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Learning and Training

Data alone rarely inspires action—stories do. Whether you’re presenting to executives, pitching a new initiative, or sharing project updates, metrics only tell half the story.
This hands-on workshop equips technical leaders, managers, and engineers with the tools to transform complex data into clear, compelling narratives that build trust, engage stakeholders, and accelerate decision-making.

What You’ll Learn

• Strategic Storytelling: Identify high-value story types aligned with your business goals.
• Repeatable Frameworks: Master a proven process for building narratives that deepen stakeholder trust.
• The Narrative Arc: Structure data storylines to highlight key insights, implications, and business impact.
• Humanizing Technical Data: Balance logic and emotion to make complex metrics relatable to any audience.
• Visual & Message Clarity: Use visuals and targeted messaging techniques to reinforce key takeaways.
• AI Collaboration: Prompt AI tools to analyze raw data and uncover hidden insights faster; Work alongside AI to generate slide decks and executive summaries optimized for decision-making.

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Conferences and Workshops

Formats: Research Papers, Engineering Presentations, Panels, Workshops, Tutorials, & DAC Pavilion Sessions

IEEE Local Chapter Events

11/3, 4:30 pm, COMSOC, Ensuring Resilience and Efficiency in Distributed AI Systems (Santa Clara) This talk gives an overview of our research on making distributed and federated AI both efficient and trustworthy, Speaker: Dr. Nageen Himayat.

11/4, 6:00 pm, PELS, Maximizing performance of power electronics by minimizing magnetic energy storage (San Jose) Magnetic components’ cost, size and loss inhibit progress in power electronics. The required size is largely driven by the energy storage. Examples presented will include magnetics for high-current-density low voltage power delivery, and new circuits to replace 60 Hz transformers. Speaker: Prof. Charles R Sullivan.

11/5, 5:00 pm, STB, Stanford IEEE: The Power of Service (Stanford) The evening opens with a short talk on what service through IEEE can look like over a career, from student member to local volunteer to leadership. The event ends with informal networking.

11/5 7:00 pm, TEMS, Autonomous Infrastructure Economics: Algorithmic FinOps, Compute Optimization, and Mitigating LLMJacking (Hybrid) The talk deconstructs the emerging threat landscape of LLMJacking and Denial-of-Wallet (DoW) attacks—where compromised credentials and unconstrained agent loops are exploited by threat actors to divert enterprise LLM capacity to unauthorized workloads. Speaker: Ankush Sharma.

11/10, 6:45 pm, CNSV, Augmenting Human Intellect: The Mouse, The Mother of All Demos, The Unfinished Revolution ( Hybrid) This talk will trace the development of Engelbart’s vision, which was first inspired by Vannevar Bush’s Memex of 1945, and which led to Engelbart’s 1962 paper Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework and his 1968 Demo. Speaker: Jeff Rulifson

11/11 5:00 pm, STB, GSA Stanford Alum Panel (Stanford) The industry panel features Stanford alumni from GSA partner companies across the semiconductor industry. The event concludes with informal networking with the panelists.

11/11, 5:30 pm, SPS, From Fab to Boardroom: The Relationships That Actually Drive Careers (Santa Clara) Accelerate your career growth by building a personal “Board of Directors” and cultivating a high-impact support network. This session defines the core principles of effective mentorship. Walk away with practical, immediate steps to launch strategic relationships that drive long-term professional success. Speaker: Avery Lu.

11/12, 8:00 am, EPS, Seventh Annual IEEE Symposium on Reliability for Electronics and Photonics Packaging (REPP) (Hybrid) This 2-day symposium focuses on quantified reliability, accelerated testing and probabilistic assessments of the useful lifetime of electronic, photonic, MEMS and MOEMS materials, assemblies, packages and systems in electronics and photonics packaging. Speakers: multiple, see agenda.

11/12, 6:00 pm, SCV, SRI at 80 (Mountain View) Celebrate with us and hear from some of the people who continue to deliver the future. Panel moderated by David Pogue.

11/13, 9:00 am, STB, AI Compute Orchestration: From Silicon to Systems (Stanford)  STB, CASS, and Samsung Semiconductors is holding a half-day technical workshop on how AI compute is designed and orchestrated, from the transistor up to the datacenter.

11/13, 9:30 am, SCV, IEEE Milestone Dedication: SRI (Mountain View) SRI will be honored with two new IEEE Milestones — designations that recognize technical achievements of lasting historical significance. Speakers: multiple see agenda.

11/17, 8:30 am, EMC, The Silicon Valley Area Workshop on EMC and SI/PI (SV-EMCTM) (Milpitas) The workshop is planning another round of exciting presentations this year from world-renowned experts in EMC and SI/PI. Speakers: multiple see agenda.

11/19, 5:30 pm, IAS, Rethinking Data Center Electrical Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities of 800VDC Power Systems (Pleasant Hill) This presentation will examine the technical and economic drivers behind the transition toward Direct Current (DC) data centers. Speaker: Joel Liu, PhD.

11/28, 8:00 am, CIS, International Symposium on Computational Intelligence (ISCI) 2026 – Agentic AI: From Hype to Reality (Virtual) The half-day symposium brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss how agentic AI works in practice. Speakers: multiple see agenda.

12/3 6:00 pm, STB, Toy Story Screening & Live Q&A with Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull (Stanford) An evening with Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull followed by a screening of the original Toy Story.

Volunteering Opportunities

Contact us, and learn more about volunteering opportunities in our sections. 

Discounts for IEEE Members

 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.

IEEE Engineering chapters, societies, and affinity groups in the SF Bay Area 

Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS) * Antenna and Propagation Society (APS) * Blockchain (BC) * Circuits & Systems Society (CASS) * Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley (CNSV)* Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc) * Control Systems Society (CSS) * Communications Society (ComSoc) * Computer Society (CS)* Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) * Corporate Liaison Program (CLP) * Electron Devices Society (EDS) * Electronic Packaging Society (EPS) * Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) * Engineering In Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) * Industry Applications Society (IAS) * Industry Engagement (IE) * Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG)* Magnetics Society (MAG) * MEMS & Sensors Council (MEMS) * Microwave Theory & Techniques (MTT) * Nanotechnology Council(NANO) * Nuclear & Plasma Sciences (NUE) * Photonics (PHOT)* Power & Energy Society (PES) & Industry Applications Society (IAS) * Power Electronics Society (PELS) * Product Safety Engineering (PSE) * Reliability (REL) * Robotics & Automation (RAS) * Silicon Valley Sustainability Chapter (SUST) * Signal Processing Society (SPS) * Silicon Valley Technology History Committee (SVTHC) * Society for Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) * Solid State Circuits Society (SSCS) * Startup Special Interest Group (SIG) * Student Branch (STB) * Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) * Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) * Women In Engineering Affinity Group (WIE) * Young Professionals Affinity Group (YP)