Seminar Announcement
These events are organized by various sub-sets of the IEEE Toronto Section.
The contact person listed below is the volunteer who has arranged this event.
Please use the e-mail link provided if you have any questions, suggestions,
or concerns.
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IEEE GOLD Professional Networking Event
Sponsored by Steam Whistle Brewing and
The Personal Home and Auto Insurance Group
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| Speakers
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Mario Filipas, Senior Manager at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Claudio Gatti - co-CEO, Claron Technology Inc.
Matthew Stokes - Outside Account Manager, Newark
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Thursday, October 28th, 2008, 6:00 p.m – 8:30 p.m.
Cash Bar will be present
Light snacks will be served
Please register using the link below. Register before Thursday October 28th to receive Free Beer from our sponsor Steam Whistle!
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O'Grady's Pub (2nd floor, Private Area)
171 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1P7
(416) 596-0327
Just west of University on College
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| Organizer |
IEEE GOLD Affinity Group - Toronto Section |
| Registration |
Follow steps below – Deadline: October 28, 2010
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Online payment - $3 for IEEE Members, and $5 for Non-Members – Bring to the event a printout of your payment receipt OR just the transaction ID.
If you are paying as an IEEE Member, please bring your IEEE Membership Card as proof of identification. Failure to show your IEEE Membership will result in paying the difference between the two pay grades when you come to the event (+$2).
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Link to pay for IEEE Members ($3)
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Link to pay for Non-Members ($5)
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[Note: payment does not require PayPal account - follow instructions on the PayPal page to pay without an account]
- After you have placed your payment for the event, please go to our online form to register your IEEE number (if you are an IEEE member). The form is located here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDlmVE5TT3JPY3dHNTlGSGxROUtOalE6MQ
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| Contact
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General Inquiries: Marc Carias, E-mail:
Payment Inquiries: Omar Falou, E-mail:
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| Abstract |
IEEE GOLD will host a Professional Networking Event to promote dialogue and collaboration among our members and the engineering community. Members from industry and academia will join us on this night along with the GOLD executives to ensure this will be a wonderful networking and social opportunity.
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| Biographies |
Mario Filipas is a Senior Manager at AMD responsible for the Software System Engineering department. This department is composed of three different functions: the New Product Introduction team, the Roadmap Project Management team and the software department's System Architects. Mario joined ATI Technologies Inc. back in 1997 as an Associate Engineer after having completed his Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering with a Minor in Management Science. His earliest accomplishment included the start-to-finish development of the Windows Miniport Driver for the ATI Rage128 which is still used in our Windows XP drivers today. Since that time, Mario has led multiple development efforts across several sites, including the new Kernel Mode Driver (KMD) for Windows Vista, and the company-wide project providing software support for Windows 7.
Claudio Gatti, Founder and co-CEO of Claron Technology, graduated with a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Milan, Italy. He has with over 20 years of experience in video and image processing, 3D graphic rendering and architecting complex software systems. He has been a key contributor to several world class visualization systems at Cedara Software, Alias and R2. Claudio has two issued and one pending patents, and has been an executive for over 10 years in different startups.
Biography for Matthew Stokes is TBD.
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