BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Harare BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19081231T234942 TZOFFSETFROM:+0210 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CAT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T152239Z UID:4B6EE25F-8347-4CBA-B941-7C4EEB4F29C0 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Harare:20261009T083000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Harare:20261009T123000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Rwanda and African Leadership University (ALU) will host a n interactive session focused on strengthening research culture and expand ing student engagement in research. The session will explore how IEEE can support ALU students through research participation\, scholarly publicatio ns\, conference participation\, project showcases\, technical communities\ , and collaboration with faculty. Participants will also discuss opportuni ties to establish an IEEE Student Branch and relevant Society student chap ters at ALU\, creating a sustainable platform for student leadership\, pro fessional development\, and research impact.\n\n[]\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEE E ComSoc\, MTT-S\, AP-S\, IES\, AESS\, GRSS\, IAS\, CASS\, Smart Cities\, Young Professionals\, Women in Engineering\, SIGHT\, and IEEE Rwanda Entre preneurship & Innovation Group\n\nAgenda: \nTIME PROGRAMME\n8:30–8:50 AM Arrival\, registration and networking\n8:50–9:00 AM Welcome remarks fro m ALU and IEEE Rwanda\n9:00–9:20 AM What Is IEEE?\nA global community fo r technology\, research and professional growth\n9:20–9:55 AM Meet the I EEE Societies and Communities\n9:55–10:10 AM Networking break\n10:10–1 0:40 AM Building a Strong Research Culture at ALU\n10:40–11:10 AM From S tudent Research to Publications and Conferences\n11:10–11:35 AM From Pro jects to Entrepreneurship and Real-World Impact\n11:35–11:55 AM IEEE Mem bership and Student Opportunities\n11:55 AM–12:10 PM Building IEEE at AL U\nIntroducing the Student Branch opportunity\n12:10–12:25 PM Interactiv e Q&A and next steps\n12:25–12:30 PM Group photo and closing\n\nRoom: Ke nya-Burundi\, Bldg: African Leadership University\, Kigali Innovation City \, Bumbogo\, Kigali\, Rwanda\, Rwanda LOCATION:Room: Kenya-Burundi\, Bldg: African Leadership University\, Kigali Innovation City\, Bumbogo\, Kigali\, Rwanda\, Rwanda ORGANIZER:kipngeno.koech@ieee.org SEQUENCE:19 SUMMARY:IEEE–ALU Meet & Greet: Research\, Innovation & Student Opportunit ies URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571630 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>IEEE Rwanda and African Leadership Univers ity (ALU) will host an interactive session focused on strengthening resear ch culture and expanding student engagement in research. The session will explore how IEEE can support ALU students through research participation\, scholarly publications\, conference participation\, project showcases\, t echnical communities\, and collaboration with faculty. Participants will a lso discuss opportunities to establish an IEEE Student Branch and relevant Society student chapters at ALU\, creating a sustainable platform for stu dent leadership\, professional development\, and research impact.<br><br>< img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/1fb23cb0-9 494-4f44-96b1-6a35c1837a8e" alt="" width="1054" height="1317"></p><br /><b r />Agenda: <br /><table style="width: 100%\; border-collapse: collapse\; font-family: Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 1.45\;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th s tyle="width: 26%\; padding: 12px 14px\; background: #00629B\; color: #ffff ff\; text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">TIME</th>\n<th style= "padding: 12px 14px\; background: #00629B\; color: #ffffff\; text-align: l eft\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">PROGRAMME</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody >\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629 b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">8:30&ndash\;8:50 AM </td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; backgro und: #f5f8fa\;">Arrival\, registration and networking</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n< td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border : 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">8:50&ndash\;9:00 AM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">Welcome remarks from ALU and IEEE Rwan da</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">9:00&n dash\;9:20 AM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e 2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;"><strong>What Is IEEE?</strong><br><span style ="color: #4b5563\;">A global community for technology\, research and profe ssional growth</span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; f ont-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">9:20&ndas h\;9:55 AM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea \;"><strong>Meet the IEEE Societies and Communities</strong></td>\n</tr>\n <tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">9:55&ndash\;10:10 AM</ td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; backgroun d: #f5f8fa\;">Networking break</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;"> 10:10&ndash\;10:40 AM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px so lid #d6e2ea\;"><strong>Building a Strong Research Culture at ALU</strong>< /td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; col or: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">10:40&nda sh\;11:10 AM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2 ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">From Student Research to Publications and Conf erences</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bo ld\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">11:10&ndash\;11:35 AM</ td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">From Pro jects to Entrepreneurship and Real-World Impact</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td sty le="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">11:35&ndash\;11:55 AM</td>\n<td sty le="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\; ">IEEE Membership and Student Opportunities</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=" padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #00629b\; border: 1px soli d #d6e2ea\;">11:55 AM&ndash\;12:10 PM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\ ; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;"><strong>Building IEEE at ALU</strong><br><s pan style="color: #4b5563\;">Introducing the Student Branch opportunity</s pan></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\ ; color: #00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">12:1 0&ndash\;12:25 PM</td>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\; background: #f5f8fa\;">Interactive Q&amp\;A and next steps</td>\ n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="padding: 10px 14px\; font-weight: bold\; color: # 00629b\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">12:25&ndash\;12:30 PM</td>\n<td styl e="padding: 10px 14px\; border: 1px solid #d6e2ea\;">Group photo and closi ng</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR