IEEE Toronto 2007 Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner
This annual event is an opportunity for IEEE Toronto Section members to meet each other as well as the dedicated group of IEEE volunteers who give of their time to plan, organize and execute the wide range of programs offered within the Section and elsewhere in Canada. Invited guests typically include volunteer leaders from neibouring Sections and IEEE Canada. The Section Chair reports on the past year's activities and presents a variety of awards and recognitions.

Date:   October 27, 2007

Place:   The Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto,

Room:   The Balmoral Room

Program:   times are provisional

6:15 - Reception/Cash Bar

6:45 - Sitting and Introductions

7:30 - Dinner

Guest Speaker:   Dr. Ron Dembo is Founder and CEO of ZeroFootprint, a Toronto, Ontario-based organization created to figh global warming by mitigating the environmental impacts of businesses and individuals as well as build a marketplace for people worldwide to engage in sustainable commerce. Before founding ZeroFootprint, Dr. Dembo was President and CEO of Algorithmics Incorporated, an Enterprise Financial Risk Software Company. Prior to founding Algorithmics, he was a professor of Computer Science and Operations Research at Yale University. Dr. Dembo has written over sixty technical papers on finance and mathematical optimization, and holds a number of patents in computational finance. With Andrew Freeman, he is the author of Seeing Tomorrow (1998), an analysis of behavioral finance and cognitive bias. Dr. Dembo's most recent book, Upside, Downside: Simple Rules of Risk Management for the Smart Investor (2006), was co-authored with Daniel Stoffman.

9:00 - Section Report   - Chair:   Alagan Anpalagan

9:20 - IEEE Toronto Section Awards

9:45 - IEEE Toronto Section Business   (open to Section members only)

10:00 - Closing Remarks

A Photographic Record of the evening (click photos to enlarge)

Keynote Speech by Ron Dembo	Keynote Speaker Ron Dembo	B. Hanna (IEEE Canada President), A. Anpalagan (Section Chair), R. Dembo (Keynote Speaker)
Bob Hanna addressing the audience	Bob Hanna recognized for his exemplary service, with Past IEEE President Ray Findlay	Alagan Anpalagan provides yearly update
Row 3: Pic 1: Kostas Plataniotis (Past Section Chair) with Aleksandra Jeremic  (GOLD Chair)	Kostas Plataniotis with with Alex Bot (Section Vice Chair)	Bob Hanna with Al Wallis (Audit Committee Chair)
Bob Hanna with Benjamin Mak  (Chair, EMBS Chapter)	Alex Bot with Alagan Anpalagan	Section Officers for 2008-09 (Wai Tung Ng, Alex Bot, Marcelo Mota, Pelle Westlind)

Tickets:
To reserve your ticket(s), please contact Section Membership Chair, Dimitri who will contact you about payment
Note: Since seating is limited, you are urged to purchase your tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The deadline for ticket sales is noon Monday October 15.