Article By: Nazanin Hashemi-Attar

On Sunday 24^th June 2018, the 16^th IEEE international conference on New Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS) and IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group have organized a networking session during the reception of the conference. The event took place at LA Plaza Congress Center, Montreal and was co-sponsored by IEEE Young Professionals Region 7 (Canada). During the event, young professionals had the chance to meet and talk to the conference’s organizers, keynote speakers, tutorial leaders and some of the notable attendees of the conference who have travelled to Montreal. Furthermore, IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Group has invited 6 speakers; Prof. Dr. Mounir Boukadoum from the University of Quebec at Montreal, Dr. Yves Leduc from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France), Dr. Yvon Savaria from the University of
Polytechnique Montreal, Dr. Morgan Madec from the University of Starsbourg (France), Dr. Erkan Isa from Fraunhofer EMFT (Germany) and Dr. Fredric Nabki from the University of ETS Montreal. The speakers briefly share their professional life experiences and stories.