BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Cairo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260424T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1FR;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261029T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T052352Z UID:23E905D3-E98E-4645-8C89-4905BEE72503 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20261016T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20261016T150000 DESCRIPTION:The AUST-IEEE Student Branch\, in collaboration with the Facult y of Engineering (FOE)\, will organize IEEE Day 2026 and New Students Orie ntation on October 16\, 2026\, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at AUST Ashraf ieh Campus.\n\nThe event aims to welcome new students\, introduce IEEE and its opportunities for professional development\, connect students with al umni\, and encourage collaboration across engineering and computing discip lines.\n\nThe opening ceremony will feature a welcome by Ms. Cirine Radwan \, Vice-Chair of the AUST-IEEE Student Branch\, followed by remarks from M r. Michel Owayjan\, Assistant Dean and Student Branch Counselor\, the Dean \, and the University President.\n\nProfessor Imad H. Elhajj from the Amer ican University of Beirut will deliver the keynote\, “AI: For or Against Privacy?”\, exploring AI’s potential to preserve visual privacy or re veal private information\, alongside applications in disaster risk managem ent.\n\nAn alumni panel will discuss career pathways\, practical skills\, internships\, and ways alumni can support current students. Department cha irs will then lead orientations for Mechatronics Engineering\, Computer an d Communications Engineering\, Computer Science\, and Information and Comm unications Technology. Biomedical Engineering students will join the CCE o rientation.\n\nThe program will conclude with refreshments\, networking\, group photographs\, an IEEE photo session featuring student formations spe lling “AUST” and “IEEE\,” and board games and team activities. App reciation trophies will recognize the keynote speaker and alumni panelists .\n\nNew students\, returning students\, faculty\, university leadership\, and administrative staff are invited to participate in this celebration o f technology\, professional responsibility\, and the AUST community.\n\nSp eaker(s): Imad Elhajj\n\nAgenda: \nGeneral Agenda\n\n10:00–10:20 a.m. — Opening Ceremony\n10:20–11:00 a.m. — Keynote\n11:00–11:45 a.m. — Alumni Panel Discussion\n11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Department Orient ations\n12:30–1:00 p.m. — Coffee Break and Group Photograph\n1:00–2: 00 p.m. — IEEE Photo Session\n2:00–3:00 p.m. — Board Games and Team Activities\n\nRoom: 7th Floor\, Conference Room\, Bldg: Block B\, AUST\, A shrafieh\, Alfred Naccash Avenue\, Beirut\, Lebanon\, Lebanon LOCATION:Room: 7th Floor\, Conference Room\, Bldg: Block B\, AUST\, Ashrafi eh\, Alfred Naccash Avenue\, Beirut\, Lebanon\, Lebanon ORGANIZER:mowayjan@aust.edu.lb SEQUENCE:27 SUMMARY:IEEE Day 2026 and New Students Orientaion URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/584722 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The AUST-IEEE Student Branch\, in collabor ation with the Faculty of Engineering (FOE)\, will organize IEEE Day 2026 and New Students Orientation on October 16\, 2026\, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:0 0 p.m. at AUST Ashrafieh Campus.</p>\n<p>The event aims to welcome new stu dents\, introduce IEEE and its opportunities for professional development\ , connect students with alumni\, and encourage collaboration across engine ering and computing disciplines.</p>\n<p>The opening ceremony will feature a welcome by Ms. Cirine Radwan\, Vice-Chair of the AUST-IEEE Student Bran ch\, followed by remarks from Mr. Michel Owayjan\, Assistant Dean and Stud ent Branch Counselor\, the Dean\, and the University President.</p>\n<p>Pr ofessor Imad H. Elhajj from the American University of Beirut will deliver the keynote\, &ldquo\;AI: For or Against Privacy?&rdquo\;\, exploring AI& rsquo\;s potential to preserve visual privacy or reveal private informatio n\, alongside applications in disaster risk management.</p>\n<p>An alumni panel will discuss career pathways\, practical skills\, internships\, and ways alumni can support current students. Department chairs will then lead orientations for Mechatronics Engineering\, Computer and Communications E ngineering\, Computer Science\, and Information and Communications Technol ogy. Biomedical Engineering students will join the CCE orientation.</p>\n< p>The program will conclude with refreshments\, networking\, group photogr aphs\, an IEEE photo session featuring student formations spelling &ldquo\ ;AUST&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;IEEE\,&rdquo\; and board games and team activiti es. Appreciation trophies will recognize the keynote speaker and alumni pa nelists.</p>\n<p>New students\, returning students\, faculty\, university leadership\, and administrative staff are invited to participate in this c elebration of technology\, professional responsibility\, and the AUST comm unity.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>General Agenda</p>\n<p>10:00&ndash\ ;10:20 a.m. &mdash\; Opening Ceremony<br>10:20&ndash\;11:00 a.m. &mdash\; Keynote<br>11:00&ndash\;11:45 a.m. &mdash\; Alumni Panel Discussion<br>11: 45 a.m.&ndash\;12:30 p.m. &mdash\; Department Orientations<br>12:30&ndash\ ;1:00 p.m. &mdash\; Coffee Break and Group Photograph<br>1:00&ndash\;2:00 p.m. &mdash\; IEEE Photo Session<br>2:00&ndash\;3:00 p.m. &mdash\; Board G ames and Team Activities</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR