BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T005049Z UID:222DF3E5-FBDC-4136-A8AF-4D4A939AEC40 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T124000 DESCRIPTION:Advance Your Professional Recognition with IEEE Senior Member G rade\n\nJoin the IEEE Photonics Society Montreal Section for our 2nd Annua l Senior Membership Drive\, to learn about the IEEE Senior Member elevatio n process and how it can recognize your professional achievements and cont ributions.\n\nEvent Details\n\n- Date: Thursday\, October 1\, 2026\n- Time : 12:00 PM\n- Format: Online (40 minutes)\n- Attendance: Limited to 12 par ticipants. Registration required.\n- Audience: IPS Montreal Regular Member s and attendees of our November panel discussion.\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nDur ing this session\, we will:\n\n- Review the IEEE Senior Member eligibility requirements.\n- Explain the application and reference process.\n- Share best practices for preparing a successful application.\n- Answer questions and connect members pursuing Senior Member elevation.\n\nThe next deadlin e for Senior Members applications is 15 November 2026: https://www.ieee.or g/about/volunteers/membership-development/senior-member\n\nWhether you are ready to apply or simply exploring the opportunity\, this session is an e xcellent starting point.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/5769 06 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/576906 ORGANIZER:alex.poungoue@ieee.org SEQUENCE:128 SUMMARY:Senior Member Elevation Drive by IEEE Photonics Society Montreal_20 26 Edition URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/576906 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-al t: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times Ne w Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: blac k\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Advance Your Professional Recognition with IEEE Senior Member Grade</span></strong></p >\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-botto m-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="fo nt-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font -family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso -fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Join the IEEE Photonics Society Montreal Secti on for our 2nd Annual Senior Membership Drive\, to learn about the IEEE Se nior Member elevation process and how it can recognize your professional a chievements and contributions.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso -margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\ ; line-height: normal\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-fam ily: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' \; color: black\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\; ">Event Details</span></strong></p>\n<ul type="disc">\n<li class="MsoNorma l" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lf o1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font -family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Ro man'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Date:</sp an></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman '\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">&nbsp\;Thursday\, October 1\, 2026 </span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-a lt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height : normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><strong><spa n style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-f areast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-far east-language: EN-CA\;">Time:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0p t\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Time s New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">& nbsp\;12:00 PM</span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black\; ms o-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify \; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-stops: list .5in\; "><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\ ,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: E N-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Format:</span></strong><span style=" font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-fo nt-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-lang uage: EN-CA\;">&nbsp\;Online (40 minutes)</span></li>\n<li class="MsoNorma l" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lf o1\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font -family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Ro man'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Attendanc e:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-lan guage: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">&nbsp\;Limited to 12 partici pants. Registration required.</span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="co lor: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text -align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\; tab-sto ps: list .5in\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Ti mes New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-a nsi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Audience:</span></str ong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif \; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">&nbsp\;IPS Montreal Regular Members and at tendees of our November panel discussion.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class="Ms oNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; t ext-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong><span style="font-size : 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family : 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareas t-language: EN-CA\;">What to Expect</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNorm al" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-a lign: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; fo nt-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: E N-CA\;">During this session\, we will:</span></p>\n<ul type="disc">\n<li c lass="MsoNormal" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-marg in-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list : l1 level1 lfo2\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\ ; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Rev iew the IEEE Senior Member eligibility requirements.</span></li>\n<li clas s="MsoNormal" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin- bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l 1 level1 lfo2\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; f ont-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Explai n the application and reference process.</span></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal " style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo 2\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; ms o-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Share best practic es for preparing a successful application.</span></li>\n<li class="MsoNorm al" style="color: black\; mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt : auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l1 level1 l fo2\; tab-stops: list .5in\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family : 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\;">Answer questions and connect members pursuing Senior Member elevation.</span></li>\n</ul>\ n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom- alt: auto\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong><span lan g="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif \; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #616161\;">The next deadline for Senior Members applications is&nbsp\;15 November 2026: </spa n></strong><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ieee.org/about/voluntee rs/membership-development/senior-member"><strong><span style="font-size: 1 2.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: ' Times New Roman'\;">https://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/membership-devel opment/senior-member</span></strong></a></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\; text-align : justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-f amily: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roma n'\; color: black\; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA \;">Whether you are ready to apply or simply exploring the opportunity\, t his session is an excellent starting point.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR