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CIPS Participates as Canada`s Representative at
A Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Canada was represented by CIPS: Dr. Ken Takagaki, CIPS Director of Accreditation, and Dr. Sylvia Osborn, I.S.P., Chair of the CIPS Computer symposium took place in Seoul, Korea from Science Accreditation November 4 to 6, 2007 that explored the need Council (CSAC). and benefits of establishing a system of mutual recognition and substantial equivalency of educational The participants exchanged information programs in computing and Information Technology on their respective (IT) disciplines across trans-national boundaries. processes, policies and The intent of such an accord is to establish a basis procedures for granting whereby graduates of accredited programs in any of program accreditation the signatory countries may be recognized by the other and concluded that countries as having met the academic requirements for there indeed is a need entry into the practice of IT. For certain countries that to promote a level of already have established professional recognition, such substantial equivalency. as the CIPS I.S.P. designation program, this may also This conclusion mean that the graduate would have a more expedited culminated in the means of achieving the professional recognition. This signing of the Seoul promotes greater global mobility for IT professionals. Declaration, where the The symposium was attended by representatives from professional associations in Japan, Korea, signatories have agreed on a shared vision of establishing an accord (tentatively called the Seoul Accord). Working groups have been formed and the intent is to have the Accord signed in December 2008. Once in place, graduates of accredited programs in any of the signatory countries will be recognized by the other countries as having met the academic requirements for entry In this issue PHOTO: Front Row (from left to right): Dr. Joe Turner (ABET), Bob Hart (Australian Computer Society), Dr. Sunil Vadera (ABET), Dr. Ken Takagaki (CIPS), Hiroshi Fukusaki (JABEE, Japan), Sung Jo Kim (ABEEK Head/Assessment Center for Engineering Education of Korea), and Dr. Seoungtaik Yang (Chair, Organizing Committee). Back Row (from left to right): Katsuhiko Kakehi (JABEE, Japan), Sung-Ok Lee (President of IITA, Korea), Nam Pyo Suh (President of ABEEK and KAIST), and Dr. Sylvia Osborn (CIPS). in to the practice of Information Technolgy. For certain countries Continued on page 3... CIPS Participates as Canada’s Representative at International Symposium on Program Accreditation « 1 President’s Message « 2 CIPS January Luncheon « 3 CIPS 50th Anniversary « 5 SIG Spotlight « 6 CIPS Events « 8 CIPScene CIPS Participates as Canada’s Representative at International Symposium on Program Accreditation Australia, the United C A N A D I A N I N F O R M AT I O N P R O C E S S I N G S O C I E T Y – C A L G A R Y S E C T I O N WINTER 2007 CIPS Connections ideaca Microsoft Canada President’s Message Season’s greetings on behalf of CIPS! Gold Sponsors Ajilon Consulting Aruba Networks Inc. Bell Canada Eagle Professional Resources Enmax Ethier Associates Petro–Canada PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP The Graycon Group T his year we were very busy building up CIPS as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) gateway in providing relevant education and training vehicles, and networking events for CIPS Calgary members. This season we introduced new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to our mix to ensure that our members receive information and valuable networking opportunities in additional fields within ICT. You can expect more of the same as we continue in our efforts to bring more valuable information and associations to your fingertips. We will also be launching our new website soon. Give it a look, it contains more information and is easier to Silver Sponsors BearingPoint LP Internet Security Systems Inc. navigate than the previous version. Due to its portal infrastructure, volunteers and board members will be using it to collaborate in a faster, more efficient way. We’ve also returned to planning a few social events for Long View Systems our members. We held a pool night at The Garage that Mainland Information Systems Inc. was a blast, and recently sponsored an “Oktoberfest in November” event that was very well attended. I hope you Project Management Institute Southern Alberta Chapter on events like these will certainly lead to others. Look to SAP Canada Inc. attended one or both of these. Your positive feedback future communiqués for upcoming events. At the National level there is also a lot going on; Sierra Systems make sure you browse the national website for details. Telvent Of interest to all members though is our leadership in ThoughtWorks TransCanada Tricon Solutions Inc. West Pacific Consulting Group the IFIP, or International Professional Practice Program (I3P). This is an international task force that is making significant progress in establishing a global ICT recognition for professionalism, like our own I.S.P. Three big endeavors in the planning stages are: a Managers SIG to help ICT managers develop managerial prowess and network with others; a high school Bronze Sponsors ASQ-Calgary Section 409 HP Canada Inteqna presentation program to inform students of the future of the ICT