Program
Friday Sept 12: Evening – Welcome & Networking
| Time | Mississauga Room |
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| 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Registration & Networking |
| 6:30 – 6:40 PM | Opening Remarks Tom Murad, IEEE Canada President & Siemens Mobility - Country Lead ( V.P. ) |
| 6:40 – 6:45 PM | Welcome Remarks Dustin Dunwell, Chair IEEE Toronto Section |
| 6:45 - 6:50 PM | Congress Program Briefing Usman Munawar, Student Activities Chair & CSYPC Advisory Committee Chair |
| 6:50 - 7:05 PM | Presentations University of Toronto Student Branch Chairs |
| 7:05 - 8:00 PM | Networking and food stations |
| 8:00 - 8:30 PM | Leadership by Doing: The Volunteer Advantage Soft Skills, Strong Impact: Thriving in Today’s Job Economy Bala Prasanna, IEEE Region 1 Director, IEEE HKN, IEEE MOVE |
| 8:30 - 8:50 PM | Industry Keynote Eiman Hassan, VP Operations, Alphawave Semi |
| 8:50 - 09:30 PM | Networking and good night |
Saturday Sept 13: Full Congress Day
| Time | Description | Vista Room | |
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| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Student Branch Counselors & SAC & Excom Meetup [10:00 AM to 1:00 PM] Compulsory: Student Branch Counselor & Section Student Activities Chair & Section Student Representative Optional: Branch Chairs & IEEE Canada Excom Welcome & Agenda Overview Usman Munawar [5 mins] Attendees Introduction Chayanika Awasthi [15 mins] Introduction to IEEE Students Branch & IEEE Students Programs Chayanika Awasthi [10 mins] Coffee Break Learn from each other: Best Practices as Counselor [25 Mins] David Michelson, Vancouver Waleed Ejaz, Barrie Youry Khmelevsky, Kelowna Abdul-Majid Sawsan, Ottawa Any other if interested to share thoughts. IEEE Membership Drive and Recruitment Marjan Alavi [10 Mins] Effective Section - Student Branch Framework Group Activity by: Azfar Adib & Chayanika [30 mins] IEEE Canada Conference & Publication Opportunities Ekram Hossain [10 mins] Abdullah Shami [10 mins] Industry Engagement opportunities John De Silva [15 mins] IEEE Canada Foundation Support programs for Student Branch David Whyte [15 mins] Open Forum: Reflections, Feedback and Group Photo [15 mins] 3M Research Competition & Startup Competition (Sanjar & Mehrdad) 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Competitions Poster Competition (Kristina) Venue Vista Room Project Competition (Avani) Career Fair (Charlotte & Nima) Societies Booth ( Vishal) |
| 8:00 - 09:45 AM | Plenary Session IEEE Canada President Elect Address (10 mins) Wahab Almuhtadi Being a technologist in the AI age Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO TELUS (30 min) Title - TBD Robbie Sohi, COO IESO (30 mins) |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 AM | Mentorship Forum Career Compass Mikayla Wronko, Wolfram Lunscher, Matthew Shirazi and Christopher Yip |
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| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Coffee break & Shake Hand with Exhibits | ||
| 10:45 – 11:30 AM | WIE Spotlight Cultivating Courage Lessons from Women who Lead the Way Moha Abbaszadeh , Lian Zhao, Maryam Davoudpour, Kelly Dunwell |
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| 11:30 – 01:00 PM | Lego Workshop Brick by Brick: Building Tomorrow’s Innovations Noreen Anwar & Faten Salma |
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| 1:00 – 1:45 PM | Lunch & Shake Hand with Exhibits | ||
| 1:45 – 2:30 PM | Young Professionals Panel Discussion Career Development in the Age of Technological Revolutions Ayda Naserialiabad, Veebartech, Mehrnaz Shokrollahi, RBC Shayan Shahramian, Alphawave Semi |
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| 2:30 – 4:00 PM | Panel Discussion: IEEE Technical Societies Opportunities for Students and Young Professionals IAS, ComSoc, System Council, MTTS, APS |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | HAC Workshop SIGHT Starting Humanitarian Project in your Section Gerhard Dueck |
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| 5:00 - 6:30 PM | PM Coffee Break Shake Hands with Exhibitors and Competitions participants |
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| 7:00 – 10:00 PM | Gala Dinner Competition Winners Awards [30 mins] Award presentation - IEEE Canada Foundation [15 mins] Organizing team appreciation/ Certificates [10 mins] First Nation Cultural Performance [20 mins] (TBD) Meet the President Elec. Candidates [45 Mins] Sponsor Appreciation & Acknowledgement [15 mins] IEEE Canada President Note [5 mins] |
Sunday Morning Sept 14: Closing & Vision
| Time | Room A |
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| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Coffee & Breakfast |
| 08:00 – 11:00 AM | Student Branch Trainings & SAC Programs |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM | Coffee & Best Practices, Learnings etc. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks, Feedback, Highlights |