IEEE North Saskatchewan Section Annual Reception and General Meeting
The North Saskatchewan Section of the IEEE will hold its Annual Reception & General Meeting on Friday November 22, 2019 at the Manitoba Room, Saskatoon Inn (2002 Airport Drive) in Saskatoon. You and a guest are invited to a join us for a great meal, an interesting after dinner speaker, and pleasant socializing with fellow members and friends.
This year our guest speaker is Richard Huziak on "15 Years of Dark-sky Preserves in Canada".
There will also be a special presentation for the 2019 IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dr. Roy Billinton.
Costs (must be paid in advance online)
- Grad/Student IEEE Members (and guest): $15 each
- IEEE Members (and guest): $20 each
- Non-members: $40 each
RSVP on or before Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at noon
In order to reserve for both yourself and a guest, you must add a guest to the reservation in vTools. The guest will require an IEEE number to get the member discount and you can use your IEEE number for yourself and one guest. If you are a student without a credit card, please see the Student Branch Chair to reserve a space and pay cash.
This is an election year and so we are looking for nominations for the following positions:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Membership Development
The term is for two years starting January 1, 2020. If you are not able to put your name forward for one of the above positions but would still like to get more engaged with the IEEE NSS, please let us know as we are always looking for volunteers.
Please contact Cinnati Loi (c.loi@ieee.org) if you have any questions.
Important Notes:
- For a vegetarian option or special dietary requirements, please indicate your preference in the Special Requests field of the vTools registration form.
- The business portion of the IEEE North Saskatchewan Section Annual General Meeting will take place at 5:45 pm in the Alberta room. Guests are welcome enjoy the reception at the Manitoba Room while the business meeting is taking place.
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- Date: 22 Nov 2019
- Time: 05:30 PM to 09:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) Canada/Saskatchewan
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- Starts 08 November 2019 12:00 AM
- Ends 20 November 2019 08:00 AM
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Speakers
Richard Huziak
15 Years of Dark-sky Preserves in Canada
The Royal Astronomical Society's Dark-sky Preserve program strives to preserve the darkness of the night sky in parks and natural areas for the benefit of plants, animals and human users. We do this by signing park management agreements to use shielded lighting of appropriate colour and brightness that meets international standards for conservation. We also preserve undeveloped areas to maintain their pristine darkness. Through our efforts, Canada has 26 Dark-sky Preserves, with 3 of these in Saskatchewan. This talk will describe the success of the preserves and the continued threats to them due to the proliferation of light pollution from many unregulated sources.
Biography:
Richard is a researching amateur astronomer and environmentalist. Although he’d rather be studying stars, he has instead been addressing light pollution concerns in Saskatchewan over the last decade as the chair of the Saskatchewan Light Pollution Abatement Committee. His work in light pollution abatement prompted the Saskatchewan Eco-Network to name Richard a Saskatchewan Environmental Champion and awarded him the Environmental Activist Individual Award in 2007.
He has been instrumental in the designation of the Cypress Hills Inter-provincial Park as a Dark-Sky Preserve in 2004 and the Beaver Hills Dark-sky Preserve at Elk Island, Alberta in 2006. In 2009, Grasslands National Park was designated as a Dark-sky Preserve, and on the same day, endangered nocturnal Black-footed Ferrets were reintroduced into the park.
At about the same time, Richard successfully lobbied Saskatoon City Council to adopt a Dark-Sky Policy, which has been including in the City’s green-house-gas reduction plan.
He continues to advise various levels of government and organizations on light pollution abatement to reduce light trespass, energy waste, and environmental degradation. For this work, and for research and public education in astronomy, the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after him. It is called “4143 Huziak”.
Richard lives in Saskatoon and works as a Manufacturing Engineering Technologist as his regular day job.
Agenda
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Cocktails (Cash Bar) (Manitoba Room)
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM Annual General Meeting (Alberta Room)
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM Delicious plate service dinner (Manitoba Room)
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM Main Program (Manitoba Room)
- Recognitions and Awards
- Keynote Presentation "15 Years of Dark-sky Preserves in Canada", Richard Huziak
8:45 PM - 9:30 PM Networking (Manitoba Room)