Sara Jane Snook is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in energy development, corporate finance and commercialization of science and technology. She is the international Chair of the ISO Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Management Committee. The Committee develops and maintains a suite of ISO standards for mitigation and adaption to climate change. As former Deputy Minister at the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, a former Board Member of the National Energy Board and of the Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, a significant contributor at a large ...

Dr. Ya-Jun Pan is an internationally renowned researcher, distinguished educator, and volunteer leader. She is a Professor at Dalhousie University and has made significant contributions in nonlinear control and cyber physical systems with in-depth applications to intelligent robotics and industrial automation. Dr. Pan has contributed extensively to engineering and professional societies and been recognized with fellowships in EIC, CSME, and ASME, Research Excellence Award, and Humboldt Fellowship. She has provided dedicated leadership in Canadian and international research communities, ...

Dr. John Newhook Ph.D. P.Eng. is a world renowned researcher who has major contributions to the field of Civil Engineering. He has developed new technologies for structural health monitoring, and has made major contributions to the field of bridge design, including advancements in soil-steel bridges, and the use of novel materials in bridge design. He is also recognized as a leader in both Canadian Engineering Community and the University Research Community. He has spearheaded the development of a number of important national and international research initiatives and has been a leader in a ...

Dr. L. Joshua Leon,Chief Information Officer and Assistant Vice President for Information Technology at Dalhousie University, is a Canadian Engineer who has provided strong research and educational leadership in the fields of biomedical and computer engineering. He has championed the redevelopment of Canada's high performance computing research infrastructure and has made important and pioneering research contributions through his work on; 1) the electrical activity of the heart; and,2) in the development of the new field of general purpose graphical processing computing. He has also made ...

Professor Kipouros has made significant contributions to the fundamental aspects and practical applications associated with metals processing. Working with industry led to production of refractory metal coatings for tool steels. He has worked hard to bridge the gap between academia and industry having worked for many years at General Motors Research and returned to spend a Sabbatical at GM Technical Center. Founding Chair of the Canadian Metallurgy/Materials Education Council, he has championed international collaborations between industry and academia serving as Technical Advisor to NATO's ...

Chris Huskilson is a pioneer in the energy sector in Canada and internationally. Since his appointment as President and CEO of Emera Inc. in November 2004 the company has more than doubled its assets, from $4 billion to over $9 billion. Under his leadership Emera has expanded its strategic energy services and infrastructure in the Northeastern US, Atlantic Canada, St. Lucia, Grand Bahama and Barbados. Chris has led capital and service based initiatives such as a pumped storage hydro-electric facility, natural gas pipelines, gas-fired power plants, an energy services company and a renewable ...

Jim Hanlon P.Eng., has had a forty year career in engineering. In that time he has led three innovative companies, mentored hundreds of young engineers, and made major contributions to his province, his country, and his profession. Jim has been the driving force behind the development of a growing ocean engineering industrial cluster in Halifax. He is a tireless champion of Industry-University collaboration. He has worked to create two extremely important institutions. The Ocean Frontiers Institute and the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE).

Dr. Gu is a Professor of in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dalhousie University. He is an internationally recognized researcher in control, robots and Biomedical Engineering with over 300 published conferences and journal papers. He has developed the world first miniature robotic device to enable natural movement of an eye implant with several patents to give the vision to bionic eye, which has potential to benefit over 250 million people visually impaired. His works on robotics vision, surgical robotics, bilateral operation, control theory have been published on distinguished IEEE ...

Dr. Ronald Gilkie, PEng, FRSA, FCSCE, FEC, has contributed significantly to the advancement of engineering and scientific knowledge and application, especially in the fields of plastic sandwich structures and cable-stayed arch systems throughout his career as a professor, theses supervisor, consultant, and author; to the practice of engineering through his leadership in professional and technical societies; and to society generally through his life-long leadership of, and service to, alumni, professional, technical, sailing, artistic, musical and religious organizations.

Richard Florizone currently heads the Quantam Valley Ideas Lab in Waterloo. Dr. Florizone, 11th President of Dalhousie University, focused on developing partnerships between academia, governments, and corporations on issues of global significance. These collaborations resulted in the investment of billions of dollars in both the public and private sectors. He has been recruited by some of the world's leading institutions, including MIT, the World Bank Group, Cambridge University, the Boston Consulting Group, and Bombardier Aerospace. His leadership has been recognized with local, regional and ...