Xianbin Wang, R7 Central Area Chair

Biography:

Dr. Xianbin Wang is a Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair at Western University, Canada. His current research interests include 5G/6G technologies, Internet-of-Things, communications security, machine learning and intelligent communications.

He is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, and a Fellow of IEEE.

He has received many prestigious awards and recognitions, including IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award, Canada Research Chair, Engineering Research Excellence Award at Western University, Canadian Federal Government Public Service Award, Ontario Early Researcher Award and six IEEE Best Paper Awards. He currently serves/has served as an Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Editor/Associate Editor for over 10 journals.

Dr. Wang has been the London Section Chair for two years and is currently serving as the Central Area Chair of IEEE Canada.

Dr. Maike Luiken, Past R7 President & Past MGA VP

A review of IEEE Canadian Foundation (ICF) operations and recent awards.

An introduction to a new MGA initiative "Planet Positive 2030"

Presentation slides will be made available after the event.

Biography:

Dr. Maike Luiken, Chair, Planet Positive 2030, is 2022 IEEE Past Vice President, Member & Geographic Activities. She served as President of IEEE Canada, 2018-2019. She is, and has been for more than 15 years, a very strong supporter of sustainable development.

She is a managing director, R&D, at a start-up company and an Adjunct Research Professor at Western University, Canada.

Previously, in Sarnia, Canada, she led the Bluewater Sustainability Initiative, 2006–2013, and was the founding Director of the Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre For eight years, she served as a Dean at Lambton College with various portfolios:  School of Technology, Sustainable Development, Applied Research. Her strategic leadership in the development of the applied research & innovation capacity and portfolio led to Lambton College becoming one of the three top Research Colleges in Canada.

Her areas of interest and expertise span diverse technical areas from ICT, energy, and water to advanced manufacturing. She has particular interest in how progress and deployment of various technologies contributes – or not - to achieving sustainable development.

Maike has experience in the public and private sectors in Canada and has worked in the USA and Germany.

Maike is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada.