IEEE Communications Society Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Dec 14, 2011 Please sign the attendance sheet $5 donation requested for food & drinks
Video Distribution in the Home- 3 Perspectives Agenda 6:00 - 6:30pm Networking Session- Enjoy! 6:30 - 6:45pm Chairman's Opening remarks & ComSocSCV Officer Award Ceremony 6:45 - 8:10pm Presentations 8:10pm - 8:35pm Panel Discussion Q and A with audience 8:35pm Certificate of Appreciation Awarded, Meeting Adjourned
Any Job Openings? Please raise your hand if you have a job opening or consulting / contract opportunity…leave biz cards!
IEEE ComSoc-SCV Dec Meeting: Silicon Valley Power's Smart Grid Ntwork & Free WiFi in Santa Clara SV Power’s Smart Grid Network & Free WiFi -Program Organizer: Alan J Weissberger, Chair -Session Chair: Sanjay Kasturia, Vice Chair Speakers/ Panelists Larry Owens, Manager of Customer Services & Mktg, Silicon Valley Power (formerly SClara Muni Utilities) Narashima Chari, CTO of Tropos (& ComSocSCV Managing Director of Wireless Programs)
ComSocSCV Coming Attractions 7pm-9pm Jan 15, 2012 Spectrum Sharing and Frequency Reuse Panel Marriot Hotel, Santa Clara, CA (organized by MTT-20 and ComSocSCV) 4pm-6pm Jan 24, 2012 DT-T-Labs Briefing on NA Activities, Opportunities & Partnerships (including Nicira Networks, Mozilla, & UC Berkeley-Seismology Lab) Spring 2012 Mobile Patent Wars (with SCU High Tech Law Dept)
IEEE ComSoc-SCV Chapter Promote all aspects of communications & network technologies- LAN, MAN, WAN Education: seminars, lectures, panel sessions, joint meetings+ tech workshops, member interaction and networking for meeting attendees, soft skills workshops New technologies, research, markets, business opportunities, applications, telecom policy and regulation Goal: Empower our members to improve!
ComSoc-SCV 2012 Officers Chairman: Sanjay Kasturia Vice-Chairman& Chief Marketing Officer: Affif Siddique Secretary & Operations Mgr: MP Divakar Treasurer: Saurabh Sureka Web Master: Daniel Wong (Singapore) Technical Activities: Sameer Herlekar Wireless Programs: Narashima Chari Optical Networks: Navid Ghazisaidi -->Seeking qualified, capable and committed Volunteers to help with programs & logistics!
IEEE ComSoc-SCV in Technical meetings + 2 industry tours Alliances: TiE-SV, NATEA, SVC Wireless, SIPA, other non profits Elevate prospective IEEE Sr. Members Announce job openings/consulting Article in Jan & Nov 2011 IEEE Global Communications Newsletter (GCN) Discussion list (IEEE members) LinkedIn, FB page, Twitter account
ComSoc-SCV Social Networking 1. ComSocSCV Discussion List: available to all IEEE members (not just ComSoc members) -->Subject matter includes meeting previews and discussions + opinions about relevant telecom and networking topics of interest to our members -->Sign up instructions at: 2. ComSocSCV& GCN Facebook (Alan J Weissberger) 3. ComSocSCV LinkedIn Group (MP Divakar) 4. Follow us on 4. Global ComSoc Community web site: –Blogs on communications technology/ markets 5. Socials and industry tours: July 26 Whizz Systems-Product design& manufacturing March 7 Sprint M2M Innovation Ctr/ Advanced Tech Lab 6. Corp sponsorship opportunities: Affif Siddique, CMO
We Need Your Help ! Volunteers Welcome and Appreciated for 2012! -Organize and chair monthly technical meetings -Help promote IEEE and participate at SCV ExCom -Publicity, alliances, refreshments, other logistics -Participate in monthly planning lunch/dinner meetings -Recruit corporate sponsors for workshops and seminar Participation in Discussion list: All IEEE & TiE members are eligible to join for free! Event Notification list (all welcome to join) >>>Sign up instructions:
Is IEEE ComSoc (global) Serving the Needs of its Community? Global: conferences, publications, 2 web sites, GCN, webinars, seminars, lists Regional: conferences and meetings ComSocSCV: technical meetings, web site, events with Alliance partners, Sprint M2M tour, socials, FB, LI, Discussion group What areas of improvement would you suggest? Standards? Education? R & D? Strategic Planning? PR/ Market Awareness?
Please Turn Off Cell Phone and Pagers Please sign the attendance sheet + Make the Requested $5 Donation for food & drinks per head) Thank You!