IEEE Toronto 2006 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 28, 2006
Place: The Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto,
Room: The Westminster Room
Program: times are provisional
6:30 - Reception/Cash Bar
7:30 - Dinner
Guest Speaker:
Ted Sargent will speak on "The Dance of Molecules".
"This marvellous book, written by one of the field's leading
investigators, makes the wonders of nanotechnology accessible to us all.
Ted Sargent is to be congratulated for having written a book which is
both entertaining and substantive, an unusual combination in our
increasingly complex world. Sargent is the Stephen Hawking of the nano
world." - Robert J. Birgeneau, Professor of Physics and Chancellor,
University of California, Berkeley
Ted Sargent holds the rank of Professor and
Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology at the University of Toronto. In
2004-6 he was also Visiting Professor of Nanotechnology at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
You can read more about Ted
and his book on his website.
8:30 - Section Report - Chair: Alagan Anpalagan
9:00 - IEEE Toronto Section Awards
10:00 - Closing Remarks
A Photographic Record of the evening
Vice Chair & MC Alex Bot |
IEEE Canada President Bob Hanna |
Section Chair Alagan Anpalagan and featured speaker Ted Sargent
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Past Section Chair Kostas Plataniotis with Vince Scaini - past chair of Industry Applications Chapter |
Kostas with George Bailak former Computer Chapter Chair |
Alagan & Kostas - presentation of Communications Chapter Chair certificate of appreciation |
Bob Hanna with Wai Tung Ng - exemplary work with Student Activities |
Bob Hanna with Sri Krishnan - exemplary work with Signal Processing chapter |
Cost:
The (subsidized) ticket price for members of the Toronto Section (and a
companion) is $70 per person (and $50 each for lifemembers and a
companion).
Note: any member of the Section who wishes to attend the Section business
and awards portion of the evening's activities but who prefers not to attend
the dinner may do so (at no cost).
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 16.
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