The end of the year with the IEEE Thompson Okanagan Section and IEEE TOK Student Branches! Inauguration of the Women in Engineering and Consultants Network affinity groups, and the new Systems Council Chapter (UBCO, TRU and OC)

Time & Date: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025
Location: Room HS 101 and online in Zoom at Okanagan College, Kelowna and TRU, Kamloops (in-person and online)
Celebrate the end of the year with the IEEE Okanagan Section and IEEE TOK Student Branches! Inauguration of new Women in Engineering and Consultants Network affinity groups, as well as a new Systems Council Chapter. It will be held in parallel at TRU in Kamloops and OC in Kelowna (Zoom bridge).
Enjoy good company, festive drinks, and delicious food as we reflect on the past year.
Agenda:
Agenda: (Draft)
16:45 – 17:00 – Coffee & networking
17:00 – 17:10 – Opening Remarks (Welcome WiE AG, Consultancy Networks AG, & System Council Chapter) – (mailto:[email protected])
17:10 – 17:20 – Guest Speaker for WiE AG – Dr. Greg Anderson, Dean of Science, TRU
17:20 – 17:30 – Guest speaker for WiE AG – Dr. Musfiq Rahman, Chair of the Department of Computing Science, TRU
17:30 – 17:40 – Guest speaker for WiE AG – Dr. Yasin Mamatjan, Chair of the Department of Engineering
17:40 – 17:45 – Guest speaker for WiE AG – Dr. Catherine Tatarniuk, Faculty Advisor, TRUSU WIE
17.45 – 17.50 – closing & thank you for WiE
17:50 – 18:00 – LM AG Speaker
18:00 – 18:10 – Coffee & networking
18:10 – 18:20 – speaker 1 for Consultancy Networks AG
18:20 – 18:30 – speaker 2 for Consultancy Networks AG
18:30 – 18:40 – speaker 1 for Systems Council Chapter
18:40 – 18:50 – speaker 2 for Systems Council Chapter
18:50 – 19:00 – closing & thank you, (mailto:[email protected])
19:00 – 20:00 – Year-end social (1h) – separate event for vTools?
Room: 101, Bldg: HS, 1000 KLO Rd, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 4X8, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/523059