BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221006T132433Z UID:9163CF5C-7F7D-4024-BAA3-744984B0E110 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T153000 DESCRIPTION:Join us in Canada wide IEEE Day 2022 celebration event which is hosted by active affinity groups and student branches across the Canada. The whole community in Canada have an opportunity to connect with IEEE Pre sident and participate in a virtual talk given by President and vice presi dent. This year we also have a special guest from Montreal Section who wil l give a talk in French language and this is the first time that we are ma king this event bilingual. We sincerely invite all students\, IEEE members \, individuals and professionals across the Canada to join us and celebrat e this annual occasion.\n\n[Rob.jpg]\n\nModerator: ROBERT L. ANDERSON\, P. Eng\, Director of IEEE Region 7\n\nRob is Smart Grid Engineer at Itron Inc .\, a world leader in metering equipment and information management soluti ons for electric\, gas and water utilities. He performs engineering tasks as part of Itron’s Global Solutions Delivery Group. In his role he uses business process re-engineering to develop technical solutions and managem ent processes for the implementation of systems or enterprise-wide solutio ns using Itron’s hardware and software products. He is currently working as a Smart Grid Engineer in Itron’s Distributed Intelligence Center of Excellence. Prior to joining Itron\, Rob had a brief stint working with Al berta Department Energy working in Transmission Line Regulation. While he was an independent consultant\, he formed SIMMARIX\, an independent Meter Data Management and Consulting Organization. Rob also spent 11 years worki ng for ENMAX Corporation\, the electric utility for his home city of Calga ry. During his eleven-years at ENMAX\, he held numerous positions with inc reasing responsibility in management\, customer service\, engineering\, an d contracts management. Rob is active in the engineering profession. His v olunteer activities include IEEE volunteer of 30+ years\, APEGA Mentoring Program mentor\, speaking with U-Calgary new engineering students about ca reers and regularly judges at science fairs and student project/paper comp etitions.\n\nSpeaker(s): Jason Gu\, ANADER BENYAMIN-SEEYAR\n\nAgenda: \nAl l times are EST.\n\n02:00 PM - 02:05 PM : Opening remarks and welcome by R obert L. Anderson\, IEEE R7 Director\n\n02:05 PM - 02:30 PM : Talk by Jaso n Gu\, Vice-President\, IEEE R7 (English Presentation)\n\n02:30 PM - 02:55 PM: Talk by Anader Benyamin-Seeyar\, IEEE COMSOC\, Montreal Section (Fren ch Presentation)\n\n02:55 PM - 03:05 PM: Q & A\n\nVirtual: https://events. vtools.ieee.org/m/325135 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325135 ORGANIZER:m.naslcheraghi@gmail.com SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:IEEE Day 2022 - Canada Wide (Virtual) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325135 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Join us in Can ada wide IEEE Day 2022 celebration event which is hosted by active affinit y groups and student branches across the Canada. The whole community in Ca nada have an opportunity to connect with IEEE President and participate in a virtual talk given by President and vice president. This year we also h ave a special guest from Montreal Section who will give a talk in French l anguage and this is the first time that we are making this event bilingual . We sincerely invite all students\, IEEE members\, individuals and profes sionals across the Canada to join us and celebrate this annual occasion.<b r /><br /></span></p>\n<p class="p1">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://tin ypic.host/images/2022/10/04/Rob.jpg" alt="Rob.jpg" width="170" height="227 " border="0" /></p>\n<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Moderator:</st rong> ROBERT L. ANDERSON\, P.Eng\, Director of IEEE Region 7<br /><br />Ro b is Smart Grid Engineer at Itron Inc.\, a world leader in metering equipm ent and information management solutions for electric\, gas and water util ities. He performs engineering tasks as part of Itron&rsquo\;s Global Solu tions Delivery Group. In his role he uses business process re-engineering to develop technical solutions and management processes for the implementa tion of systems or enterprise-wide solutions using Itron&rsquo\;s hardware and software products. He is currently working as a Smart Grid Engineer i n Itron&rsquo\;s Distributed Intelligence Center of Excellence. Prior to j oining Itron\, Rob had a brief stint working with Alberta Department Energ y working in Transmission Line Regulation. While he was an independent con sultant\, he formed SIMMARIX\, an independent Meter Data Management and Co nsulting Organization. Rob also spent 11 years working for ENMAX Corporati on\, the electric utility for his home city of Calgary. During his eleven- years at ENMAX\, he held numerous positions with increasing responsibility in management\, customer service\, engineering\, and contracts management . Rob is active in the engineering profession. His volunteer activities in clude IEEE volunteer of 30+ years\, APEGA Mentoring Program mentor\, speak ing with U-Calgary new engineering students about careers and regularly ju dges at science fairs and student project/paper competitions.<br /></span> </p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>All times are EST. </strong></p>\ n<p><br /><strong>02:00 PM - 02:05&nbsp\; PM :</strong> Opening remarks an d welcome by Robert L. Anderson\, IEEE R7 Director</p>\n<p><strong>02:05 P M - 02:30 PM : </strong>Talk by Jason Gu\, Vice-President\, IEEE R7&nbsp\; (English Presentation)</p>\n<p><strong>02:30 PM - 02:55 PM: </strong>Talk by Anader Benyamin-Seeyar\, IEEE COMSOC\, Montreal Section (French Presen tation)</p>\n<p><strong>02:55 PM - 03:05 PM:</strong> Q &amp\; A</p>\n<p>& nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR