BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19440319T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260809T030054Z UID:DAC06069-C121-4370-B056-146521B80F34 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260814T090000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260814T130000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Rwanda Chapter\, in c ollaboration with IEEE AESS Rwanda\, is organizing an industrial visit to the Zipline Muhanga Distribution Center in Muhanga District for a maximum of 30 participants.\n\nThe group will depart from Kigali at 9:00 AM. The o nsite programme at Zipline will run from 10:30 AM to 11:35 AM\, followed b y the return journey to Kigali\, with estimated arrival at 1:00 PM.\n\nThi s visit will give IEEE members and students a behind-the-scenes look at ho w autonomous aircraft\, robotics\, embedded systems\, communications\, dat a\, and logistics are integrated to deliver essential medical products eff iciently and reliably across Rwanda.\n\nParticipants will learn about Zipl ine’s end-to-end delivery workflow\, including order fulfilment\, aircra ft preparation\, flight operations\, safety procedures\, fleet monitoring\ , recovery systems\, and the engineering challenges involved in operating a large-scale autonomous delivery network. The visit will also highlight c areer pathways in aerospace\, industrial electronics\, automation\, softwa re\, operations\, and technology-driven healthcare.\n\nThe session is desi gned to connect students and young professionals with real-world engineeri ng practice while strengthening collaboration between IEEE IES Rwanda\, IE EE AESS Rwanda\, academia\, and industry.\n\nDate: Friday\, August 14\, 20 26\nOverall time: 9:00 AM–1:00 PM\nOnsite visit: 10:30 AM–11:35 AM\nVe nue: Zipline Muhanga Distribution Center\, Ruli Cell\, Shyogwe Sector\, Mu hanga District\, Rwanda\n[]\n\nAgenda: \n[]\n\nBldg: Zipline Muhanga Distr ibution Center\, Ruli Cell\, Shyogwe Sector\, Muhanga District\, Southern Province\, Muhanga\, Rwanda\, Rwanda LOCATION:Bldg: Zipline Muhanga Distribution Center\, Ruli Cell\, Shyogwe Se ctor\, Muhanga District\, Southern Province\, Muhanga\, Rwanda\, Rwanda ORGANIZER:kipngeno.koech@ieee.org SEQUENCE:74 SUMMARY:IEEE IES–AESS Rwanda Industrial Visit to Zipline URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569227 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Rwanda Chapter\, in collaboration with IEEE AESS Rwanda\, is organizing an industrial visit to the Zipline Muhanga Distribution Center in Muhanga Di strict for a maximum of 30 participants.</p>\n<p>The group will depart fro m Kigali at 9:00 AM. The onsite programme at Zipline will run from 10:30 A M to 11:35 AM\, followed by the return journey to Kigali\, with estimated arrival at 1:00 PM.</p>\n<p>This visit will give IEEE members and students a behind-the-scenes look at how autonomous aircraft\, robotics\, embedded systems\, communications\, data\, and logistics are integrated to deliver essential medical products efficiently and reliably across Rwanda.</p>\n< p>Participants will learn about Zipline&rsquo\;s end-to-end delivery workf low\, including order fulfilment\, aircraft preparation\, flight operation s\, safety procedures\, fleet monitoring\, recovery systems\, and the engi neering challenges involved in operating a large-scale autonomous delivery network. The visit will also highlight career pathways in aerospace\, ind ustrial electronics\, automation\, software\, operations\, and technology- driven healthcare.</p>\n<p>The session is designed to connect students and young professionals with real-world engineering practice while strengthen ing collaboration between IEEE IES Rwanda\, IEEE AESS Rwanda\, academia\, and industry.</p>\n<p>Date: Friday\, August 14\, 2026<br>Overall time: 9:0 0 AM&ndash\;1:00 PM<br>Onsite visit: 10:30 AM&ndash\;11:35 AM<br>Venue: Zi pline Muhanga Distribution Center\, Ruli Cell\, Shyogwe Sector\, Muhanga D istrict\, Rwanda<br><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/med ia/display/94e7f486-d4d2-4567-baa0-d9bc47b85332" alt=""><br><br></p><br /> <br />Agenda: <br /><p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/ media/display/74c568f3-30ae-45ab-85e6-2fea3e4f7a69" alt="" width="1024" he ight="1536"></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR