Ted Robertson is, without question, one of the most eminent automotive engineers worldwide. He has risen to the most senior engineering executive positions in the automotive industry and was responsible for the design and production of over 15 million vehicles on the road. As a leader, he has been invited by the top associations to sit on their boards, including the Society of Automotive Engineers International, the International Federation of Automotive Engineers Worldwide, and AUTO21. His many honours include the Green Car Vision Award, Truck of the Year, SUV of the Year, Hall of ...

Executive Chairman, Biosirus Inc.

For many pioneering contributions to (1) Smart Grid concepts and modern Distribution Systems development and (2) practical solutions to power system aspects re: integration of distributed renewable energy and energy storage systems. A unique "Utility-University-Industry-Government-Professional Associations" collaborative model of pooled expertise, shared vision and financial risk sharing was developed which allowed for understanding, modelling, specification development and larger demonstration projects to be showcased in Ontario, and elsewhere. This "Shared RD&D" model involved many ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Dr. Smith has distinguished himself as an outstanding teacher, researcher and practitioner in the field of Environmental Engineering, recognized internationally for his work on ozonation of water and waste water and his contributions to northern community development. A professional leader, through his publications, organization of timely symposia and as senior officer of important professional societies. He currently works as a Professor at the University of Alberta.

Professor, Transportation Engineering, UBC

A professor at the University of British Columbia and Senior Editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Tarek Sayed is world-renowned for his research on road safety analysis and evaluation. His work on automated road safety analysis using video sensors is being applied in projects in six countries and is considered by many as the future of road safety analysis. He has a number of prestigious awards including the appointment as a UBC Distinguished Scholar, the Award of Academic Merit from the Transportation Association of Canada, and the ITE Wilbur Smith Distinguished Transportation ...

Executive Director, International Hydrogen Council.

A pioneer in the application of hydrogen for clean energy, Daryl Wilson currently serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the international Hydrogen Council. From 2006-2019 he was President and CEO of Hydrogenics, a global provider of advanced hydrogen solutions, where he spearheaded a number of industry firsts. Mr. Wilson has also held senior leadership positions at Royal Group Technologies, Zenon Environmental, TOYOTA and DOFASCO, where his teams garnered awards for innovation, quality and productivity. Mr. Wilson served on the Canadian National Economic Strategy Table for Clean ...

Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering, Virginia Tech

Professor Hesham Rakha conducts leading-edge research at Virginia Tech aimed at reducing traffic congestion, reducing transportation system energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing the safety of the transportation system. His achievements include the establishment and leadership of the Centre for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the continuous development of the INTEGRATION agent-based multi-modal transportation software, and the invention of numerous energy and emission modeling tools. Rakha’s record includes service to IEEE, SAE, TRB, ...

Robert Reid is a most talented professional engineer who has the unique capability of resolving not only highly technical challenges but also complex, multi-disciplined and extremely contentious issues, many with major political and national overtones. Mr. Reid has utilized his skills and leadership in many ways. His most recent stunning success brought the NWT Aboriginals into a one-third ownership interest in the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline without major capital outlays or commitments. For the benefit of Canadians Reid's creative, intellectually sound, politically endorsed, and economically ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Professor Heather MacLean is an internationally recognized leader in sustainable systems analysis, including life cycle assessment and its application to energy systems and transportation vehicles. Her research has informed the decisions of industry, government and other organizations and has guided regulations such as California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Because she is able to bring together disparate groups such as oil-sands producers and NGO's to collaborate on research studies, her work is often instrumental in securing support from regulators, local communities and other stakeholders. ...

Gerald James Maier is a petroleum executive. He is the former Chairman, President and CEO of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada as a recognized leader in the exploration, acquisition and sustainable development of our natural gas and crude oil reserves. He is currently Chairman of Granmar Investments Ltd..

Jacques Laparé, auparavant associé à la firme Bombardier depuis plus de 18 ans, a imposé sa marque dans la vente, la conception et la fabrication de matériel ferroviaire, à l'échelle mondiale.  Il a dirigé les équipes qui ont participé à la réalisation des projets de métro d'Ankara (Turquie) et de Kuala Lampur, et qui réalisent les projets de train à grande vitesse pour Amtrak.

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Pekguleryuz's engineering career has spanned 12 years in Canadian industry and 15 years in University where her creative and innovative research in light metal alloys has directly resulted in commercially successful products with significant impact to reduce environmental pollution. She developed Noranda's Mg engine alloy used on all BMW models since 2004 and established a high profile for Canada in Mg materials research taking active role in numerous industrial international/national projects, light metals programs and committees. In academia, she held two industrial research chairs, ...

Sue Molloy, PhD (Naval Architectural and Ocean Engineering) is the CEO of Glas Ocean Electric. In 2021 Sue and her team won the Lieutenant Governor’s award for Excellence in Engineering. Sue is a board member of the Council of Canadian Academies and former elected member of Engineers Nova Scotia. Sue is currently the Canadian Chair of ISO TC 8, (Ships) and an international convenor for IEC. Sue won the IEC 1906 award for her contributions to the development of international standards and was invited to give the prestigious Canada Ocean Lecture. Sue teaches about energy and oceans at Dalhousie ...

Carole Wilson is a strategic thinker with a global mindset and entrepreneurial focus who has implemented change nationally and abroad. She has developed stratagems and driven organizational change during a dynamic career in the automotive industry touching on manufacturing, product development, finance, marketing, sales and service. She developed the market equations for all current and future model Lincoln vehicles sold in Canada, successfully launching two new nameplates and three redesigned vehicles. Her philanthropy touches women in engineering at McMaster University. She has volunteered ...

