BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170802T230454Z UID:F3C9FF58-E5B6-11E7-833E-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20170425T173000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20170425T213000 DESCRIPTION:Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineerin g\, focused on the design\, management\, and analysis of complex engineeri ng projects and systems over their entire life cycle. Systems engineering is applicable to many disciplines of engineering and is sometimes regarded as a discipline in itself. This field deals with issues such as robustnes s\, reliability\, safety\, maintainability\, manufacturability\, risk mana gement\, requirements management\, systems of systems\, and more. An under standing of the systems engineering approach is important in all engineeri ng disciplines and work in this field is rewarding\, challenging\, and exc iting. This event was planned to give attendees the opportunity to explore systems engineering through the eyes of the practitioners and discover ho w this exciting field has shaped their careers.\n\nThe event started off w ith a cocktail reception where all the conference attendees and speakers a long with the IEEE Young Professionals members from Montreal Section came together to have the networking session. The reception was was anticipated by Ophir Kendler and Teresa Pace and there were approximately more than 7 0 members who attended in this session and the networking event came in wi th many national and international experts from the conference itself\, wh o made this session more beneficial for all. A special thanks goes to the IEEE Systems Council\, The IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society\, a nd IEEE Young Professionals for organizing such reception at the conferenc e venue\n\nFollowed by the reception was the IEEE Young Professional's Pan el Session on "Systems Engineering covering the Career Perspectives of Exp erienced Professionals" from the domain of complex systems engineering. Th e panel was initiated by the panel chair himself – Bob Rassa\, Director\ , Engineering Programs at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems\, who started off with a very engaging idea of what the young generation think about the system engineering itself and what it actually is in a lot more interacti ve way with his audiences.\n\nFollowed by Bob Rassa\, we got the chance to know about Dr. Amy Pinchuk\, president and founder of InField Scientific Inc. where she specializes on the electromagnetic compatibility and interf erence (EMC/EMI)\, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3)\, Radiation Hazards (RADHAZ)\, and computational electromagnetic analysis. She is the current IEEE Montreal Section Chair\, and is also the author of several ch ildren's books which focus on engineering for youngsters. She started off describing what her company is and what it does. Her main giveaway in this session was about her experience of how she got along with the company in her earlier career life and how she developed herself into such a powerfu l role model in this corporate world.\n\nThe third and final speaker was W alt Downing\, Executive Vice President of Southwest Research Institute. He covered the topics in Applied Research and Development of Complex Systems which are mostly projected in the region of deep sea and deep space. He a lso discussed the multidisciplinary mixture and the technical divisions re quired by the companies who needs to run for such professional field. And since as he has been through such profession\, he ended the session sharin g suggestions for career development from his personal experiences.\n\nThe panel came to an end with a prolonged session of questions and answers fr om a lot of young and curious minds among the audiences. The guest speaker s were more than happy to discuss and elaborate further onto the questions with such stimulating environment. Later on the session ended with a huge round of applause from the crowd and greeted with appreciation by the hos ting organizing members of IEEE Young Professionals from Montreal Section. \n\nAGENDA\n17:30 – 18:30 IEEE SysCon 2017 Networking Reception\n18:30 – 18:40 Address by Ophir Kendler\, Young Professionals Representative\, IEEE Systems Council\n18:40 – 18:50 Address by Teresa Pace\, President\, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)\n18:50 – 20:00 Pan el Session by Bob Rassa\, Amy Pinchuk and Walt Downing\n20:00 – 20:30 Q& A with the Panelists\n\nCo-sponsored by: Montreal Young Professionals Affi nity Group\n\nSpeaker(s): Bob Rassa\, Amy Pinchuk\n\nMontreal\, Quebec\, C anada LOCATION:Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada ORGANIZER:yp.ieee.mtl@gmail.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Legacy Report] Perspectives of a Career in Systems Engineering URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/150280 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Systems en gineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering\, focused on the de sign\, management\, and analysis of complex engineering projects and syste ms over their entire life cycle. Systems engineering is applicable to many disciplines of engineering and is sometimes regarded as a discipline in i tself. This field deals with issues such as robustness\, reliability\, saf ety\, maintainability\, manufacturability\, risk management\, requirements management\, systems of systems\, and more. An understanding of the syste ms engineering approach is important in all engineering disciplines and wo rk in this field is rewarding\, challenging\, and exciting. This event was planned to give attendees the opportunity to explore systems engineering through the eyes of the practitioners and discover how this exciting field has shaped their careers.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"> The event started off with a cocktail reception where all the conference a ttendees and speakers along with the IEEE Young Professionals members from Montreal Section came together to have the networking session. The recept ion was was anticipated by Ophir Kendler and Teresa Pace and there were ap proximately more than 70 members who attended in this session and the netw orking event came in with many national and international experts from the conference itself\, who made this session more beneficial for all. A spec ial thanks goes to the IEEE Systems Council\, The IEEE Aerospace &amp\; El ectronic Systems Society\, and IEEE Young Professionals for organizing suc h reception at the conference venue</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Followed by the reception was the IEEE Young Professional's Panel Session on "Systems Engineering covering the Career Perspectives of Exper ienced Professionals" from the domain of complex systems engineering. The panel was initiated by the panel chair himself &ndash\; Bob Rassa\, Direct or\, Engineering Programs at Raytheon Space &amp\; Airborne Systems\, who started off with a very engaging idea of what the young generation think a bout the system engineering itself and what it actually is in a lot more i nteractive way with his audiences.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Followed by Bob Rassa\, we got the chance to know about Dr. Amy Pi nchuk\, president and founder of InField Scientific Inc. where she special izes on the electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC/EMI)\, ele ctromagnetic environmental effects (E3)\, Radiation Hazards (RADHAZ)\, and computational electromagnetic analysis. She is the current IEEE Montreal Section Chair\, and is also the author of several children's books which f ocus on engineering for youngsters. She started off describing what her co mpany is and what it does. Her main giveaway in this session was about her experience of how she got along with the company in her earlier career li fe and how she developed herself into such a powerful role model in this c orporate world.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="f ont-size: 12pt\;">The third and final speaker was Walt Downing\, Executive Vice President of Southwest Research Institute. He covered the topics in Applied Research and Development of Complex Systems which are mostly proje cted in the region of deep sea and deep space. He also discussed the multi disciplinary mixture and the technical divisions required by the companies who needs to run for such professional field. And since as he has been th rough such profession\, he ended the session sharing suggestions for caree r development from his personal experiences.</span></p>\n<p><span style="f ont-size: 12pt\;">The panel came to an end with a prolonged session of que stions and answers from a lot of young and curious minds among the audienc es. The guest speakers were more than happy to discuss and elaborate furth er onto the questions with such stimulating environment. Later on the sess ion ended with a huge round of applause from the crowd and greeted with ap preciation by the hosting organizing members of IEEE Young Professionals f rom Montreal Section. &nbsp\; </span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style= "font-size: 12pt\;"><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>AGENDA</strong><br /> </span><span class="fontstyle0">17:30 &ndash\; 18:30 </span><span class="f ontstyle2">IEEE SysCon 2017 Networking Reception<br /></span><span class=" fontstyle0">18:30 &ndash\; 18:40 </span><span class="fontstyle2">Address b y Ophir Kendler\, Young Professionals Representative\, IEEE Systems Counci l<br /></span><span class="fontstyle0">18:40 &ndash\; 18:50 </span><span c lass="fontstyle2">Address by Teresa Pace\, President\, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)<br /></span><span class="fontstyle0">18: 50 &ndash\; 20:00 </span><span class="fontstyle2">Panel Session by&nbsp\;B ob Rassa\, Amy Pinchuk and&nbsp\;Walt Downing<br /></span><span class="fon tstyle0">20:00 &ndash\; 20:30 </span><span class="fontstyle2">Q&amp\;A wit h the Panelists</span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR