IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch

Heather Kennedy
Vice President, Operational Excellence
Suncor Energy
and Chair, Alberta Chamber of Resources Aboriginal Affairs Committee

"An Alberta Perspective on Corporate Aboriginal Relations, Suncor’s Experience over the Past 40 Years, and the Alberta Chamber of Resources “Aboriginal Programs Project” - Including Best Practices and Strategies"

The branch has a number of free tickets for engineering students & faculty. If you are interested in attending, please email

to sign up.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Metropolitan Ballroom
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel
1 Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario

According to many public opinion polls, the environment is now the number one priority for most Canadians – ahead of healthcare, education and the economy. In recent months, political debate has also been dominated by the issue of climate change.

T HE USE OF COAL is one of the most contentious energy and environmental policy issues of our time, not only in Ontario but also globally.

Please join The Queen's University Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy for a conference entitled:

THE FUTURE OF COAL IN ONTARIO? TOWARDS A CLEAN, SECURE AND COMPETITIVE ENERGY PORTFOLIO.

MAY 10th, The Old Mill, TORONTO

Information and registration available online at www.queensu.ca/sps/qieep/coal

Register before April 15, 2007: $350.00 including GST
Register after April 15, 2007: $395.00 including GST

Just to remind you of some of the important details about this year's RIT IEEE Student Design Contest. The date of the contest is Saturday May 5th, 2006. The last day to register is April 1st, 2006. Cash prize awards will be presented to the top three design teams ($5000 – 1st Place, $3000 – 2nd Place, $1000 – 3rd Place). Additionally, there will be three honorable mentions prizes awarded ($500 each) for the awards of distinction for Best Presentation, Most Marketable Project and Most Innovative Project.

EPSON Canada invites students in the Department of Computer of Electrical and Computer Engineering to compete in the first EPSON UFT programming contest. The aim of this contest is to provide an opportunity for students to showcase their innovation and creativity in designing computing solutions under real-world conditions.

Challenge
* To write a C/C++ program to play the Rock-Paper-Scissors game against other computer opponents in the competition

Prize
* Up to $1000 in cash prizes and The Bragging rights to the title of : " The Top Programmer in The EPSON Intra-University Programming Competition"