Monthly Archives: June 2026

Women Designing Ethical AI and Sustainable Systems

Artificial Intelligence is transforming how we live, work, and innovate. As AI technologies become increasingly integrated into society, it is essential to ensure their development and deployment are guided by ethical principles, transparency, and sustainability.

Join the IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Thompson Okanagan Affinity Group and IEEE Young Professionals Thompson Okanagan Section for an engaging online event, Responsible Innovation in the Age of AI: Exploring Ethics, Trust, and Sustainability in Artificial Intelligence.

Time & Date: June 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Format: Online

Please Register Here: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/534266

The event will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Viva Cundliffe, Founder and CSO of ReductionTech Inc., followed by an interactive workshop on Ethical Use of AI led by Dr. Quan Nguyen, Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University.

Participants will explore responsible AI practices, ethical considerations in AI adoption, sustainability challenges and opportunities, and the role of technology professionals in shaping trustworthy and inclusive AI systems.

This event is open to students, researchers, industry professionals, and community members interested in the future of responsible innovation.

Agenda:

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Thompson Okanagan Affinity Group and IEEE Young Professionals Thompson Okanagan Section

12:10 PM – 12:50 PM
Keynote Presentation
Dr. Viva Cundliffe
Founder & CSO, ReductionTech Inc.

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM
Question and Answer Session

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Workshop: Ethical Use of AI
Dr. Quan Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Thompson Rivers University

1:45 PM – 1:55 PM
Interactive Discussion and Q&A

1:55 PM – 2:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Networking Opportunities

Bio:
Viva Cundliffe, Ma/PhD (ABD), is the founder and CSO of ReductionTech Inc., leading development of hydroxyl-based atmospheric remediation and carbon removal technologies. A Kamloops resident since 2006, she combines environmental engineering training with decades of applied research to design scalable oxidative systems—air curtain units, hydroxyl emitters and the CO2 Crusher—for urban and aerial deployment. Her work spans prototype validation, pilot planning, regulatory engagement and international advocacy to restore atmospheric oxidative capacity and accelerate greenhouse gas removal. Dr. Cundliffe has authored technical reports and preprints on hydroxyl inundation, led funded laboratory studies, and holds multiple provisional patents. She advises governments and industry on safe deployment, monitoring and governance, and champions transparent public engagement and rigorous field demonstrations. Known for pragmatic engineering, policy fluency and a focus on biosphere co‑benefits, she directs ReductionTech’s efforts to translate laboratory chemistry into measurable climate and air‑quality outcomes. She mentors young scientists and community leaders.

For further information, please contact:
Nisha Puthiyedth <nputhiyedth [at] tru.ca>
and subscribe to the news at NEWS-THOMPSONOKANAGAN@listserv.ieee.org

From Health Tracking to Health Creation: Building the V-Portal and the Health Creation Operating System

From Health Tracking to Health Creation: Building the V-Portal and
the Health Creation Operating System

Dr. Mark Percival, D.C., N.D.
CEO & Co-Founder, V-Metrics: Health Creation Lab
Health Creation Strategist and Systems Designer

The IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section and Okanagan College Student Branch are pleased to welcome Dr. Mark Percival, CEO & Co-Founder of V-Metrics: Health Creation Lab, for a presentation on the future of Health Creation technologies and systems design.

Dr. Percival will introduce the vision behind the Health Creation Operating System (HC OS), an emerging platform designed to help individuals better understand how daily behaviors shape energy, resilience, function, and overall well-being. The presentation will explore how coaching, behavior design, sensor-supported vitality metrics, AI-guided learning, and whole-person health assessment are being integrated into a practical system for Health Creation.

Date:  Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 10:45AM
Location: HS106, Okanagan College, 1000 K.L.O. Rd., Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 4X8 (hybrid mode).

Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/564149

Abstract:
V-Metrics: Health Creation Lab is building a new kind of health technology platform: not another tracker, scorecard, or diagnostic dashboard, but a practical operating system for Health Creation. The Health Creation Operating System (HC OS) integrates coaching, behavior design, whole-person learning, pattern intelligence, and sensor-supported vitality metrics to help people understand how their daily patterns are shaping their energy, resilience, function, and well-being.

A central component of the emerging system is the V-Portal, a screenless shared sensor designed to make high-value body and cellular health metrics more affordable, accessible, and useful across families, teams, communities, and clinical settings. This presentation will introduce the vision, the architecture, the engineering opportunity, and the potential global impact of helping people consciously re-pattern their lives toward greater vitality, agency, and thriving.

Bio:
Dr. Mark Percival is a retired chiropractic and naturopathic doctor, Health Creation strategist, systems designer, and CEO & Co-Founder of V-Metrics: Health Creation Lab. In the late 1980s, he founded Health Coach Systems International and helped pioneer what became the modern health coaching industry. Since then, his work has focused on one central question: how can people be inspired, educated, and supported to consciously re-pattern their lives in ways that restore vitality, function, meaning, and well-being?

Through V-Metrics, Dr. Percival is helping build a Health Creation Operating System that brings together coaching science, behavior change, whole-person health assessment, biofeedback, AI-guided learning, and practical daily experimentation. The system is designed to help individuals and communities move beyond isolated health data and into a more supportive process of learning, self-understanding, and step-by-step health creation.

Photo Policy: Please be aware that photography, video, and sound recordings will take place during the event. You may be asked to appear in a photo, or you might be unintentionally recorded when photos or videos are captured. Individuals will not be identified in the Thompson Okanagan Section’s published media without their consent.

For further information, please get in touch with Youry Khmelevsky (email: tok-section [at] ieee.org) and subscribe to the news at NEWS-THOMPSONOKANAGAN@listserv.ieee.org
Refreshments will be provided.