Additional SC08 Program Details

Ibrahim Gedeon - Chief Technology Officer - TELUS - "An IEEE Journey"

Ibrahim shared his personal IEEE experiences as a volunteer.  Starting from student member to president of IEEE Ottawa Section and then as IEEE R7 Industry Liaison.  Throughout the years as a volunteer and member, hosting workshops and conferences, he has observed the changing dynamics of industry and IEEE's role.  He also shared some of the TELUS vision and challenges in his current role.

• Presentation (PDF, 2,695 KB)

The 2008 IEEE Honors Ceremony was held on Saturday evening, resulting in the largest attendance ever for an Honors Ceremony.  IEEE President Lewis M. Terman presented 22 awards at the ceremony, including the IEEE Medal of Honor to Dr. Gordon E. Moore, co-founder and chairman of the board, Emeritus, of Intel Corporation.

On Sunday morning, 21 September, Joseph V. Lillie moderated an IEEE Presidential Panel (PDF, 155 KB).  Using the MGA mission, the session theme was to Inspire, Enable, Empower and Engage IEEE members.  The panelists, all IEEE Presidents—Past, Present and Future—explained why they joined IEEE and the impact participating in IEEE has had on their careers.

The following individuals participated in the session.

• W. Cleon Anderson - IEEE President - 2005
• Tom Cain - IEEE President - 1995
• Ray Findlay - IEEE President - 2002
• Richard (Dick) Gowen - IEEE President - 1984
• Leah Jamieson - IEEE President - 2007
• Wally Read - IEEE President - 1996
• Lewis Terman - IEEE President - 2008
• Art Winston - IEEE President - 2004
• John Vig - IEEE President - 2009

Dr. Denis Poussart - Université Laval - "Advanced Technology, Convergence and Complexity: An Engineering Perspective"

Contemporary sciences and technologies are characterized by a powerful blending of disciplines. T his convergence, with interactions that are unfolding between its main info, bio and nano components, is generating new synergies. It is largely responsible for the accelerating pace of discoveries.  However, our inability to understand and manage complexity is emerging as the key obstacle to the fruitful exploitation of these new resources.  With the capability of synthesizing artificial and tightly connected components, the structure of future systems may become akin to that of Life itself.  The engineering challenges of designing and managing such systems are immense. They call, in part, for a renewed awareness in social aspects of science and technology and ways of fostering new forms of multidisciplinary education and research.

• Presentation (PDF, 4,401 KB)