industry; and a greater focus on marketing CIPS benefits to smaller companies. If you want to volunteer, this is a good place to get started! We can always use your help. As always, thank you to all the volunteers and board members who have helped make CIPS successful, and also the members who have participated and supported CIPS this year. On behalf of CIPS, I’d like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season, and the best for the coming year! n Mike Blackwell – President, CIPS Calgary CIPS Win t er 2 0 0 7 2007-2008 Platinum Sponsors Mike Blackwell – President ph: 539–8371 email: [email protected] Trekker Armstrong, I.S.P. – Past President ph: 920–6403 email: [email protected] Blaine Feniak, I.S.P. – VP Finance/Treasurer ph: 920–6485 email: [email protected] Pat McGowan – VP Programs ph: 831-2188 email: [email protected] Curtis Smorodin – VP Marketing ph: 514-2862 email: [email protected] Matt Ball – Luncheons ph: 508-2288 email: [email protected] Michael Cunningham – CIO Liaison ph: 440–1115 email: [email protected] Greg Hennigen – Marketing & Web Presence ph: 265-4332 email: [email protected] Mimi Hurt – Education & Training ph: 932-1672 email: [email protected] Wayne Lapaire, I.S.P. – Sponsorship ph: 750-5039 email: [email protected] Jeff Macleod – Marketing ph: 213-8427 email: [email protected] Stephen McLachlin, I.S.P. – Newsletter ph: 620–3471 email: [email protected] Geoffrey Milos, I.S.P. – AB Regional ph: 943-0115 email: [email protected] John Vardalos – SIGS ph: 975-7287 email: [email protected] Sandy Virgo - Ambassador Program ph: 268-1979 email: [email protected] Donna deMan – Academic/Student Liaison ph: 210–5631 email: [email protected] CIPS Calgary Office ph: 244–4487 email: [email protected] CIPS January Luncheon The Rubber Band Principle: Strategies for Strengthening Your Resilience Thursday, January 10, 2008 Luncheons are held at the Chanber of Commerce. 11:30 am registration, noon presentation Please refer to www.calgary.cips.ca or page 8 of this newsletter for more information. N ever again say “it’s too hard.” You can increase your bounceability and capacity to recover from change, mistakes, setbacks and stress at work and home. Learn the secrets of resilient survivors, The Rubber Band Principle and methods to improve physical, mental and emotional well being. Walk away feeling uplifted! You Will: Ñ Learn how to better care for your physical well being and increase vitality by using 30 Second Quickies and more Ñ Edit your thoughts and talk with empowering truths Ñ Lighten your load and brighten your outlook with methods developed from Positive Psychology research TESTIMONIALS “Patricia gave us a positive and fun spin on being more resilient at work, including leaving some worry behind.” AMY OSHANYK, ATB Financial MasterCard “We laughed. We learned. We walked away with useful tools to better take care of ourselves. Patricia pressure proofed the women of Ipswich.” JONI BIRCH, Counsellor, Relationships Australia “Patricia’s humorous reminders of how to be resilient are part of my new goals for daily living. Patricia helped make our February conference the best one ever!” JANE CHAPMAN, Red Deer Catholic School Board Patricia Morgan helps individuals and organizations bounce back and effectively adapt to challenges, setbacks and change. She provides practical how-to’s that decrease stress and increase resiliency. Her uplifting, insightful and fun message leaves audiences inspired and enlivened. Patricia is a certified counsellor and holds a Masters degree in Psychology. She is an international speaker who provides can-do ideas based on the science of emotional well-being. Patricia has authored over 100 articles and five books including Love Her as She Is: Lessons from a Daughter Stolen by Addictions which was featured on national radio and television. Patricia was chosen as a Woman of Vision by Global TV and YWCA. n International Symposium Continued from page 1... that already have established professional recognition their professional association. CIPS has been offering systems in place, such as the CIPS I.S.P. program, accreditation to universities and colleges since 1984 this also means that the graduate would have a and has accredited over 160 programs nation-wide. more expedited means of achieving the professional recognition. Program accreditation encourages quality education through a continuous self-improvement process and fosters professionalism by exposing students to For more information on CIPS accreditation, contact Gina van Dalen by email at: [email protected] or by phone (toll free): 1-877-ASK-CIPS (275-2477). n Gina van Dalen, Source: www.cips.ca/news/national/ www.calgar y.cips.ca CIPS CALGARY MEMBER RECOGNITION (as of November 30, 2007) CIPS 50th Anniversary 5-Year Members Sato Daisuke Calvin Nikiforuk Doug Arychuk, I.S.P. Jeffrey Desrochers Robert Nowakowsky Rand Ayres Carrie Dezotell Darek Nowicki John Courte, I.S.P. Tim Driedger Alex Oussan-Podgornov Lloyd Freiday, I.S.P. Steve Elliott Cameron Pelham Ritchie Kashmirian Arif Fazel Marek Pieczara and continues to be, the place where IT profesionals Dave Rose Glenn Guyett Eric Poeschek connect with colleagues coast to coast. Martha Taylor Corey Hallisey Allen Pomeroy, I.S.P. Belinda Hamilton Diane Poon Kyle Hantke Tim Power being organized on May 8, 2008 in conjunction 10-Year Members Brenda Domeij David Hawkings Aizhen Qu Kenneth