IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and Technical Conference Thursday-Sunday, 15-18 May 2014

1. Foothill Section – Annual Meeting UpdateBill Grist, Foothill Member Attendee & AICNCC Panel Member IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and Technical Conference Thursday-Sunday, 15-18 May 2014           Crowne Plaza, Warwick RI

2. An Overview plus Details in Areas of Foothill Member Interest • A walk through of what happens for those who haven’t attended • Key Messages to all IEEE Members • Highlights from selected talks • Elections – VOTE and comments • Q&A - members topic choices (due to 3-4 tracks, info not available on all) • What can We Do to help?

3. IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and Technical ConferenceThursday-Sunday, 15-18 May 2014           Crowne Plaza, Warwick RI • Thursday 15 May 2014 • Posting of the Colors- The Rhode Island Military Organization • Welcome and Introduction – Garden Pavilion • Charles Rubenstein, Vince Socci, Martin Cohen, David Casper Opening Remarks – Gary Blank, 2014 IEEE-USA President • Dinner  • 2015 Candidate Presentations – Garden Pavilion •         IEEE President-Elect Candidates: F. Mintzer, B. Shoop •    IEEE-USA President-Elect Candidates: P. Eckstein, K. Grzelak • Friday 16 May 2014 – Please See InnoTek2014 Conference Program

4. Saturday 17 May PROGRAMs • Annual Meeting Introduction - • 2014 IEEE-USA President Gary Blank • Plenary Session –  • Introduction to Professional Activities – Ed Perkins • Plenary Session –  • Introduction to Communications & Public Awareness – Chris Brantley •  Track 1 ChairEd Perkins • Bristol • Track 2 ChairWill Kassebaum • Salon I • Track 3 Chair • Keith Grzelak

5. Saturday 17 May PROGRAMs • Professional Activities: Engaging Members Locally • The Professional: Career and Member Services • The Profession: Government Relations • IEEE Insurance Solutions: Protecting Your Greatest Asset… You! • Graham Fuller • Professional Activities for Engaging Your Members • Ed Kirchner, Tarek Lahdhiri • K-12 STEM Outreach – Services, Opportunities, TISP, TSA, Public Awareness • Neeraj Bhatia • Panel: How can Members get Involved in IEEE-USA Policy Committees • Keith Grzelak, Russ Harrison << • Tools for Member Engagement << • John Prohodsky

6. Saturday 17 May PROGRAMs • Career Services –Services to Enhance Your Career • Holly M. Cyrus, Tarek Ladhiri • Intellectual Property Policy Update << • Keith Grzelak • PACE Projects Workshop • Bob Pellegrino, Larry Nelson, Sr., Emilio Salgueiro • Entrepreneurship – The Entrepreneurs’ Village << • Mark Wingate • IEEE-USA Government Fellows and WISE • Kenneth Lutz (Gov’t Fellow), Turner Cotterman (WISE Fellow)

7. Saturday 17 May PROGRAMs • Introducing • SPA-X: Explore, Engage, Experience • Guru Madhavan, Ed Perkins • Consulting: Networks, Services Available to Support the Professional Consultant << • Larry Nelson, Sr. • Don’t Talk Nerdy to Me!A Technologists’ Guide to Communicating with Policymakers • Chris Brantley, Russ Harrison • Panel: Using Consultant Networks, Employment Networks and Entrepreneurs to Engage Members in your Section <<<< • Will Kassebaum – moderator; Herman Amaya, Bill Grist, Larry Nelson Sr., Gary Blank • Professional Licensure – Advancement of Careers and the Profession • Steve Barrett • Immigration Policy Update Russ Harrison

8. Saturday 17 May PROGRAMs • Panel: Making IEEE Activities Relevant for Your Members • Ed Kirchner – moderator • Charles Lord, Ali Abedi, Carole Carey • The Importance of Membership • Lee Stogner • Communications Policy: Cybersecurity and Freedom of the Internet << • Eric Burger • Exhibits • IEEE-USA Awards Banquet, Speeches, Recognition – 

9. Sunday 18 May PROGRAMs • Regional PACE Breakout Sessions RECAP • Regional Professional Activities Overview – Ed Perkins • The Going Home Challenge and Commitment – Ron Jensen • Invitation to the 2015 Technical Conference in Milwaukee, WI • Recap, and Outgoing Message - Gary Blank, 2014 IEEE-USA President • Looking Forward to 2015, and Incoming Message POSTPONED • Jim Jefferies, 2015 IEEE-USA President - in Hospital • The IEEE-USA 2014 Annual Meeting Closes

10. INNOTEK2014 PROGRAMs • Jeff Greer, Engineering’s Role in Agile Manufacturing • Barry Shoop, Developing Critical Thinking, Creativity & Innovation Skills • Michelle Morey, InfraGard – Partnership is Our Key Resource <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< • Henry Constant and Frank Metayer,Real-time Digital Image Acquisition and Processing • Paul Roberti, RI PUC Commissioner; Energy Conversion &  Distribution • Sally Sutherland, Deputy Chief Technical Officer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< • Innovations in Technology for the Undersea Domain • Technical Innovation Energy Systems, Policy Systems for New Technologies • Technical Innovation In System Design - Small Business, Big Tech • Characteristic analysis of small-scale BESS for HOTT generation system • Application of a Dynamic Fuzzy Based Genetic Algorithm for Distribution Network Reconfiguration  • PIEZOPORT • Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Performance Prediction for Low Wind Speed Environment • The Precarious State of Federal R&DRussell Harrison, Sr. Legislative Representative, IEEE-USA <<<<<<< • The Makings of the Materials Revolution • Online Learning and Implications for Broadening Access and Participation in STEM Education and Workforce Warren “Trey” Lathe III,AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, NSF • Making Technology: Broadening Access and Participation in Engineering Education Through Maker Culture, Dorothy Jones-Davis, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, NSF <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< • Unleashing Innovation through Internal Hackathons Shiven Kumar*, Bernard  Rosell, John ShepherdAT&T • Strong Ties despite Decentralized Network Design: an Automotive Case • Advanced Complex Searches on Encrypted Unstructured Data in Cloud Environment  • Preventing Recreational Boating Fatalities and Serious Injuries • Starting New High-Tech BusinessesCharles J Lord, • Instilling a culture of   life-long Innovation Education

11. INNOTEK2014 PROGRAMs(cont.) • Innovation In Education - Technologies for New Policy Systems • Innovation In Business, Innovations in Medicine • Personalized Intelligent Software Responses for Engineering Students   • Low Cost Tablets as Disruptive Educational innovation; Modeling its diffusion within Indian K12 system  • Robot Education in the Liberal Arts Curriculum  •  Tools, Funding, & Policies for CyberInfrastructure • David Proctor, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow,  NSF • Of Patent Trolls and Patent Troll Hunters: What is the REAL Fairy Tale? A Lesson on Public Policy, Keith Grzelak, Co-Chair, IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Policy Committee and IEEE-USA IP Professionals <<<<< • Support for Biomedical and Health Innovation at the Federal Level • Decision Support Tools for Multi-Stakeholder Health Policy Issues • Using Innovation Science to Minimize Entrepreneurial Risk • Mining the Cloud • The Tame Tornado • Portable Malignant Lesion Detection with Low Cost Mobile Infrared Thermography • Web-Based Camera Navigation for Virtual Pancreatic Cancer Surgery:  Whipple Surgery Simulator (VPenSS) • MoMiReS:  Mobile Mixed Reality System for Physical & Occupational Therapies for Hand and Wrist Ailments • The InnoTek2014 Technical Conference Closes

13. Notes/Learnings 1 • Innotek: Agile Mfg.; West Point Innovation Course • Innotek: InfraGARD – we each can join with the FBI to help; Boston and LA CyberSquad contacts • Innotek: Low Cost Mfg; UCONN EE Image Processing & Embedded Systems; Renewable Energy Integration • Innotek: Lobbyist assess USA R&D funding policies • Innotek: Materials Applied Sciences Lab • Innotek: NSF; MOOCs; NSF Maker Movement Support • Innotek: Cyber Infrastructure for Innovation • Innotek: Patent Trolls, a fairy tale? • Innotek: NSF & Health Innovation; Biomed; Policy issues

14. Notes/Learnings 2 • Public Policy Committee; Write your congressperson! • vTools contact if we need help; reports we can use • Engaging Members; grow new ones • Entrepreneurship; SBIR Help from Chair Mark Wingate of TX • - Watch the Guy Kawaski video – link on IEEE website • Suggest you join IEEE USA Linked In official group • Crowd Sourcing is a Game Changer! • AICNCC Panel Discussion; Question forms submitted; Full! • CyberSecurity: Issue breakdown by Eric Burger; Policy?

15. Notes/Learnings 3 • PACE: Region Plans/Issues review – • Membership Development – declining in USA last few years • - OCT 7 IEEE Day; big splash suggested • Challenges to IEEE USA Members: • Retention • New Members live on their smartphones; IEEE Adapt • Sections take action • Milwaukee Meeting next year • Gary Blank Closing: What if each of us called 1 person?

16. KEY Actions for Foothill Section? • Help grow IEEE-USA Membership • SBIR – Help in figuring out how to be successful • Keep up our contributions to STEM Education • Keep up our strong relations with local universities • Continue local Professional Education through PACE & Society presentations • Employment Issues in the IE; continue helping • Feedback to our IEEE Lobbyist in Washington DC on what is important to us locally

17. Summary - Foothill Section • Foothill is doing a lot of things right; continue to focus on our strengths! • Involved members get things done; keep growing more of them. • Get a new member: Call a tech friend? • Thank you for sending me! • Questions?