Program
Theme: Connect • Lead • Innovate
Friday Sept 25: Evening – Welcome Social Mixer with Industry and IEEE Leaders
| Time | Location: The 3 Brewers Microbrewery |
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| 18:30 – 19:00 PM | Registration |
| 19:00 – 19:30 PM | Opening Remarks Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi - IEEE Canada President Dustin Dunwell - IEEE Canada Student Activities Chair, Senior Director at Qualcomm, & CSYPC Co-Chair Nima Javanbakht - IEEE Canada Young Professionals Chair, Senior RF Engineer at Sanmina, & CSYPC Co-Chair Bella Yang, CSYPC Organizing Committee Anand Shah, YP MGA Representative Daniel Thomson, SAC MGA Representative |
| 19:30 - 20:30 PM | IEEE CSYPC Industry and Academia Networking Night Delegates will move between tables set up for industry representatives, IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE technical societies, and IEEE Canada leaders. Attendees will be provided with a few ice-breaking questions to discuss at tables. Networking bingo will also encourage students and young professionals to build connections with one another. |
| 20:30 - 21:00 PM | Keynote Address Eva Lau - Co-Founder and General Partner at Two Small Fish Ventures Prize draws and celebration |
| 21:00 - 22:00 PM | Networking Event Closing Make plans to follow up on conversations held during the evening. Attendees can provide brief outcome of their table discussions. |
Saturday Sept 26: Full Congress Day
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening Ceremony Presenter: Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi - IEEE Canada President |
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Agenda Overview Presenters: Dustin Dunwell - IEEE Canada Student Activities Chair, CSYPC Co-Chair Nima Javanbakht - IEEE Canada Young Professionals Chair, CSYPC Co-Chair |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | Training by Global Policy Caucus (GPC) Reshaping the Government Policies. Presenter: Robby Robson - IEEE Global Policy Caucus Chair |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 | Introduction to the IEEE Canada Public Policy Committee Presenter: Gaëlle Martin-Cocher - Senior Director, InterDigital Inc. |
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| 10:20 - 10:30 | Professional Networking Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:45 | Interactive Pitch Competition Topic: Sustainable and Futuristic Technology Activity: Teams brainstorm, build presentations and present pitches to judges and audience under 3 minutes Judges: Robby Robson - IEEE Global Policy Caucus Chair Gaëlle Martin-Cocher - Senior Director, InterDigital Inc. Azfar Adib - Founder of TECH-NEST Maryam Davoudpour - IEEE Women in Engineering Canada Chair |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | Competition Winners Announcement Judges deliberate and then present awards to winning teams. Prizes to be announced on our social media platforms. |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Networking Lunch Topic tables (AI, Power & Energy, Telecommunications, RF, Electronics, Aerospace, Women in Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Life After Graduation, Graduate Studies) |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Industry Leadership Panel Discussion with audience Q& A Moderator: John Da Silva - Director of Operations at dentsu Panelist 1: Dr. Tom Murad - IEEE Canada Past President and Board Director Panelist 2: Mary Proc - Former VP at Metrolinx Panelist 3: Marisa Sterling - Assistant Dean at University of Toronto and Board Member, Engineers Canada |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 | Volunteer Resources Workshop How to build a successful Student Branch, Young Professional Affinity Group, and Section; MGA resources; volunteer leadership pathways Presenter 1: Charles Rubenstein - IEEE Region 1 Director Presenter 2: Dustin Dunwell - IEEE Canada Student Activities Chair, CSYPC Co-chair |
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| 15:00 - 16:00 | Student to YP Transition Panel Discussion Covering first career, graduate school, entrepreneurship, mentorship, salary negotiation, and work-life balance Moderator: Dr. Nima Javanbakht - IEEE Canada Young Professionals Chair, Senior RF Engineer at Sanmina, CSYPC Co-chair Panelist 1: Emilia Pisic - Application Engineer at Rhode & Schwarz Panelist 2: Avani Sant - Database Administrator at National Research Council Canada Panelist 3: Savneet Chhatwal - Team Lead at Agilus Work Solutions Panelist 4: Ayda Naserialiabadi - CEO and Founder at VeeberTech Panelist 5: Azfar Adib - Founder of TECH-NEST |
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| 16:00 - 16:10 | Networking Break | |
| 16:10 - 17:00 | Technology for Impact Humanitarian Technology and EPICS in IEEE showcase, featuring Canadian projects and opportunities to get involved Presenter: Gerhard Dueck - IEEE Canada Chair of Special Interest Group for Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) |
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| 17:00 - 18:00 | IEEE Experience and Industry Expo Interactive Industry and IEEE Societies Exhibition with participation from: Qualcomm TELUS Marvell Technology StarIC IEEE IAS IEEE PES IEEE ComSoc IEEE MTT-S IEEE APS IEEE Computer Society IEEE Systems Council IEEE WIE IEEE YP IEEE Canadian Foundation |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | Free Time | |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Mentorship & Networking Reception | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | IEEE Canada Gala Dinner Keynotes presentations: Jennifer Quaid - CCTX Executive Director Group Photo, Awards presentation, Organizing team appreciation, Sponsor Appreciation & Acknowledgement, Closing Remarks |
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Sunday Morning Sept 27: Continue building your new relationships!
| Time | Description |
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| 12:00 AM - 10:00 AM (latest) | Hotel Check Out |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Photo Scavenger Hunt Delegates are invited to explore downtown Toronto together with new friends. Form teams to take pictures completing the challenges that will be released (virtually) this morning. Prizes will be awarded for and mailed out for a variety of categories. Just don't miss your flight/train/bus back home! |