Biography
Dr. Amy Pinchuk is the president and founder of InField Scientific Inc. InField, specializes in electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC/EMI), electromagnetic environmental effects (E3), and computational electromagnetic analysis. For a number of years, Dr. Pinchuk taught short courses on EMC/EMI/E3 and computational electromagnetics to civilian and military audiences of all levels. She has also taught a Software Engineering course at McGill University. She received her Ph. D. (1988), M. Eng. (1985 and B. Eng. (1983) from McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Pete Silvester. She was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in England (1985). Dr. Pinchuk has served on the organizing committee of many International IEEE EMC Symposiums and is a founder and Chair of the IEEE EMC Symposium Youth Technical Program. She was also a member of the IEEE EMC Society Board of Directors, was the Canadian Chair for URSI Section B, is the current IEEE Montreal Section Chair and Chair of the Montreal IEEE EMC Chapter, and is also the author of several children's books which focus on engineering for youngsters.

John Harris, Eng., Ph.D.
IEEE Canada Life Member Chair.

Biography
1968 IEEE Student Member-1973 IEEE Member-2002 IEEE Senior Member-2015 IEEE Life Senior Member-IEEE London Section executive 1974-1979-IEEE Hamilton Section executive 2000-present-IEEE Conference Treasurer: Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) 2012, EPEC 2015, Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2017, International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC) 2017-IEEE Canada Life Member Chair 2017-present-Northern Electric Ltd. (Nortel), London, Ontario-B.E.L-Tronics Corp., Mississauga, Ontario Memex Inc., Burlington, Ontario-Memex Inc., Burlington, Ontario-Mohawk College Part-time Professor Electrical Apprentice Programme Education: B.Eng. (Electrical) McMaster University, M.E.Sc. (Electrical) University of Western ontario, Ph.D. (Mechanical) McMaster University.

Biography
As Director of AI, her role is to envision and develop Artificial Intelligence strategies for our core technology. Empowered by her academic knowledge in Machine Learning and close relationships with top-tier universities and researchers in the field, she has been able to equip Aerial’s motion-aware solutions with the power of AI. Negar is passionate about creating context-aware eco-systems and solving practical challenges in smart home and healthcare applications. She has received her PhD in Machine Learning Applications in Modeling Human Activities and Behavior from McGill University.

Edna Chosack, Eng., Ph.D.
Cofounder at Simbionix Inc.

Biography
Ms. Edna Chosack, M.Sc., MBA, is Senior Coach at District 3, helping budding entrepreneurs build viable innovative businesses. She left academia to be part of Israel’s famous “Start-up Nation,” first joining the marketing team of a medical-imaging start-up while completing an MBA at Tel-Aviv University. She then co-founded Simbionix Inc., becoming over the years one of a handful of experts who leverage innovative medical-simulation solutions into business success stories. Together with her co-founders she was instrumental in transforming Simbionix into an international surgical-simulation leader, acquired eventually by 3D Systems for $120M. In Montreal, Edna was Director of CAE Healthcare surgical-simulation business line and was a member of the advisory committee at McGill University’s Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning. She is also a strategic marketing and product management consultant, caring over her experience to other markets.

Alfredo Herrera
Senior Engineer at BTA Design Services Inc.

Biography
Alfredo Herrera is an electrical engineer with over 20 years of experience in digital design and verification, mobile communication systems, technical project management and optical networking communications. Alfredo completed a Master degree in Systems Science on Open Source Hardware for sustainable development at the university of Ottawa, he started a PhD degree in an attempt to use academic research to help define an Open Source Licensing strategy for IEEE’s "humanitarian" technology designs. Alfredo actively participated in IEEE’s Humanitarian Technology Challenge, joining the Reliable Electricity Solutions team in 2009 and later being one of the founding members of the IEEE Smart Villages (formerly Community Solutions Initiative). He volunteered for two terms in IEEE's Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) and was an active contributor in IEEE’s Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). Alfredo is the father of three daughters and he lives in Ottawa with his wife Marieke.