IEEE Smart Village – Empowering the Underserved
Please disregard stray reminder that went out today.
The meeting was held today, 10/21.
The reminder for yesterday got hung up in the IEEE system.
Dallas Section - IEEE CVT
Dallas CVT October 2025 Meeting
Dallas IEEE Communication and or Vehicular Society member,
Please join us for our October 2025 CVT meeting.
We will again meet on the University of Texas at Dallas campus in the SPN.1 building.
Our meeting talk will be 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, lunch will be available starting around 11:30 AM.
Lunch: We continue to provide a lunch option for our meetings.
Prepay via the IEEE website,
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
Fulltime UTD ECE students: $2.00 (after the first 5 – which are at no cost to the student, provide you pre-register)
Pay in person:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00
October 21 meeting, UT Dallas SPN.1, registration opens at 11:30 AM, talk begins at 12:00 PM
Title: "IEEE Smart Village - Empowering the Underserved"
Speakers: Dr. Ron Bose, IEEE Senior Life Member and retired Professor from The University of Texas at Dallas
Date: October 21, 2025
Location: UTD Synergy Park North Building; 3000 Waterview, Richardson, TX
Directions: NE Corner Synergy Park Blvd and Steward Dr.
Lunch Cost: see below.
Abstract:
Of the world’s nearly 8 billion people, nearly 750 million live in places that have no access to an electric grid. In 2010, IEEE launched a humanitarian initiative called IEEE Smart Village (ISV) as part of its 501c3 non-profit mandate to address this issue. ISV provides seed grants of USD 25K-200K to entrepreneurs who are building businesses in parts of the world where there is no electric grid. The starting point is often solar panels, which power homes, schools and businesses. I will describe how ISV is structured and funded inside of IEEE and the work of some of the incredible entrepreneurs that ISV has supported. And if you are interested in volunteering to work with ISV, I am happy to talk with you.
Bio:
Dr. Ron Bose is an IEEE Life Senior Member. Earlier in his career, he was an editor of IEEE Communications Magazine and served on ComSoc’s Board of Governors. He is currently the Treasurer of IEEE Smart Village, where he happily supports the disbursement of funds to deserving entrepreneurs.
He retired from UT Dallas in 2024, where he taught since 2013. Prior to UTD, Ron worked in the telecom industry, including Bell Labs, AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Siemens and Fujitsu.
Ron received his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), master’s in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University and Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife live in Plano.
Pre-registered and paid via the IEEE website:
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
UTD ECE students: $2.00
Pay in person and pre-registered but not yet paid:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00
Anyone not pre-registered will be charged the ‘Guest’ rate.
There is No charge for 'No Lunch, just attending the talk'.
Thanks in advance, and all the best.
Eric
Anyone without a Pre-registration for lunch will be asked to wait until all pre-registered have had a chance to go through the buffet line.
Dallas IEEE CVT Board members emails:
larryjhorner@gmail.com
andrewsilver@ieee.org
jimgunn@ieee.org
shmuel.hovav@gmail.com
eb0549@att.com
ed.hightower@iotandbeyond.com
dinesh@utdallas.edu
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Location
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- 3000 Waterview Pkwy
- Richardson, Texas
- United States 75080
- Building: SPN 1
- Room Number: 2.220
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- Starts 06 October 2025 09:00 PM UTC
- Ends 20 October 2025 09:00 PM UTC
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Agenda
Food/Lunch:
Lunch is available only to those who pre-register prior to the meeting. Sorry, we have to pre-order and consider the costs of meals.
Cost for lunch:
Level of Membership Prepaid Pay at Event
UTD student with ID $2.00 $2.00
IEEE Member $10.00 $15.00
IEEE Senior Member $10.00 $15.00
IEEE Life Member $5.00 $10.00
Non-member $15.00 $20.00
Please look for your specific Member type in Payment portion of Registration process (Life, Senior, Regular Member, etc.).
(First 5 Students who have registered in vTools as recorded within vTools date/time stamp on the registration will be given their $5 back at the event, provided they attend), also all students must show UT Dallas ID at the desk the day of the meetings.
Parking passes will be available to those that register, and lunch for a fee.
You do not need to be an IEEE member to attend these presentations.