Anis Ben arfi

Biography:

 Anis Ben Arfi is a postdoctoral fellow at the iRadio Lab  at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. He currently serves as  the Chair of the IEEE Canada Humanitarian Initiatives Committee and the Chair of IEEE Rising Stars 2020 Conference.

Anis is an IEEE VOLT program 2017 graduate, and a winner of the 2017 IEEE MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anisbenarfi

 Isabelle Lusseyran

Hacking Health Global

Isabelle Lusseyran the Director of partnerships - Hacking Health Global

With a background in international business and a specialization in the healthcare sector and therapeutic innovation, Isabelle Lusseyran joined Hacking Health en 2014 as a motivated volunteer. Since 2015, she has been in charge of sponsorships and partnerships to support the Hacking Health movement at the global scale. Her professional experience includes project management, organization and facilitation of cocreation activities, consulting services, business development, partner relationship, mentoring, marketing and communication in the healthcare sector, in pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and not-for-profit organizations. What energizes her is bringing people together, people with various skills, tastes, from different backgrounds, cultures and organizations, to create meaningful solutions to improve people's health. 

LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/ilusseyran

Xavier Fernando

Communication Technologies for Humanitarian Applications

Xavier is the Past Chair of the IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee, Canada. He was the General Chair of the International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC) 2017. He was also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and has delivered over 50 invited talks and keynote speeches around the world. He has co-authored over 160 research articles and holds three patents (one pending). He is the Sole author of the book, ‘Radio over Fiber for Wireless Communications’ and a co-author of two more books.
He and his students have won several awards and prizes including: the First prize at the Humanitarian Initiatives Workshop of CCECE 2014; Second Prize at the 2014 IHTC Conference in Montreal; Best Paper Award at the International Conference of Smart Grid Engineering (SEGE 2014), UOIT, Canada, 2014; IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Prize in 2010, Sarnoff Symposium prize in 2009, Opto-Canada best poster prize in 2003 and CCECE best paper prize in 2001.
He is very active in serving the profession. He is the Chair of IEEE Canada Central Area 2016-17. He was the General Chair for IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2014. He was the Chair of IEEE Toronto Section and Member of IEEE Canada Board during 2012-13. He was a member of Ryerson Board of Governors during 2010-2011. He is a program evaluator for ABET and has visited American Universities for accreditation. He was a finalist for the Top 25 Immigrant Award of Canada in 2012. He joined Ryerson in 2001 and, received early tenure.
Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavierfernando