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2011 Annual Meeting
3-6 March 2011
“Engineering in Motion"
Renaissance
Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
Phone: 512-343-2626 / Fax: 512-346-7953
Annual
Meeting Program
(Printable program
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Thursday, 3
March |
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1:30 - 7:00 pm |
Registration & Conference Office |
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6:00 pm |
Welcome Dinner Buffet & Networking
GLASS OAKS
Welcome & Meeting Overview
Diane Collier,
Chair
Ron Jensen, IEEE-USA President
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
James W. Kennedy, Former
Director, John F.
Kennedy Space Center |
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7:00 - 7:45 pm |
IEEE President Candidates Forum
BALLROOM B
Moderator:
Ron Jensen, IEEE-USA
President
Roger D. Pollard, IEEE President-Elect Candidate
Peter Staecker, IEEE President-Elect Candidate |
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8:00 - 10:00 pm |
Open Forum 1: Professional
Software Engineering Licensure
TRINITY B
Mitch Thornton
IEEE-USA Vice Chair, Licensure & Registration
Committee
& Chair 2009 & 2010 |
Open Forum 2: NASA: Moon Launch of
our Century
WEDGEWOOD
Doug Taggart, IEEE-USA Chair,
Committee on Transportation & Aerospace Policy
Barry Tilton, IEEE-USA Vice-Chair,
Committee on Transportation & Aerospace Policy |
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IEEE Job Site Virtual
Career Fair -
Friday, 4 March |
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10:45 am
(11:45 EST)
Webinar: CDM and Vestas Wind Systems
WEDGEWOOD |
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Friday, 4
March |
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6:30 am -
5:30 pm |
Registration & Conference Office
(Closed
during lunch) |
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7:00 - 8:00 am |
Buffet Breakfast
GLASS OAKS |
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8:00 - 9:00 am |
Welcome, Introduction & Overview
BALLROOM A
Ronald Jensen, President, IEEE-USA
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Karl Rábago,
Vice
President, Austin Energy |
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Track A - Ballroom
B |
Track B - Ballroom
A |
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9:00 - 10:15 am |
Electrical Vehicle Market
Moderator: Bill Williams
Craig Eppling
Regional Communications
Manager, General Motors
Mark Perry
Director of Product
Planning, Nissan America
Ali Emadi
Founder and President, Hybrid
Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. and
Harris Perlstein Endowed Chair
Professor, Illinois Institute of
Technology
Rob Ferber
Chief Technology Officer, KLD Energy Technologies |
Charging Infrastructure
Moderator: Russell Lefevre
[slides]
Justin Murrill
AMD, Electric
Vehicle Charging Station
Models/Solutions
Blake Dickinson
Director of Customer Satisfaction, AeroVironment
Rachel Proctor May
Senior Research
Analyst, Austin Energy Emerging
Transportation Technologies |
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10:15 - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break & Exhibits |
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Ballroom B |
Ballroom A |
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10:45 - Noon |
PEVs and the Electricity Business
Moderator: Mayer Sasson
Harold Adams
[slides]
Senior
Planning Engineer, Downes
Associates, Inc., "PEVs and the
Grid: Planning, Operating and Market
Considerations"
Dr. James
Gover
[slides]
Kettering University,
Business and Technical Hurdles to
Widespread Implementation, Professor
of Electrical Engineering
Chris Mi
[slides]
Director, DTE Power
Electronics Laboratory, Professor, University of
Michigan, Dearborn |
Customer Acceptance
Moderator: Doug Taggart
Dave Goldstein
Electric Vehicle
Association of Greater Washington,
DC "If You Built it, Will They
Come?"
Dr. Veronika Rabl
[slides]
Principal, Vision and Results,
"Fuel Economy and the Environment"
John Voelcker
[slides]
Editor, High Gear
Media |
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Noon - 1:15 pm |
Luncheon Speaker: Robert Hebner, University of Texas
at Austin GLASS OAKS
"Pecan Street Project:
Implications of Electric Charging" |
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Ballroom B |
Ballroom A |
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1:15 - 2:30 pm |
Managing PEV Loads
Moderator:
Russ Harrison
Mark Kapner
Senior Strategy Planner, Austin
Energy
Paul Wattles
Supervisor, Demand Response,
Electric Reliability Council of
Texas (ERCOT)
Saifur Rahman
Professor, Advanced Research
Institute, Virginia Institute of
Technology |
Electric Vehicle Policy Issues
Moderator: Erica Wissolik
Jess Totten
Director,
Competitive Markets, Texas PUC
Austan S. Librach, P.E., AICP
[slides]
Director,
Emerging Transportation
Technologies, Austin Energy
Chuck Harder
[slides]
Director of Regulatory
Policy and External Relations, CenterPoint Energy |
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2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Coffee Break & Exhibits |
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Ballroom B |
Ballroom A |
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3:00 - 4:15 pm |
Panel: PEVs and the Electric
Grid Technology Challenges and
Opportunities
Moderator:
Dr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, EECS
Professor & Chair, Idaho State
University
Don Hillebrand
Director of Transportation Research,
Argonne National Laboratory
Joe
Redfield
Southwest Research
Institute
John Goodenough
Professor, University of Texas
at
Austin |
Personal Electric Transportation
Moderator: Kenny Rice
Dave Wilson
[slides]
Director, Corporate
Marketing and Academic Programs,
National Instruments - LabVIEW
e-Bike
Alexis Kwasinki
[slides]
Assistant Professor, Electrical
Engineering University of Texas at
Austin
Mark SZE-To
[slides]
Electric Avenue,
Austin |
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4:15 - 5:00 pm |
Coffee Break & Exhibits |
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4:15 - 5:00 pm |
Coffee Break
and
Exhibits |
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5:05 - 6:00 pm |
Meet the Vice Presidents and Region
Directors:
BALLROOM A
Pressing Issues and What You Can Do to
Help |
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6:05 - 7:35 pm |
Region PACE Breakouts
Region 1 Breakout - FRIO
Region 2
Breakout - SAN MARCOS
Region 3 Breakout
- SABINE
Region 4 Breakout - PECOS
Region 5
Breakout - TRINITY B
Region 6 Breakout
- TRINITY A |
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7:35 pm |
Dinner on Your Own |
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Saturday,
5 March |
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6:30 am - 3:30 pm
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Registration
& Conference Office
(Closed during lunch & closing early to
help prepare for the Awards
Ceremony) |
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6:30 - 7:30 am |
Buffet Breakfast
GLASS OAKS |
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8:00 - 8:45 |
Keynote
Speaker:
Don Shafer
BALLROOM A
"Taking Responsibility for Technology" |
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8:45 - 8:55 am |
Coffee Break & Exhibits - Beverages
Only |
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Track
1:
Resources
Chair:
Leslie Martinich
BALLROOM A |
Track
2: Projects
Chair: Nita
Patel
BALLROOM B |
Track
3: Members
Chair: Kenny Rice
TRINITY |
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9:00 – 10:00 am |
Career Tools Available from IEEE
John Twitchell
Member-at-Large 2010-2011, IEEE-USA
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Legislative Updates
Vin O'Neill
Senior Legislative Representative,
Career Activities, IEEE-USA
Bill Williams
Senior Legislative Representative,
Technology Policy Activities, IEEE-USA |
Career Work-life Balance
Peggy
Hutcheson
CEO, The Odyssey Group and Co-Chair
IEEE-USA Innovation Institute |
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10:00 – 10:20 am |
Coffee Break &
Exhibits |
