BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250712T184342Z UID:E6339EAE-311C-4A1F-8860-0D7DDB567DA9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T193000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Affinity Group Inauguration \n\nDate: Thursday\, July 10th\, 2025\nTime: 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm\nLocation : HS 101 and in Zoom\, Okanagan College\n\nRegister here to access Zoom: [ https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172.](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m /489172)\n\nBios:\n\nWolfram Lunscher (https://life.ieee.org/meet-lm-commi ttee-member-wolfram-lunscher/):\n\nWolfram has been an IEEE member since h is engineering undergraduate years in the late 1970s. However\, his father was a member before him. So\, IEEE has been a part of his life\, and he ’s been reading Spectrum for almost as long as he can remember. Since hi s retirement\, he has been involved as a volunteer with the Ottawa\, Canad a section\, assisting with local conference organizations\, leading STEM O utreach\, and serving as a Life Member. Professionally\, Wolfram is a reti red spacecraft instrumentation engineer with a B.Sc. in physics (’74) fr om the University of Toronto and a B.A.Sc (’80) and M.A.Sc. (’83) in e lectrical engineering from the University of British Columbia. He first jo ined the Canadian space industry in 1987\, pursuing a diverse range of pro jects with companies such as Com Dev\, EMS Technologies and Canadian Astro nautics Ltd. These include data communication hardware flying on the Inter national Space Station\, a patented tracking algorithm developed for optic al satellite communication that has been adapted to control the James Webb Space Telescope\, and a radio science instrument aboard Canada’s CASSIO PE spacecraft.\n\nHe is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of A eronautics and Astronautics\, a Life Senior Member of the IEEE (currently serving as the Canada-wide coordinator of the IEEE life members)\, a PMI P roject Management Professional\, and currently a mentor for the Zenith Can ada Pathways Foundation.\n\n[Wolfram Lunscher]\n\nS. Carl Zanon:\n\nIn Nov ember 2019\, Carl Zanon joined the Vancouver Section and the Thompson Okan agan Section in 2025 as its new Chair of the Life Member Affinity Groups. Carl graduated from UBC’s Class of 1959 in Engineering. He has an extens ive background in electrical engineering\, consulting\, and senior managem ent. Throughout his career\, Carl held positions in five provinces and wor ked abroad in Massachusetts. His leadership experience makes him well-suit ed for his new role in the IEEE Vancouver Section.\n\nIn 1990\, he co-auth ored a book\, “Advancing Production Management with Standard Cost and Op erational Analysis. After Carl retired from Western Star Trucks in 2001\, he entered the consulting field with the Business Development Bank of Cana da. He instructed the Situational Leadership Series at Okanagan College fr om 2002 to 2016.\n\nHe attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Ju ne 1953\, representing BC (Nelson) in the 12 Sea Cadet Contingent. The you ng cadets sailed from Halifax on the carrier HMCS Magnificent. He enrolled in the UNTD Navy program at UBC and was commissioned in 1958.\n\nLjiljana Trajkovic:\n\nLjiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from the University of Pristina\, Yugoslavia\, the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engi neering and computer engineering from Syracuse University\, Syracuse\, NY\ , and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ca lifornia at Los Angeles. She is currently a professor in the School of Eng ineering Science\, Simon Fraser University\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, Canada. Her research interests include communication networks and dynamica l systems. Dr. Trajkovic served as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director\, Pre sident of the IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society\, and President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She serves as Editor-in-Chief o f the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. She is a Distinguished L ecturer of the IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society and was a Dist inguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She is a Fell ow of the IEEE.\n\nKristina Cormier:\n\nKristina Cormier is a fourth-year Computer Science student at Okanagan College. She has always been curious about science and technology. Recently\, she has discovered a passion for data analysis and machine learning algorithms. Kristina is the Chair of th e Okanagan College IEEE Student Branch. She coordinates with her team to h elp organize events and volunteering. Kristina truly enjoys mentoring\, me eting new people and discovering new opportunities.