AGM Invitation
Dear IEEE Members and Guests,
The 2008 IEEE Ottawa Section executives cordially invites you to
your IEEE Ottawa Section Annual General Meeting to engage in your
section’s business, with a brilliant speaker, and other members
and guests over a sit-down dinner. Business covered at the meeting
will include the executive report, election of new officers, and
awards presentation.
Date: Tuesday, November
11, 2008
Time: Reception at 5:45pm and Dinner &
business meeting between 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Conference
Centre, Hampton Inn, 100 Coventry Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Map & Directions: http://www.hamptoninnottawa.com/direction.asp
Note: Parking is free of charge at the underground
parking lot
Registration: Click
here
Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Roderick (Rod) M. Bryden
President and Chief Executive Officer of Plasco Energy Group Inc.
Topic: The Plasco Conversion System – A new method of converting waste to value
For more information, please click here.
Sincerely,
Wahab Almuhtadi, Ph. D., P. Eng., SMIEEE
Chair, IEEE Ottawa Section
5:45 PM - Registration and Networking
6:30 PM - Annual General Meeting
7:15 PM - Dinner & Keynote Address
8:30 PM - IEEE Ottawa Section Awards
9:30 PM - Closing Remarks
To secure your seat, please register here by Tuesday November 4, 2008 at 12:00 noon.
Roderick (Rod) M. Bryden
Mr. Rod Bryden is President and Chief Executive Officer of Plasco Energy Group Inc. PlascoEnergy uses proprietary technologies to convert municipal solid waste, without air emissions, to saleable products, with less than 1 tenth of 1% of the original weight requiring disposal. The primary product is synthetic gas to fuel internal combustion engines.
Mr. Bryden is the majority owner and Chairman of SC Stormont Inc., which specializes in the leadership and development of small to mid-sized Canadian businesses. Mr. Bryden is also a Director and Chairman of PharmaGap Inc., Plasco Energy Group Inc. and Clearford Industries Inc.
Mr. Bryden began his career as Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. Moving to Ottawa, he held senior positions in the Canadian Federal Public Service before entering private business in 1974.
Mr. Bryden Co-founded SHL Systemhouse, and was its Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder as it grew from start-up to 4,000 employees.
He then founded Paperboard Industries Corporation (PIC) which became Canada's largest manufacturer of paper from recycled fibre and paperbox packaging.
In 1992, he became the principal owner of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club, and owner of The Palladium Corporation which, in 1996, opened the Corel Center (now Scotia Bank Place), home of the Ottawa Senators.
Also in 1996 Mr. Bryden co-founded World Heart Corporation and was President and CEO of WorldHeart until 2004.
Through SC Stormont, Mr. Bryden assumed direction of PlascoEnergy in 2005.
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