Co-sponsored by: Ray Sasinowski

“The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How It Happened”

Paul Wesling, Stanford ’66 (BSEE) and ’68 (MS-MatSci),  IEEE Life Fellow, retired from Tandem

•Computers/Hewlett Packard. •Why did Silicon Valley come into being? The story goes back to local Hams (amateur •radio operators) trying to break RCA’s tube patents, the sinking of the Titanic, Naval ship •communications requirements, early “angel” investments, Fred Terman and Stanford •University, local invention of high-power tubes (gammatron, klystron), WW II and radar, •William Shockley’s mother living in Palo Alto, and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that •developed — these factors pretty much determined that the semiconductor and IC •industries would be located in the Santa Clara Valley.

Speaker(s): Paul Wesling,
Agenda:

When: Thursday, October 6, 2016

Where: Barronett Hotel Novi, Mi.

Time: 4pm to 7:00pm

Registration link: :http://ieee-sem.org/wie-ilc/registration/

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM:

•Tutorial: “The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How It Happened” •Speaker: Paul Wesling, IEEE Distinguished Speaker & Life Fellow

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM:

•Networking Reception

Come to Novi/Farmington Hills before the traffic hits, and relax with TEMS!

•IEEE Member – Thursday, 10/6/16

$10.00 Lecture Only.

 $30.00 for optional ILS reception (includes food/drinks). Use registration link shown above to pay for reception. 

Location:
Bldg: The Baronette Renaissance Detroit-Novi Hotel
27790 Novi Road
Novi, Michigan
48374