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The Fox Valley Subsection of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) serves engineering and computer professionals in the Western suburbs of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. As part of the Chicago Section, the Fox Valley Subsection provides a local interface to the worldwide network of the IEEE. In addition, the Subsection organizes technical presentations of interest to business and engineering professionals.
Our easy-to-remember URL: www.ieee.org/foxvalley.

Recent and Upcoming Events

See Events History for past meetings

VoIP Roundtable Discussion
"Building Cloud Telephony Applications"
18 March 2010 (Thursday), 6:30pm-9:00pm

Sponsored By IIT School of Applied Technology and IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Please RSVP to cpdregistration@iit.edu

Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus
Wheaton, Illinois

At the VoIP Roundtable Discussion on "Building Cloud Telephony Applications" our speakers will be Irv Shapiro, CEO and CTO of Ifbyphone and José de Francisco López, Senior Manager Next Generation and Emerging Wireless Technologies at Alcatel-Lucent.

Irv will explain the overall cloud telephony ecosystem, focusing particularly on the recently acquired CloudVox infrastructure, and the integration of its open API into the Ifbyphone platform. José will focus his talk on leveraging the cloud to implement the vision of developers focused on enhancing the end-users' experience at the intersection between mobile broadband communications and cloud computing.

(Further details) Download Irv Shapiro presentation Download José de Francisco López presentation

SUB-SECTION MEETING:
28 April 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"Nuclear Power in the Energy Picture"

As both global population and energy demand per person continue to grow, energy from uranium will be increasingly important. Physicist George Stanford will discuss the nuclear power technology trends, possibilities and interactions, including the areas of waste management, public safety, weapons proliferation, national security and more.

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Student Colloquium on VoIP
Student Projects Presentations and Demonstrations
28 April 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm

Sponsored By IIT School of Applied Technology and IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Please RSVP to cpdregistration@iit.edu

Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus
Wheaton, Illinois

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SUB-SECTION MEETING:
26 May 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"Topic to be announced"

Date is tentative and topic is in planning.

IIT VoIP Roundtable Discussion
3 June 2010 (Thursday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"Cellular to Satellite via VoIP"

Sponsored By IIT School of Applied Technology and IEEE Fox Valley Subsection
Please RSVP to cpdregistration@iit.edu

Speaker John Nix of GoToCall.

(Further details)

SUB-SECTION MEETING:
23 June 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"Presentation title to be announced"

A presentation on cloud computing is being planned.

IIT VoIP Conference and Expo VI
13-14 October 2010
Including the SIP Tutorial October 12, 2010

In planning. See http://www.cpd.iit.edu/voipconference09 for last year's conference. Contact Carol Davids to propose papers and to be a sponsor (contact info on above page).