BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250619T200306Z UID:3DD8DFC0-881C-49E2-9E6A-CEA1232376ED DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250619T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250619T140000 DESCRIPTION:This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.\n\nThis series of presentations ha s been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised t o the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG ) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) i s using their national organization to provide information\, the subject a nd speaker to members across Canada.\n\nThe next meeting will be held on T hursday\, June 19\, 2025. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Ea stern)\, with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EDT). The meetin g will be held via the Zoom platform with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday\, June 18 If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, tcmadsen@t elus.net\, before noon on Wednesday\, June 18.\n\nPlease note the meeting originates in Alberta which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you are i n another province you must account any necessary time shift.\n\nTitle: Fr om Geothermal to Vertical Farming: An Engineer’s Journey into Food Secur ity and AgTech Innovation\n\nPresenter: Shlok Srivastava\, P.Eng.\n\nSumma ry: With rising climate volatility\, energy constraints\, and supply chain disruptions\, Canada faces an urgent need to develop resilient\, locally grown food systems. In this talk\, Shlok Srivastava\, P.Eng.\, shares a co mpelling journey that began with a geothermal feasibility study at the Can adian Energy Centre and evolved into a bold venture in year-round strawber ry production within a total controlled environment facility in Edmonton\, Alberta.\n\nThis transformation gave rise to GroHERE Harvest Ltd.\, an ag ri-tech company at the intersection of engineering\, sustainability\, and food innovation. The team recently repurposed an ex-cannabis facility into Alberta’s first commercial-scale vertical strawberry farm\, marking a b reakthrough for the Prairies.\n\nAttendees will get a behind-the-scenes lo ok at the engineering challenges and breakthroughs of shifting from the en ergy sector to advanced food production — offering a fresh perspective o n how Canada can reimagine its agricultural future and emerge as a net pro ducer of premium fresh produce.\n\nBio: Shlok Srivastava\, P.Eng. is the D irector of Operations at GroHERE Harvest Ltd.\, an agri-tech company advan cing vertical farming for year-round strawberry production in Alberta. Wit h over eight years of experience across the energy and agricultural sector s\, Shlok has led innovative projects at the intersection of engineering\, sustainability\, and food security. His technical expertise spans O&G res ervoir analysis\, HVAC design\, industrial energy audits\, and data analyt ics. At GroHERE\, he oversees engineering\, QA/QC\, and crop analytics\, e nabling high-efficiency cultivation within a fully controlled environment. Shlok is deeply committed to applying engineering innovation to strengthe n local food systems and foster collaboration among industry\, government\ , and regulatory partners.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/48 7614 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487614 ORGANIZER:jimellis@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:From Geothermal to Vertical Farming: An Engineer’s Journey into F ood Security and AgTech Innovation URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487614 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetic a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">This is a join t meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Af finity Groups.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\ , sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">This series of p resentations has been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being al so advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affin ity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members dep ending upon the topic.&nbsp\; At the same time the Canadian Society of Sen ior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national organization to provide infor mation\, the subject and speaker to members across Canada.</span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt \; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">The next meeting will be held on Thursday\, Ju ne 19\, 2025. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MDT (2:30pm Eastern)\, wit h the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EDT). The meeting will be he ld via the Zoom platform with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday\, June 18 If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom inv ite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, <a style="color: rgb(0 \, 0\, 0)\;" href="mailto:tcmadsen@telus.net" target="_blank" rel="noopene r">tcmadsen@telus.net</a>\, before noon on Wednesday\, June 18.</span></p> \n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-bottom -alt: auto\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; f ont-size: 14pt\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Please note the meeting originates in Alberta which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you are i n another province you must account any necessary time shift.&nbsp\; </str ong></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;"><strong> <span style="line-height: 107%\;">Title:&nbsp\;</span><span style="line-he ight: 107%\;"><span style="color: black\;">From Geothermal to Vertical Far ming: An Engineer&rsquo\;s Journey into Food Security and AgTech Innovatio n</span></span></strong></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="fon t-size: 14pt\; line-height: 107%\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: ar ial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Presenter:</strong>&nbsp\;<span st yle="color: black\;">Shlok Srivastava\, P.Eng.</span></span></p>\n<p class ="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0 \, 0)\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="line-h eight: 107%\;"><strong>Summary:</strong> &nbsp\;</span></span><span style= "font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">With rising climate volatility\, energy constraints\, and supply chain disruptions\, Canada faces an urgent need to develop resilient\, locally grown food syst ems. In this talk\, Shlok Srivastava\, P.Eng.\, shares a compelling journe y that began with a geothermal feasibility study at the Canadian Energy Ce ntre and evolved into a bold venture in year-round strawberry production w ithin a total controlled environment facility in Edmonton\, Alberta.</span ></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-m argin-bottom-alt: auto\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-family: aria l\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">This transformation gave rise to GroHERE Harvest Ltd.\, an agri-tech company at the intersection of eng ineering\, sustainability\, and food innovation. The team recently repurpo sed an ex-cannabis facility into Alberta&rsquo\;s first commercial-scale v ertical strawberry farm\, marking a breakthrough for the Prairies.</span>< /p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-family: aria l\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">Attendees will get a behind-t he-scenes look at the engineering challenges and breakthroughs of shifting from the energy sector to advanced food production &mdash\; offering a fr esh perspective on how Canada can reimagine its agricultural future and em erge as a net producer of premium fresh produce.</span></p>\n<p class="Mso Normal"><span style="font-size: 14pt\; line-height: 107%\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><str ong>Bio:</strong>&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; font-famil y: 'Verdana'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-th eme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-ansi -language: EN-CA\; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\ ;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-family: Aptos\, serif\; color: blac k\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Shlok Sri vastava\, P.Eng. is the Director of Operations at GroHERE Harvest Ltd.\, a n agri-tech company advancing vertical farming for year-round strawberry p roduction in Alberta. With over eight years of experience across the energ y and agricultural sectors\, Shlok has led innovative projects at the inte rsection of engineering\, sustainability\, and food security. His technica l expertise spans O&amp\;G reservoir analysis\, HVAC design\, industrial e nergy audits\, and data analytics. At GroHERE\, he oversees engineering\, QA/QC\, and crop analytics\, enabling high-efficiency cultivation within a fully controlled environment. Shlok is deeply committed to applying engin eering innovation to strengthen local food systems and foster collaboratio n among industry\, government\, and regulatory partners</span>.</span></sp an></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.0cm\; text-inde nt: -3.0cm\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 16. 0pt 3.0cm\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="margin: 0cm\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class=" MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font- size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-vari ant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-feature-sett ings: normal\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-variation-settings: normal \; min-height: 12px\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR