8:00 -
10:00 pm |
Cracker-Barrel 1:
High Skills Immigration Reform - The
IEEE-USA Way : An update on IEEE-USA's
continuing efforts to promote congressional
enactment of balanced reforms in the nations'
educational and employment-based immigration
system, including proposed changes in permanent
(green card) and temporary (H-1B and L)
admissions programs for foreign STEM
professionals.
Panelists will include: 2009 IEEE-USA President
Gordon Day and IEEE-USA Government Relations
staffers Russ Harrison & Vin O'Neill
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Cracker-Barrel 2:
IEEE/IEEE-USA Impact on Smart Grid
Russell Lefevre,
2008 IEEE-USA President
Smart Skills for the Future
Peggy Hutcheson, Ph.D.
CEO, The Odyssey Group & Co-Chair IEEE-USA
Innovation Institute
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Friday, 5
March |
6:30
am -
5:30 pm |
Registration
& Conference Office
(Closed during lunch)
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6:30 -
7:30 am |
Buffet Breakfast |
7:45 -
8:45 am |
Welcome &
Introduction
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Norman R. Augustine
Retired Chair & Chief Executive
Officer
Lockheed Martin
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8:45 - 8:55 am |
Coffee Break
& Exhibits - Beverages Only
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Track 1:
K-12 Education |
Track 2:
Continuing Education Career Development |
Track 3:
R&D
Innovation |
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9:00 - 10:00 am |
BEST Middle & High School Robotics
Competition
George Blanks
Auburn University
Presentation |
Pushing the
Engineering Envelope with MATLAB & Simulink
Todd Atkins
Educational Technical Marketing, MATHWORKS
Presentation |
Integrating
Information Assurance Principles in the
Engineering & Computer Science Curriculum
Corey D. Schou
National Information Assurance Training &
Education Center, Idaho State University
Presentation |
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10:00 - 10:20
AM |
Coffee Break & Exhibits
Pre-Function Area |
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10:25 - 11:25 am |
Best Practices, How
NOT to Contact Schools
Dusty Fisher
Chair, IEEE-USA Precollege Education
Committee
Presentation |
VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR
Career Webinar
Sponsored by Lockheed Martin & Syracuse Research
Corp.
No Presentation |
Innovative Power
Engineering
Program
Paul Imbertson
Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Minnesota
Presentation |
vTools & You
Ron Jensen
IEEE-USA
President-Elect,
Charles Lord,
Region 3 Leadership & Regional Support Chair
Marc Apter, Region 2, Past
Director
Dave Green,
Region 3, Director-Elect, &
Bob Parro
Presentation |
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11:30 am -
12:30 pm |
K-12 Policy
Patti Curtis
Managing Director
Museum
of Science
Presentation |
VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR
Career Webinar
Sponsored by Argonne National Laboratory &
Rockwell Collins
No Presentation |
Hybrid & Electric
Cars
Chris Mi
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Presentation |
RT, Embedded Systems
Hamid Vakilzadian
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Presentation |
12:45 -
2:00 pm |
Luncheon
Speaker
21st Century High Skills Talent Development
Imperatives
Edward E. Gordon
President, Imperial Consulting Corporation &
Author of "Winning the Global Talent Showdown:
How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to
Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline"
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Track 1:
K-12 Education |
Track 2:
Continuing Education Career Development |
Track 3:
R&D
Innovation |
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2:05 -
3:05 pm |
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Partnering with Teachers: TISP
Douglas Gorham
Managing Director
Educational Activities
Presentation |
Considering a
Career in Consulting: The Ins & Outs
Gary Blank
Vice President
Career & Member Services
Presentation |
Beyond the Gathering Storm
Guru Madhavan
Policy & Global Affairs Division, National
Academy of Sciences
Presentation |
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3:10 - 3:40 pm |
Coffee Break
& Exhibits
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3:40 - 4:40
pm
4:40 - 5:40 pm |
ROUNDTABLE IDEAS
IEEE-USA Vice Presidents & Regional Directors
Present Issues
ROUNDTABLE IDEAS DISCUSSON
Moderator: Peggy Hutcheson
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5:45 - 7:15 pm |
Region 1 Breakout:
Ravi Todi
Region 2 Breakout: Carole
Carey
Region 3 Breakout:
Susan Ronning
Region 4 Breakout:
Hamid Vakilzadian
Region 5 Breakout:
Richard Painter
Region 6 Breakout: Eremita
de Miranda
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7:15 pm |
Dinner on Your Own
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Saturday, 6
March |
6:30
am -
3:30 pm |
Registration &
Conference Office
(Closed during lunch & closing early to help
prepare for the Awards Ceremony) |
6:30 -
7:30 am |
Buffet Breakfast
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8:00 -
8:45 am |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
William A. Wulf
University of Virginia - Charlottesville
(Past President, National Academy of
Engineering)
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8:45 - 8:55 am |
Coffee
Break & Exhibits - Beverages Only
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Track 1:
RESOURCES |
Track 2:
PROJECTS |
Track 3:
MEMBERS |
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9:00 - 10:00 am |
360
Degree View: Your Business, Career,
Employment Needs
Peggy Hutcheson
CEO,
The Odyssey Group & Co-Chair IEEE-USA Innovation
Institute
Mauro Togneri
Co-chair, IEEE-USA Innovation Institute &
Entrepreneurs Activities Committee
Presentation |
Grassroots: Politics
& Your Section
Russ Harrison
Senior Legislative Representative, Grassroots
Activities,
IEEE-USA
Presentation |
Training Our
Leaders: MGA Center for Leadership Excellence
Charles Lord,
Region 3 Leadership & Regional Support Chair
Presentation |
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10:00 - 10.20
am |
Coffee Break & Exhibits
Pre-Function Area |
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10:25 - 11:25 am |
Career Development
Workshops
Ed Perkins
Region 6
Director-Elect &
Vice Chair, Career and Workforce Policy
Committee
Presentation |
Congressional Visits
Days
Jim Jefferies
Vice
President
Government Relations
Debbie Rudolph
Manager, Government Relations, IEEE-USA
Presentation |
What is Engagement? Communications with
& among Your Members
David Green
Region 3
Director-Elect
Presentation |
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Growing Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Charles Lord
Region 3 Leadership & Regional Support Chair
Ron Jensen
IEEE-USA
President-Elect
Presentation |
IEEE-USA Government Fellowships
Thomas Tierney
& William Behn
Former Government Fellows
IEEE Washington Internships for Students of
Engineering
Nastassja Lewinski &
Matt Ezovski
Former WISE Interns
Presentation |
S-PACs and Beyond
Kristi Hummel
Chair, SPAC
Presentation |
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12:45 -
2:00 pm |
Lunch
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Track 1:
RESOURCES |
Track 2:
PROJECTS |
Track 3:
MEMBERS |
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2:05 -
3:05 pm |
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Roundtable - K-12 Outreach Programs
Douglas
Gorham
Managing Director
Educational Activities
Dusty Fisher
Chair, IEEE-USA Precollege Education
Committee
Ken Reid
Director, Freshman Engineering, Ohio
Northern University
Presentation |
Regional Poster
Presentations
Paul Meisel
Past Chair
IEEE-USA Annual Meeting
No
Presentation |
Science, Technology, Engineering
& Mathematics (STEM): Measures Conference 2011
Martin Sokoloski
Chair, IEEE-USA Research & Development
Policy Committee.
Presentation |
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3:10 - 3:40 pm |
Coffee Break & Investing
in GOLD for the Future
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3:45 - 5:15 pm |
IEEE-USA Candidates Forum
Evelyn Hirt,
IEEE-USA President
President-Elect Candidates
Marc Apter
Jim Howard
Member at Large Candidates
John Twitchell
Mauro Togneri
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7:00 pm
Until |
Awards
Banquet/Ceremony
Afterglow Dessert Reception |
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