BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260623T140247Z UID:4BDC325F-8F7E-4386-A667-78CE549A958D DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T130000 DESCRIPTION:Best of Capstone is a new IEEE speaker series showcasing outsta nding student projects and the teams behind them.\n\nFirst up is GILJOBI\, the team that took first place in this year's Computer Programming and An alysis capstone competition. Their project focus on something that matters to all of us: the Canadian job market. Using real data and analytics\, GI LJOBI helps users understand hiring trends\, what skills employers are act ually looking for\, and where the opportunities are across the country. If you have ever wondered what the job market really looks like for someone coming out of a tech program in Canada\, this is the kind of project that tries to answer that question with data.\n\nThe team will walk through how they came up with the idea\, the challenges they ran into while building it\, the tools and technologies they used\, and what the final product loo ks like in action. They will also share what the experience of competing i n the capstone competition was like and what it took to come out on top.\n \nJoin us to learn from one of the top student teams of the year and see h ow data analytics can be used to better understand Canada’s job market.\ n\nSpeakers:\n\n- Dahyun Ko is a Conestoga College Computer Programming an d Analysis graduate and currently works at Acceldata in Kitchener as a Sof tware Engineer. She mainly focus on Apache big data platform engineering o n the Open Data Platform (ODP) team. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dahyun-da ny-ko/\n\n- Gabriel Siewert is a Conestoga College graduate focused on ful l-stack development\, data analytics\, and practical software solutions. H e is also the co-founder of Snap Decision Studios\, a startup focused on b uilding creative works and helping bring people’s software ideas to life . https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-siewert/\n\n- Jindo Kim is a CPA gra duate focused on cloud\, infrastructure\, and DevOps. From deputy platoon leader and sushi chef to software engineer\, a non-traditional path into t ech.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jindo-kim/\n\n[Event description IEEE CP A graduates]\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n108 University Ave E\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada\, N2J 2W2 LOCATION:108 University Ave E\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada\, N2J 2W2 ORGANIZER:adecarvalhoalvarezz@conestocac.on.ca SEQUENCE:48 SUMMARY:Best of Capstone: GILJOBI\, decoding the Canadian Job Market (CPA 1 st Place Winner) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563509 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong data-start="0" data-end="20">Best of Capstone</strong> is a new IEEE speaker series showcasing outstanding s tudent projects and the teams behind them.</p>\n<p>First up is GILJOBI\, t he team that took first place in this year's Computer Programming and Anal ysis capstone competition. Their project focus on something that matters t o all of us: the Canadian job market. Using real data and analytics\, GILJ OBI helps users understand hiring trends\, what skills employers are actua lly looking for\, and where the opportunities are across the country. If y ou have ever wondered what the job market really looks like for someone co ming out of a tech program in Canada\, this is the kind of project that tr ies to answer that question with data.</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response -body break-words whitespace-normal">The team will walk through how they c ame up with the idea\, the challenges they ran into while building it\, th e tools and technologies they used\, and what the final product looks like in action. They will also share what the experience of competing in the c apstone competition was like and what it took to come out on top.</p>\n<di v class="flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow">\n<div class="min-h-8 text-m essage relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-word s whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-messag e+&amp\;]:mt-1" dir="auto" tabindex="0" data-message-author-role="assistan t" data-message-id="dd9782c2-542f-45dd-b14d-b6f2e2bcc0be" data-message-mod el-slug="gpt-5-5" data-turn-start-message="true">\n<div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden">\n<div class="markdown prose dark:prose-inve rt wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling">\n<p data-start="100 3" data-end="1146" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">Join us to le arn from one of the top student teams of the year and see how data analyti cs can be used to better understand Canada&rsquo\;s job market.</p>\n</div >\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class="z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start ">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacit y-0" aria-hidden="true" data-testid="bazaar-action-bar-observer">Speakers: </div>\n<div class="pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0" aria -hidden="true" data-testid="bazaar-action-bar-observer">\n<ul>\n<li><stron g>Dahyun Ko</strong> is a Conestoga College Computer Programming and Analy sis graduate and currently works at Acceldata in Kitchener as a Software E ngineer. She mainly focus on Apache big data platform engineering on the O pen Data Platform (ODP) team. <a class="qmmOMGKOQSiSahrGeOyHMhYnajraiMcBPX PQ " style="font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, 'Segoe UI'\, Roboto\, Oxygen\, Ubuntu\, Cantarell\, 'Open Sans'\, 'Helvetica Neue'\, s ans-serif\;" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dahyun-dany-ko /" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ dahyun-dany-ko/</a></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class="pointer-events-none - mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0" aria-hidden="true" data-testid="bazaar-action -bar-observer">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0" aria-hidden="true" data-testid="bazaar-action-bar-observ er">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Siewert </strong>is a Conestoga College gr aduate focused on full-stack development\, data analytics\, and practical software solutions. He is also the co-founder of Snap Decision Studios\, a startup focused on building creative works and helping bring people&rsquo \;s software ideas to life. <a style="font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMa cSystemFont\, 'Segoe UI'\, Roboto\, Oxygen\, Ubuntu\, Cantarell\, 'Open Sa ns'\, 'Helvetica Neue'\, sans-serif\;" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/g abriel-siewert/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-siewert/</a></li>\n</ ul>\n</div>\n<div class="pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0" aria-hidden="true" data-testid="bazaar-action-bar-observer">&nbsp\;</div> \n<ul>\n<li class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal "><strong>Jindo Kim</strong> is a CPA graduate focused on cloud\, infrastr ucture\, and DevOps. From deputy platoon leader and sushi chef to software engineer\, a non-traditional path into tech.<br><a href="https://www.link edin.com/in/jindo-kim/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jindo-kim/</a></li>\n< /ul>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">& nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-nor mal"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/f9d9 b850-5a60-4b5e-9b94-24b7787a1345" alt="Event description IEEE CPA graduate s" width="602" height="466"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="font-c laude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class=" font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR