Join us for an exciting evening at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Santa Clara Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA, USA. The SVEC-CA Annual Banquet is a must-attend event for engineering enthusiasts, professionals, and students alike.

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) proudly presents the 35th annual Engineers Week Banquet and Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The SVEC honors outstanding individuals for their contributions by welcoming them into its Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame ceremony recognizes local engineers for their outstanding professional achievements, both in engineering and technology, and for significant contributions to the community. The banquet will also feature a distinguished keynote speaker, education/scholarships awards to students for academic excellence and the Keeper of the Flame Awards.

General Admission tickets $110 (until January 15), $125 after Full table tickets (10 diners) $1100 (until January 15), $1250 after

Meal choices include chicken breast, pan seared salmon, or vegetarian spinach ravioi. Dietary restriction meal selections upon request. Includes coffee, tea, wine, salad and dessert.

Tickets can also be purchased by sending a check to Silicon Valley Engineering Council, PO Box 610385, San Jose CA 95161 or by Zelle (account is treasurer@svec-ca.org).

Sponsorship Opportunities listed below.

Meet the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame 2025 Inductee – Laurence W. Nagel, PhD

Laurence W. Nagel, PhD is a renowned developer of integrated circuit simulation software, having developed a program named “Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis,” commonly called SPICE, which launched a cottage industry of circuit simulation tools that have been used throughout the world since the early 1970s.

Larry’s career includes 20 years at Bell Laboratories working on the ADVICE circuit simulation program, process and device simulation tools, development of the Kull-Nagel bipolar model, sub-micron NMOS processes, patent licensing and the Celerity circuit simulation program.

In recent years, as the founder of Omega Enterprises Consulting, he has been advising clients in Analog circuit design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), circuit simulation (SPICE), semiconductor device modeling and is often an expert witness in patent litigation and trade secret cases.

Larry earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of California-Berkeley. He became an IEEE Fellow in 2005 “for contributions to the field of integrated circuit simulation,” and is now an IEEE Life Fellow. SPICE was recognized with an IEEE Milestone in 2011, and Dr. Nagel participated in its Computer History Museum dedication.

Keynote Speaker – Mark Seeger, Founder, Glydways

Grounded in the belief that ingenuity and innovation should be applied to solving real-world problems, Mark Seeger has dedicated his entrepreneurial journey to providing innovative value for solutions to today’s climate crisis. With the conviction that the world’s biggest problems require infrastructural evolution on a much larger scale, Mark discovered possibly an opportunity of a century: reinventing the concept of public transit using existing infrastructure.

He founded Glydways to activate this vision: a form of public transit that can move more people than rail, using less than half of the space, which costs 90% less to build and operate while providing a private and on-demand ride every time. Most crucially, this solution can be delivered with commodity technology leveraging existing supply chains. Born in the Netherlands, Mark has spent equal parts of his life in Holland, Singapore, and the United States, giving him insight and experience into regional opportunities and challenges that exist to dramatically change how we as a society move.

Prior to founding Glydways, Mark had early careers at NASA and Apple; founded the biodegradable plastics company GreenIdea in Singapore (sold); the electric motorcycle company Mission Motorcycles and Mission Marine; as well built initiatives that focused on low-cost, high-efficiency air-conditioning for third-world countries with his company GeoCool (sold).

Mark holds an MBA and MS in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and resides in Brisbane, CA.