Join Us for the IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section Life Members Affinity Group Inauguration Meeting
This event marks a significant milestone for our IEEE community in the Thompson-Okanagan region, and we look forward to celebrating with you.
IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Affinity Group Inauguration Meeting
Date: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: HS 101 (Tentative) and in Zoom, Okanagan College
Register here to access Zoom and place food orders: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489172.
Agenda (Draft):
- The IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members (LM) Affinity Group (LMAG) Introduction (5:00 pm – 5:30 pm)
- S. Carl Zanon, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Life Members Affinity Group Chair
- Y. Khmelevsky, IEEE Thompson-Okanagan Section (IEEE TOK) Chair
- Guest Speaker, Wolfram Lunscher, R7 LM Coordinator (5:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Introducing the benefits and goals of LMAG formation to the life members of the TOK section.
- Guest Speaker 2 (TBA) (6:00 pm – 6:30 pm)
- Mentoring session for IEEE LM, IEEE Student and Graduate Members, Young Professionals and Consultants.
- A coffee break and light supper (6:30 pm – 6:45 pm)
- IEEE TOK Student Branches (Okanagan College, UBC Okanagan and TRU) introduction and mentoring (6:45 pm – 7:15 pm).
- Kristina Cormier, Chair of the Okanagan College IEEE Student Branch and Student Section Representative
- Dylan Huitema, Secretary of the Okanagan College SB: IEEE Student grants and future grant applications (Cybersecurity, Algorithmic Trading, new applications to NSERC, IEEE Societies, Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and other funds).
- Open Discussion (7:15 pm – 7:30 pm).
This is an excellent opportunity to connect with IEEE members, learn more about IEEE benefits, and participate in discussions about the section’s future.
Bios:
Wolfram Lunscher (https://life.ieee.org/meet-lm-committee-member-wolfram-lunscher/):
Wolfram has been an IEEE member since his engineering undergraduate years in the late 1970s. However, his father was a member before him. So, IEEE has been a part of his life, and he’s been reading Spectrum, almost as long as he can remember. Since his retirement, he has been involved as a volunteer with the Ottawa, Canada section, assisting with local conference organization, leading STEM Outreach, and serving as a Life Member. Professionally, Wolfram is a retired spacecraft instrumentation engineer with a B.Sc. in physics (’74) from the University of Toronto, and a B.A.Sc (’80) and M.A.Sc. (’83) in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia. He first joined the Canadian space industry in 1987, pursuing a diverse range of projects with companies such as Com Dev, EMS Technologies and Canadian Astronautics Ltd. These include data communication hardware flying on the International Space Station, a patented tracking algorithm developed for optical satellite communication that has been adapted to control the James Webb Space Telescope, and a radio science instrument aboard Canada’s CASSIOPE spacecraft.
He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Life Senior Member of the IEEE (currently serving as the Canada-wide coordinator of the IEEE life members), a PMI Project Management Professional, and currently a mentor for the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation.
Kristina Cormier’s:
Kristina Cormier is a fourth-year Computer Science student at Okanagan College. She has always been curious about science and technology. Recently, she has discovered a passion for data analysis and machine learning algorithms. Kristina is the Chair of the Okanagan College IEEE Student Branch. She coordinates with her team to help organize events and volunteering. Kristina truly enjoys mentoring, meeting new people and discovering new opportunities.
For further information, please get in touch with us
Youry Khmelevsky (email: tok-section [at] ieee.org) and
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Refreshments and a light supper will be provided
Ajitesh Parihar, Computer Science Department
