How Inverters Change the Game: Protecting the Power Grid in a Renewable Energy World By Dr. Saeed Sanati Dr. Saeed Sanati is an IEEE Senior member. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran, in 2013, and his M.Sc. degree from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2016, followed by his Ph.D. degree from Semnan University, Semnan, Iran, in 2021. He enriched his expertise through Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 2021, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 2022, and he continued his research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada in 2023. In addition to his academic pursuits, he was a Researcher at Montreal Research Center, Huawei Technologies Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He also held appointments as a Research Professional with the University of Laval, and a Senior Protection and Control Engineer at EPE Consulting, Texas, USA. Currently, he is a Lead Application Development Engineer at GE Vernova in Markham, Ontario and an Adjunct Professor at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Laval. His research interests lie in SCADA and protection in IBRs, HVDC, digital substations, microgrids, and renewable energy integration. Co-sponsored by: The IEEE London Section-Computer Chapter and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Room: SEB 3109, Bldg: Spencer Engineering Building (SEB), Western University, 151 Richmond St., London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/494805

The traditional AC grid is undergoing a transition from a few large centralized synchronous generators to hundreds or thousands of local, renewable, inverter-based generation (IBRs), primarily wind and solar. The two modes of generation are based on different technologies, and their integration into a single hybrid system presents a number of technical challenges, while also opening up opportunities for the development of geographical equality, environmental preservation, and increased resilience. A significant amount of expertise and high levels of reliability have been developed over the past 139 years of the AC power industry. With the emergence of renewables, many of standard ideas for designing and operating electric power grids will need to change. In this talk, we will discuss the need for new tools of analysis, extensive data collection, and the role of AI in maintaining optimum operation of AC systems with significant DC penetration. We will also mention some of the tools available for improving the system's resilience while preserving the environment and the well-being of the population during system failure and natural disasters. Speaker(s): Dr. José Marti Room: 3038, Bldg: Macleod building, 2356 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/493060

Participants are required to provide their own Safety Work Shoes and Safety Glasses for this Plant Tour. Hearing protection will be provided. Autoneum develops and produces multifunctional, lightweight components for optimum noise and heat protection for the automotive industry. The innovative products and technologies make vehicles quieter, safer and lighter and therefore help to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The London Plant features the use of: robots, PLC’s, hydraulic presses, pneumatic systems, RF welders, cutting with high pressure water, chillers, compressors, etc. Speaker(s): , Minh Agenda: 9:00 – 9:15 Introduction, safety review 9:20-10:20 Plant tour 10:25-11:15 Wrap up, questions, suggestions, refreshments 1800 Huron Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 3A6

This workshop is organized by the KPU Computer Science and Information Technology Department in collaboration with the IEEE Vancouver Joint Computer Society. The "Who Are You? The Truth in Reconciliation" awareness workshop will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at KPU’s Surrey Campus (Cedar 2110), Surrey, B.C. Join us for "Who Are You? The Truth in Reconciliation", an awareness workshop led by MS. Gayle Bedard, Tsimshian leader and Associate Vice President of Indigenous Leadership at KPU. Drawing from her lived experiences and decades of educational leadership, MS. Bedard will guide participants through a powerful conversation about identity, truth, and reconciliation in Canada. This workshop is an opportunity to reflect on the lasting impact of colonial systems, understand the realities faced by Indigenous Peoples, and explore how we can contribute to meaningful, systemic change. This event is especially important for those committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and who seek to engage in authentic reconciliation in both personal and professional spaces. Seats are limited—Please register (Free) early through IEEE VTOOL. Registration is open until August 5th at 5:00, BUT may close earlier if capacity is reached. Co-sponsored by: CSIT, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Speaker(s): , , Agenda: 2:00 PM Networking and Tea, Coffee, and Appetizers 3:00 PM Welcome/Opening 3:05 PM Prayer by Lekeyten, KPU Elder in Residence 3:15 PM Awareness Workshop: Who Are You? The Truth in Reconciliation, MS. Gayle Bedard 4:45 PM Networking Room: 2110, Bldg: Cedar , 12666 72 Ave , Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V3W 2M8

Radiative communication using electromagnetic (EM) fields is the state-of-the-art for connecting wearable and implantable devices enabling prime applications in the fields of connected healthcare, electroceuticals, neuroscience, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) and human-computer interaction (HCI), forming a subset of the Internet of Things called the Internet of body (IoB). However, owing to such radiative nature of the traditional wireless communication, EM signals propagate in all directions, inadvertently allowing an eavesdropper to intercept the information. Moreover, since only a fraction of the energy is picked up by the intended device, and the need for high carrier frequency compared to information content, wireless communication tends to suffer from poor energy-efficiency (>nJ/bit). Noting that all IoB devices share a common medium, i.e. the human body, utilizing the conductivity of the human the body allows low-loss transmission, termed as human body communication (HBC) and improves energy-efficiency. Conventional HBC implementations still suffer from significant radiation compromising physical security and efficiency. Our recent work has developed Electro-Quasistatic Human Body Communication (EQS-HBC), a method for localizing signals within the body using low-frequency transmission, thereby making it extremely difficult for a nearby eavesdropper to intercept critical private data, thus producing a covert communication channel, i.e., the human body as a ‘wire’ along with reducing interference. In this talk, I will explore the fundamentals of radio communication around the human body to lead to the evolution of EQS-HBC and show recent advancements in the field which has a strong promise to become the future of Body Area Network (BAN). I will show the theoretical development of the first Bio-Physical Model of EQS-HBC and how it was leveraged to develop the world’s lowest-energy (100x improvement in energy-efficiency over Bluetooth. Finally, I will highlight the possibilities and applications in the fields of HCI, Medical Device Communication, and Neuroscience including a few videos demonstrations. We will also highlight how such low-power communication in combination with in-sensor intelligence is paving the way forward for Secure and Efficient IoB Sensor Nodes. Speaker(s): Prof. Shreyas Sen, Room: BA 1240, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2E4

We’re pleased to invite you to a seminar by Dr. Ahmed Abdellatif from Microchip Technology: This talk will explore the fundamentals of signal integrity (SI) in high-speed applications, with a focus on both frequency- and time-domain analysis. Attendees will gain a foundational understanding of how signal loss, crosstalk, and reflections affect system performance at high data rates. The presentation will also highlight recent advances in packaging techniques for broadband applications, including chiplets and advanced interconnects, and how these innovations help address challenges in high-frequency design. This session aims to bridge the gap between SI fundamentals and modern packaging technologies, offering a comprehensive overview for engineers and students working on broadband systems. At the end of the talk, the speaker will provide a summary of IEEE resources available to students and young professionals in the RF field. Speaker(s): Dr. Ahmed Abdelltif, Room: BA4287, Bldg: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street Toronto, ON, M5S 2E4, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2E4

This talk will explore the fundamentals of signal integrity (SI) in high-speed applications, with a focus on both frequency- and time-domain analysis. Attendees will gain a foundational understanding of how signal loss, crosstalk, and reflections affect system performance at high data rates. The presentation will also highlight recent advances in packaging techniques for broadband applications, including chiplets and advanced interconnects, and how these innovations help address challenges in high-frequency design. This session aims to bridge the gap between SI fundamentals and modern packaging technologies, offering a comprehensive overview for engineers and students working on broadband systems. At the end of the talk, the speaker will provide a summary of IEEE resources available to students and young professionals in the RF field. Speaker(s): Dr. Ahmed Abdelltif, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1

[] Join the IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Joint Chapter for a technical talk presented by Dr. Roya Fallah Firoozi from University of Waterloo. Monday, August 11, 2025 @ 1:00 – 2:00 PM (EST) Abstract: As a robot manipulates 3D objects and navigates within 3D scenes, it requires spatial reasoning to ensure safe planning. Recent advances in 3D scene representation, such as Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) and Gaussian Splatting, provide high-fidelity digital twins of arbitrary real-world environments from multi-view images. In the first part of the talk, Dr. Firoozi will discuss employing these 3D visual fields augmented to 3D vision-language fields using internet-scale semantic representations from Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for open-vocabulary robot planning. As the robot interacts with other dynamic agents in the scene (multi-agent settings), it also requires temporal reasoning to ensure safe interactive planning. In the second part of the talk, Dr. Firoozi will discuss safe and fault-resilient planning techniques across two categories of interactive planning: (i) Model Predictive Control (MPC), where the prediction and planning steps are decoupled, and (ii) more abstract approaches such as game-theoretic planning, where these steps are tightly coupled. While MPC offers computational efficiency, game-theoretic planning enables more complex modeling of agents' preferences and their mutual influences. Speaker(s): Roya Fallah Firoozi, Ph.D., Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487494