\n\nDylan Huitema:\n\nD ylan is a third-year Computer Science student with an enthusiasm for cyber security. An active IEEE member\, Dylan is passionate about bridging techn ology and education and is currently working toward developing and researc hing engaging educational cybersecurity games. His research aims to increa se cybersecurity awareness and build critical thinking skills through inte ractive\, immersive learning experiences.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Computer Sci ence Department\, Okanagan College\n\nAgenda: \n- The IEEE Thompson-Okanag an Life Members (LM) Affinity Group (LMAG) Introduction (5:00 pm – 5:30 pm)\n- S. Carl Zanon\, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Affinity Group Chair\n- Y. Khmelevsky\, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Section (IEEE TOK) Chair\n - Student Branch Mentor Proposal - Skills Rubric (http://www.okanagan.ieee .ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1-scaled.jpg)\n- Proposal for the IEEE Life Members Committee’s Consideration – John Day\, 31 March 2025 (http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Proposal-IEE E-Student-Branch-Mentors-conv.pdf)\n\n- Guest Speaker\, Wolfram Lunscher\, R7 LM Coordinator (5:30 pm – 6:00 pm)\n- Introducing the benefits and g oals of LMAG formation to the life members of the TOK section.\n\n- Guest Speaker\, Ljiljana Trajkovic\, Ph.D.\, P.Eng.\, FIEEE (6:00 pm – 6:30 pm )\n- Mentoring session for IEEE LM\, IEEE Student and Graduate Members\, Y oung Professionals and Consultants.\n\n- A coffee break and light supper ( 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm)\n- IEEE TOK Student Branches (Okanagan College\, UBC Okanagan and TRU) introduction and mentoring (6:45 pm – 7:15 pm).\n- Kri stina Cormier\, Chair of the Okanagan College IEEE Student Branch and IEEE Western Region Student Representative\n- Dylan Huitema\, Secretary of the Okanagan College SB: IEEE Student grants and future grant applications (C ybersecurity\, Algorithmic Trading\, new applications to NSERC\, IEEE Soci eties\, Digital Research Alliance of Canada\, and other funds) and how the y relate to Industry in our region. And how mentorship is essential to suc cess.\n\n- Open Discussion (7:15 pm – 7:30 pm).\n\nThis is an excellent opportunity to connect with IEEE members\, learn more about IEEE benefits\ , and participate in discussions about the section’s future.\n\nhttp://w ww.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.pnghttp://w ww.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.png\n\nRoom : HS 101\, Bldg: HS 101\, 1000 KLO Rd. \, Kelowna\, British Columbia\, Can ada\, V1Y 4X8\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172 LOCATION:Room: HS 101\, Bldg: HS 101\, 1000 KLO Rd. \, Kelowna\, British Co lumbia\, Canada\, V1Y 4X8\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/4891 72 ORGANIZER:youry@ieee.org SEQUENCE:48 SUMMARY:IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Affinity Group Inauguration on Thursday\, July 10th\, 2025 @ 5 pm URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="entry-content">\n<div class="entr y-content">\n<h2 style="text-align: center\;" data-start="143" data-end="3 69"><span style="color: #ff0000\;">IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Aff inity Group Inauguration</span></h2>\n<p data-start="371" data-end="489">< strong data-start="371" data-end="380">Date:</strong> Thursday\, July 10th \, 2025<br data-start="405" data-end="408"><strong data-start="408" data-e nd="417">Time:</strong> 5:00 pm &ndash\; 7:30 pm<br data-start="435" data- end="438"><strong data-start="438" data-end="451">Location:</strong> HS 10 1 and in Zoom\, Okanagan College</p>\n<p data-start="371" data-end="489">< strong data-start="1075" data-end="1093">Register here to access Zoom:</st rong> <a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172" target="_blank" re l="noopener">https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172.</a></p>\n<p data-sta rt="923" data-end="1073">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p data-start="923" data-end="1073"> <strong>Bios:</strong></p>\n<h2 class="entry-title fusion-post-title fusio n-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="26" data-lineheight="31 .2px">Wolfram Lunscher (<a href="https://life.ieee.org/meet-lm-committee-m ember-wolfram-lunscher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://life.ieee. org/meet-lm-committee-member-wolfram-lunscher/</a>):</h2>\n<br>\n<p>Wolfra m has been an IEEE member since his engineering undergraduate years in the late 1970s. However\, his father was a member before him. So\, IEEE has b een a part of his life\, and he&rsquo\;s been reading Spectrum for almost as long as he can remember. Since his retirement\, he has been involved as a volunteer with the Ottawa\, Canada section\, assisting with local confe rence organizations\, leading STEM Outreach\, and serving as a Life Member . Professionally\, Wolfram is a retired spacecraft instrumentation enginee r with a B.Sc. in physics (&rsquo\;74) from the University of Toronto and a B.A.Sc (&rsquo\;80) and M.A.Sc. (&rsquo\;83) in electrical engineering f rom the University of British Columbia. He first joined the Canadian space industry in 1987\, pursuing a diverse range of projects with companies su ch as Com Dev\, EMS Technologies and Canadian Astronautics Ltd. These incl ude data communication hardware flying on the International Space Station\ , a patented tracking algorithm developed for optical satellite communicat ion that has been adapted to control the James Webb Space Telescope\, and a radio science instrument aboard Canada&rsquo\;s CASSIOPE spacecraft.</p> \n<p>He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics an d Astronautics\, a Life Senior Member of the IEEE (currently serving as th e Canada-wide coordinator of the IEEE life members)\, a PMI Project Manage ment Professional\, and currently a mentor for the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation.</p>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n<div class="entry-content"><i mg class="wp-image-10428 size-medium lazyautosizes lazyloaded alignnone" s rc="https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage- 275x165.jpg" sizes="275px" srcset="https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/upload s/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-175x105.jpg 175w\, https://life.ieee.org/wp -content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-200x120.jpg 200w\, https://l ife.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-275x165.jpg 2 75w\, https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImag e-400x240.jpg 400w\, https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunsc her-ArticleImage.jpg 600w" alt="Wolfram Lunscher" width="275" height="165" data-orig-src="https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-A rticleImage-275x165.jpg" data-srcset="https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/upl oads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-175x105.jpg 175w\, https://life.ieee.org /wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-200x120.jpg 200w\, https: //life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleImage-275x165.jp g 275w\, https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLunscher-ArticleI mage-400x240.jpg 400w\, https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/WolframLu nscher-ArticleImage.jpg 600w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-widt h: 275px) 100vw\, 275px"></div>\n<div class="entry-content">\n<p lang="en- CA"><strong>S. Carl Zanon:</strong></p>\n<br>\n<p lang="en-CA">In November 2019\, Carl Zanon joined the Vancouver Section and the Thompson Okanagan Section in 2025 as its new Chair of the Life Member Affinity Groups. Carl graduated from UBC&rsquo\;s Class of 1959 in Engineering. He has an extens ive background in electrical engineering\, consulting\, and senior managem ent. Throughout his career\, Carl held positions in five provinces and wor ked abroad in Massachusetts. His leadership experience makes him well-suit ed for his new role in the IEEE Vancouver Section.</p>\n<p class="LO-norma l">In 1990\, he co-authored a book\, &ldquo\;<em>Advancing Production Mana gement with Standard Cost and Operational Analysis</em>. After Carl retire d from Western Star Trucks in 2001\, he entered the consulting field with the Business Development Bank of Canada. He instructed the Situational Lea dership Series at Okanagan College from 2002 to 2016.</p>\n<p class="LO-no rmal">He attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953\, repr esenting BC (Nelson) in the 12 Sea Cadet Contingent. The young cadets sail ed from Halifax on the carrier HMCS Magnificent. He enrolled in the UNTD N avy program at UBC and was commissioned in 1958.</p>\n<p><strong>Ljiljana Trajkovic:</strong></p>\n<p>Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. deg ree from the University of Pristina\, Yugoslavia\, the M.Sc. degrees in el ectrical engineering and computer engineering from Syracuse University\, S yracuse\, NY\, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni versity of California at Los Angeles. She is currently a professor in the School of Engineering Science\, Simon Fraser University\, Burnaby\, Britis h Columbia\, Canada. Her research interests include communication networks and dynamical systems. Dr. Trajkovic served as IEEE Division X Delegate/D irector\, President of the IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society\, and President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She serves as Edit or-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. She is a Di stinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems\, Man\, and Cybernetics Society a nd was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She is a Fellow of the IEEE.</p>\n<p><strong>Kristina Cormier:</strong></p >\n<br>Kristina Cormier is a fourth-year Computer Science student at Okana gan College. She has always been curious about science and technology. Rec ently\, she has discovered a passion for data analysis and machine learnin g algorithms. Kristina is the Chair of the Okanagan College IEEE Student B ranch. She coordinates with her team to help organize events and volunteer ing. Kristina truly enjoys mentoring\, meeting new people and discovering new opportunities.\n<p data-start="1075" data-end="1178">&nbsp\;</p>\n</di v>\n<p data-start="1075" data-end="1178"><strong>Dylan Huitema:</strong></ p>\n<br><strong>Dylan </strong>is a third-year Computer Science student wi th an enthusiasm for cybersecurity. An active IEEE member\, Dylan is passi onate about bridging technology and education and is currently working tow ard developing and researching engaging educational cybersecurity games. H is research aims to increase cybersecurity awareness and build critical th inking skills through interactive\, immersive learning experiences.</div>< br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The IEEE Thompson-Okana gan Life Members (LM) Affinity Group (LMAG) Introduction (5:00 pm &ndash\; 5:30 pm)\n<ul>\n<li>S. Carl Zanon\, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members A ffinity Group Chair</li>\n<li>Y. Khmelevsky\, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Secti on (IEEE TOK) Chair\n<ul>\n<li>Student Branch Mentor Proposal - Skills Rub ric (<a href="http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Paste dGraphic-1-scaled.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.okanagan. ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1-scaled.jpg</a>)</li>\n< li>Proposal for the IEEE Life Members Committee&rsquo\;s Consideration &nd ash\; John Day\, 31 March 2025 (<a href="http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-co ntent/uploads/2025/07/Proposal-IEEE-Student-Branch-Mentors-conv.pdf" targe t="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Proposal-IEEE-Student-Branch-Mentors-conv.pdf</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n</l i>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Guest Speaker\, Wolfram Lunscher\, R7 LM Coordinator (5:30 pm &ndash\; 6:00 pm)\n<ul>\n<li>Introducing the benefits and goals of LMAG formation to the life members of the&nbsp\; TOK section.</li>\n</u l>\n</li>\n<li>Guest Speaker\, Ljiljana Trajkovic\, Ph.D.\, P.Eng.\, FIEEE (6:00 pm &ndash\; 6:30 pm)\n<ul>\n<li>Mentoring session for IEEE LM\, IEE E Student and Graduate Members\, Young Professionals and Consultants.</li> \n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>A coffee break and light supper (6:30 pm &ndash\; 6:45 pm)</li>\n<li>IEEE TOK Student Branches (Okanagan College\, UBC Okanagan and TRU) introduction and mentoring (6:45 pm &ndash\; 7:15 pm).\n<ul>\n<li >Kristina Cormier\, Chair of the Okanagan College IEEE Student Branch and IEEE Western Region Student Representative</li>\n<li>Dylan Huitema\, Secre tary of the Okanagan College SB: IEEE Student grants and future grant appl ications (Cybersecurity\, Algorithmic Trading\, new applications to NSERC\ , IEEE Societies\, Digital Research Alliance of Canada\, and other funds) and how they relate to Industry in our region. And how mentorship is essen tial to success.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Open Discussion (7:15 pm &ndash\; 7:30 pm).</li>\n</ul>\n<p data-start="923" data-end="1073">This is an exc ellent opportunity to connect with IEEE members\, learn more about IEEE be nefits\, and participate in discussions about the section&rsquo\;s future. </p>\n<p data-start="923" data-end="1073"><a href="http://www.okanagan.iee e.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.png"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-2184" src="http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/upl oads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.png" alt="" width="1" height="1"></a><a href= "http://www.okanagan.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.pn g"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-2184" src="http://www.okanaga n.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PastedGraphic-1.png" alt="" width="1" height="1"></a></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR