Transcript IEEE Communications Society Santa Clara Valley

IEEE Communications Society &
IEEE Education Society (ES)
Santa Clara Valley (SCV)
present
Panel on Opportunities, Business Issues &
Technical Challenges of Making Home Energy
Management a Mainstream Technology
Sponsored by: AutoGrid & Qualcomm
December 13, 2012
Today’s Program
Is
sponsored by
Thank you, AutoGrid & Qualcomm!
Today’s Program:
Panel on Technologies for Location Determination
in Indoor and Urban Environments
Program Organizer & Session Chair:
Tim Colleran, Qualcomm Atheros Communications
6:00 - 6:45pm Yearend Networking session and Refreshments Enjoy!
6:45 - 7:00pm Comsoc SCV officer slate for 2013
7:00 - 8:15pm Position statements by panelists
Amit Narayan, CEO AutoGrid Networks
Mike Bourton, Founder & VP Business Dev, Grid2Home
Dave Friedman, VP of Marketing Ayla Networks
Manoj Bhatnagar, Principal HW Architect IoT, Q-Atheros
8:15 - 8:45pm Panel discussion and Q&A
8:45 - 8:50pm Appreciation and adjournment
Any Job Openings?
Please raise your hand if you have a job
opening or consulting / contract
opportunity… leave biz cards!
2012 Volunteers behind the Force & Call for
Election 2013
Chair
Sanjay Kasturia, Ph.D
Qualcomm
Co-Vice Chair
Sameer Herlekar, Ph.D
Entropic Communications
Co-Vice Chair
Rajeev Krishnamoorthy
Scintera
Secretary/Operations Manager
MP Divakar, Ph.D
Concurrent Analysis
Treasurer/Director
Saurabh Sureka
Emulex
Wireless Programs Director
Narasimha Chari
CTO, ABB Wireless
Optical Networks
Navid Ghazisaidi, Ph.D
Chairman Emeritus
Alan Weissberger, Sc.D
Web Master
Daniel Wong, Ph.D
Singapore
Consultant
Shoba Krishnan, Ph.D
SCU
SEEKING MORE VOLUNTEERS!!
Joint ComSoc SCV / CAS Workshop
Recently held on Sept 29, 2012
Next Generation Circuit & Systems,
Communication & Sensor Technologies in
Mobile Devices
@Santa Clara Univ. campus
Was a huge success! Some slides posted on
Comsoc website
We hope to repeat our workshop’s success next year!
ComSoc SCV Coming Attractions
Jan 09, 2013 Event
Practical MESH Networks in Sensor
Networking
Thomas Watteyne, Dust Networks / Linear Technology
Ross Yu, Dust Networks / Linear Technology
Session Chair: Narasimha Chari, CTO, ABB Wireless
ComSoc SCV Coming Attractions
Feb 13, 2013 Event
Broadband Access: Metro WiFi
with Fiber Augmentation
More details coming soon
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
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Chairman: Sanjay Kasturia
Vice-Chairman: Sameer Herlekar
Secretary & Operations Mgr: MP Divakar
Treasurer: Saurabh Sureka
Web Master: Daniel Wong (Singapore)
Wireless Programs: Narasimha Chari
Wireless Programs: Rajeev Krishnamoorthy
Optical Networks: Navid Ghazisaidi
Chairman Emeritus / Mentor: Alan Weissberger
 Seeking VP of Marketing
 Seeking qualified, capable & committed volunteers
IEEE ComSoc-SCV Milestones in 2012
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8 Technical meetings + 1 Workshop + 2
Socials
Alliances: TiE-SV, NATEA, SVC Wireless,
SIPA, other non profits
Elevate prospective IEEE Sr. Members
Announce job openings/consulting
Discussion email list (IEEE members)
LinkedIn, FB page, Twitter account
2013 is shaping up to be a great one!
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: www.comsocscv.org
2. ComSocSCV& GCN Facebook (Alan J Weissberger)
3. ComSocSCV LinkedIn Group (MP Divakar)
4. Follow us on Twitter: @ieeecomsocscv
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
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: www.comsocscv.org
Is IEEE ComSoc (Global) Serving the
Needs of its Community?
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Global: conferences, publications, 2 web
sites, GCN, webinars, seminars, email 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 / Silence
Your Mobile Phone
(The Telco’s already know where you are!)
Thank You!