IEEE PES/IAS Northern Canada Chapter

Events 2004

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May 20, 2004
9:00 PM

The IEEE Northern Canada PES/IAS Chapter has invited Dr. Wilsun Xu of University of Alberta to offer a 1-day tutorial. Come to join us in this technical session entitled "Power System Fundamentals for Distributed Generation and Power Quality Assessment" on June 12, 2004, 8:30AM to 2:00PM at University of Alberta, ETLC building, Room E1-018.

Details of this tutorial can be found here. IAS/PES members will also be e-mailed all the details. Please respond before Wednesday, June 9, 2004 by sending email to nsarker@shaw.ca.

May 20, 2004
9:00 PM

The IEEE IAS 2008 Conference will be held in Edmonton, Canada. Great technical program as well as Rockies tours are being planned. Regarding this event, Dr. Mark Nelms, the chair of IEEE IAS Annual Meeting Steering Committee and Ms. Wendy Acevedo of Courtesy Associates visited Edmonton from April 29 to May 2, 2004. They paid a visit to the Shaw Conference Centre and the Westin Hotel to assess their facilities for the conference. It is decided that the conference will be held at the Westin Hotel.

Dr. Nelms, Ms. Acevedo and the Chapter also interviewed three local companies to arrange touristic tours before and after the conference. Two companies were selected for the local and out of town tours respectively.

 

May 20, 2004
9:00 PM

The IEEE Northern Canada PES/IAS Chapter will hold the 2007 IEEE IAS I&CPS Conference in Edmonton, Canada. The venue of this event will be at the Fantasyland Hotel or the Sutton Place Hotel. More information will be available after the details are finalized. 

May 19, 2004
5:30 PM

Dr. Mark Nelms from Auburn University was prepared to gave an interesting talk on April 29, 2004 about The Solar Decathlon. Unfortunately, he missed his plane connection due to an electrical malfunction of his first plane. The PES/IAS Chapter members had a nice social event instead.

Jan 23 , 2004
8:00 PM

Happy New Year to all and Happy Year of the Monkey as well. Your IAS/PES have been busy getting ready for the upcoming AGM. The nominations for this years committee have been approved and can be viewed here. Come out and help shape the future of IAS/PES by giving your input to the new executive.

We are also pleased to announce that Dr. Don Koval will be giving a talk at the AGM about the Blackout that effected Eastern Canada and the United States last year. A summary of his talk can be found here (doc).

The AGM, elections of the 2004 officers, and talk by Dr. Don Koval:

Date: February 5, 2004
Time: 6:00PM
Place: U of A Faculty Club
          9307 - 116 Street (
map)
          2nd floor

June 12, 2004

Tutorial: Power System Fundamentals for Distributed Generation and Power Quality Assessment Date: Saturday, June 12, 2004, Time: 8:30AM ~ 2:00PMSpeaker: Dr. Wilsun Xu, Ph.D. P.Eng., University of Alberta

April 29, 2004

PES/IAS Social Event: April 29, 2004, Westin Hotel, Edmonton, Canada.

Febuary 5, 2004,

IEEE NCS IAS/PES Anual General Confrence (AGM)Speaker: Dr. Don Koval, University of Alberta. Febuary 5, 2004, U of A Faculty Club, Edmonton, Canada.