IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events - June 1999

Dave Michelson (dmichelson@home.com) Tue, 25 May 1999 22:19:22 -0700 

Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 22:19:22 -0700
From: Dave Michelson <dmichelson@home.com>
Subject: IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events - June 1999



Please pass this electronic newsletter on to any interested individuals.

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         IEEE ComSoc (Vancouver) - Upcoming Events - June 1999
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1.  New IEEE ComSoc Chair - Dave Michelson
2.  IEEE ComSoc Mailing List
3.  Upcoming Conferences in Vancouver
4.  Local Members Reception at ICC'99 - Mon, 7 Jun 1999
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1.  New IEEE ComSoc Chair - Dave Michelson

As you may already be aware, I'm the new chair of the Vancouver chapter
of the IEEE Communications Society.  I would like to begin by
acknowledging the fine job that Ed Casas, our outgoing chapter chair,
has done during the past year.  Thanks, Ed!

A few words about my background: I've been a full-time research
consultant to AT&T Wireless Services and AT&T Labs-Research since 1996. 
While I'm interested in all aspects of applied electromagnetics, my
current work focuses on propagation modeling for wireless communications
system design.  I'm a senior member of the IEEE and chair the
Propagation Committee of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.  If you
want to know more, please check out http://members.home.net/dmichelson/.

With the help of the local ComSoc membership, I'll be arranging a
program of technical talks and other activities during the coming year. 
If you would like to join the local ComSoc steering committee or help
out in some other way, please let me know!  I can be contacted by e-mail
at <dmichelson@ieee.org> or by telephone at (604) 985-0214.


2.  IEEE ComSoc Mailing List

The Vancouver ComSoc mailing list will remain the primary method by
which we'll announce upcoming events.  It will continue to be a low
volume, digest-oriented, announcements-only list and will not be passed
on to others inside or outside of the IEEE.  As always, one can
subscribe or unsubscribe from the mailing list by sending a message to

        majordomo@listhost.ece.ubc.ca

with the words

        subscribe comsoc
        end
or 
        unsubscribe comsoc
        end

in the body of the message.  Of course, we'll also be posting
announcements to the Communications Society part of the IEEE Vancouver
Section web site,

http://www.ieee.ca/www_vancouver/communications.shtml


3.  Upcoming Conferences in Vancouver

As you're probably already aware, several high profile
telecommunications conferences are being held in Vancouver this year. 
The IEEE MTT-S International Topical Symposium on Technologies for
Wireless Applications (Feb 1999) and the Canadian Cable Television
Association Convention (May 1999) have already passed, but two more are
coming up in June.  Check out the URL's for more information.  

Canadian Wireless 1999 - 1-3 June 1999
http://www.cwta.ca/events/wire99.htm

  Note that Duthie's Technical Books is passing out a 
  limited number of free passes for the Canadian Wireless
  1999 trade show.

ICC'99 - International Conference on Communications - 6-10 June 1999
http://www.icc99.com/

  This is, of course, one of the biggest communications 
  conferences in the world.  This year's edition includes 
  a vast selection of tutorials, research-oriented
  conference sessions, and business-oriented mini-conferences.


4. Local Members Reception at ICC'99 - Mon, 7 Jun 1999 

Ron Horn, VP, Membership Development, IEEE Communications Society (and
Director, Technical R&D at Nortel Networks in Brampton) is organizing a
reception at ICC'99 for members of the IEEE Communications Society who
reside in BC, Alberta, Washington and Oregon.  It will be held on
Monday, June 7 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.  If you're a ComSoc member, you
should have received your invitation by mail.  If not, please contact me
for more information.


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Dave Michelson
dmichelson@ieee.org