On Friday, September 13, a Welcome Reception at the Fairmont Hotel (LOMBARD ROOM) will be held for all who have arrived. This will be a great opportunity to network with IEEE Canada Executives and other Congress attendees.

07:00 – 07:30 Registration
07:30 – 08:30
LOMBARD ROOM
Breakfast
08:30 – 09:00
WELLINGTON ROOM

Welcome and President’s Remarks
Kick-off:
Dr. Saida Maaroufi, IEEE Region 7 Student Activities Committee Chair
Speaker:
Dr. Tom Murad, President – IEEE Canada

09:00 – 10:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
IEEE Membership Year and Fundraising Strategies for Membership Drives
Speaker:
Ana Laura Gonzalez Rios, IEEE Region 7 Membership Development Committee Chair
10:00 ‐ 11:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
IEEE Volunteer Training: importance of SB/Event reporting, OU analytics
Speaker:
Cosme Loi, Chair, North Saskatchewan Section; IEEE Region 7 vtools Coordinator
11:00 – 11:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
Impact of ChatGPT in Education and Teaching
Speaker:
Prof. Rashed Iqbal Nekvi, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Dept. Brandon University
12:30 – 13:00
WELLINGTON ROOM          
IEEE Canadian Foundation: Student Funding Opportunities for Individuals and Projects
Speakers:
Dr. Wahab AlMuhtadi, IEEE Region 7 President Elect
David Whyte, President – IEEE Canadian Foundation
13:00 – 14:00
LOMBARD ROOM
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
Developing A Meaningful Career As An Engineer
Speaker:
Trina Semenchuk, founder of Little Greenhouse That Could
15:00 – 16:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
How to run successful IEEE student branch
Speakers:
Azfar Adib, Regional Student Representative
Ava Maverick, Vice-Regional Student Representative
16:00 – 16:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
Branch Management: Challenges & Practical Solutions
Speakers:
Azfar Adib, Regional Student Representative
Ava Maverick, Vice-Regional Student Representative
17:00 – 18:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
STEP – Tools for recruitment and recovering members
Speaker:
Ruben Barrera-Michel, MGA SAC Chair 2023
19:00 – 22:00
LOMBARD ROOM
Dinner with IEEE Canada ExCom

Dinner Keynote
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Presenter: Witold Kinsner

Title: Experiential learning and cognitive digital twins for lifelong learning

Abstract
We live in a world that is increasingly technological, connected, inter-dependent, and evolving with a growing number of challenges and conflicts. However, we often behave as if the world was much younger with simple technologies, disconnected, unchanging according to our local understanding, and exploitable without bounds. This talk will focus on how students and IEEE could help develop an improved lifelong experiential learning to cope with some of the challenges of today’s volatile world. We must learn, bring new ideas, and develop symbiotic relations with one another to solve evolving problems in the rising digital transformation, all affirming our sustainable humanity.

Bio for the IEEE Canada Student Congress

Dr Witold Kinsner is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada where he helped establish the Computer Engineering program since the late 1970s.

He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University in the area of computer bubble memories in 1974, and became Assistant Professor at McMaster University and later at McGill University. He was a co-founder and Director of Research of the Industrial Applications of Microelectronics Centre from 1979 to 1987 and spent his sabbatical at National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA, developing resilient computer memories for extreme environments. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Canada.
 
His main research focus is on symbiotic cognitive systems and computing engines for extreme environments. He has authored and co-authored over 880 publications in his research areas, including books and patents, as well as supervised over 80 Post Doctoral Fellows, Doctorate and Master’s graduate students, over 200 undergraduate final-year thesis/capstone project students, and mentored over 35 summer research students. He taught over 200 undergraduate and graduate university courses in computer engineering. He established teams of students to design, build, test, and deploy nano-satellites in 2010. With many colleagues, he has been leading the IEEE Low-Earth Orbit Satellites and Systems (LEO SatS) Initiative of the IEEE Future Directions since 2021. His ORCID number is 0000-0002-6759-1410, and he is Erdös number 2.
 
He is a Fellow of several organizations and has been active in IEEE since 1971, including IEEE R7 (Canada) President / Director 2016-17 (PE 2014-15; PP 2018-19) and IEEE Vice President of Educational Activities 2018, 2019 (IP-VP 2020-22). He is an IEEE HKN Member (Eta Chapter), a member of 10 IEEE Societies, and is serving on many IEEE committees.
06:30 – 07:00
Registration
07:00 – 08:00
LOMBARD ROOM
Breakfast
08:00 – 08:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
How to claim expenses
Speaker:
Murray MacDonald, IEEE Region 7 Treasurer
08:30 – 09:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
Empowering Future Leaders: IEEE Group Mentoring Evolution Project
Speakers:
Dr. Nima Javanbakht, Adjunct Professor, Carleton University
Terry Branch, IEEE Region 7 Life Member Committee Chair
Wolfram Lunscher, IEEE Life Senior Member; Retired spacecraft instrumentation engineer
Carl Zanon, IEEE Life Senior Member
09:30 – 10:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
IEEE SPAx – Student Branch Funding Opportunities
Speaker:
Dr. Adil Usman, Chair for Student Professional Awareness (SPAx) program
10:00 – 10:30
WELLINGTON ROOM
Coffee Break
10:30 -11:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
IEEE-ETA Kappa Nu: Who, What, Why, How?
Speaker:
Nancy Ostin, Director, IEEE-HKN
11:00 -12:00
WELLINGTON ROOM
Hearing from delegates

  • Address any new items
  • Open discussion (Q&A)
  • Feedback forms
12:00 -13:00
LOMBARD ROOM
Lunch