This meeting includes two talks by top industry technologists. The first talk will provide an introduction to blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), with an overview of blockchain applications in startups, enterprises, and government services. It will highlight various novel emerging use cases such as Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and Play-to-Earn (P2E) games. The second talk will expand on metaverses and the promised profound impact on our daily work, play, and life, across all industries and sectors, reshaping the economy and society for all humankind. Speaker(s): Ramesh Ramadoss, Yu Yuan Bldg: ActionSpot, 453 W San Carlos St, San Jose, California, United States, 95110

This month, Prof. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/willy-shih-765816/) of Harvard Business School will share his insider’s perspective on Kodak’s journey in digital photography, based on his experience as senior vice president at Eastman Kodak Company from 1997 to 2005, where he was president of Digital & Applied Imaging (Consumer Digital), president of Display & Components, and head of Corporate Intellectual Property Strategy. For more background information, please review this article: “(https://r6.ieee.org/scv-tems/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2022/08/The-Real-Lessons-From-Kodaks-Decline_Willy-Shih.pdf)” by Willy Shih (MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2016). And review this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9SotpE7nes): “The Kodak Moment: Why it Didn’t Last” featuring Willy Shih and Allen Webb (recorded at the Road to Reinvention: Leadership in the Digital Age conference on March 23, 2017). In this on-line meeting, we will watch excerpts of the (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9SotpE7nes) “The Kodak Moment: Why it Didn’t Last”, and then we will interact with Willy Shih in a Q&A session. Please send questions for Willy to (mailto:[email protected]) prior to the meeting. For more details: See (https://r6.ieee.org/scv-tems/kodaks-journey-in-digital-photography-an-insiders-perspectives/) Facilitator: The facilitator of this meeting will be (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-cheng-93657315/), Chair of TEMS Silicon Valley Chapter. Ed started his career as a chip designer at Intel, and then moved into the computer-aided design and electronic design automation software field, where he founded several start-up companies. Over 40 years, he has held various engineering, marketing and executive positions in several large and medium-size Silicon Valley companies. He has served on the board of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium. Ed is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE. Speaker(s): Prof. Willy Shih, Agenda: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (New York Time): Introduction and Chat/Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321143