Co-sponsored by: Kheng Swee Goh This years 2017 IEEE Region 5 Annual Conference and Student Competion will be hosted by the Denver Section. It will take place April 1st-2nd, 2017 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center hotel.   Region 5, comprised of 26 local sections and over 90 student branches, has more than 23,000 higher grade members, over 3,600 student members and represents 7% of the world-wide IEEE population. The Region 5 Annual Conference and Student Competitions event is structured as a weekend event that includes R5 Student Competitions, R5 Student Professional Activities Conference (SPAC), R5 Young Professionals Meeting, and the R5 Annual Conference. The R5 Annual Conference, held on Saturday April 1th, will cover a wide range of topics of interest to Section leadership.  Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, Office Reports, Finances, Educational Activities, Membership Development, Affiliate Group Reports, Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) support, and updates on overall IEEE leadership direction. All Sections are encouraged to send a voting delegate to the Region 5 Annual Conference and expenses will be reimbursed by the Region. The R5 Student Competitions, held on Saturday April 1st, include Circuit Design, Ethics, Robotics, Student Papers, and Standards Development.  All competitions are open to all undergraduate students and Standards Development is open to both undergraduate students and young professionals.  We expect over 30 student robotic teams at the Marriott Tech Center Hotel Friday evening. This annual event is to be capped by a Saturday evening awards banquet that will feature a guest speaker, recognize the winners of student competitions, and recognize outstanding IEEE individuals and programs across the 26 Region 5 sections. Location: Bldg: Denver Marriott Tech Center Denver, Colorado

Co-sponsored by: CB Sanderson ***CANCELED*** The Denver Section will host the 2017 IEEE Region 5 (R5) Annual Conference and Student Competitions.  It will take place April 1st-2nd, 2017 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center hotel.   Region 5, comprised of 26 local sections and over 90 student branches, has more than 23,000 higher grade members, over 3,600 student members and represents 7% of the world-wide IEEE population. The Region 5 Annual Conference and Student Competitions event is structured as a weekend event that includes R5 Student Competitions, R5 Student Professional Activities Conference (SPAC), R5 Young Professionals Meeting, and the R5 Annual Conference. The R5 Annual Conference, held on Saturday April 1st, will cover a wide range of topics of interest to Section leadership.  Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, Office Reports, Finances, Educational Activities, Membership Development, Affiliate Group Reports, Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) support, and updates on overall IEEE leadership direction. All Sections are encouraged to send a voting delegate to the Region 5 Annual Conference and expenses will be reimbursed by the Region. The R5 Student Competitions, held on Saturday April 1st, include Circuit Design, Ethics, Robotics, Student Papers, and Standards Development.  All competitions are open to all undergraduate students and Standards Development is open to both undergraduate students and young professionals.  We expect over 30 student robotic teams at the Marriott Tech Center Hotel Friday evening. This annual event is to be capped by a Saturday evening awards banquet that will feature a guest speaker, recognize the winners of student competitions, and recognize outstanding IEEE individuals and programs across the 26 Region 5 sections. Agenda: The Region 5 Annual Business Meeting is held in conjunction with Region 5 Student Competitions include: Robotics (http://sites.ieee.org/robocomp2017/) Student Papers Ethics Circuit Design Location: Denver, Colorado

  70th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers April 3 – April 6, 2017 Registration is now open! The Conference for Protective Relay Engineers provides a forum for engineers to discuss power system protection technologies and applications.  Both tutorial presentations on fundamental concepts and papers on new technologies are included. Program will include: Tutorials on fundamentals for young engineers and technicians Manufacturers’ exhibits—the latest equipment! New protection concepts and tools Relay application ideas and best practices Case studies and “horror stories” -  when the relays worked and when they didn’t! Location: Bldg: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3128

Co-sponsored by: SPRINT Robotics SPRINT Robotics Collaborative The SPRINT Robotics Collaborative aims to achieve field use of robotics for inspection and maintenance of capital intensive infrastructure assets on a very large scale within the next ten years. Using robotics in the domain of technical inspection and maintenance of capital intensive infrastructure is of vital importance because of the urgency to minimize the impact on safety and the environment. In addition, robotic inspection and maintenance may reduce shutdown times, preventing human entry of vessels and other equipment, as well as reduction of costs related to services required to enable human entry. During the past decade robotic technology has been developed in many areas albeit that much of the technology is still in the stage of prototype development and demonstrations rather than proven in practice and therefore market mature. Consequently, application specific development of the technology is needed. In order to utilize robotics solutions as a competitive service we need to accelerate business development and market innovation. Currently, market implementation and acceptance of a novel technology is a drawn out process Given the vast amount of effort which is worldwide invested on the development and implementation of robotic technology, we believe that acceleration of the development process can be accomplished in order to achieve robotic inspection and maintenance services. Location: Bldg: Chevron 1500 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas

Co-sponsored by: Nick Nichols Registration is Required This seminar will have an in-depth review and discussion on the new 2017 Edition of the NEC and how the changes will impact our industry. The focus of this session will be on industrial applications only. Speaker(s): Eddie Guidry (Fluor), Agenda: Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM Buffet Meal: 5:00 - 6:00 PM Day 1 Seminar: 6:00 - 8:30 PM Day 2 Seminar: 6:00 - 8:30 PM   Location: Room: Tower Two Bldg: Jacobs Engineering 5985 Rogerdale Road Houston Houston, Texas 77072