Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Oct 2021 -- Forthcoming Events

Dear friends

Please find details of few select forthcoming events scheduled during Oct 2021. These are organised by CSI, ACM, IEEE CS Chennai Chapters, and other respectable associations & instituitions.

Pl register and get benefited. 

With regards  -- HR Mohan

E&OE

Events Summary

Oct 2021. Advanced Topics in Web Archiving: A Free, Self-Paced Online Training Workshop. Register at https://forms.gle/HN9Q4apTdgtd2HLM9

25-30 Oct  2021. Yourstory.com along with AWS presents   TechSparks 2021. Register at https://techsparks.yourstory.com/

26th Oct 2021 at 10 am EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee in Action". Register at  https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServletV2?target=reg20V2.jsp&eventid=3364030&sessionid=1&key=362DC8835413B7F3D460576067FD4C94&groupId=1230562&partnerref=linkedin&sourcepage=register

26th Oct 2021 at 1.30 pm IST. The Open Group – 25th Anniversary virtual event on "Being Digital: From Aspiration to Action". For more information and to register https://meet.opengroup.org/event/25-year-anniversary/india/agenda

27th Oct 2021 at 11 am EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "Why Technology Projects Fail". Register at  https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServletV2?target=reg20V2.jsp&eventid=3364030&sessionid=1&key=362DC8835413B7F3D460576067FD4C94&groupId=1230562&partnerref=linkedin&sourcepage=register

27th Oct 2021 at 8.30 am IST. Facebook @Workplace  webinar on "5 better ways to empower your frontline workers". Register at https://go.facebookinc.com/frontline-webinar-october-apac

27-29 Oct 2021. Reuters presents its flagship event MOMENTUM  to impact lives through innovation, and futureproof your business. Register at https://reutersevents.com/events/momentum

27th Oct 2021 at 9 pm IST. Knowable Magazine presents a webinar on "The Psychology and Politics of Conspiracy Theories". Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ConspiracyPsychology/register

27th Oct 2021 at 10 pm IST. Annual Reviews presents an Open Access Week Webinar on "Scientific Knowledge for Everyone" by Harmit, Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle; Diana, Prominent researcher on climate change and sustainable energy policy; Rosie,  Executive Editor of Knowable Magazine  and  moderated by Richard,  President and Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews. Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/OAScienceEveryone

27th Oct 2021 at 11 am EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "Why Technology Projects Fail" by Stephen J. Andriole, Professor, Villanova University. Register at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3432485/16B1E61EF6FE3AF0A1C2F62E6FB8BD0C

27th Oct  2021 at 11 am IST.  Businessworld along with Akamai presents a webinar titled "Combating Content Piracy in Education". Register at  https://businessworld-in.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g2eXu7ImR8SZpuWE0LnI2g

27 & 28 Oct 2021. AWS Innovate Online Conference - Modern Applications Edition. For details and to register: https://aws.amazon.com/events/aws-innovate/modern-apps/

27-28 Oct 2021. DevOps Institute presents the virtual summit DevOps Experience -- The Roaring 2020s. For details and to register https://www.mediaopsevents.com/devopsexperience

28th Oct 2021 at 9.30 pm IST. Educopia Institute's community  forum on  Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) Project's virtual meeting on the theme "Sharing our progress and opportunities for involvement". Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/next-generation-library-publishing-community-forum-tickets-184931604407

28th Oct 2021 at 9 am IST. HBR webinar on "How Finance Leaders Can Embrace a Data-Driven Organization" by Alex Clemente, Managing Director, Harvard Business Review Analytic Services; Ayelet Rotblat, Chief Financial Officer, SAP Southeast Asia; and N. Muthukumar, Managing Director and Group CFO, Olam.  Register at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3466281/A00349C71D86E7827E5FA83EDC7538E0

28th  Oct 2021 at 08:00 CEST. Open Preservation Foundation virtual event on "Preserving Australian video game history of the 1990s". Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016335278173/WN_U9KycitkR_-0IgptwY2-mg

