Annual General Meeting Report
Chair Report
The IEEE Ottawa Section 2007 Annual General Meeting was held at the
Conference Centre, Hampton Inn on November 28, 2007. Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi, chair
of the IEEE-Ottawa Section, started the meeting by a report on the
activities and achievements in 2007.
Treasurer's report and budget for 2008
Dr. Sreeraman Rajan, treasurer of the IEEE-Ottawa section reported the
latest balance sheet for the fiscal year 2007. He has also presented
the budget for 2008. The new budget was adopted at the AGM.
IEEE Ottawa Executives in 2008
During the AGM 2007, the following were elected as the new IEEE Ottawa
Section executives for the year 2008:
- Chair: Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi, almuhtadi@ieee.org
- Vice-Chair: Raed Abdullah, raedabdullah@ieee.org
- Treasurer: Dr. Sreeraman Rajan , sreeraman@ieee.org
- Secretary: Alfredo Herrera, alfredo.herrera@ieee.org
Congratulations to the new elected officers and our thanks to our outgoing executive: Kexing Liu.
Acceptance Speech of the new Chair of 2008
Following the election of the new executives, Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi gave his acceptance speech as the new Chair of the IEEE Ottawa Section in 2008. The speech which included the planned activities for 2008:
- Encouraging and helping the Section chapters and affinities groups to
organize local, national and international conferences to be held in
the National Capital/City of Ottawa. Doing this, it will:
- bring many presenters and attendees from around the world for cross pollination
- benefit the city's economic development
- increase the knowledge and keep engineering community updated with industry involvement.
- Continuous promotion of members to Senior and Fellow membership levels.
- Applying for the IEEE Regional Activities Board awards for the past Section activities.
- Increase the number of technical and educational seminars and workshops.
- Promote and support the new formed affinity group "Life Member".
- Increase the interaction with other IEEE sections.
- Further develop relations with the engineering societies, organizations, industry, academia, and government institutions.
- Invite all members of the IEEE Ottawa Section to volunteers and provide suggestions and feedback and to increase the value of their membership as well as the value of the Section activities
Keynote Speech
The AGM 2007 was continued by the Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Bush, VP Broadcasting & Corporate Development at Telesat. The topic of the speech was The Evolution and Trends of Satellite Communications.
Following the keynote speech, awards were presented to various individuals and organizations (see below). The AGM 2007 was ended with Wahab's closing remarks, calling support for the new executives and wishing everyone greater success and bigger progress for the new year.
The following individuals and organizations received awards in the
IEEE Ottawa AGM 2007, held on November 28, 2007:
IEEE Ottawa Section Awards 2007
IEEE Ottawa Section 2007 Awards
- Voicu Groza for his leadership in establishing the international Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements & Standardization initiative
- Preeti Raman for developing and providing on-line registration for the Section activities
- George Yee for his long term contribution as Chair of the Computer Society Chapter
- Kexing Liu for his contribution as Secretary of the Section in 2006-2007
- Yousof Pakzad for his contribution to the Section electronic newsletter
- Vijay Narasimhan for his contribution to the Section membership development
IEEE Ottawa Chapters recognized for their outstanding performance in 2007:
- The Antennas & Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society Joint Chapter
- The Robotics Competition Committee
- The Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society, and Solid-State Circuits Society Joint Chapter
IEEE Ottawa Student Branch recognized for their outstanding performance in 2007:
- IEEE Algonquin College Student Branch
IEEE Ottawa AGM 2007 Keynote Speaker recognized at AGM 2007:
- Mr. Paul Bush for his contribution to the IEEE Ottawa Section as the AGM 2007 Keynote Speaker
The best Ottawa power-tech/high-tech companies recognized at the AGM:
- Brookfield Power for successful development and operation of hydroelectric green power generating stations
- Group IV Semiconductor Inc. for innovation and development of lamps using silicon thin-film emitter technology (Solid State Lighting)
- Thermal Energy International Inc. for innovative technology and providing custom energy and emission reduction solutions
- International Datacasting for providing innovative products for distribution of audio, video and data via satellite systems
- Nakina Systems for providing innovative management solutions to telecommunications and data networks
- Senstar Stellar Corporation for innovative solutions and providing outdoor perimeter intrusion detection sensors and security systems
- Telesat for innovative solutions and providing the most reliable, secure satellite communications
The Ottawa organizations/companies recognized at the AGM for their continuous and valuable support of the IEEE Ottawa Section:
- Biosign Technologies Inc. for supporting and sponsoring the IEEE Ottawa Section activities
- Ontario Centres of Excellence for building strong industry and academic R&D relationships and accelerating the commercialization of innovations
Other IEEE Awards 2007
The Ottawa organizations/companies (Corporate Friend of IEEE Award by IEEE Canada):
- Hydro Ottawa Limited for valuable and continuous support for the IEEE Canada activities
- Algonquin College for valuable and continuous support for the IEEE Canada activities
The IEEE Fellow Award by IEEE:
- Paris Vachon for contributions to operational marine applications of imaging radar
- Barry Wood for contributions to fundamental electrical measurement standards
- Andrew Podgorski for contributions to broadband immunity and compatibility certification
- Charles Woodside for contributions to real-time software system performance engineering
- Hui Liu for contributions to resonant tunneling and intersubband quantum devices
Recognition by IEEE Canada:
- John Rakos for providing and presenting webinar seminars
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