li>\n<li>\
 n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Announcement of follow-up meeting or new
 sletter</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p class="ds-markdown-paragraph">Semester-end ce
 lebration recognition</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>
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