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:20261022T194647Z UID:9612646B-1CBB-4494-98E9-80CF5CE01634 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T130000 DESCRIPTION:We have a low in-person registration\, so we've added a remote option. Click on the Teams meeting link below\, recommend to join prior to 11:30 start time.\n\nRemote Option Added: https://teams.microsoft.com/mee t/283936144418846?p=X03Sac2mp44aWXenzU\n\nPlease join the Chattanooga IEEE Section\, PES Chapter\, and Life Member Affinity Group for an in-person m eeting on Thursday\, Oct 22\, 11:30 am\, at The Enterprise Center Meeting Space in the Lupton Building\, 3rd floor – Community Space (1010 Georgia Ave.\, Chattanooga\, TN 37402)\n\nOptional $10 meeting fee will go toward IEEE Chattanooga Section Scholarship Fund. Click 'Register Only' if you d o not want to donate to the scholarship fund.\n\nSpeaker: Akram Saad\n\nTo pic: Wildfire challenges and mitigation on power systems\n\nThis presentat ion will provide an overview of methods and technologies that protection e ngineers can apply to reduce the probability of igniting wildfires. It wil l also go through a real-world experience of a utility applying some of th ose concepts.\n\nBio: Akram Saad received his B.SC in Electrical Engineeri ng from the University of Khartoum\, Sudan\, in 2014 and a M.SC in Electri cal Engineering in 2018 from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A kram joined Danovo Energy Solutions in 2022\, He is now a Senior Advisor w ith the protection settings and substation business area focusing on stand ard development and T&D settings projects. Prior to that\, he was a protec tion consultant with Patterson Power Engineers from 2018 to 2021. Akram is a senior member of the IEEE\, chair of the IEEE PES Chattanooga chapter\, and a registered professional engineer.\n\nDirections:\n\n- The Lupton Bu ilding has two entrances:\n\n- Georgia Ave entrance (behind the Pickle Bar rel): half flight of stairs to the elevators\n- Columbia St. entrance (nex t to the Dwell Hotel): wheelchair accessible\n- Meeting room located on th e third floor\n\nParking:\n\n- Street parking can be found at both entranc es of the building\n- Pay-to-park lots can be found on the corner of marke t and 11th Street and on Houston Street\n\nSpeaker(s): Akram Saad\, \n\nRo om: Community Space - 3rd Floor\, Bldg: Lupton Building\, 1010 Georgia Ave \, Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, United States\, 37402\, Virtual: https://even ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/581679 LOCATION:Room: Community Space - 3rd Floor\, Bldg: Lupton Building\, 1010 G eorgia Ave\, Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, United States\, 37402\, Virtual: ht tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/581679 ORGANIZER:jhnelson@tva.gov SEQUENCE:43 SUMMARY:Wildfire challenges and mitigation on power systems URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/581679 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7. 5pt\; background: white\;">We have a low in-person registration\, so we've added a remote option.&nbsp\; Click on the Teams meeting link below\, rec ommend to join prior to 11:30 start time.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="Mso Normal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;">Remote Option A dded: &nbsp\;<span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Segoe UI'\,san s-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #242424\; ms o-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt\; color: #5b5fc7\;"><a href="https ://teams.microsoft.com/meet/283936144418846?p=X03Sac2mp44aWXenzU">https:// teams.microsoft.com/meet/283936144418846?p=X03Sac2mp44aWXenzU</a></span></ span>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; backg round: white\;">Please join the Chattanooga IEEE Section\, PES Chapter\, a nd Life Member Affinity Group for an in-person meeting on Thursday\, Oct 2 2\, 11:30 am\, at The Enterprise Center Meeting Space in the Lupton Buildi ng\, 3rd floor&nbsp\;<span style="font-size: 10.5pt\; font-family: 'Open S ans'\,sans-serif\; color: #616161\; mso-ligatures: none\;">&ndash\;&nbsp\; </span>Community Space (1010 Georgia Ave.\, Chattanooga\, TN 37402)</p>\n< p class="MsoNormal">Optional $10 meeting fee will go toward IEEE Chattanoo ga Section Scholarship Fund.&nbsp\; Click 'Register Only' if you do not wa nt to donate to the scholarship fund.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Spe aker: Akram Saad</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Topic: Wildfire challenges and mitigation on power systems</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">This presentation wi ll provide an overview of methods and technologies that protection enginee rs&nbsp\;can apply to reduce the probability of igniting wildfires.&nbsp\; It will also go through a real-world experience of a utility applying som e of those concepts.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Bio: Akram Saad rece ived his B.SC in Electrical Engineering from the University of Khartoum\, Sudan\, in 2014 and a M.SC in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from the Univ ersity of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Akram joined Danovo Energy Solutions i n 2022\, He is now a Senior Advisor with the protection settings and subst ation business area focusing on standard development and T&amp\;D settings projects. Prior to that\, he was a protection consultant with Patterson P ower Engineers from 2018 to 2021. Akram is a senior member of the IEEE\, c hair of the IEEE PES Chattanooga chapter\, and a registered professional e ngineer.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Directions:</p>\n<ul style="margin-top: 0in\;" type="disc">\n<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in \; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Time s New Roman'\;">The Lupton Building has two entrances:</span></li>\n<ul st yle="margin-top: 0in\;" type="circle">\n<li class="MsoListParagraph" style ="margin-left: 0in\; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1\;"><span style="mso-fareast- font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;">Georgia Ave entrance (behind the Pickle Barrel): half flight of stairs to the elevators</span></li>\n<li class="Ms oListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in\; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1\;"><spa n style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;">Columbia St. entran ce (next to the Dwell Hotel): wheelchair accessible</span></li>\n</ul>\n<l i class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in\; mso-list: l0 level1 l fo1\;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;">Meeting room located on the third floor</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal">P arking:</p>\n<ul style="margin-top: 0in\;" type="disc">\n<li class="MsoLis tParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in\; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2\;"><span st yle="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;">Street parking can be f ound at both entrances of the building</span></li>\n<li class="MsoListPara graph" style="margin-left: 0in\; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2\;"><span style=" mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\;">Pay-to-park lots can be foun d on the corner of market and 11<sup>th</sup> Street and on Houston Street </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR