IEEE Metropolitan Los Angeles Section – Communications Society Chapter

SusTech is hosting talks on Sustainability topics leading up to the 2024 conference in April. “Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions” with K John Holmes, Scholar and Director of Energy and Environmental Systems, US National Academies of Sciences In October 2023 a National Academies study committee released Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States, Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions. Date: Tuesday 23-January-24 Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM (PDT) (online) Speaker(s): K John Holmes, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/391959

John Ockenfels and Peter Teahen’s Flight to End Polio took three months to circumnavigate the globe. Getting their single engine Cessna 210 off the ground took three years. In our April 2023 Tech Talk, John Ockenfels and Peter Teahen gave a presentation on the preparations for the flight. In this month’s Tech Talk, they will give a presentation on the three-month trip to circumnavigate the globe. On 30 July, after traveling about 26,000 miles, Teahen and Ockenfels landed safely at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. Along the course of their flight, they had participated in 24 fundraisers (the money raised there has yet to be tallied). I hope you can join us for an update on A Flight to Fight Polio >> https://www.rotary.org/en/flight-fight-polio Both Peter and John are pilots, Rotarians, and members of the Fellowship of Flying Rotarians. Polio eradication has been a primary focus of Rotary for over 35 years and continues to be a major initiative. While the end of polio may be near, no child anywhere is safe until every child has been vaccinated. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): JOHN OCKENFELS, PETER TEAHEN Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400681

A Consultants Committee Virtual Meeting In early 2022, the (https://ieeeusa.org/committees/aicncc/) polled local consultant network chairs to find out the status of their local groups. What we learned is that many local networks were having trouble restarting activities after having such a long layoff from in-person meetings. We also learned that many chairs have questions about activities of the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee. On January 25 at 12:00pm-1:00pm EST, the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee is again sponsoring a virtual workshop for local consultant network chairs. We have asked Dr. Johannes Schaefer, Senior Manager with IEEE Strategic Research and author of the (https://ieeeusa.org/product/ieee-usa-consultants-fee-survey-report-2023-edition/) to give a presentation on key findings from the report. Dr. Schaefer will be joined by members of IEEE-USA Consultants Committee to add their commentary about the impact on independent consultants from findings of the survey. The committee also wants this workshop to be an interactive discussion with network chairs regarding the report. After the presentation, there will be a Q/A with members of the IEEE-USA Consultants Committee. IEEE-USA Consultants Committee members want to address any questions about the committee's activities that local chairs may have. The speaker will address any additional questions chairs may have regarding the presentation. So, we invite all Chairs, Vice Chairs and other network officers, as well as potential future Board members, to attend this online event. This meeting will be recorded to be used as an on Demand resource. Speaker(s): Johannes Schaefer, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390924

This is an opportunity to meet some of the region officers and learn about the tools at your disposal to succeed as section chairs and vice-chairs. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/377658