{"id":2922,"date":"2020-09-02T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2023-04-16T21:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T00:23:58","slug":"2020-leaders-people-virtual-symposium-has-been-held-successfully-on-august-31-september-1-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/index.php\/2020\/09\/02\/2020-leaders-people-virtual-symposium-has-been-held-successfully-on-august-31-september-1-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"LEADERS &#038; PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium has been held successfully on August 31-September 1, 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEADERS &amp; PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium was successfully held on August 31-September 1. We proudly hosted 2 keynote speeches, 39 technical presentations by young researchers and students from 14 institutions, and 4 roundtable discussion sessions with over 120 registered participants from academia, industry, government and communities within Canada and beyond!<\/p>\n<p>We are very grateful to thank all the participants for attending the LEADERS &amp; PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium! Thanks to our keynote speakers, roundtable facilitators, student presenters, symposium attendees, and volunteers. Your presence and support make this event a great success!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, five students won the student awards. Congratulations to our student presentation winners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>LEADERS Program:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st place: Eden Hataley (Queen&#8217;s University)<br \/>\nRunner up: Max Robinson (Queen&#8217;s University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>PEOPLE Network:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1st place: Md Arifur Rahman (Memorial University)<br \/>\nRunner up (tie): Candice Chua (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)\/University of British Columbia) and Abhishek Dutta (University of British Columbia)<\/p>\n<p>Please follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people-network.ca\/\">PEOPLE website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people_ntwrk\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people.ntwrk\/?modal=admin_todo_tour\">Facebook<\/a> for the newest updates about the PEOPLE Network. We look forward to seeing you at our future events.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you once again for attending and we hope to see you in PEOPLE 2021!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20200831055423-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Please check out our summary and photos here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Keynote-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Keynote-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Keynote-1.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Keynote-1-600x830.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Keynote-1-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/figure-3-460x460.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/discussion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/discussion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/discussion.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/discussion-600x830.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.people-network.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/discussion-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEADERS &amp; PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium was successfully held on August 31-September 1. We proudly hosted 2 keynote speeches, 39 technical presentations by young researchers and students from 14 institutions, and 4 roundtable discussion sessions with over 120 registered participants from academia, industry, government and communities within Canada and beyond! 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