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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Chicago proudly presents a Panel Discussion on Engineering
  the Climate Transition: Innovation &amp; Resilience in the Midwest hosted by 
 the IEEE Chicago Climate Sustainability Local Group\, in conjunction with 
 Chicago Climate Week https://www.chicagoclimateweek.org/ where climate eve
 nts in the Chicago area will be held the week of July 15 to 23.\n\nJoin IE
 EE Chicago Section as part of Chicago Climate Week for a virtual panel dis
 cussion on engineering&#39;s role in the climate transition. Industry experts 
 will explore innovation and resilience strategies shaping the Midwest&#39;s re
 sponse to climate change\, followed by an open audience Q&amp;A.\nThe session 
 will feature opening remarks\, a moderated panel discussion with guest spe
 akers\, and a dedicated Q&amp;A segment where attendees can engage directly wi
 th the panelists.\n\nOur panelists include:\n\nPeiyuan Li\, Senior Researc
 h Associate\, Climate Research Team\, Discovery Partners Institute\n\nSaji
 th Wijesuriya\, Vice Chair\, Climate\, Sustainability\, and Innovation\, I
 EEE Young Professionals Program\n\nJohn Walz\, Treasurer\, IEEE Technology
  for a Sustainable Climate\n\nThe panel will be moderated by:\n\nNarendra 
 Venkatesan\, Chair\, IEEE Chicago Climate Sustainability Local Group\n\nAl
 vin Chin\, Vice-Chair\, IEEE Chicago Climate Sustainability Local Group\n\
 nPlease see the Zoom link below to join the panel virtually and see the fl
 yer below.\n\n[]\n\nSpeaker(s): Peiyuan Li\, Sajith Wijesuriya\, John Walz
 \, Narendra Venkatesan\, Alvin Chin\n\nAgenda: \nTime\n\nDuration\n\nSegme
 nt\n\n18:00–18:05\n\n5 min\n\nWelcome &amp; Opening Remarks\n\n18:05–18:10
 \n\n5 min\n\nModerator Intro\n\n18:10–18:45\n\n35 min\n\nModerated Panel
  Discussion\n\n18:45–18:55\n\n10 min\n\nAudience Q&amp;A\n\n18:55–19:00\n\
 n5 min\n\nClosing &amp; Calls to Action\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee
 .org/m/567656
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/567656
ORGANIZER:narendra.venkatesan@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:127
SUMMARY:Panel on Engineering the Climate Transition: Innovation &amp; Resilienc
 e in the Midwest
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/567656
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off 
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 pan class=&quot;a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature
 -calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none&quot;&gt;on Engineering the
  Climate Transition: Innovation &amp;amp\; Resilience in the Midwest hosted by
  the IEEE Chicago Climate Sustainability Local Group\, in conjunction with
  Chicago Climate Week &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.chicagoclimateweek.org/&quot;&gt;https:
 //www.chicagoclimateweek.org/&lt;/a&gt; where climate events in the Chicago area
  will be held the week of July 15 to 23.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;spa
 n class=&quot;a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-c
 alt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none&quot;&gt;Join IEEE Chicago Se
 ction as part of Chicago Climate Week for a virtual panel discussion on en
 gineering&#39;s role in the climate transition. Industry experts will explore 
 innovation and resilience strategies shaping the Midwest&#39;s response to cli
 mate change\, followed by an open audience Q&amp;amp\;A.&lt;br&gt;The session will f
 eature opening remarks\, a moderated panel discussion with guest speakers\
 , and a dedicated Q&amp;amp\;A segment where attendees can engage directly wit
 h the panelists.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;a_GcMg font-feature-liga-
 off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-
 strikethrough-none&quot;&gt;Our panelists include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;a_G
 cMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text
 -decoration-none text-strikethrough-none&quot;&gt;Peiyuan Li\, Senior Research Ass
 ociate\, Climate Research Team\, Discovery Partners Institute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;Sajith Wijesuriya\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #666666\; font-family: Ar
 ial\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;Vice Chair\, Climate\, Sustainability\, and Innovation
 \, &lt;/span&gt;IEEE Young Professionals Program&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;John Walz\, Trea
 surer\, IEEE Technology for a Sustainable Climate&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The panel will b
 e moderated by:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Narendra Venkatesan\, Chair\, IEEE Chicago Climate
  Sustainability Local Group&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Alvin Chin\, Vice-Chair\, IEEE Chicago
  Climate Sustainability Local Group&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Please see the Zoom link below
  to join the panel virtually and see the flyer below.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;ht
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 oup&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;width: 25.052192%\;&quot; width=&quot;57&quot;&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;width: 38.2045
 93%\;&quot; width=&quot;74&quot;&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;width: 36.534447%\;&quot; width=&quot;121&quot;&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;
 \n&lt;tbody&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Time&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Du
 ration&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Segment&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td
 &gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;18:00&amp;ndash\;18:05&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;5 min&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Welcome &amp;amp\; Opening Remarks&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/
 tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;18:05&amp;ndash\;18:10&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=
 &quot;ltr&quot;&gt;5 min&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Moderator Intro&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/t
 r&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;18:10&amp;ndash\;18:45&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;
 ltr&quot;&gt;35 min&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Moderated Panel Discussion&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;18:45&amp;ndash\;18:55&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td
 &gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;10 min&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Audience Q&amp;amp\;A&lt;/p
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 s to Action&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/table&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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