28th Oct 2021 at 5.30 pm IST. The 5th Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI) LatentView Colloquium. Talk on "Interpretable ML models" by Prof Cynthia Rudin, Professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, statistical science, and biostatistics & bioinformatics, Duke University

For details, visit https://lnkd.in/d_Mfbp8a

For registrations (upto 27th Oct 7 pm IST): https://lnkd.in/dszqB4cG

28th Oct 2021 from 9.30 am to 6 pm IST. SETS, ISEA and C-DAC jointly  present the “Workshop on Technology Trends in Cyber Security – India 2021 (WORTICS INDIA -2021). Register to this free workshop at  https://www.infosecawareness.in/webinar/tamilnadu

29th Oct 2021 at 4 pm IST. Wiley India presents a webinar on "Dressing for Library Success: Electronic Resource Alignment for Early Career Librarians" by  Matthew Ragucci, MLIS, Associate Director, B2B Product Marketing, Wiley. Register at https://bit.ly/3l8hmLQ

28th Oct 2021 at 6.30 pm IST. Jio Inst presents a masterclass on "Story Worlds, Real Impact: Narrative Transportation and Media Influence" by Dr. Melanie Green, Prof. & Chair of the Department of Communication,University at Buffalo, USA. Register at https://www.jievents.in/masterclass9

29th Nov  2021 - 3rd Dec 2021 from 2 pm to 4.30 pm UTC.  ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz) jointly organise SWIB21 Online Conference - 13th Semantic  Web in Libraries Conference. For detailed programme of all the presentations and workshops: https://swib.org/swib21/programme.html For free registration: https://swib.org/swib21/registration.html

29th Oct 2021 from 9 am to 2 pm PDT. San José State University hosts free Fifth Biennial Open Access Conference on the theme:  IT MATTERS HOW WE OPEN KNOWLEDGE: BUILDING STRUCTURAL EQUITY.  

Website: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-conference/

Register at https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcuqgpzojHtFryYSmVIDpEiUKjI9a1pLj

29th Oct  2021 at 5 pm IST. HINDUSTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents a webinar on "INDIA A START-UP NATION" by Dr T. V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services. Join Zoom Meeting at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8211960658?pwd=U3ZPSk1VOWRxY0o3Vm9CWldzcFJZQT09

Meeting ID: 821 196 0658
Passcode: 28294457

29th Oct 2021 at 6 pm US Central Time. COMSOC/SP/CT AND COMPUTER/EMBS CHAPTER. Special talk on  "A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO BREAKING THE MONOLITH" by Hema Ramaswamy, Senior VP of Engineering, Tracer Labs & Vice Chair, IEEE CTS Austin Computer & EMBS Joint Chapter. Register at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281582

30th Oct 2021 at 3 pm IST. DELNET presents a webinar "Design Thinking and User Experience in Libraries : A Primer" by Dr Dhanashree Date, Global Head, IRC, TCS. Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6794730489697645325

31st Oct 2021 at 4 pm IST. TEDx Gateway presents Climate Change Countdown. Witness Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Al Gore, Dr. Rajiv Kumar,  Aaditya Thackerey, Dia Mirza, Dr. Parag Khanna, Sumant Sinha, Johan Rockstöm, Dr. R. Mashelkar, Aparna Prakash, John Doerr, Dr. Parag Khanna, PM Nicola, Alok Sharma and 50+ Climate crusaders, scientists, creatives, politicians come together to share solutions to help us mitigate the climate emergency facing humanity. Register at www.tedxgateway.com/countdown

Completed Events

1st Oct 2021 at 5 pm IST. Chennai International Center presents a webinar on "Building Science in a developing county". Speakers:  Mr Hari Pulakkat, Senior science journalist and author of Space. Life. Matters with Prof. Gautam Menon, Prof of Physics and Biology, Ashoka University. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P8gevLDqQuGrgB8viq6q9A