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BALLROOM A |
BALLROOM B |
TRINITY |
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10:25 -
11:25 am |
From Student to GOLD:
S-PACs
Vishnu Pandey
2011 IEEE-USA SPAC Chair
GOLD – STEP
Kheng Swee Goh
Region 5 GOLD Coordinator
Jignasa
Ray
Chair, Region 1 Student Activities
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Grassroots: Politics & Your
Section
Russ
Harrison
Senior Legislative Representative,
Grassroots Activities, IEEE-USA |
Interview & Resumes
Tarek Lahdhiri
2011 Region 4 PACE Coordinator |
11:30 am –
12:30 pm |
Volunteer Engagement
Peggy Hutcheson
CEO, The Odyssey Group and Co-Chair
IEEE-USA Innovation Institute |
Congressional Fellows
Marc Apter
Committee Member
Sherry Gillespie Committee Member & 2008
IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow
WISE
Nastassja Lewinski
2005 WISE Intern |
Membership Retention: IEEE's
Response
to US Members' Needs
John Day
Director, IEEE-MGA
Membership Development
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12:45 – 2:00 pm |
Luncheon Speaker:
Rick Stephens
GLASS OAKS
Senior
Vice President, Human Resources and
Administration, The Boeing Company
"Sustaining U.S. Competitiveness and
Innovation” |
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WEDGEWOOD |
BALLROOM B |
TRINITY |
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2:05 – 3:05 pm |
Entrepreneurs Network
Terry Wong
2011 Chair, IEEE-USA Entrepreneurial
Activities Committee
Consultants Network
Will Kassebaum
2011 Chair, IEEE-USA Alliance of IEEE
Consultant's Networks Coordinating
Committee (AICNCC) |
PACE Training – CLE Module (basics for
Section PACE Chair)
James
R. Look
2011 Vice President, Professional
Activities
Bob Dawson
2011 IEEE-USA PACE Committee Chair |
Mentoring the Next Generation
Future City Competition
Martin Pflanz
TexASCE &
Bentley Systems, Inc. |
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3:10 – 4:10 pm |
Continuing Education & Learning
Management System (EAB)
Steve Welch
Director, IEEE-EAB Continuing Education |
Poster Presentation
PACE & GOLD
Moderators:
Nita Patel
2011 Vice President, IEEE-USA
Communications & Public Awareness
Michael Pearse
Member, IEEE-USA Annual Meeting Planning
Committee |
vTools
David G. Green
IEEE Region 3,
Director-Elect
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4:15 – 5:15 pm |
IEEE-USA Candidates Forum
WEDGEWOOD
Moderator: Peggy Hutcheson,
CEO, The Odyssey Group &
Co-Chair
IEEE-USA Innovation Institute
President-Elect Candidates
Marc Apter,
IEEE-USA President Elect-Candidate
Nita Patel,
IEEE-USA President Elect-Candidate
Member at Large Candidates
Dennis Ray, IEEE-USA Member at Large Candidate
Tom Tierney, IEEE-USA Member at Large Candidate
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7:00 – 9:00
pm |
Awards Banquet & Ceremony
BALLROOM A |
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9:00 - 10:00pm |
Afterglow Dessert Reception
WEDGEWOOD |
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Sunday, 6 March |
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6:30 am - Noon |
Conference Office |
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6:30 - 7:30 am |
Buffet Breakfast |
GLASS OAKS |
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8:00 - 8:30 am |
Sections Congress Promotion
Ed Perkins, Director, Region 6 |
BALLROOM A |
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8:30 - 9:00 am |
REGION REPORTING - SECTIONS CONGRESS
SUGGESTIONS
Jim Look, Vice President, Professional
Activities, IEEE-USA |
BALLROOM A |
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9:00 – 10:00 am |
Road to Success: PACE Best
Practices – Highlights of Outstanding
Projects by Topic/Region - LESSONS
LEARNED FROM PROJECT
Bob Dawson, IEEE-USA PACE Committee
Chair |
BALLROOM A |
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10:00 – 11:00 am |
Lessons in Life and Leadership
…As Inspired by
True Stories of Space Exploration
James W. Kennedy, Former
Director,
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Closing Remarks
Ron Jensen, President, IEEE-USA |
BALLROOM A |
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Last Update:
24 March 2011
Contact: IEEE-USA,
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