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IEEE Canadian Atlantic Section AGM

Full AGM Agenda can be found here

Preliminary Agenda (Oct.29)

1. Approval of Agenda
2. Reading and Approval of AGM 2018 Minutes
3. Chair’s Report
4. Reports
   1. Student Branch Reports
   2. Affinity Group Reports
   3. Chapter Reports
   4. Committee Reports

5. Old Business
6. New Business
   1. [ Motions ]

7. Final Call for Nominations for Executive Positions
8. Election / Acclamations
9. 2020 Budget Presentation and Acceptance.

Adjournment

Technical Talk: Perspectives on Tidal Energy Development in Nova Scotia

Speakers: John Woods (Minas Energy) and Tony Wright (FORCE)

Tony Wright’s presentation will provide a FORCE point-of-view on tidal power development and the challenge of  “working in water that moves over 20 kilometres an hour.”  John Woods will talk about two of the FORCE berths (A & C) from a developer’s perspective. These include a total of 21 x 420 MW units, connected in two arrays. He will highlight some points on interconnectivity.

More details on the AGM can be found at here.

Remembering Professor Mohamed “Mo” El-Hawary (1943-2019)

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