1st Oct 2021 at 7.30 pm IST. India Science Festival presents a  webinar on  "Science Fiction: From books to the silver screen". Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2Jp22EHeQ3CpssccEKWAAA

5th Oct  2021 at 3 pm BST. Kodak Print presents a webinar on "Why the Cloud is a "no-brainer". Register at  http://ow.ly/VPcn50GewA4

5th Oct 2021 at 1 pm IST. Keysight Technologies presents Keysight World 2021  on the theme "The Future of Connectivity". Register at https://vshow.on24.com/vshow/kqt012103_ve_01/registration/20202

6th Oct 2021 from 9 am to 6 pm IST. CNBC TV18 & AWS present "Media and Entertainment Symposium 2021". For more information and to join, https://www.cnbctv18.com/ms/media-and-entertainment-symposium/

7th Oct 2021 at 7 pm Bangkok Time (GMT+7). Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Roadshow Live – Study in Thailand. Get your Master's or Ph.D. Register at https://www.ait.ac.th/ait-roadshow-live-study-in-thailand/

7th Oct  2021 at  11 am  EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "Virtual Presentation Skills for Engineers". Register at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServletV2?target=reg20V2.jsp&eventid=3364030&sessionid=1&key=362DC8835413B7F3D460576067FD4C94&groupId=1230562&partnerref=linkedin&sourcepage=register

7th Oct 2021 at 3.30 pm IST. IEEE Standards Association presents a virtual session on "Accelerating Rural Connectivity and Closing the Digital Divide -- Deployment of Rural Connectivity". For details and to register https://ieeesa.io/3zyyrT5

8th Oct 2021 at 11 am IST. International Institute of Information Technology presents a ACM Eminent Speaker Program webinar on "How to Win a Hackathon and International Collegiate Programming Contest" by Dr. Prashant R. Nair, ACM Eminent Speaker, Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO8JMwdKRNo7l8RHnwqMWuoEjXNIl0T3XMgYhIs7vcxCYSmw/viewform

8th Oct 2021 at 3 pm IST. Wiley India presents a webinar on "Face the Fake Facts - India Edition: Opportunities for Academic Librarians in Advancing Critical Engagement with Information"  by Bethany Wilkes, University Librarian, Singapore Management University. Register at https://bit.ly/2YiZEwP

8th Oct 2021 at 3.30 pm IST. Bureau of Indian Standards presents s webinar on "Safety of Industrial Robots and Standards". Register at https://forms.gle/GpAcdbEPXAKyZDSZ9

9th Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. CSI, acm & IEEE CS jointly present a webinar on  "Radical Transformation in Data Analytics" by Osama Elkady, Co-Founder, Board member, and CTO of Incorta & Raj Lalchandani, Retiree, Stanford University and Incorta Evangelist. Register at https://bit.ly/3EhQyjR

9th Oct 2021 at 5 pm IST. Motor Vikatan presents a workshop on "Innovation & Design Thinking for Mobility Engineers" by Dr Shankar Venugopal and Sayantan Mukherjee. Register at https://events.vikatan.com/284-innovation/

11th Oct 2021 at 11 am EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "Secure Sourcing of COTS Products: A Critical Missing Element in Software Engineering Education". Register at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServletV2?target=reg20V2.jsp&eventid=3364030&sessionid=1&key=362DC8835413B7F3D460576067FD4C94&groupId=1230562&partnerref=linkedin&sourcepage=register

12th Oct  2021 at5 pm IST. TiE Chennai Healthcare SIG  presents a webinar on "Digital Marketing Blueprint for Innovative B2B Start-ups" by Kaushal Shroff, Founder & CEO at Enspire360, Princeton, NJ, USA. Register at https://forms.gle/jVupBJowrG5oKRJK7

Live YouTube streaming at https://youtu.be/TX1ox532DvE

12-14 Oct 2021. Google Cloud Next ’21 - a global digital experience. For details and to register https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next

13th Oct 2021 from 9 am to 3 pm PT. Sisu Data Inc presents "Future Data 2021" -  a virtual industry event bringing together the creative, the audacious, and the visionary for a look at what’s next in data, systems, and decision-making. Register at https://futuredata.brighttalk.live/

13th Oct 2021 at 2 p.m. ET. Search Engine Journal along with Podium presents a webinar on "15 SMS Marketing Trends Every Local Business Marketer Needs to Know". Register at https://www.searchenginejournal.com/webinar-lp-15-sms-marketing-stats-every-local-business-marketer-needs-to-know/

14th Oct 2021 at 11 am EDT. IEEE Computer Society presents a webinar on "  Future of Workforce". Register at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServletV2?target=reg20V2.jsp&eventid=3364030&sessionid=1&key=362DC8835413B7F3D460576067FD4C94&groupId=1230562&partnerref=linkedin&sourcepage=register

14th Oct 2021 at 5.30 pm BST. Anglia Ruskin University,  AHSS presents  under public lecture series, a conversation with: Henry Driver on "Encouraging environmental change through art, technology and games". For details and to register https://creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/events/ahsspresents/henry-driver/

15th Oct  2021 at 9.30 am IST. Webinar on "Cyber Security as a Career 2021" by Durham College, ISC(2) Toronto , Minorities in Cybersecurity, Choices Carib. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyber-security-as-a-career-2021-registration-162482255801?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

16th Oct 2021 at 10 am IST. The Library and Information Centre of Progressive Education Society's Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune  organises the National Webinar on "Cultivating Reading Habits among students in Digital Era : Role of Libraries and Librarians". Keynote speaker: Dr. Rajendra Kumbhar, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, SPPU, Pune. Register at https://forms.gle/MYHSLyohiFqFtsfT6

16th Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. Women's Web presents a workshop on "32 Actionable Tips to Increase Your Website Performance Immediately". Register/buy the ticket (free) for the workshop at https://marketplace.womensweb.in/products/16th-october-32-actionable-tips-to-increase-your-website-performance-immediately

16-17 Oct 2021 & three more weekends. CSI Trichy in association with Chennai, Coimbatore, Kanchipuram, Sivakasi & Tiruvanathapuram Chapters presents a workshop series on Entrepreneurship. Register at https://forms.gle/vt1qgTM2gaNyiRXU8

18th Oct 2021 at 8 am PT. McKinsey presents a webinar on  "Building the world's first commercially useful quantum computer" by Jeremy O'Brien,  Cofounder & CEO, PsiQuantum. Register at  https://bit.ly/3oZZc1b

19th Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. ACM India Council presents a webinar on "Why Do We Need Data Science in E-Commerce?" by Shourya Roy, Senior Research Director at Flipkart. Register at https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J8gfKi4DTOGJNnJtZXEn4g

19-22 Oct 2021 9 am GMT+8. Alibaba Cloud presents "The 2021 Apsara Conference"  featuring in-depth industry and technology best practices and customer success stories. The 2021 Apsara Conference will explore how we are reshaping digital transformation and helping innovators everywhere achieve the impossible. For free registration https://www.alibabacloud.com/apsara-conference-2021

19th Oct 2021. CIO magazine in association with Network World presents a virtual event CIO's FUTURE of EDGE COMPUTING SUMMIT. For details and to register https://app.ingo.me/q/84n4b

19th Oct  2021 at 11 am PDT. Computer History Museum presents a virtual event on "TECH FOR HUMANITY CHANGEMAKERS".

SPEAKER: Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu, Cofounder and CTO, Calla Health Foundation; Cofounder, GAPHealth Technologies

SPEAKER: Michael Bernstein, Associate Professor, Stanford University

SPEAKER: Ed Catmull, 3D computer graphics pioneer, cofounder of Pixar Animation Studios

SPEAKER: Esther Dyson, Tech Media Pioneer, Journalist, Angel Investor, and Health Advocate

MODERATOR: Paul Saffo,Technology forecaster, Stanford adjunct professor, author

Register at https://computerhistory.org/events/tech-for-humanity-changemakers/

20th Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. Indian Biotech Leaders  of Tomorrow presents a panel discussion on "Science Communication" with Dr Mohit Kumar Jolly, IISc; Ms Subhra Priyadarshini, Nature India; and  Mr Avishek Pal, Novartis as panelists. Register at https://www.iblot.org/events/

20th Oct 2021 from 10 am to 1.20 pm. IIT Madras HTIC Medtech Incubator organises “HTIC Healthcare Conclave” . Register at https://forms.gle/xi2AQYCzKNACSERH9  YouTube streaming at https://youtu.be/Cc1lgi3lTQ4

20th Oct 2021 at 10.30 am IST. Webinar on "Navigating Today’s Digital Landscape with NICE WFM (Work Force Management)". Register at https://info.nice.com/Navigating_Todays_Digital_Landscape_with_NICE_WFM.html

20th Oct 2021 at 3.30 IST. AVIXA presents a webinar on "The new workspace challenge: How to reconnect with onsite and remote employees?" by Martin Lynch, Technical Account Manager, TELELOGOS. Register at https://avixa.secure.force.com/webinarForm/

21st Oct  2021 at 11.30 am IST. Monash Prato Dialogue - Distinguished Lecture Series in AI on "Responsible Artificial Intelligence: From principles to action" by Professor Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden and associated with the TU Delft in the Netherlands. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/monash-prato-dialogue-distinguished-lecture-series-in-ai-tickets-170130921165

21st Oct 2021. 8.45 am to 4.30 pm EDT. DevOps Institute presents "Container Orchestration SKILup Day". Register at https://www.devopsinstitute.com/co-2021/

22nd Oct 2021 at 4 pm IST. Wiley India presents a webinar on "AI, Machine Learning, and the Role of the Information Professional" by Jason Griffey, Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Information Standards Organization. Register at https://bit.ly/3uG7j3S

21st Oct 2021 at 10 am PT or 10.30 pm IST SNIA presents a webinar on "Cloud Storage and Big Data, A Marriage Made in the Clouds" by Vincent Hsu, IBM; Andy Longworth, HPE; Chip Maurer, Dell Technologies. Register at https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/663/506305

23rd Oct 2021 at 6 pm IST. IEEE CS, ACM & CSI jointly present a webinar on "Best Practices for Commercially Successful Patents" by Dr. Madhan Kumar Srinivasan, Associate Vice President & Lead – Cloud AI & Patents, myWizard AI, Accenture Innovation Hub, Bengaluru, Advisory Board Member, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK & Founder Member, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI). Register at https://bit.ly/2Xy1byx

23rd Oct 2021. Quantum AI Foundation, QPoland, QIndia and CEBT-SBM(MBA)  & Christ University Pune Lavasa jointly organise a conference (free to attend) on "Quantum Machine Learning". For details and to register https://www.qaif.org/events/conferences/quantum-machine-learning-conference

23rd Oct 2021 at 10 am IST.  Manoramaonline presents the digital summit "Techspectations EDUCATE". Register at https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Education/2021/Techspectations-EDUCATE/index.html

23rd Oct 2021 at 3.30 pm IST. eWIT along with MIOT presents a webinar on "Breast Cancer Awareness"  by Dr.Senthil Kumar Ravi Chander, Surgical Oncologist, MIOT Hospital. Join Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81636431206?pwd=RExENjhKTzVVcVp4RTFSczNPTm5Kdz09

Meeting ID: 816 3643 1206 Passcode: ewit123

25th Oct 2021 at 5 30 pm IST. Library at IITGN presents a virtual talk on "Advancing our scholarly publishing system that is open, sustainable, and equitable" by Colleen Campbell, Partner Development in the Open Access 2020 Initiative, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany. Join the session using:
Meeting ID: 928 0940 1850
Passcode: 766857