Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

November 4, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. . Dr. Michal Okoniewski, Professor at the University of Calgary, presents a seminar entitled "RF-MEMS and Antenna Research in the Applied Electromagnetics Group at the University of Calgary" organized by our Electromagnetics & Radiation chapter. Click for details November 10, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. IEEE Power Engineering Chapter Dinner Meeting (Special Invitation to PES Fellows and PES SMs) 7:30 p.m. PEO Seminar on "Smart Electricity Meters" organized by the Toronto Duffering PEO chapter.Click for details November 14, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Benny Bing, Associate Director, Georgia Tech Broadband Institute presents a seminar entitled "Broadband Wireless Access - The Next Wireless Revolution" organized by our Communications chapter.Click for details

Upcoming Courses   Now is the time to register if you have not done so.

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Upcoming Conferences

The 19th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering will be held May 7-10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario. Click here for details.

The Engineering Institute of Canada Conference on Climate Change Technology: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century will be held May 9-12, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario. Please visit their web site for full details

The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo will be held July 9-12, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Hilton hotel. Click here for details

The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems will be held September 17-20, 2006 in Toronto at the Marrott Downtown hotel. Click here for details.

The 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology will be held September 28-9, 2006 in Toronto at the Renaissance Downtown hotel.Click here for details.

Section News

IEEE Toronto 2005 Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner - Highlights

The event kicked off with Dr. Kostas Plataniotis opening remarks to approximately 80 IEEE Toronto members followed by a 3 course dinner.Later on, Richard Marceau - Provost of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology - the guest speaker for the AGM introduced the UOIT to the audiance , and briefly outlined the mission and vission of UOIT.Subsequently, Bill Kennedy presented IEEE Canada President present the IEEE Canada W.S. Read Outstanding Service Award to Miro Forest and the Sustaining Friend of IEEE Regional Activities Award to the University of Toronto

Also Congratulations to:
- Tina Tahmoures-Zadeh (U of T) and Ricky Leung of Ryerson University for the IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. Robert T.H. Alden Scholarship.
- Ed Lovrek IEEE Toronto Section Chapter Chair of the Year.

Please welcome the new slate of the IEEE Toronto Section Executive as they assume their responsiblities.

- Chair: Alagan Anpalagan.
- Vice Chair: Alex Bot.
- Secretary-Treasurer: Pelle Westlind.

Thank you, Dr.Kostas Plataniotis and Mr.Dennis Cecic for your leadership to the IEEE Toronto Section for the year 2004-2005.

A Photographic Record of the evening

UOIT Provost Richard Marceau

Section Chair Kostas Plataniotis

Nominations Chair Bob Hanna

Bob Hanna and Kostas Plataniotis

Bob Hanna and Al Wallis

Wally Read and Miro Forest

Gordon Slemon and Bill Kennedy

Bob Alden and Ricky Leung

Ed Lovrek and Kostas Plataniotis

Bill Kennedy

Kostas Plataniotis, Bob Hanna, and Bill Kennedy

IEEE Toronto WIE Affinity mentoring event report.

September 8th,2005 : The IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering Affinity group held a spectacular and very informative Mentoring Event.Heidi Lui, Member, IEEE Toronto Section attended this event for the first time and this is what she said "It was my first time attending a IEEE event. It was better than I expected. The environment was intimate, since there weren't many people. And I actually got some good advice from people The best part was mentoring one on one, since I could ask questions specific to my needs. I would definitely attend another mentoring meeting, or anything that would be relevant to me."
Mentoring has it's roots from Greek Mythology when Odysseus left his son Telemachus under the guidance of to a man named Mentor, before enlisting for the Trojan War. The WIE Affinty group's meeting this fall centered around the theme of "Mentoring" with a goal to bring talent, knowledge and experience to its audiance through a medium of shared learning and expereince.
The WIE Affinity group hosted 26 people from various walks of professional life.Visda Vokhshoori, WIE Affinity Toronto chair kicked off the event and introduced the fist guest speaker, Dr. Robert Hanna, IEEE Canada President Elect who shared his experiences through his path to success.He emphasized that it was not just his strong knowledge of fundamentals of the engineering but his abilty to communicate effectively too that led him to acheive success. Later on,Mr. Michael Alexander - the author of "How to Inherit Money", (HarperCollins, 97) spoke on the differences between Canadians and Americans as applied to the role of the individual in the workplace and reflected these difference on the theme of mentoring.He also related these difference to an interesting topic - Competing Against America: Why Canada Has Fallen Behind in the Race for Talent and Wealth (and What to do About It)from his much aclaimed book. Subsequently,Ms.Jill Andrew-Director of Jam Productions & Boutique Communications, and Metor Newspaper Workology Columnist, provided the audience with practical tips on how one can utilize tools such as resumes, references, society membership and networking events to promote herself/himself and achieve the goals. for our Women In Engineering Group    For more information on the mentoring event, please contact Visda

Visda Vokhshoori,Jill Andrew & Michael Alexander

The audience

Member News

We would like to pass our heart felt condolences to Mr.LAWRENCE 'MAC' 'LARRY' MCCALL 's family on his passing away. Mr.Larry McCall was a Fellow and life-time member of I.E.E.E., Member of the Knights of Columbus, Marion Council and Bishop Redding Assembly of the 4th Degree, and an active member of the P .E.O.

Please welcome Mr.Patrick Finnigan as the New Acting Chair of Life Members Chapter.He has been a distinguished IEEE - Memeber for the past 23 years. Click here to for Details.

IEEE News

IEEE-USA Seeks EWeek “New Faces of Engineering” Nominees.

WASHINGTON,27th October, 2005 The “New Faces of Engineering” program strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and impact on society. The campaign is designed to enhance and improve the image of engineers. Nominees must be 30 or younger, have an engineering degree from a recognized educational institution and be IEEE members. Click here to nominate someone.

2006 IEEE President-Elect Candidates Speak to the Issues

10th OCtober,2005. -- At a forum hosted by the IEEE Philadelphia Section, the candidates for 2006 IEEE President-Elect offered their views on various issues concerning the IEEE, including outsourcing, continuing education, free access to IEEE publications and more. The candidates, Leah H. Jamieson, Gerald H. Peterson, and James M. Tien, answered written questions from audience members concerning these and other issues.

Membership

Future Senior Members of the IEEE Toronto Section   Have you been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years?   You should be an IEEE Senior Member.   Need help in obtaining your three references?   We will help you - just contact Alex , our membership chair.   Please click this link to find out the advantages, the requirements, and an explanation of the process including key links to apply online.

Volunteers Invited

Volunteering a few hours a month is a very rewarding experience - we have a great group of about 45 volunteers who contribute to the smooth running of our Section - by distributing the workload over many Section members, the individual load is kept small - we are looking for a few additional members to help out in the following specific areas:

- Vice Chair & Secretary for our Women In Engineering Group    If you are interested, please contact Visda

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