Symposium Organizing Committee:


EPS Steering Committee:

Dr. Wahab  Almuhtadi,  P. Eng.,  EPS Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Vice Chair, and IEEE Ottawa-Power Engineering Society Chair

Dr. Branislav Djokic, P. Eng.,  EPS Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Chair,  and IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities Chair

Raed Abdullah,  P.  Eng.,  EPS Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Treasurer,  and IEEE  Ottawa-Reliability Society Chair

 Dr. Aidan Foss,  P. Eng., EPS Co-Chair
IEEE  Ottawa Section,

EPS2006 Technical Program Committee:

Raed Abdullah,  P.  Eng.,  EPS2006 Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Treasurer,  and IEEE  Ottawa-Reliability Society Chair

 Dr. Branislav Djokic, P. Eng.,  EPS2006 Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Chair,  and IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities Chair

Dr. Wahab  Almuhtadi,  P. Eng.,  EPS2006 Co-Chair
IEEE Ottawa Section Vice Chair, and IEEE Ottawa-Power Engineering Society Chair

Dr. Aidan Foss,  P. Eng., EPS2006 Co-Chair
IEEE  Ottawa Section,


Secretary and Registration:
Preeti Raman, IEEE Ottawa Section - Women In Engineering Chair

Treasurer:
Dr. Branislav Djokic, P. Eng.,  IEEE Ottawa Section Chair, Educational Activities Chair


Industrial Advisor:
 Dr. Maike Luiken,   IEEE London Section Chair, IEEE Ottawa Section Past Chair

Sponsorship:
Barry de Young, IEEE Ottawa Section
Shaik Dar, IEEE Ottawa Section


Media and Publicity:
Maria Parra, IEEE Ottawa Section
Gail Bouchette, IEEE Ottawa Section


Advertising:
Kris Hammel, IEEE Ottawa Section


Project Management and Business Relations:
John Montgomery, IEEE Ottawa Section



Publication:
Selim Varol, IEEE Ottawa Section


Academia and Student Activities:
Rob Woolley, IEEE Ottawa Section - GOLD Chair
Jason Tang, IEEE Algonquin College Student Branch Chair


Website Design:
Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi, P. Eng., IEEE Ottawa Section Vice Chair, IEEE Ottawa PES Chair

Moderator/Chairperson:

Dr. Bob Hanna, FIEEE, FEIC, President of IEEE Canada and IEEE Director (Region 7), President of RPM Engineering, Ontario, Canada

Grand Opening:

Sara Filbee, Director General, Resource Processing Industries Branch, Industry Canada, Government of Canada

Symposium Speakers and Presenters:


Dr. Adam Chowaniec, P.Eng., Chair, Ontario Research and Innovation Council, Ontario
Colin Clark, SMIEEE, P.Eng., Executive VP and CTO of Brookfield Power

Prof. Dr. Petar Miljanic, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr. Vijay Sood, FIEEE, Researcher, IREQ, Adjunct Professor at Concordia University
Dr. Frank R. Goodman, Jr., Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., California, USA
Prof. Saifur Rahman, Director, Advanced Research Institute ,Virginia Tech, USA
Scott MacDonald, Investment Director, SAM Private Equity
Rob Brandon, P. Eng., Program Manager, Distributed Generation, CANMET, NRCAN
Romano Sironi, P.Eng., Manager, Toronto Hydro, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dale Finney, M. Eng., P. Eng., Applications Engineer, General Electric Multilin, Canada
Darren Finkbeiner, Manager, Market Entry & Analysis, IeSO, Ontario, Canada
Lawrence E. Jones, Ph.D., Account Executive, AREVA T&D, Brockton, MA, USA

Tutorial Speakers and Presenters:

Morris Uremovich, Executive Dean, Faculty of Technology and Trades, Algonquin College
Steve Finnagan, Academic Chair, Electronics & Electro-Mechanical, Algonquin College
Catherine Kerr, Smart Grids Initiative Manager, Industry Canada
Eduardo Chaiquin, CTO of Chaiquin Inc., Ontario
Franz Kropp, P.Eng., Stations Supervisor, Hydro Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Charles Sao, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada