BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T034929Z UID:03063276-2DF2-4376-B4CB-66B579804461 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261006T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261006T200100 DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues and Friends\,\n\nYou are warmly invited to join us for an IEEE Day celebration in the Twin Cities—an opportunity to con nect\, learn more about IEEE\, other Engineering Societies\, and explore h ow we can build a stronger local engineering and technology community toge ther.\n\nThe celebration will take place on Oct 6\, 2026\, at Punch Bowl S ocial (southwest corner of I394 and Hwy100)\, and will bring together IEEE members and other Engineering societies' members interested in vitalizing the Engineering community in the Twin Cities.\n\nThe event will include:\ n\n- Social networking and informal discussion——with free food and dri nks provided— because building a strong community starts with getting to know one another and sharing food!\n- Meet-and-connect opportunities with members and representatives from different engineering groups in the Twin Cities.\n\nSome topics we can chat about are:\n\n- Community needs brains torming: What are the most important challenges\, unmet needs\, and unwant ed technology intrusions\, in the Twin Cities that engineers\, technologis ts\, researchers\, students\, and community partners could help address?\n - Stakeholder mapping and collaboration: Identifying organizations\, nonpr ofits\, academic groups\, industry partners\, government agencies\, educat ors\, and community organizations that may be interested in working togeth er.\n- Brainstorming for the formation of an IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) group in the Twin Cities\, including ide as for projects and collaborations that can leverage engineering and techn ology to address local and global challenges.\n\nThis gathering is intende d to be an open and collaborative space. You do not need to be an IEEE mem ber to attend. Whether you are already active in an Engineering Society\, curious about getting involved\, interested in humanitarian technology and ethical management of technology\, or simply looking for ways to contribu te to the Twin Cities community through engineering and societal developme nt\, we would love to have you join us.\n\nTogether\, we hope to identify opportunities where Engineering Societies can serve as connectors—bringi ng people\, ideas\, expertise\, technology\, and critique\, together to cr eate meaningful impact in our community.\n\nWe look forward to celebrating IEEE Day with you and\, more importantly\, beginning a conversation about what we can build together in the Twin Cities.\n\nPlease join us for an e vening of connection\, fun\, food\, ideas\, and collaboration!\n\n---\n\nN on-IEEE Friends\, please use the "Register as Guest" option on the event p age to register. See image below:\n\nNOTE: You will have to first click on the [IEEE Privacy Policy](https://www.ieee.org/security-privacy.html) lin k so that policy page comes up\, then check the box for accepting the poli cy\, before the "Register as Guest" button will work correctly. Just check ing the box and clicking on the Register button may result in an error pag e. (Corporate stuff.)\n\nNote: IEEE has an engineering community network c alled Collabratec that you can join. You do NOT have to be an IEEE member to join this network\; you can create a free account on it. This network h olds several sub-communities. One of those relates to Ethics in Engineerin g. You can join the Ethics in Engineering group at the link below:\n\nhttp s://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/workspaces/10781/IEEE-Twin-Cities-Ethics -in-Engineering-Group/\n\nThe Twin Cities Section web site is at: https:// tc-ieee.org/\n\nWeb pages for the Twin Cities Women in Engineering\, Senso rs Council\, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapters can be acces sed from the Section web site.\n\nNote: Pictures may be taken at IEEE even ts and published. Such photography and publication is covered by the IEEE policies noted here:\n\nhttps://www.ieee.org/conferences/event-terms-and-c onditions\n\nPlease refer to the section on [Usage of photographic and vid eo material taken at IEEE events](https://www.ieee.org/conferences/event-t erms-and-conditions#photo-video).\n\nThanks.\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda\n\n5:00 - 6:00 Socialization & Networking + Food/Drinks\n6:00 - 6:15 Twin Cities IE EE Section Report (Ahmed Naumaan)\n6:15 - 6:30 IEEE Sight (Patricia Khasha yar)\n6:30 - 7:30 Brainstorming & Discussion\n7:30 - More Socialization\n\ nBldg: Punch Bowl Social\, 1691 Park Pl Blvd\, \, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\ , United States\, 55416 LOCATION:Bldg: Punch Bowl Social\, 1691 Park Pl Blvd\, \, Minneapolis\, Min nesota\, United States\, 55416 ORGANIZER:patricia.kh@gmail.com SEQUENCE:33 SUMMARY:IEEE Day Social & Community Event + Humanitarian Technologies URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/579069 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="isSelectedEnd">Dear Colleagues and Friends\,</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">You are warmly invited to join us for an <strong>IEEE Day celebration in the Twin Cities</strong>&mdash\;an opportunity to connect\, learn more about IEEE\, other Engineering Societi es\, and explore how we can build a stronger local engineering and technol ogy community together.