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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nBridging the Gap: Academia to Industry Panel\n\nWould you
  like to learn how to enhance your CV for your job or co-op? How to build 
 your professional network? Join us and find out!\n\nDate\, Time &amp; Location
 \n\nMonday\, 23 March 2026\n2:30 PM – 4:00 PM\nRoom CA105\n\nFocus &amp; Hig
 hlights\n\n- Q&amp;A on co-op\, job market\, and career paths\n- Alumni succes
 s stories\n- Networking\n\nSpeakers\n\n- Filip Szymanski\nMarketing Manage
 r\, Laser Component\n- Taylor Breen\nSenior Verification Engineer\, Ansys 
 Zemax\n- Curtis Cunliff\nProduct Verification Engineer\, Ciena\n- Yoosuf M
 arikar\nSoftware Test Engineer\, Ciena\n- Peter McCannell\nEngineering Tec
 hnician\, MDA\n\nDon’t miss out—come learn\, connect\, and have fun!\n
 \nPizza and drinks will be provided.\n\nSponsors &amp; Partners\n\n- IEEE Algo
 nquin College Student Branch\n- Algonquin College Optica Student Chapter\n
 \nCo-sponsored by: Optica - Algonquin college student chapter\n\nSpeaker(s
 ): Filip\, Taylor\, Curtis\, Yoosuf\, Peter\n\nRoom: CA105\, Bldg:  CA\, A
 lgonquin College\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
LOCATION:Room: CA105\, Bldg:  CA\, Algonquin College\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, C
 anada
ORGANIZER:rim.cherif@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:29
SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap: Academia to Industry Panel
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545705
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 ; margin: 0.5em 0\;&quot;&gt;Would you like to learn how to enhance your CV for yo
 ur job or co-op? How to build your professional network? Join us and find 
 out!&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Date and Time --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h2 style=&quot;margin-top: 1.5em\; ma
 rgin-bottom: 0.5em\; font-size: 1.3em\; border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc\;&quot;&gt;D
 ate\, Time &amp;amp\; Location&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.6\; margin: 0.5e
 m 0\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monday\, 23 March 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;2:30 PM &amp;ndash\; 4:00 PM
 &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Room CA105&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Key Topics --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h2 style
 =&quot;margin-top: 1.5em\; margin-bottom: 0.5em\; font-size: 1.3em\; border-bot
 tom: 2px solid #ccc\;&quot;&gt;Focus &amp;amp\; Highlights&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;ul style=&quot;list-style
 -type: disc\; margin-left: 2em\; margin-top: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-
 bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;Q&amp;amp\;A on co-op\, job market\, and career paths&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;
 li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;Alumni success stories&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;
 margin-bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;Networking&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Speakers --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
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 order-bottom: 2px solid #ccc\;&quot;&gt;Speakers&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;ul style=&quot;list-style-type:
  none\; margin-left: 0\; padding-left: 0\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.
 5em\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Filip Szymanski&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marketing Manager\, Laser Compo
 nent&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taylor Breen&lt;/strong
 &gt;&lt;br&gt;Senior Verification Engineer\, Ansys Zemax&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bo
 ttom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curtis Cunliff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Product Verification Eng
 ineer\, Ciena&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yoosuf Mari
 kar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Software Test Engineer\, Ciena&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bot
 tom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peter McCannell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engineering Technician\,
  MDA&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Note / Invite --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.
 6\; margin: 1em 0\; font-weight: bold\;&quot;&gt;Don&amp;rsquo\;t miss out&amp;mdash\;come
  learn\, connect\, and have fun!&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Refreshments --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p sty
 le=&quot;line-height: 1.6\; margin: 1em 0\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pizza and drinks will be p
 rovided.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- Sponsors --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h2 style=&quot;margin-top: 1.
 5em\; margin-bottom: 0.5em\; font-size: 1.3em\; border-bottom: 2px solid #
 ccc\;&quot;&gt;Sponsors &amp;amp\; Partners&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul style=&quot;list-styl
 e-type: disc\; margin-left: 2em\; margin-top: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;margin
 -bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;IEEE Algonquin College Student Branch&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li style=&quot;m
 argin-bottom: 0.5em\;&quot;&gt;Algonquin College Optica Student Chapter&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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