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Upcoming Activities and Conferences

IEEE Strategic Partner Activities

Security Considerations for Smart Buildings

Breakfast session, April 12, 2016
More information can be found at:


			Building Owners & Managers Association - Toronto

			View on www.bomatoronto.org

Canadian Printable Flexible Wearable Electronics Symposium

April 19-20, Sheridan College, Oakville
More information can be found at:


			CPES2016 Registration
			See registration options for all kinds of attendees to the 2016 Printable Flexible Wearable Electronics Symposium
			View on cpes2016.ca

IEEE International Ethics Symposium

IEEE ETHICS 2016 comes to Vancouver, BC on May 13-14, 2016

2016 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science and Technology.

IEEE Ethics 2016 will provide an exciting opportunity for researchers, regulators, educators and practitioners alike to debate, discuss and deliberate concerning modern engineering ethics and ethical standards, and their impact on our lives, careers, profession and society. Keynotes and panels, posters and presentations, tutorials and workshops, and breaks and a reception will enable exchange of experience and perspectives on many levels.

With support from Boeing, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia, we are preparing a vibrant and rich experience for symposium participants.

For program and registration details, please visit: http://sites.ieee.org/ethics-conference

2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence

Date: July 25-29, 2016
Location: Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle, Vancouver

The bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. The IEEE WCCI 2016 will host three conferences: The 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2016), and the 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016) under one roof. It encourages cross-fertilization of ideas among the three big areas and provides a forum for intellectuals from all over the world to discuss and present their research findings on computational intelligence.

For more information on the congress, please visit: www.wcci2016.org.

IEEE Humanitarian Technology Conferences around the world

International Symposium on Technology - Africa (IST Africa) Conference on May 10-13, 2016

IST Africa will be hosted by the European Commission and the African Union Commission in Durham, South Africa. For more information, see: http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2016/

IEEE ARGENCON on June 15-17, 2016

This is the biennial conference for Argentina, hosted by IEEE Argentina Section. It includes a humanitarian technology component. For more information, consult: http:// sites.ieee.org/argencon/en

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) on October 13-16, 2016

GHTC 2016 will be hosted by the Seattle Section in Region 6. GHTC 2016 has issued their call for papers. Download the PDF here: http://sites.ieee.org/ghtc/files/2016/01/GHTC2016-CFP.pdf For more information, see: www.ieeeghtc.org

International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) on October 21-22, 2016

ISTAS will be hosted by the Kerala Section in Trivandrum India, sponsored by SSIT. ISTAS has issued their call for papers. Download the PDF here: http://istas2016.org/downloads/CFP.pdf For more information, see: http://istas2016.org/

Humanitarian Technology Conference on December 21-23, 2016

The IEEE R10 HTC will be hosted at the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, INDIA. For more information and the call for papers, please, refer to: http://www.ieeehtc2016.com/

2017 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference

IHTC 2017 will take place in Toronto. please stay tuned for more information as it becomes available http://www.ihtc2017.ieee.ca/

Section Events Online

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Kitchener Waterloo Section: http://www.ieeekw.com/activities.php

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Hamilton Section: http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/hamilton/currentevents.htm
Message from the Section Chair : A Past Section Chair

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Kingston Section: http://sites.ieee.org/kingston/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the London Section: http://london.ieee.ca/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the New Brunswick Section: http://nb.ieee.ca/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the South Alberta Section: http://sites.ieee.org/southern-alberta/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Winnipeg Section: http://winnipeg.ieee.ca/calendar

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Northern Canada Section: http://northerncanada.ieee.ca/>

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Northern Saskatchewan Section: http://northsask.ieee.ca/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Vancouver Section: http://www.ieeecontact.org

Please find the IEEE Montreal Section Newsletter (Issue 6, January 2012): http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/files/IEEE_Montreal_Newsletter_Jan_2012.pdf

The IEEE Montreal Section ExCom would like to thank to all contributors and editors.

The previous issues (# 5, Nov. 2011) can be accessed through:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/files/IEEE_Montreal_Newsletter_Oct_2011.pdf

http://ewh.ieee.org/r7/montreal/index.php

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Ottawa Section: http://www.ieeeottawa.ca/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Toronto Section: http://toronto.ieee.ca/

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the St-Maurice Section: http://www.sm.ieee.ca/evenactivites.html

Please refer to the following link for the latest activities hosted by the Canadian Atlantic Section: http://cas.ieee.ca/?page_id=1408

Volunteers Needed for IEEE Canada's Translation Committee

The IEEE Canada's Translation Committee welcomes translator volunteers to meeting the needs of IEEE Canada's many publications, groups and activities.

Whether you are new to the translation world or in need of populating your CV with quality references, there are always volunteer translation opportunities available, including the IEEE Canadian Review, the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE Canada Newsletters, the annual IEEE Canada Awards Ceremony Program, IEEE Canada Bylaws, welcome speeches, conference materials, and other assignments too!

You do not need to give up a great deal of your time to volunteer as a translator. The time you devote is up to you. Interested parties could contact Hind Rakkay, Translation Committee Chair at hind.rakkay@gmail.com, or Branislav Djokic, Publications and Communications Committee Chair at branislav@ieee.org.