IEEE Metro Los Angeles Communications Chapter

You want to move into a leadership role — but the path from expert to leader isn’t what it used to be. In this session, we’ll explore what it really means to evolve beyond subject-matter expertise and step into transformative leadership during an era defined by AI acceleration and what futurist Jamais Cascio coined as the BANI era: Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible. What You’ll Take Away: - A deeper understanding of why today’s volatility demands more than just competence — it demands clarity, adaptability, and relational intelligence - A mindset shift from reactive problem-solver to systems-aware leader - New language and frameworks for building trust, influence, and decision-making power in uncertain environments - Tools to define your unique value as a future-ready leader — not just a domain expert Bonus Takeaway: Learn how AI isn’t replacing leaders — it’s revealing the gaps in human leadership. You’ll leave with a mental model to augment your intuition and strategic decision-making in real time. Speaker(s): Caroline Stokes Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/485051

Why We All Need “Bright Ice”: Bright Ice Initiative’s innovative, local and collaborative approach to reducing climate risk with Dr. Leslie Field, Bright Ice Initiative Date/Time: Tuesday, June 17, 6-7 pm Pacific Time This talk will describe the work of Bright Ice Initiative (http://www.brighticeinitiative.org) and its focus on increasing the reflectivity of ice to slow the disastrous impact of glacial melting. Bright Ice Initiative works in regions of critical need to codevelop and evaluate solutions with and for communities living under the greatest threat. By preserving and restoring reflectivity to vital glacial regions, the pace of temperature rise can be reduced, potentially lessening sea level rise while protecting ecosystems and species from catastrophic loss. Speaker(s): Leslie Field, Agenda: 6:00 pm Introduction of speaker 7:00 pm end Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486177

Since the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the integrated circuit in 1958, microchips have fueled scientific advancements, manufacturing innovations, and economic growth. Today, DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) will advance the next generation of microsystems to disrupt the underlying technology, disrupt current manufacturing, and create new markets. This requires unique insight to discover fundamentally new ways of creating advanced circuits that will dramatically alter and exceed the current state-of-the-art in microsystems. This will involve: - Using the power of light at the microscale in three dimensions with advanced photonics; - Harnessing quantum mechanical phenomena for sensors and computers that break traditional classical limits; - Developing a toolbox of organic and biological molecules and hybrid bioelectronics that will leverage living system phenomena and connect back to traditional microsystems; - And advancing technologies for affordable, rapid, and sustainable microsystems fabrication to enable a new domestic manufacturing ecosystem that leverages commercial scaling and drives strong economic growth. Join Dr. Whitney Mason to learn about how DARPA is reimagining microsystems, and upcoming opportunities to engage with DARPA in this effort. Speaker(s): Dr. Whitney Mason Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487904

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based humanitarian organization dedicated to transforming lives in the U.S. and around the world. With a focus on ending generational poverty, Convoy runs impactful programs including children’s feeding initiatives, women’s empowerment efforts, and sustainable agriculture development. Beyond these core programs, Convoy of Hope is a critical first responder when disaster strikes. With a specialized fleet of vehicles and a trained response team, they deliver essential relief supplies to communities hit by natural and humanitarian crises. In 2024 alone, Convoy responded to 99 disasters both domestically and internationally. What sets Convoy’s Disaster Response team apart is their innovative model for serving survivors—something we’ll explore in more detail during the MOVE USA Tech Talk. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Speaker(s): Ethan Forhetz Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463714