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Welcome
The
Technology
Management Council (TMC) has been formed in 2007 as a development of
the
Engineering Management Society (EMS). Chapters which were EMS Chapters
in 2007, including the Ottawa EMS Chapter, are now TMC
Chapters with the same officers
or officers newly elected based on their bylaws.
As
of January 2008, the Ottawa
TMC Chapter became the Technology Management Council / Professional
Communication Society Joint Chapter, TMC/PCS Joint Chapter. On March
2008, John Grefford asked
IEEE TMC and related societies to add the Ottawa Society on
Social Impact of Technology (SSIT) Chapter
to the Ottawa
TMC/PCS Joint Chapter. Ferial
El-Hawary,
R7 Director, Gus Gaynor, President of the TMC, Mark
Haselkorn, President of the PCS, Janet
Rochester, President of the SSIT, and
IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA formerly RAB) have approved
to make
this change to the IEEE Ottawa Section
Technology
Management Council, Professional Communication Society, and Society on
Social Implications of Technology Joint Chapter, TMC/PCS/SSIT Joint
Chapter (IEEE Ottawa Section Joint Chapter TM14/PC26/SIT30).
The
IEEE Ottawa Section welcomed this change.
Council
Member Societies:
Aerospace
& Electronic Systems, Broadcast
Technology Society, Circuits
& Systems Society, Communications
Society, Computer
Society, Electron
Devices Society, Industrial
Electronics Society, Lasers
and Electro-Optics Society, Professional
Communication Society, Reliability Society, Signal
Processing Society, Solid
State Circuits Society, Systems
Man and Cybernetics Society, Vehicular
Technology Society
Upcoming
Event - Monday December 5, 2011
IEEE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNICATION APPLICATONS
Overview:
IEEE will be launching Special Interest Groups in 2012 for members wanting to organize humanitarian
initiatives. IEEE-Canada's Humanitarian Initiatives Committee (www.ieee.ca/hic/) seeks
to encourage members to get involved by sponsoring this event where professor David
Wright will be presenting different aspects of the IEEE HTC Data Connectivity project in remote
areas in the Alto Amazonas region of Peru including:
- A business model for this deployment in Peru
- Experiences in volunteer dynamics
- Interorganizational collaboration and leadership
- Deploying telemedicine solutions in remote areas in developing nations
This project was presented as part of the recent IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
(www.ieeeghtc.org) and the IEEE Sections Congress (www.ieee.org/sc2011). We are planning to present
this project during ICC2012 in Ottawa (www.ieee-icc.org), along with a demo and tour of the reference
design currently connecting Algonquin College, the university of Ottawa and the General Hospital.
Target
Audience: Engineers, Managers (technical, economic development,
and project), members wanting to get involved in humanitarian projects, independent practitioners,
students.
Prerequisite: NONE.
Objectives:
To provide an opportunity for members of the joint chapter to get together and re-initiate activities.
To invite volunteers to participate in IEEE humanitarian projects, for example during the planned ICC2012
event. To provide IEEE members an opportunity to use professional skills outside current job, as a career
development path. To work with members in creating open source humanitarian application for a wireless link
like the one available in Ottawa.
Knowledge
and skills you will gain:
Understand the business model, volunteer dynamics, collaboration and leadership skills, and technical skills
needed to deploy a telemedicine solution in remote areas in developing nations. Learn how to initiate open
source humanitarian application projects. Understand the role of systems engineers and project management in
a humanitarian or socio-economic development context.
Agenda:
- IEEE TMC/SSIT/PCS overview
- IEEE Humanitarian projects overview
- IEEE HTC Data Connectivity project in Peru
- ICC2012 event
- Questions
Date: Monday
December 5, 2011
Time: 5:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Event
Location: room DMS4165, Desmarais building, University of Ottawa,
55 Laurier Avenue East (www.uottawa.ca/maps/building/desmarais.html)
Session
Cost: Free to IEEE members, $5 Student and Engineers-in-Transition members, $10 non IEEE members.
Registration: Room
size is limited and registration is on a first
come basis, to reserve send an e-mail to Alfredo Herrera alfredo.herrera@ieee.org with a copy to Dr. Sawsan Majid smajid@site.uottawa.ca. Your
payment (if applicable) will be
accepted at the door, so please arrive early.Exact change would be appreciated.
Contact: alfredo.herrera@ieee.org
Presenters:
Professor David Wright (http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/en/professor-directory/professors/wright-david)
is a full professor at the Telfer school of management, University of Ottawa. Dr. Wright
has experience in government and in industry. In government, he developed systems dynamics
models to evaluate the impact of industrial society on natural resource depletion and the
ability of the environment to absorb pollution. In industry, he has worked with telecommunications
equipment vendors and network operators on market analysis, network evolution, service requirements,
distance education and the strategic impact of new technology on business. Dr. Wright is cited in:
Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in Canadian Business; and, Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He
is leading the business development aspect of the IEEE HTC Data Connectivity project in South America.
We welcome you to submit suggested topics for presentations.
If you wish to volunteer to help organise
a seminar, do not hesitate and contact TMC/PCS/SSIT Officers:
Jean Couillard, Chair, 613-562-5800 #4012, couillard@telfer.uottawa.ca
Alfredo Herrera, in-coming Chair 2012m 613-667-3742,
alfredo.herrera@ieee.org
You may become a member at http://www.ieee.org
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