Professor Associate Head | Canadian Research Chair in Clean, UBC

David Wilkinson of UBC has made major sustained contributions to the commercialization of fuel cells and other electrochemical devices (electrolysis,batteries, capacitors, electrodialysis, etc), while at the same time advancing the basic understanding of electrochemical transfer reactions. His incisive research and talented leadership have resulted in closing the gaps in performance, reliability, durability and cost of fuel cells and batteries, particularly polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. He is internationally recognized as a leader in electrochemical engineering and fuel cell ...

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge, Enbridge Inc.

Patrick Daniel, Former President & CEO of Enbridge Inc., has led the development and evolution of one of the most respected corporate performers in the Canadian oil and gas industry over the past decade. Starting with process engineering and information technology, he moved on to progressively more senior corporate planning positions with Enbridge and its predecessor companies, both domestically and internationally. He has given extensive service to the profession, via participation on the UBC Engineering Advisory Council, and chairmanship of the University of Alberta Business Advisory ...

Jeannette Montufar has demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in the areas of road and pedestrian safety, commercial vehicle operations, traffic engineering and education. She is past President of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, past Chair of the US Transportation Research Board's Truck Size and Weight Committee, founder of the Team Canada Alliance for Transportation Teaching, and recipient of TAC's Educational Achievement Award in 2013. Her contributions have been recognized with various honours and awards, including a YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and ...

Chief Executive, Hitachi

Howard Shearer is nationally recognized for his contributions made at the forefront of nuclear power and energy engineering in Canada. As a business leader, he has worked to make Canada a world leading powerhouse in smart systems and big data by helping build capacity for Canadian innovation in the digital world. His outstanding and selfless service on boards, committees and councils is notable. As one of a few Black engineers who is a corporate leader in Canada, Howard Shearer is a role model for the engineering community through his technical work, strategic thinking, business leadership ...

Professor, Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor

From 1997 to 2007 Peter Frise held the Chrysler Canada/NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Mechanical Design at the University of Windsor. He spearheaded Windsor's program in Automotive Engineering (Canada's first such program), and created a bridge between academe and the industry. As an educator, he was one of the first Canadians to receive the SAE Teetor Engineering Education award. Since 2001 Frise has been CEO and Scientific Director of AUTO21 which is Canada's national automotive research program. AUTO21 brings together researchers at more than 40 universities to do applied ...

Professor Emeritus, Ontario Tech

Professor Esmailzadeh of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for his significant contributions to the engineering profession in Canada and abroad through his expertise and leadership as an educator, researcher, and engineer. He is a passionate and dedicated teacher and many of his graduate students have gone on to become professors themselves. He has published over 300 journal and conference papers and much of his research has been widely referenced by practitioners in both academia and industry. Throughout his distinguished career he has trained ...

Professor, École de technologie supérieure

Dr. Al-Haddad is an international leader in the advancement of power electronics technology and its practical applications in traction, power utilities, renewable energy, smart micro/nano grids, lighting and telecommunications industry. He has natural ability to understand practical problems, provide innovative solutions for complex problems and apply them to practical applications. Dr. Al-Haddad has published over 100 journal and 500 conference papers reporting the scientific advances in the field. He has shown the technical leadership and has the credit of applying some of the published and ...

Director Tunnels Australia, Hatch

Chris Tattersall is an internationally recognized tunneling expert. For 31 years Chris and his teams have applied innovative design, state-of-the-art tunneling technology, and highly developed construction-management skills, to help in the delivery of prominent global infrastructure projects such as the English Channel Tunnel, Alaska's Whittier Tunnel, and the St. Clair River CN Rail Tunnel. The Whittier and St. Clair River tunnels were both winners of the Schreyer Award, the most prestigious of Canadian engineering project awards. Chris and his teams have resolved several tunneling ...

Power Systems Consultant for the African Development Bank, Guy Van Uytven Consultant Inc.

Guy van Uytven is a leader in high voltage power transmission system planning, design and construction. As a consulting engineer, he has been instrumental in the provision of low cost electricity to citizens of 19 less developed countries, thereby improving living standards and contributing to global energy equity. He has ensured the sustainability of the electrical power infrastructure by establishing training programs for local engineers. Guy served as VicePresident Power, Eastern Region for Monenco. He is an advocate for a North American macro grid to enhance the resilience of electrical ...

President and CEO, Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Lloyd McCoomb has had an outstanding career in transportation and engineering management spanning more than four decades. In his roles as Vice-President, Planning and Development, and later President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Dr. McCoomb successfully managed the $4.4 billion airport modernization and expansion program of Toronto Pearson International Airport. His previous senior positions have involved airport planning, operations and marketing, traffic and transit research, and environmental engineering. Dr. McCoomb received the Ontario ...

President and Chief Technology Officer

Gina Succi's career in engineering spans over three decades in roles from design engineer to Executive Vice President of her own company. For the past 20 years, her focus has been on product development and commercialization in four vastly different market sectors including steelmaking, logistics, mining and construction. She is recognized for integrating technological innovation, operational excellence and customer pull as the basis of a successful corporate strategy. Gina is an inventor with three current patents-pending and more in the making. She mentors aspiring engineers and is a role ...

M. Lamarre a dirigé le plus grand bureau d'ingénieurs-conseils du Canada. Il a eu une prestigieuse carrière au sein de Lavalin et était responsable des activités de construction du Groupe Lavalin. Après la fusion de SNC-Lavalin, il a été responsable de la mise en place de la division Transport et a réalisé de très grands projets d'infrastructures, tels que le métro d'Ankara. Depuis 2009, il est président de Jacques Lamarre Management inc., une société privée d'investissement.