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DESCRIPTION:This event is designed with the objective to provide Students a
 nd Young Professionals with an opportunity to network with industry\, IEEE
  board members\, and others. An important goal is to bring all stakeholder
 s together to participate in a discussion about the need to adapt/evolve o
 ur current educational/academic system to the ever changing needs of the t
 echnical/industrial ecosystem.\n\nCo-sponsored by: VOLTA\, IEEE Educationa
 l Activities Committee\n\nAgenda: \nStart with Meet-and-Greet: 5:30 pm –
  6:30pm\n\nPresentation by IEEE Educational Activities Committee\, Canada 
 (IEEE EAC): 6:30pm-7:30pm\n\nSpeaker I: Murray MacDonald\n\nTitle: Educati
 onal Activities Outreach with IEEE\n\nSpeaker II: Bob Gill\n\nTitle: I am 
 teaching! Are you learning?\n\nSpeaker III: Witold Kinsner\n\nTitle: Do we
  need a new model for education?\n\nPanel Discussion: Evolving Needs of th
 e Tech Ecosystem\n\nTime: 7:30pm – 8:30pm\n\nModerated by: Dirk Werle (C
 hair\, IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section)\n\nConfirmed Panelists:\n\nIEEE EAC
  Delegate: Dr. Witold Kinsner (Vice-Chair\, IEEE EAC\, Past IEEE Canada Pr
 esident &amp; Professor\, University of Manitoba)\n\nIndustry Delegate: Mike M
 orris (Chief Operating Officer\, Nautel)\n\nAcademic Delegate: Dr. Jean-Fr
 ancois Bousquet (Head of Department\, Electrical &amp; Computer Engg.\, Dalhou
 sie University)\n\nWIE &amp; YP Delegate: Mahsa Bataghva Shahbaz (Ph.D. Candid
 ate\, University of Western Ontario)\n\nWIE &amp; Industry Delegate: Dr. Sue M
 olloy (President\, Glas Ocean Electric)\n\nRECEPTION &amp; Networking: 8:30pm 
 – 9:30pm\n\nRoom: Unit 100\, Bldg: Maritime Centre Building\, Volta\, 15
 05 Barrington Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada\, B3J 3K5
LOCATION:Room: Unit 100\, Bldg: Maritime Centre Building\, Volta\, 1505 Bar
 rington Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada\, B3J 3K5
ORGANIZER:deyasini.majumdar@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:29
SUMMARY:IEEE WIE ILS HALIFAX 2019: Industry-YP-WIE-Academia Networking/Mixe
 r
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/204164
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;This event is designed with the objective 
 to provide Students and Young Professionals with an opportunity to network
  with industry\, IEEE board members\, and others. An important goal is to 
 bring all stakeholders together to participate in a discussion about the n
 eed to adapt/evolve our current educational/academic system to the ever ch
 anging needs of the technical/industrial ecosystem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda:
  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start with Meet-and-Greet: &lt;/strong&gt;5:30 pm &amp;ndash\; 6:3
 0pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presentation by IEEE Educational Activ
 ities Committee\, Canada (IEEE EAC): &lt;/strong&gt;6:30pm-7:30pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stron
 g&gt;Speaker I: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Murray MacDonald&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;Title:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Educational Activities Outreach with IEEE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/st
 rong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker II: &lt;em&gt;Bob Gill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/stron
 g&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;I am teaching! Are you learning?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;
 /strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker III: &lt;em&gt;Witold Kinsner&lt;/
 em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Do we need a new model for e
 ducation?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Panel Discussion:&amp;
 nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Evolving Needs of the Tech Ecosystem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;Time: &lt;/strong&gt;7:30pm &amp;ndash\; 8:30pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderated by:&lt;/st
 rong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dirk Werle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (Chair\, IEEE Canadian Atlantic
  Section)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confirmed Panelists:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;IEEE EAC Delegate: &lt;em&gt;Dr. Witold Kinsner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Vice-Chair\,
  IEEE EAC\, Past IEEE Canada President &amp;amp\; Professor\, University of Ma
 nitoba)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry Delegate: &lt;em&gt;Mike Morris&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (
 Chief Operating Officer\, Nautel)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Academic Delegate:&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dr. Jean-Francois Bousquet &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Head of De
 partment\, Electrical &amp;amp\; Computer Engg.\, Dalhousie University)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WIE &amp;amp\; YP Delegate:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mahsa Bataghva Shah
 baz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (Ph.D. Candidate\, University of Western Ontario)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WIE &amp;amp\; Industry Delegate:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Sue Mollo
 y&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (President\, Glas Ocean Electric)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECEPTION &amp;amp\; Networking:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:30pm &amp;ndas
 h\; 9:30pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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