| Friday, 3 January 2020 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Registration Opens |
| Room Assignment | Cohiba 6-7-8-9 |
| 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Workshop |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Welcome Anis Ben Arfi, Conference Chair Keith Moore, 2020 IEEE Region 6 Director James Conrad, IEEE-USA President Susan Land, 2020 IEEE President-elect |
| 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM | Keynote Presentation: Whurley, Founder and President, Strangeworks – Innovation and Quantum Systems |
| 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM | Fireside chat: Host:Peijung Tsai, Systems Engineer, L3-Harris Guest: Sonita Lontoh, SVP & Global Head of Marketing, HP 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing |
| 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Networking - Snacks and Refreshments will be served |
| Saturday, 4 January 2020 | ||||
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| 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast & Registration | |||
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote Presentation: The Hidden Lenses of Success Jonathan Chew, Asst. Producer, Walt Disney Imagineering Leo Szeto, Engineer, Nusano |
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| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Break and Networking Poster Session begins |
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| Room Assignment | Cohiba 6-7-8-9 | Cohiba 3-4 | Cohiba 10-11 | Cohiba 1-2 |
| 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM | Engineering at Mayo Clinic—How Engineers Directly Impact the Practice of Medicine Mark Wehde Section Head, Technology Development, Mayo Clinic Division of Engineering | LinkedIn Systems and Network Architecture Tim Worboys Senior Manager, Software Engineering, | IEEE Learning Network: Continuing & Professional Education Jennifer McClain, Senior Product Manager, IEEE Educational Activities Mostafa Mortezaie, IEEE Region 6, Educational Activities Chair | Women in Leadership Michelle Yung Business Development Manager, Northrup Grumman |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Break and Networking | |||
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Digital Twins for the Digital World Mark Schneider, Global Solutions Architect, Digital Workflow Adviser, Bentley Systems | A New Spin on AI Tom Coughlin President, Coughlin & Associates | Artificial Intelligence in 2020: Where have we been, where are we at now, and where are we headed Mark Montgomery Founder & CEO, KYield, Inc. | Mastering Fearless Communications Carolyn Andrews President, From the Masters Mind |
| 12:00 PM – 01:45 PM | Keynote Presentation: Frank Soqui, VP & General Manager of the Gaming Division in the VR, Gaming and E-Sports Group. Intel |
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| 01:45 PM – 2:45 PM | Signals of Opportunity in Earth and Planetary Science Dr. Nereida Rodriguez Alvarez Scientist, NASA JPL | Autonomous transportation: One step at a time Dr. Tekin Meriçli Chief Technology Officer Locomation | Engineering for the Nation: An Overview of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Brian Guidry, Chief Engineer Lawrence Livermore National Lab(LLNL) | Extending Your Influence through Team Leadership Rick Hefner Program Director, Caltech Center for Technology and Management Education, CalTech |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Break and Networking | |||
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Keeping up with Emerging Technologies Kathy Herring-Hayashi Senior Staff Engineer Qualcomm | The Terrific Top Ten, the 10 Soft Skills Every Technical Professional Should Develop Susan Land Program Manager, Missile Defense Agency Body Language | Finance & Wealth creation Mathew Allred CRPC®, AAMS®, APMA®, Ameriprise Financial, Franchise Owner, The Flynn Group | 5G and Beyond Fawzi Behmann President, TelNet Management Consulting Inc |
| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Break and Networking | |||
| 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM | Manufacturing in Space Andrew Rush President, Made In Space | Cyber Security Ilene Klein Cybersecurity Program Coordinator, Urban Area Security Initiative, City of Phoenix, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | Role of Memory in AI/ Autonomous Vehicles/ Big Data Applications Nancy Lomeli, Senior Manager, Process Integration, Micron | Advanced Flight and Autonomous Aircraft Kevin Noertker Co-Founder and CEO Amparie Corporation |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion - Young Professionals in Industry - Work, Life and Volunteering Moderator: Ramesh Nair, Intel Panelists: Amritesh Rai, Micron Michelle Yung, Northrup Grumman Ashwini Gokhale, Deloitte Leo Szeto, Nusano |
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| 6:30 PM – 6:40 PM | Conference Group Photo Session – Wear your IEEE Rising Stars T-shirt! | |||
| 6:40 PM – 8:30 PM | Corporate Mixer and Conference Networking | |||
| Sunday, 5 January 2020 | ||
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| 8:00 AM - 8:45 PM | Breakfast | RM: Cohiba 6-7-8-9 |
| 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Awards and Recognition - Competition awards and IEEE Region 6 awards Susan Land, 2020 IEEE President-elect James Conrad, 2020 IEEE-USA President |
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| 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Keynote Presentation: How Blockchain-y Are You? Test Your Enterprise Blockchain IQ Tamara Dull, Principal Open Source Technologist, AWS Open Source: Blockchain & IoT |
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| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Break and Networking | |
| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Panel Discussion - The Next Big Thing Moderator: Ms. Susan Land, 2020 IEEE President-elect Panelists: Andy Miller, SVP Innovation and Product Development, AARP Dr. Timothy P. Grayson, Director of DARPA's Strategic Technology Office Andrew Rush, President, Made In Space Jonathan Chew, Asst. Producer, Walt Disney Imagineering Stephen Welby, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, IEEE |
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| 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | Closing Remarks and Outbound Challenge Anis Ben Arfi, Chair, Rising Stars 2020 Skyler Nix, Chair, Rising Stars 2021 Michael Andrews, Research Analyst, Center for Sustainable Energy Keith Moore, Director, IEEE Region 6 |
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