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The celebration will take place on Oct 6\, 2026\, at Punch Bowl Social (southwest corner of I3 94 and Hwy100)\, and will bring together IEEE members and other Engineerin g societies' members interested in vitalizing the Engineering community in the Twin Cities.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The event will include:</p >\n<ul data-spread="false">\n<li><strong>Social networking and informal di scussion</strong>&mdash\;&mdash\;with free <strong>food and drinks provide d</strong>&mdash\; because building a strong community starts with getting to know one another and sharing food!</li>\n<li><strong>Meet-and-connect opportunities</strong> with members and representatives from different eng ineering groups in the Twin Cities.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Some topics we can cha t about are:</p>\n<ul data-spread="false">\n<li><strong>Community needs br ainstorming:</strong> What are the most important challenges\, unmet needs \, and unwanted technology intrusions\, in the Twin Cities that engineers\ , technologists\, researchers\, students\, and community partners could he lp address?</li>\n<li><strong>Stakeholder mapping and collaboration:</stro ng> Identifying organizations\, nonprofits\, academic groups\, industry pa rtners\, government agencies\, educators\, and community organizations tha t may be interested in working together.</li>\n<li><strong>Brainstorming f or the formation of an IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) group in the Twin Cities</strong>\, including ideas for projec ts and collaborations that can leverage engineering and technology to addr ess local and global challenges.</li>\n</ul>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Thi s gathering is intended to be an open and collaborative space. <strong>You do not need to be an IEEE member to attend. </strong>Whether you are alre ady active in an Engineering Society\, curious about getting involved\, in terested in humanitarian technology and ethical management of technology\, or simply looking for ways to contribute to the Twin Cities community thr ough engineering and societal development\, we would love to have you join us.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">Together\, we hope to identify opportun ities where <strong>Engineering Societies can serve as connectors&mdash\;b ringing people\, ideas\, expertise\, technology\, and critique\, together to create meaningful impact in our community.</strong></p>\n<p class="isSe lectedEnd">We look forward to celebrating IEEE Day with you and\, more imp ortantly\, beginning a conversation about what we can build together in th e Twin Cities.</p>\n<p><strong>Please join us for an evening of connection \, fun\, food\, ideas\, and collaboration!</strong></p>\n<p><strong>---</s trong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Non-IEEE Friends\, please use the "Register as Guest" option on the event page to register. See image below:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>NOTE: You will have to first cli ck on the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.ieee.org/security-privacy.html" targe t="_blank" rel="noopener">IEEE Privacy Policy</a> link so that policy page comes up\, then check the box for accepting the policy\, before the "Regi ster as Guest" button will work correctly. Just checking the box and click ing on the Register button may result in an error page. (Corporate stuff.) </strong></p>\n<p><img style="border-style: solid\; border-width: 3px\;" s rc="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/15d63934-2a9d-4 8a3-8689-c2ea20c4cf29" width="829" height="256"></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>< strong>Note:</strong> IEEE has an engineering community network called Col labratec that you can join. You do NOT have to be an IEEE member to join t his network\; you can create a free account on it. This network holds seve ral sub-communities. One of those relates to Ethics in Engineering. You ca n join the Ethics in Engineering group at the link below:</p>\n<p><a href= "https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/workspaces/10781/IEEE-Twin-Cities-E thics-in-Engineering-Group/">https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/workspa ces/10781/IEEE-Twin-Cities-Ethics-in-Engineering-Group/</a></p>\n<p>The Tw in Cities Section web site is at: <a href="https://tc-ieee.org/">https://t c-ieee.org/</a></p>\n<p>Web pages for the Twin Cities Women in Engineering \, Sensors Council\, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapters can be accessed from the Section web site.</p>\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> Pict ures may be taken at IEEE events and published. Such photography and publi cation is covered by the IEEE policies noted here:</p>\n<p><a href="https: //www.ieee.org/conferences/event-terms-and-conditions">https://www.ieee.or g/conferences/event-terms-and-conditions</a></p>\n<p>Please refer to the s ection on <a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/event-terms-and-condit ions#photo-video" data-layer-attached="true">Usage of photographic and vid eo material taken at IEEE events</a>.</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>< br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p dir="ltr"><strong>Agenda</strong></p>\n<p dir= "ltr">5:00 - 6:00 Socialization &amp\; Networking + Food/Drinks<br>6:00 - 6:15 Twin Cities IEEE Section Report (Ahmed Naumaan)<br>6:15 - 6:30 IEEE S ight (Patricia Khashayar)<br>6:30 - 7:30 Brainstorming &amp\; Discussion<b r>7:30 - &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; More Socialization</p>\n<p>&nbsp\ ;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR