IEEE Senior Member Grade Elevation Night
You are invited to an important event – an opportunity to apply for IEEE Senior Member grade!
All IEEE members who meet the qualifications below are encouraged to attend and meet with Senior Members, Fellows, and Honorary Members. Bring your application, obtain Senior Member references and learn more about what Senior membership means. Refreshments are complimentary.
Do you qualify as a Senior Member?
1) Candidates shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive, or originator in IEEE-designated fields (Bylaw 1-104.11)
2) Candidates shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years (see full qualifications)
3) Candidates shall have shown “significant performance” over a period of at least five of those years in professional practice.
For all information and the application form
https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/senior-requirements.html
Please bring to the event four copies of both your completed application form and your detailed resume or CV, complete with full details and a strict timeline of dates.
Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 15 Nov 2024
- Time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- INRS-Energie
- 800 Rue De La Gauchetière O
- Montréal, Quebec
- Canada
- Room Number: Room 6900 (6th floor)
- Starts 07 November 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 16 November 2024 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Senior Member Panel Discussion (hybrid)
Meet our esteemed panelists who will describe their journey as members of professional societies, and how this has contributed to their professional development in their career.
Confirmed panellists
- Dr. Yasaman Soudagar, Neurescence-Bruker.
- Mr. Benoit Fleury, Corning.
- Dr. Geneviève Gariépy, Canadian Space Agency.
- Prof. David Plant, McGill University.
Moderated by: Dr. Kaustubh Basu, Task Microelectronics, 2024-2026 Vice-Chair IEEE Photonics Society Chapter.
Matt Posner of Axonal Networks Inc.
The journey to IEEE Senior Member
Join Dr. Matthew Posner, IEEE Senior Member and 2023-2025 Chair, IEEE Photonics Society Montréal Chapter, for opening remarks on the IEEE Senior Membership Process application.
Biography:
Matthew T. Posner is the Technology and Business Development Director at Axonal Networks Inc, a Montreal start-up developing optical connectivity solutions for applications in space and data centers. He was previously Director of Workforce and Photonics Education at Optonique, the optics and photonics industry cluster in Quebec, Canada; a Process Scientist at Excelitas Technologies specializing in diffusion, oxidation, and chemical vapor deposition in silicon devices. He obtained an MEng in electronics engineering from the University of Southampton in 2013 and a Ph.D. from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton in 2017. He is an active science communicator and passionate about “getting science out of the lab.” He is an Optica Ambassador, and a Senior Member of Optica, SPIE, and IEEE Photonics Society, through which he supports outreach education, career development, and public engagement activities. He enjoys hiking, cycling, and cross-country skiing.
Agenda
17:30-17:55: Welcome & refreshments / Accueil et rafraichissements
17:55-18:00: Inauguration of the IEEE Photonics Society Chapter of the IEEE INRS Student Branch.
18:00-18:45: Opening remarks and panel discussion
18:45-19:30: Free networking / Réseautage libre