IEEE Region 5

Two Night Seminar Covering: OSHA considers NFPA 70E an industry consensus standard. Safety practices and mitigation techniques included in NFPA 70E are used industry wide to reduce the risk of electrical injury to employees in the workplace. The latest edition of NFPA 70E was issued in 2024. This IEEE learning session will provide the rationale of key changes for the 2024 edition, and will provide some insights on potential changes for the 2027 edition. Co-sponsored by: Donald G. Dunn, FIEEE Speaker(s): Louis Barrios Agenda: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Dinner Served to all registered attendees. 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm: Annoucements 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Presentation Bldg: Bechtel Energy Building #3, 2105 Citywest Place, Houston, Texas, United States, 77042

Synopsis: If not solved, AI models' power and water consumption threaten human society and ecology. AI is expected to consume 4% of the world's electricity by 2026. Water requirements are even more alarming as water is a shared, non-renewable resource. This talk will discuss some ways, such as data center redesign that industry and academia are working to tackle this issue and the research directions that may enable us to train and use energy-efficient models. Speaker(s): Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, Soumya Batra Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455744