The Monthly Connection
The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section
ISSUE #20080101, January 2008
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This Month: meetings, courses, conferences, section news, ieee news, membership, volunteers

The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto Section - the latest news about upcoming events and the people that make them happen - Section and Chapter meetings, workshops, conferences, and other events of interest occuring in Toronto and surounding areas.   Posted every month.   Now formatted for portrait-orientation printing.

Upcoming Chapter/Group Meetings

Jan 17, 2008 (time TBA)  Dr. Peter Kinget of Columbia University presents a seminar on "IDesigning Analog and RF circuits for Ultra-low Supply Voltages" organized by the Solid-State Circuits Chapter. Click for details.
Jan 31, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.  "Engineering Forum for Renewable Power in Ontario – Joint IEEE Toronto/Association of Polish Engineers in Canada Conference," organized by our Engineering & Human Environment Chapter. Click for details.Registration required.


Upcoming Conferences
Feb 28, 2008 (revised date)...."Engineering Forum for Nuclear Technology in Ontario – Joint IEEE Toronto/Association of Polish Engineers in Canada Conference, Click to see their website.
All IEEE Conferences in Canada - please use this link.

IT360° Conference & Expo 2008

Conference Dates: April 7 – 9, 2008
Trade Show Dates: April 8 – 9, 2008
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Bldg.
Website: www.it360.ca

IEEE members receive a 25% discount and a FREE trade show pass! Use code A101 when registering.

IT360° is an interactive experience for IT professionals and business executives. Faced with the challenge of shrinking budgets and limited time to test or evaluate, IT360° provides a conference of 80+ educational sessions and an informative exposition where professionals can compare applications and solutions while learning first-hand from leading companies and their experts in this immersive arena.

IT360° is cultivating innovation by exploring the following stacks in the conference:

  • Security
  • Information Architecture
  • Unified Communications
  • Virtualization
  • SaaS
  • Open Source
  • SOA
  • Storage
  • Database Management
  • Service Management
  • Microsoft Technology
  • Smalltalk
  • IT Green
  • Web 2.0

Stay ahead of the curve - get on board IT360° today!

USE YOUR CODE: A101 for a 25% discount when registering for the Conference before April 6th. If you would like to visit the trade show only, please use Code: TS1 for free admission.

 IEEE News
Scitopia.org Adds Four New Societies  
17 December – Four new societies – Royal Society, UK; Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; Audio Engineering Society, U.S.; and IMechE, UK. – have recently joined scitopia.org, bringing the number of participating societies to 19. Scitopia.org is a free, federated vertical search portal created by leading science and technology societies, allowing users to scan the entire digital libraries of the participating societies ...Read the full press release


For more IEEE news from the IEEE Newsroom - Click here. And check out the IEEE Institute Magazine here.

Membership
Future Senior Members of the IEEE Toronto Section   Have you been in professional practice for at least ten years and have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years?   You should be an IEEE Senior Member.   Need help in obtaining your three references?   We will help you - just contact Dimitri , our membership chair.   Please click this link to find out the advantages, the requirements, and an explanation of the process including key links to apply online.

Volunteers Invited
Volunteering a few hours a month is a very rewarding experience - we have a great group of about 45 volunteers who contribute to the smooth running of our Section - by distributing the workload over many Section members, the individual load is kept small. If you are interested, please contact our Section Chair Alagan Anpalagan at this

Advertising
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Please send any news item submissions, comments, suggestions, concerns to the editor before the 28th at this email .

Thank you for reading - Naresh Kurada (Editor).


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