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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Vancouver Section Annual General Meeting 2026 Saturday \, 
 March 28\, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM The Permanent\, 330 W Pender Street
 \, Vancouver\, BC\n\nJoin us for the IEEE Vancouver Section Annual General
  Meeting — an evening of networking\, recognition\, and celebration of o
 ur community&#39;s achievements. The event features a student poster competiti
 on\, live guitar entertainment\, a dinner buffet\, section awards\, and a 
 keynote address.\n\nKeynote: The Architecture of Digital Memory\n\nKeynote
  Speaker: Ms. Andrea Mills\n\nDress Code: Business attire\n\nGetting There
 \n\nBy Transit (Recommended): The Permanent is a short walk from Waterfron
 t and Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain stations. TransLink trip planning at tr
 anslink.ca.\n\nBy Car – Nearby Parking:\n\n- Impark – 250 W Pender St\
 n- Advanced Parking – 515 W Pender St\n\nStreet parking is also availabl
 e on surrounding blocks\; check posted signs for time restrictions. Guests
  are encouraged to use transit where possible.\n\nAgenda: \nPreliminary ag
 enda for the evening of the AGM &amp; Gala:\n• 5:00 PM – Doors open\; bar 
 service begins\n• 5:30 PM – Networking\, passed canapés\, student pos
 ter competition\, and live guitar (Set 1)\n• 6:30 PM – Music concludes
 \; guests take their seats\n• 6:45 PM – IEEE AGM business meeting and 
 awards presentation\n• 7:30 PM – IEEE Canada President Address - Dr. W
 ahab Almuhtadi\n• 7:45 PM – Dinner buffet opens\; live guitar resumes 
 (Set 2)\n• 8:45 PM – Keynote address\n• 9:30 PM – Networking\n• 
 10:00 PM – Event concludes\n\nTentative Agenda of the IEEE AGM business 
 meeting and awards presentation:\n\n• Call to Order\n• Approval of the
  Agenda\n• Approval of the 2025 AGM Minutes\n• Introduction of the 202
 6 Vancouver Section Executive Committee\n• Chair’s Report: Year-End Hi
 ghlights and Results\n• Treasurer’s Report and Auditor’s Report\n•
  Approval of the Chair’s and Treasurer’s Reports\n• Section Plans fo
 r the Coming Year\n• Upcoming IEEE Conferences and Events in Vancouver\n
 • Scholarship Announcements\n• Awards and Recognition\n• Any Other B
 usiness\n• Adjournment\n\nSponsors: The Vancouver Section gratefully ack
 nowledges our generous AGM sponsors who are making this event possible:\n\
 n- Diamond Sponsor: Destination Vancouver\n- Gold Sponsor: Master of Scien
 ce in Applied Computing\, BCIT\n- Gold Sponsor:  TELUS\n- Silver Sponsor: 
 School of Computing\, University of the Fraser Valley\n\nThe Permanent\, 3
 30 West Pender Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6B 1T1
LOCATION:The Permanent\, 330 West Pender Street\, Vancouver\, British Colum
 bia\, Canada\, V6B 1T1
ORGANIZER:mandeep.pannu@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:38
SUMMARY:2026 IEEE Vancouver Section AGM &amp; Gala 
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