BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Lima BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380118T221407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3MO;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19940331T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:-05 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T181721Z UID:A1FAFD91-324C-48F4-9F71-07028E65FFBC DTSTART;TZID=America/Lima:20260903T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Lima:20260903T200000 DESCRIPTION:The 2026 IEEE Region 9 Women in Engineering Regional Meeting wi ll bring together WIE leaders\, Section representatives\, Affinity Group C hairs\, volunteers\, and invited collaborators from across Latin America a nd the Caribbean.\n\nIEEE Women in Engineering connects\, supports\, and i nspires women worldwide while contributing to their recruitment and retent ion in science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics. IEEE WIE acti vely encourages the participation of all individuals\, regardless of gende r or background.\n\nThis regional meeting will provide a collaborative env ironment for participants to exchange successful experiences\, strengthen their leadership and volunteer management skills\, develop high-impact ini tiatives\, and identify opportunities for collaboration among IEEE Section s and WIE Affinity Groups throughout Region 9.\n\nThe meeting will be held in coordination with the 2026 IEEE Region 9 Young Professionals Regional Meeting\, creating opportunities for joint learning\, networking\, mentori ng\, and collaboration between WIE and YP leaders.\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda — September 3\, 2026\n\n8:30 a.m. Registration\n\n9:00 a.m. Opening Session : Welcome by WIE & YP Committees\n\n9:20 a.m. WIE Region 9: Priorities\, O pportunities\, and Regional Vision\n\n9:40 a.m. YP Region 9: Priorities\, Opportunities\, and Regional Vision\n\n10:00 a.m. IEEE Leadership Welcome Message\n\n10:40 a.m. Group Photo\n\n11:00 a.m. Regional Connection Activi ty\n\n11:40 a.m. IEEE YP Mentoring Meet Program\n\n12:00 p.m. Workshop: To ols Needed by Volunteer Leaders\n\n12:30 p.m. Resources\, Opportunities & Q&A\n\n12:45 p.m. Lunch Break\n\n2:00 p.m. Co-Creating WIE: High-Impact Id eas with AI\n\n3:30 p.m. WIE Success Stories\, Team Pitches & Discussion\n \n3:45 p.m. AI Tools for Volunteers\n\n4:15 p.m. Women in IEEE Power & Ene rgy Society\n\n4:45 p.m. WIE Action Commitments and Collaboration Map\n\n6 :30 p.m. Key Takeaways & Next Steps\n\n6:45 p.m. Group Photo & Informal Ne tworking\n\n6:50 p.m. Dinner & Cultural Gift Exchange\n\nQUITO\, Pichincha \, Ecuador LOCATION:QUITO\, Pichincha\, Ecuador ORGANIZER:s.t.espinozagomez@ieee.org SEQUENCE:41 SUMMARY:2026 IEEE Region 9 Women in Engineering Regional Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/567443 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="isSelectedEnd">The 2026 IEEE Region 9 Women in Engineering Regional Meeting will bring together WIE leaders\, Section representatives\, Affinity Group Chairs\, volunteers\, and invite d collaborators from across Latin America and the Caribbean.</p>\n<p class ="isSelectedEnd">IEEE Women in Engineering connects\, supports\, and inspi res women worldwide while contributing to their recruitment and retention in science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics. IEEE WIE actively encourages the participation of all individuals\, regardless of gender or background.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">This regional meeting will prov ide a collaborative environment for participants to exchange successful ex periences\, strengthen their leadership and volunteer management skills\, develop high-impact initiatives\, and identify opportunities for collabora tion among IEEE Sections and WIE Affinity Groups throughout Region 9.</p>\ n<p>The meeting will be held in coordination with the 2026 IEEE Region 9 Y oung Professionals Regional Meeting\, creating opportunities for joint lea rning\, networking\, mentoring\, and collaboration between WIE and YP lead ers.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Agenda &mdash\; September 3\, 2026</p >\n<p><strong>8:30 a.m.</strong> Registration</p>\n<p><strong>9:00 a.m.</s trong> Opening Session: Welcome by WIE &amp\; YP Committees</p>\n<p><stron g>9:20 a.m.</strong> WIE Region 9: Priorities\, Opportunities\, and Region al Vision</p>\n<p><strong>9:40 a.m.</strong> YP Region 9: Priorities\, Opp ortunities\, and Regional Vision</p>\n<p><strong>10:00 a.m.</strong> IEEE Leadership Welcome Message</p>\n<p><strong>10:40 a.m.</strong> Group Photo </p>\n<p><strong>11:00 a.m.</strong> Regional Connection Activity</p>\n<p> <strong>11:40 a.m.</strong> IEEE YP Mentoring Meet Program</p>\n<p><strong >12:00 p.m.</strong> Workshop: Tools Needed by Volunteer Leaders</p>\n<p>< strong>12:30 p.m.</strong> Resources\, Opportunities &amp\; Q&amp\;A</p>\n <p><strong>12:45 p.m.</strong> Lunch Break</p>\n<p><strong>2:00 p.m.</stro ng> Co-Creating WIE: High-Impact Ideas with AI</p>\n<p><strong>3:30 p.m.</ strong> WIE Success Stories\, Team Pitches &amp\; Discussion</p>\n<p><stro ng>3:45 p.m.</strong> AI Tools for Volunteers</p>\n<p><strong>4:15 p.m.</s trong> Women in IEEE Power &amp\; Energy Society</p>\n<p><strong>4:45 p.m. </strong> WIE Action Commitments and Collaboration Map</p>\n<p><strong>6:3 0 p.m.</strong> Key Takeaways &amp\; Next Steps</p>\n<p><strong>6:45 p.m.< /strong> Group Photo &amp\; Informal Networking</p>\n<p><strong>6:50 p.m.< /strong> Dinner &amp\; Cultural Gift Exchange</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR