IEEE Oregon Section

©2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Volume 51                 Issue 6             February 2008

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Contents

• Latest UPCOMING EVENTS
• IEEE-USA Action Alert - Patent Reform
• Volunteer: Intel NWSE Fair Competitions
• IEEE members only FREE Investment Consultation
• Call For Registration ISQED 2008
• THE IEEE LEADERSHIP WIRE
• Section Career Skills Needs Survey
• Selections from Eye on Washington
• IEEE PES February e-News Update is on-line
• What is Your Executive Committee Planning for 2008?
• IEEE-Sponsored Tour of Local Science and Engineering Sites Summer 2008
• It’s true, the U.S. Senate Really Does Plan to Rip Off a Company’s Patent Rights
• OctoberBest 2008 - Call for Presentations
• IEEE RFID 2008 Preliminary Program “On the Go With RFID”


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March 20, 2008
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OctoberBest 2008 Call for Sessions; Theme - Embedded Systems

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IEEE Oregon Consultants' Network Meeting

What: An Overview of Search Engine Marketing
Speaker: Ben Friedle, co-founder Outlier Solutions
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Time: 6PM for dinner
    Meeting at 7 PM
Location: International House of Pancakes at SW 158th and Walker Road in Beaverton

Overview of Search Engine & Web Marketing in the Business-to-Business Industrial Sectors.
This includes examples of what the industry trends are now, affordable marketing options and some easy indicators to use to measure your current web presence. Whether you are just starting to build a web presence or are looking to expand current efforts this presentation will offer helpful tips that can be quickly implemented and measured.

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PACE Meeting

Topic: "Energy Futures - air, water and land impacts"
Speaker: Dr Leonard J. Bond, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Doors open 6:00PM
Location: OGI, Wilson Clark Center
Cost: FREE, open to the public (registration required).
Registration:  http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/course.asp?n=08-IEEE-0226

This talk will briefly review the current global energy situation. It will then explore some of the complex inter-relationships between energy supply, its use and the resulting impacts on the finite air, water and land resources of the “pale blue dot.” The talk will conclude with a discussion of “grand challenges” facing the global community in developing a shared vision that will transition the planet’s energy system.

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