Inaugural workshop
September 4-5, 2018
Workshop outline
Session 1 : Chair – Joshua Taron (Professor and Co-PI of IISC – UofC)
1:30 – 2:00: Registration and coffee
2:00 – 2:20: Welcoming and address
Bill Rosehart (Dean, Schulich School of Engineering – UofC)
Jocelyn Haley (Head of the Department – Civil Engineering – UofC)
2:20– 2:45: Overview of the NSERC-CREATE-IISC program
Lina Kattan (Professor and IISC Program Director – UofC)
2:45 – 3:00: Student experiential learning and training program
Patrick Hettiaratchi (Professor and Co-PI of IISC – UofC)
3:00 – 3:15: Program governance and committees
David Layzell (Professor and Co-PI of IISC – UofC)
3:15 – 4:30: Pitch presentations from the IISC Co-PIs
Lina/Patrick/David/Chan/Josh/Laleh/Henry/Getachew/Kasun/Cathy/Chao
5:00 – 7:00: Networking reception
Session 1 : Chair – Lina Kattan (Professor and IISC Program Director – UofC)
8:30 – 9:00: Breakfast and opening remarks
Ed McCauley, (Vice President (Research) – UofC)
9:00 – 9:30: Overview of the CREATE projects and vision of CREATE-IISC
David Layzell (Professor and Co-PI of IISC – UofC)
9:30 – 9:50: Presentation from City of Calgary
Steve Wyton (Manager, Corporate Analytics & Innovation)
9:50 – 10:10: Presentation from CUTRIC
Garret Duffy (Manager, Western Initiatives and Researcher)
10:10 – 10:30: Presentation from Alberta Transportation
Ashley Bhatia (Director, Emerging Technologies & Foresight Strategy and Policy Branch)
10:30 – 10:50: Morning break
10:50 – 11:10: Presentation from City of Calgary
Nan Xie (Senior Engineer, Information Technology)
11:10 – 11:30: Presentation from City of Calgary
Andrew Sedor (Business Development Coordinator, Transportation Planning)
11:45 – 12:45: Lunch
Day 2 – Session 2 : Chair – Kasun Hewage (Professor and Co-PI of IISC – UBC)
12:45 – 2:15: Working session
Session Lead: Laleh Behjat (Professor and Co-PI of IISC- UofC)
2:15 – 2:30: Presentation from STANTEC
Ryan Martinson (Associate, Transportation, Sustainable Transportation Specialist)
2:30 – 2:45: Afternoon break
2:45 – 3:45: Panel discussion on "Perspective on plans for year one of the program"
Panelists: Arlyss Szysky (Vice President, Regional Leader, AB South, Stantec); Madhuri Seera (Project Manager, Goods Movement Strategy, Transportation Planning, City of Calgary); Kasun Hewage (Professor, UBC), Brit Samborsky (Energy Engineer, Climate Change and Environment , City of Calgary)
Panel Moderator: Chan Wirasinghe (Professor and Co-PI of IISC- UofC)
3:45 – 4:00: Closing remarks
Lina Kattan and Patrick Hettiaratchi (UofC)
