Chair and Founding Leadership Roles

2022–2024
Chair, International Advisory Committee
20th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2022), Narvik, Norway

2005–2007
Chair, International Advisory Committee
12th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2007), Yokohama, Japan

1996–1998
Chair, International Advisory Committee
8th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 1998), Reykjavík, Iceland

1996
Chair and Organizer
7th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 1996), Chicoutimi, Canada

2003–2005
Chair and Organizer
11th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2005), Montreal, Canada

1999–2015
Chair and Organizer
CIGELE Annual Colloquium on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment (17 editions), Chicoutimi, Canada

2009–2011
Vice-President
14th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures (IWAIS 2011), Chongqing, China

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International Advisory and Scientific Committees

2024–2026
Member, International Advisory Committee
21st IWAIS, Sapporo, Japan

2017–2019
Member, International Advisory Committee
18th IWAIS, Reykjavík, Iceland

2008–2015
Member, International Advisory Committees, IWAIS Conferences (multiple editions)

2000–2002; 1998–2000
Member, International Advisory Committee
10th and 9th IWAIS

Multiple Years (1995–2024)
Member, International Scientific or Advisory Committees for:
– Gas Discharge Conference (Germany, Serbia, Japan, China, France)
– International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE)
– International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH)
– Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE)
– International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE)
– CIGRÉ Canada Annual Conferences
– IEEE CEIDP Conferences

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IEEE Conference Leadership

2007–2008
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Quebec City, Canada

2008–2011
Member, Technical Program Committee
IEEE CEIDP

2004–2009
Elected Member, Board
IEEE CEIDP

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ACFAS and National Conferences

2001; 1999
Chair and Organizer
Colloquium on Atmospheric Icing and Its Effects on Power Network Equipment
ACFAS Conference, Canada

1992–1993
Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Division
ACFAS Conference