1. The E-Grid of the SF Bay Area www.e-grid.net By Sandra Winkler Editor s.l.winkler@ieee.org

2. How does one find a job and stay relevant in their industry? By attending and networking at industry events, such as those listed in the E-Grid! 2

3. 3 For more detailed information on chapter events, please view the Quick Reference Calendar or for all conferences and chapter events in calendar form, see Google Calendar. Have a mobile device? See the BayAreaTech blog.Quick Reference Calendar Google CalendarBayAreaTech blog

4. http://www.e-grid.net/calendar.html BAY AREA ENGINEER Oakland/East Bay San Francisco Santa Clara Valley IEEE Calendar of Events Monday, January 25, 2016 SCV Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technologies (CPMT) Subject: Advanced Packaging Techniques as enablers for the Health IoT ecosystem - miniature, energy efficient, wirelessly connected microdevices which allow to measure health related parameters... Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Middendorf, Fraunhofer IZM Time: 11:30 am: Networking, sandwiches & drinks; 12:00 noon to 1 pm: Presentation Cost: $5 for IEEE members, students, and unemployed; $10 for non-IEEE members Location: Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara Event Details and Registration: https://1601lcpmt.eventbrite.comhttps://1601lcpmt.eventbrite.com Tuesday, January 26, 2016 SCV Consumer Electronics Society (CES) Subject: 2016 CES Download - Missed CES 2016 in Vegas this year? Join us for a recap presentation by members that attended the Show!... Speakers: Joseph Wei, Managing Director Lab360; Tom Coughlin, President Coughlin Associates; Bill Orner,Imagination Technologies Time: 6:30 pm: Networking, pizza, & drinks; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Presentation Cost: IEEE CES members: free: IEEE Student members: free; IEEE members: $5 (pay at door): Non-members: $10 (pay at door). Location: NVIDIA, 2800 Scott Blvd., Building R, Santa Clara Event Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-consumer-electronics-society-ces-2016-download-jan-26-2016-tickets-20375439488https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ieee-consumer-electronics-society-ces-2016-download-jan-26-2016-tickets-20375439488 Tuesday, January 26, 2016 SF Industrial Applications Society (IAS) Subject: Automatic Transfer Switches - Alternate Source Applications and Withstand Ratings - transition method based on the types of loads and application, PG&E's Rule 21, benefits of ATS with bypass-isolation, UL 1008... Speaker: Alex Lotz, ASCO Time: 5:30 pm: Networking; 6:00 pm: Presentation: 7:00 pm: Dinner Cost: IEEE Members and Non-Members: $25.00; Student Members: $10 (at the door), discounted cost for first 5 reserved IEEE Student Members Location: Delancey Street Restaurant, 600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco Event Details: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37771https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37771 4

5. 5 http://www.e-grid.net/BayAreaTech/ IEEE S.F. Bay Area Council e-GRID's BayAreaTech BayAreaTech Lasers and their many surprising applications over the past fifty years by Editor @ 11:46 pm. Filed under ALL, PhotonicsALLPhotonics Tuesday, February 2, 2016 SCV Photonics Society Subject: Lasers and their many surprising applications over the past fifty years Speaker: Prof. Byer, Stanford Time: 5:30 pm: Networking with light dinner; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 8:00pm: Adjourn Cost: Free Location: Intel, Building SC-12, 3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara Event Details: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos/http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos/

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