Emerging Developments in GHz Engineering (EDGE) 2025 Emerging Developments in GHz Engineering (EDGE) 2025 marks the official inauguration of the IEEE MTT-S Thompson Okanagan Chapter. This full-day event is dedicated to advancing knowledge and collaboration in microwave, RF, and GHz-frequency engineering. EDGE 2025 brings together academic leaders, industry experts, researchers, and students for an engaging program featuring keynote talks, panel discussions, technical sessions, lab tours, and project demonstrations. The summit aims to establish a strong regional hub for innovation and excellence in GHz technologies, providing valuable networking and learning opportunities. The day begins with remarks from the executive members of the IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section, and interim officers of the MTT-S chapter, followed by the formal inauguration ceremony. Attendees will enjoy a range of activities including an industry panel, a Distinguished Microwave Lecture, a Young Professionals talk, and a networking lunch. Lab visits, project demonstrations, and a poster session offer hands-on experiences, while invited talks and industry presentations explore advanced microwave topics. The event concludes with student and technical presentations showcasing innovative research by emerging engineers and scientists. Agenda: Morning Session Time Activity 08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast and Networking 09:00 – 09:50 Welcome Note and Inaugration of IEEE MTT-S Chapter 09:50 – 10:10 Break 10:10 – 11:00 Industry Panel Discussion 11:00 – 11:30 Distinguished Microwave Lecture (DML) Talk 11:30 – 12:00 Young Professionals (YP) Talk 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break --------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Session Time Activity 13:00 – 14:00 Lab Visits / Project Demonstrations 14:00 – 14:30 Invited Talk 14:30 – 15:00 Industry Talk 15:00 – 16:00 Student / Technical Presentations Bldg: UBC Okanagan Engineering, Management and Education Building, 1137 Alumni Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1V 1V7

Emerging Developments in GHz Engineering (EDGE) 2025 Emerging Developments in GHz Engineering (EDGE) 2025 marks the official inauguration of the IEEE MTT-S Thompson Okanagan Chapter. This full-day event is dedicated to advancing knowledge and collaboration in microwave, RF, and GHz-frequency engineering. EDGE 2025 brings together academic leaders, industry experts, researchers, and students for an engaging program featuring keynote talks, panel discussions, technical sessions, lab tours, and project demonstrations. The summit aims to establish a strong regional hub for innovation and excellence in GHz technologies, providing valuable networking and learning opportunities. The day begins with remarks from the executive members of the IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section, and interim officers of the MTT-S chapter, followed by the formal inauguration ceremony. Attendees will enjoy a range of activities including an industry panel, a Distinguished Microwave Lecture, a Young Professionals talk, and a networking lunch. Lab visits, project demonstrations, and a poster session offer hands-on experiences, while invited talks and industry presentations explore advanced microwave topics. The event concludes with student and technical presentations showcasing innovative research by emerging engineers and scientists. Agenda: Morning Session Time Activity 08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast and Networking 09:00 – 09:50 Welcome Note and Inaugration of IEEE MTT-S Chapter 09:50 – 10:10 Break 10:10 – 11:00 Industry Panel Discussion 11:00 – 11:30 Distinguished Microwave Lecture (DML) Talk 11:30 – 12:00 Young Professionals (YP) Talk 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break --------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Session Time Activity 13:00 – 14:00 Lab Visits / Project Demonstrations 14:00 – 14:30 Invited Talk 14:30 – 15:00 Industry Talk 15:00 – 16:00 Student / Technical Presentations Room: EME 0050, Bldg: UBC Okanagan Engineering, Management and Education Building, 1137 Alumni Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada