IEEE Student branch and IEEE Windsor Section in collaboration with Google Developer Groups presents Innovate with AI Competition. What: Showcase your innovative solutions using AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud Technology Who: Teams of 2-4 undergraduate, graduate, and recent 2024/2025 graduates When: ● Proposals Due Online: October 5, 2025 ● In-Person Pitches @ UWindsor: November 7, 2025 ● Winners Announced @ DevFest: November 8, 2025 Prizes: ● 1st Place: $500 ● 2nd Place: $300 ● 3rd Place: $200 Windsor, Ontario, Canada

The IEEE NSS IAS/PES Joint Chapter is pleased to welcome Professo Tarlochan S. Sidhu. This talk by Prof. Sidhu will focus on Vendor-Neutral & Cyber-Secure: IEC61850 Substations—Architecture, Comms & Cyber-Security. As a recognized international expert in smart grids, substation automation, and protection systems, Prof. Sidhu will share insights into the development and application of IEC 61850 standards, the evolving role of cybersecurity in digital substations, and strategies to enhance resilience in modern power system protection. The session will also explore practical challenges, emerging solutions, and lessons learned from real-world industry applications. Date: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 Time: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Place: University of Saskatchewan- College of Engineering- 2C01 (57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK) Parking: Visitor Parking is available at meters throughout University. This is a technical event, and snacks is included in the registration cost. Admission: - IEEE Member: $5.00 - IEEE Student Members: $0 - University of Saskatchewan Students: $0 - Members from the Industry (Non-IEEE Member): $10 Note: Attendees will receive a certificate of participation, which may count toward Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits. Please complete the evaluation form after the event to receive your certificate. If you are interested, please register as soon as possible! The registration deadline is Wednesday, October 15 at 3:00pm See additional details below. Speaker(s): Tarlochan S. Sidhu , Agenda: - 3:30 - 4:45 PM: Technical talk on Vendor-Neutral & Cyber-Secure: IEC61850 Substations—Architecture, Comms & Cyber-Security - 4:45 - 5:30 PM: Refreshments, Socializing and Networking Room: 2C01, Bldg: College of Engineering, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Computer Chapter of Southern Alberta and IEEE Southern Alberta Section are inviting you to join the distinguished lecturer event on Oct. 15. This Distinguished Lecture event will be from 5 - 6:15 PM (MT), and right after talk, IEEE Day Celebration event will be hosted in the same room. Everyone is welcome to RSVP and attend one or both events: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504032 Refreshments will be served. Agenda: The talk will from from 5:00 to 6:15 PM (MT) All guests are welcome to stay for networking and IEEE Day Celebration event which will be hosted after the talk, from 6:15 - 7:30 PM (MT) in the same room. Refreshments will be served. Room: 516, Bldg: ICT, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

- October 15, 2025 at 6pm, E2-150 - UMRT: ROS/Docker Work Session - Free for all students! - No membership required, though it is recommended to bring your own device and to have Linux and Docker already installed before the session. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0HnnuxlDEf1zDDMcSmTT3aq-8s0x0VGq9lR5Z2zucU/edit?usp=sharing) - Attendees are also free to sit and listen to the presentation as well! Room: 150, Bldg: EITC E2, 75A Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2

- October 15, 2025 at 6pm, E2-150 - UMRT: ROS/Docker Work Session - Free for all students! - No membership required, though it is recommended to bring your own device and to have Linux and Docker already installed before the session. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0HnnuxlDEf1zDDMcSmTT3aq-8s0x0VGq9lR5Z2zucU/edit?usp=sharing) - Attendees are also free to sit and listen to the presentation as well! Room: 150, Bldg: EITC E2, 75A Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2

This event is free to attend, but registration is required. (https://forms.gle/BqMJLexaR2Ti1Y2K8) IEEE Day is a celebration of innovation, collaboration, and the power of technology to shape a better future. This year, our focus is on the theme "Ocean, Arctic, and Remote-Tech", areas of profound importance for our region and the world. Our goal is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals across disciplines to explore challenges and opportunities in these domains. From climate change and sustainable oceans to connectivity in remote regions, these are global issues that demand multidisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking. The event will begin with an Inspiration Session, with contributions expected from Civil, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and Computer Science, as well as other related fields. Speakers will share their perspectives in 10–15 minute talks, ranging from ongoing research and open issues to useful tools, datasets, and examples that can spark new ideas. The goal is to encourage students to look across disciplines, connect the dots, and imagine creative ways to tackle real problems that matter for our region and beyond. In short, the Inspiration Session will: - Highlight key challenges and open questions in ocean, Arctic, and remote technologies. - Share research directions, tools, and datasets to spark curiosity. - Encourage grad and undergrad students to think across disciplines to find creative solutions. This event is free to attend, but registration is required. (https://forms.gle/BqMJLexaR2Ti1Y2K8) Looking Ahead After the Inspiration Session, students will have the chance to develop their ideas further and later showcase projects inspired by the talks. More details about this follow-up activity will be shared soon. This event is free to attend, but registration is required. (https://forms.gle/BqMJLexaR2Ti1Y2K8) Co-sponsored by: Memorial University of Newfoundland Agenda: 6:00 – 6:10 PM Welcome & Opening Remarks 6:10 – 7:00 PM Inspiration Talks (10-20 min each) Q&A at the end of each presentation - Dr. Kshama Roy (Civil Engineering): Monitoring and Modeling the Lifelines Beneath the Sea and Arctic - Dr. Mihiran Galagedarage Don (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering): Digital Twinning of Marine Propulsion Systems - Yousra Abdelhady (SNAME & Transports Canada) & Dr. Claude Daley (Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering): From Ship Design to Arctic Innovation - Pamela Burke (C-CORE): Applications and Research in Arctic Monitoring: Harnessing the Power of Freely Available Imagery 7:00 – 7:15 PM Headshots for IEEE Photo Competition 🍕 Pizza & Networking 7:15 – 8:00 PM Inspiration Talks (continued) - Abdulmohsen Alsaui (Electrical and Computer Engineering): The Role of Quantum Computing in Maritime - Quantum Coding Workshop Open to Everyone: From Fundamentals to Hands-On Coding PS: Follow-up on November Competition details to be announced at the end of the event. Room: EN2006, Bldg: S.J. Carew Building, 240 Prince Phillip Drive, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 3X5

Join us to network with other participants and IEEE members. We will celebrate IEEE Day and your achievements as an IEEE members! This celebration event will be from 6:15 - 7:30 PM (MT), and right after the Distinguished Lecture event of Computer Society: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/498533 Everyone is welcome to RSVP and attend one or both events. Refreshments will be served. Room: 516, Bldg: ICT, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

UBC IEEE ExCom meeting to discuss onboarding, next year plan and upcoming events, as well as the new UBC IEEE AESS Chapter. Room: 3009, Bldg: MCLD, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Monthly ExCom meeting - Online. Agenda: 7:00 PM - ExCom Meeting Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/506939

This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups. This series of presentations has been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national organization to provide information, the subject and speaker to members across Canada. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Eastern), with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EDT). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday, October 15. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen, [email protected], before noon on Wednesday, October 15. Please note the meeting originates in Alberta which is in the Mountain Time Zone, so if you are in another province you must account any necessary time shift. Title: Change Over 50 Years in Canadian Energy Presenter: Dennis McConaghy, BSc and MSc Chemical Engineering Summary: Dennis will discuss the evolution of the Canadian hydrocarbon production industry over the last fifty years, from the mid 70s through to today, essentially the period of his career in that industry. He will provide special emphasis on how world class production industries evolved from valued elements of the Canadian economy to being beset with political and legal obstruction, putting in doubt its capacity to even sustain its existing scale let alone grow. How did this happen? How could this have happened in Canada? Dennis will offer his analysis from the vantage point of a career that was very much at the center of that change and conflict. Bio: •Native Albertan, graduated from the University of Alberta in the mid 70s in Chemical Engineering, MSc 75 •Joined the Alberta Research Council in 1975, supporting Alberta industrial development and energy policy •Joined Alberta Gas Trunkline in 1980, and then onto NOVA Chemicals, leading feedstock procurement function into the mid 1990s •Participated in concept and execution of the major Canadian merger of NOVA and TransCanada Pipelines in the late 1990s •Led business and corporate development functions at TransCanada through to 2014, including project development of the Keystone pipeline system, Energy East, LNG Canada, Mackenzie Valley Pipelines project. •After retirement, authored 3 books related to the issues and failure in Canadian climate and energy policy. •Father of four children, married to the same wife for 45 years. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/505962