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The AI-Ready Manager
This in-person or virtual training teaches managers how to use AI tools to become more productive, efficient, and effective. Through self-reflection, group activities, hands-on demos, and practice, participants will explore ways to streamline work, enhance creativity, strengthen decision-making, and improve coaching and feedback skills. Each manager will leave with a personalized AI action plan they can immediately apply.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the opportunities AI offers to today’s managers
- Write effective prompts to maximize AI’s value
- Use AI to boost productivity in everyday management tasks
- Leverage AI as a thought partner in decision-making
- Practice and enhance feedback, coaching, and communication skills
- Identify AI’s risks, challenges, and compliance considerations
- Create a personal AI action plan to sustain learning and momentum
Effective Training Associates, located in Silicon Valley, provides global training programs for engineers and managers in the high-tech industry. For more information email us. or visit www.effectivetraining.com
DAC 2026 Conference – Call for Contributions
Long Beach Convention Center, CA,
July 25-29, 2025.
DAC is the premier conference for the design and automation of electronic circuits and systems. Submit to DAC 2026 and be part of tomorrow’s innovation. Focus areas are: AI, Design, EDA, Systems and Security. If you are in the electronic design field, this is the NOT TO MISS event.
Call for Engineering Track Contribution deadline: January 12th.
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo
Convention Center, Vancouver, BC,
October 4-8, 2026.
ECCE 2026 is the pivotal international conference and exposition event on the electrical and electromechanical energy conversion field. The Conference will bring together practicing engineers, researchers, and other professionals for interactive and multidisciplinary discussions on the latest advances in various areas related to energy conversion.
Call for Papers is open. Focus areas are : component, converter and subsystem technologies and energy conversion systems and applications. For details visit out submission web page.
IEEE Local Chapter Events
12/16, 12:00 pm, PSE, Product Safety and Compliance Meetup, Virtual. invites you to a virtual meetup of professionals interested in product safety and compliance. We will discuss the future of the chapter and plan future events.
12/16,12:30 pm, PES/IAS, Inertia, Stability, and Nonlinear Dynamics in a Grid with Inverter-Based Resources, Virtual. In this presentation, I will discuss the nonlinear dynamic nature of the power grid, the influence of increasing IBR penetration on stability, and our recent work on transient stability assessment. Speaker: Dr. John Zhang.
12/18, 6:00 pm, CS, AI in Blockchain: Architecting Intelligent Systems and Building AI Careers in the Web3 Ecosystem, Virtual. This event brings together two focused talks that connect the architecture of AI in Blockchain/Web3 with practical career guidance for professionals entering this fast-growing space. Speakers: Raj Karan Gunukula, Revanth Reddy Airre.
12/29, 6:00 pm, CS, Digital Money and Payments 2025, Virtual. This event will provide a clear overview of how stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenized deposits, and new payment rails are evolving in the U.S. and globally, and what that means for technology and finance professionals. Speakers: Marc Lijour, Revanth Airre.
01/08/2026, 6:00 pm, TEMS, 2026 Impact of AI on Consumer Technology Products, Virtual. This event is an interactive panel examining the impact and challenges of AI on consumer technology products, especially smart health devices and their ecosystems. Panelists: Praveen Raja, Miguel Adao, Adam Drobot, Paolo Bonato, Michael Condry, Stuart Lipoff.
01/13/2026, 7:00 pm, CNSV, Energy and Thermal Management of IT Systems, Hybrid. This talk will present a holistic approach that traces the energy flow from a power plant to a chip, and from the chip core to the cooling tower. Speaker: Chandrakant Patel.
01/15/2026, 5:30 pm, IAS, Short-Circuit Current Ratings, Interrupting Ratings, and the Intersection of UL 508A and the NEC, Pleasant Hill. The presentation examines how UL product listings and component ratings interact with NEC Articles 409, 110.9, and 110.10, clarifying how available fault current, protective device selection, and equipment labeling all converge in practice. Speaker: Tyler Shewbert.
0/21/2026, 11:00 am, LMAG, SETI Signal Processing: Searching for Technosignatures, Livermore. This talk will introduce the SETI problem and describe the scope of efforts underway in the radio SETI community. Speaker: Kenneth Houston.
01/22/2026, 8:00 am, EPS, IEEE/EPS Hybrid Bonding Symposium, Milpitas. Join us to learn about this expanding field, and discover how it will affect heterogeneous integration and system design. Speakers: multiple, see event link.
01/22/2026,11:00 am, NANO/EMBS, Battery Technologies & Advanced Characterization Methods, Sunnyvale. This event will showcase advancements in Battery Technologies & Advanced Characterization methods. Speaker: Dr. Ahamed Irshad.
02/10/2026, 7:00 pm, CNSV, Designing an Artificial Heart: A Systems Approach to Building the Impossible, Hybrid. Ian will walk through a practical framework for managing complexity: identifying unknowns early, building parallel test beds, using simulation to reduce risk before fabrication, and validating assumptions through rapid physical prototyping. Speaker: Ian Coll McEachern.
02/19/2026, 8:00 am, EPS, Ninth Annual Symposium on Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap and Annual Meeting, Milpitas. Vision for Heterogeneous Integration from Global Perspectives, 2 days, keynote talks, working groups and more. Speakers: multiple, see agenda.
Calendar View of IEEE Events
If you have missed an event search it in the calendar above and contact the organizing chapter for a life recording or look for it on the chapter‘s archive page.
Join one of our local chapters and get involved with the latest trends in technology. Pick your chapter!
IEEE Entrepreneurship Hard Tech Venture Summit Organizing Committee is looking for volunteers and advisors The event is planned in the Bay Area in February 2026. For more details please contact Bruno lafelice at bruno@tvlp.co
Use “IEEE” (case sensitive) discount code to receive 50% off admission to the Computer History Museum. IEEE members will be asked to show proof of membership to redeem their discount when arriving at the Museum. Direct ticket link.
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