Dr. Yihong Qi is a visionary leader with significant industrial and societal contributions, having successfully merged fundamental research breakthroughs in electromagnetics with applications to wireless communications. With more than 400 patents, he was the hardware technology driving-force for the success of Blackberry. He is the founder and partner of four technology companies, employing more than 5,000 people globally. He has mentored scores of post-graduate students, younger researchers, managers and executives. His technical and business contributions have been recognized with IEEE ...

Dr. Qian is a top government scientist and technical authority at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) with 30 years experience. He provides leadership to Canadian industry and academia in the development of space technologies and space missions. He holds 35 patents worldwide in the area of innovative space technologies developed in Canadian government laboratories. These technology solutions have helped overcome the challenges encountered in developing Canadian space missions and lower the cost of the space missions. Dr. Qian invented innovative onboard near lossless data compression technology ...

Dr. Wei Qiu is a Professor of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Department at Memorial University. He is one of the world’s leading specialists in marine hydrodynamics. He has developed several novel ship motion programs and led many collaborative research initiatives involving national and international partners. As an expert in his field and representing Canada, he has been involved in many international technical committees, including the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC) Ocean Engineering Committee, the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) ...

Professor Qiu is a world-leading expert in biomass utilization and green chemical engineering. His original contributions to molecular structure modulation has enabled the transformation of lignin from massive pulping and biorefinery waste into green fine chemical products and functional materials, generating considerable economic benefits while significantly strengthening sustainability. He has 400 journal papers and holds 150 patents. Through 15-year presidency in two major Chinese engineering universities, he has implemented innovative competency-based engineering training programs to ...

Academic, businessman and solar energy visionary, Dr. Shawn Qu is the force behind Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest and foremost solar photovoltaic power and energy storage companies. Founded in 2001 in Canada, Dr. Qu built his company to provide premium quality, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solar solutions to support global, sustainable development. He and his company have been in the forefront of commercializing various advanced solar technologies such as PERC, black silicon, bifacial, large-size wafers, heterojunction, Topcon, etc. Over the years, Canadian ...

Mr. Quinn is a founding partner and principal of Quinn Dressel Associates, a firm which has designed over 100 major buildings - 10 over 40 storeys high in North America and Europe. He served previously as President of Professional Engineers Ontario and as a Director of Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc. and has received numerous awards for structural design.