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Day 1
Sunday
Sept 12, 2021
10:00 – 13:00 ESTTutorial-1: Edge-based distributed inference for efficient IoT Applications - Amr Mohamed, Aiman Erbad, and Mohsen Guizani

Tutorial-2: IoT Workshop: Part -1 - Reza Vahidnia - BCIT
13:00 - 13:30 ESTBreak
13:30 – 16:30 ESTTutorial-3: Collaborative Intelligence for the Internet of Things - Ivan Bajic, Simon Fraser University

Tutorial-4: IoT Workshop: Part -2 - Reza Vahidnia - BCIT
Day 2
Monday
Sept 13, 2021
9:00 – 9:15 ESTOpening Ceremony (Xianbin Wang – Jason Gu)
9:15 – 10:10 ESTIEEE Canada Gala (Celia Desmond)
10:15 – 11:15 ESTKeynote Speaker: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan (Kathy) Land – IEEE In An Internet Dominated World
11:15 – 11:30 ESTBreak
11:30 – 12:30 ESTTechnical Sessions
12:30 – 13:30 EST McNaughton Winner Talk – Prof. Rajni Patel - Teleoperation, Force Sensing, Haptics and Control Issues in Medical Robotic
13:30 – 15:00 ESTTechnical Sessions
15:00 – 15:30 ESTBreak
15:30 – 16:30 ESTTechnical Sessions Panel-1: Evolving Dynamics of Industry-Academia Collaboration
Panel Chair: Deyasini Majumder
Panelists:
Witold Kinser – University of Manitoba Mohammad Moshirpour –University of Calgary Julia Elvidge – Chipworks, SheBoot, Advisor Invest Ottawa Tom Murad – Siemens Mobility
Day 3
Tuesday
September 14, 2021
9:00 - 10:00 ESTKeynote Speaker: Prof. Vincent Chan - Future Optical Network Architecture
10:00 – 10:30 ESTBreak
10:30 – 12:30 ESTTechnical SessionsPanel 2: NSERC Research Grants and Alliance opportunities
Panelist: Jennifer Mills, NSERC
12:30 – 13:30 ESTBreak – Technical Awards Winners talks: Andreas Moshovos - Empowering Innovation in Computing: The Role of Computer Architecture: Lukas Chrostowski: Lawrence Whitby – My Experience as a Volunteer
Chi Yung Chung – Grid Modernization: Challenges and Opportunities
13:30 – 15:00 ESTTechnical Sessions
15:00 – 15:30 ESTBreak
15:30 – 16:30 ESTTechnical SessionsPanel 3: Where Next? Innovation and Partnerships in Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Philippa King - Director Advanced Technology Platform Programs, OCI
Paul Baptista - Ericsson
Ketaki Desai - OCI
Dan Desjardins - Kings Distributed Systems
Sameh Sorour - Queen's University
Day 4
Wednesday
September 15, 2020
9:00 - 10:00 ESTKeynote Speaker: Keynote Speaker: Prof. Moe Win ‘Foundation for Localization-of-Things in 5G Ecosystem and Beyond’
10:00 - 10:30 ESTBreak
10:30 - 12:30 ESTTechnical Sessions Panel 4: Power System Transformation World-wide
Leader: Maike Luiken – Past President, IEEE Canada
12:30 - 13:30 ESTKeynote: Dr. Chris Dick - Aerial: An AI/ML Enabled Software Defined Radio Approach for Next Generation Wireless
13:30 - 15:00 ESTTechnical Sessions
15:00 - 15:30 ESTBreak
15:30 - 16:30 ESTTechnical SessionsPanel 5: Net Zero Emissions and the Technology Required
Organizers:
Gamal Refai-Ahmed
Ray Barton
Panelists:
Soheil Asgarpour - Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada
Peter Devita - Engineers for the Profession
Barrie Kirk - CAVCOE
Jiri Skopek - Jiri Skopek Architect and Planner
Day 5
Thursday September 16, 2021
9:00 - 10:00 ESTKeynote Speaker: Prof. Mohsen Guizani - Federated Learning and its applications to Internet of Things
10:00 – 10:30 ESTBreak
10:30 – 12:30 ESTTechnical Sessions
(2 in Parallel)
Panel 6: IEEE Standards – Innovations to Standardization: The Role of Standards in Innovation
Panelists:
Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College
Alex Gelman, NetOvation
Rudi Schubert, IEEE SA
12:30 – 13:30 ESTIEEE Canada President Elect Candidates
13:30 – 15:00 ESTTechnical Sessions
15:00 – 15:30 ESTBreak
15:30 – 16:30 ESTTechnical Sessions Panel-7: Women in Engineering – Awards Applications and Membership Advancement
Panelists:
Hadis Karimipour – University of Calgary
Maryam Davoudpour - Ryerson University Jeffrey Arcand - Software Engineering Leanne Dawson - University of Calgary
Day 6
Friday September 17, 2021
9:00 – 10:00 ESTKeynote Speaker (IoT Connect): Soumaya Cherkaoui - Edge Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities
10:00 – 12:00 ESTIoT Connect
Invited Speakers:
Damla Turgut - Charles Millican Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF) - Humans, AI, and IoT
Amr Mohamed – Professor, College of Engineering at Qatar University - Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Scalable Smart Health Applications.
Ayman Radwan - Professor, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Universidade de Aveiro - New Trends in IoT Networks towards 6G
Luca Foschini - Associate Professor of Distributed and Mobile Systems at the Computer Science and Engineering Dept., Università Degli Studi di Bologna - Intelligent Management of Future IIoT Networks: A tale of IT/OT convergence and DevOpsi
12:0 – 12:30 ESTBreak
12:30 – 14:00 ESTIoT Connect
Invited Speakers:
Olof Liberg : Head of 5G RAN standards, Ericsson - Cellular IoT – From 5G to 5G Advanced
Matthew Krieger – Technologist, Cobra Electronics - IoT Security – Even More Complex Than It Seems (2021 update)
Aiman Erbad - Associate Professor at the 2Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University - Reinforcement Learning for Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Distributed Inference in Smart City IoT Systems
14:00 – 16:00 ESTTechnical Sessions
16:00 – 16:30EST Closing Ceremony