Iori Heini He Randy Radic Derek Manns Jingyun He Paul Reimer Maureen Shipton Jean Hernandez Lori Robertson Steve Spalding, I.S.P. Karen Hill Murray Sagal 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of CIPS!! CIPS has accomplished so much over the years. CIPS has been, A special CIPS 50th Anniversary event is with the CIPS National INFORMATICS/Summit 2008 conference to be held in partnership in Ottawa (May 7 – 9). As Allan Hoellwarth Chanaka Samarajeewa well, Calgary will also 15-Year Members Alkarim (Karim) Hudda Erika Scott hold a celebration locally. PV Cusi Karmen Ingram Aaron So Look for details. n Maria Eisenberg Sithun John Ruth Solomon David Fettig Yee Hyun Jun John Stadnyk Paul McPhee, I.S.P. Puneet Kapur Ross Taylor John Smith Mike Kehoe Calin Todea Charles Tuckey, I.S.P. Pat Kelly-Bigras Tony Tran David Werboweski Alphonsine Kouassi Barbara Van Noord Sherman Kwan Martin Vant Erve New Members Francois Lafortune Leo Weatherbie Nengi Afonya Jeff Lamey Gary Wen Andrew Aligizakis Kenneth Lang John Whitrick Rob Atkinson Filbert Law Thomas Xu Trevor Avery Chris Lee Yiyuan Xu Jerry Bauche Daniel Liu Holly Yaschuk Wayne Belanger Tzu-Shien Liu Kwok-Ming Yu Winnie Belliveau Kent Macdonald Max Zhang Shunk Blair Ann Marie Mackey Rick Zhang Chris Borowiecki Bryan Mah Simon Bower, I.S.P. Gary Maxwell I.S.P. Recipients Robert Breithaupt Alan Miller Simon Bower, I.S.P. John Bristowe Lorraine Moore Simon Chandler, I.S.P. Alexander Chan Di Mosca Walter Ridgewell, I.S.P. Simon Chandler, I.S.P. Hilary Murray Hilary Thomsen, I.S.P. Andy Chu Calvin Ngai James Cole Paul Ngo Kelly D’Eath Jim Nicholas New Member Benefit CIPS Members can now Receive 40% off ‘Business Knowledge for IT’ Books Bizle Professional series of books by Essvale Corporation Limited are first of its kind that seek to bridge the knowledge gap between Information Technology (IT) professionals and the business community. “Business Knowledge for IT” books (part of the Bizle Professional Series) are on sale now. CIPS members are eligible to purchase these books at a 40% discount off the retail price of $90.00 CDN. For more information or to order your copy of any of the books, contact customer services at [email protected] or visit: www.essvale.com. CIPS Win t er 2 0 0 7 Highlights from the 2007 Annual General Meeting Thank you to all members who attended the Annual General Meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on November 7. Highlights from the 2006/2007 year include: Ñ Designed and launched our new Mentorship Program Ñ Completed an Executive Survey, leading to our business plan Ñ Secured local section participation on CIPS National Sub Committees New address for CIPS National Ñ Held a series of well-attended and informative luncheons featuring quality presenters Ñ Held a number of successful CIO Breakfasts Ñ Continued to strengthen our relationship with our Special Interest Groups (SIGS) and added two additional associations (the itSMF and the Integration Consortium) Ñ Members equity increased by 46%. Four bylaw changes were passed at the Annual General Meeting. These changes are noted in the 2006/2007 Ñ Held another successful, revenue-generating golf Annual Report, which is available online at http://calgary.cips.ca/who/general.php. The changes tournament Ñ Delivered a positive financial statement Ñ Fostered collaboration amongst the Alberta sections and Provincial Body were passed in order to allow for the President-Elect to be in place in time to attend an Annual National CIPS meeting and to identify additional delivery methods for providing notice of the Annual General Meeting. n Thank you to all who came out for Oktoberfest at Brewsters on November 22 – over 50 CIPS members came out to join in the fun. Stay tuned for details on the next CIPS member social to be held in the New Year. Promote CIPS Calgary and the I.S.P. designation! 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To request posters, please phone the CIPS office at 244-4487, or email [email protected]. EP jo eY_[ WZ_W www.calgar y.cips.ca SIG Spotlight SIG EVENTS Business Analysis SIG Event Getting Agile, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Index Cards Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Networking 12:00 (sharp) to 1:00 pm Presentation Bankers Hall Auditorium Lower Level A/P3, 315 – 8 Avenue SW Speaker: John Johnston, ThoughtWorks Registration: Free, but please pre–register at calgary.cips. ca/cgi–bin/cips_sig_all.pl What’s it like making the change from traditional analysis to becoming an agile analyst? You can read all the books, blogs and training material you like, but how do you start doing it? This session will explore the real-life experiences of an analyst who has undergone this transition in the last two years. It will look at the key learning points, the most valuable resources and summarize the significant differences between his job then and now. John Johnston is a business analyst with ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy who deliver custom applications, no-nonsense consulting, help organizations drive agility and create software. He has 12 years of IT industry experience in Britain and continental Europe beginning as a COBOL developer with Cap Gemini. After three years as a web application developer for a London-based start-up, John transferred into a client facing analysis and consultancy role. Over the next six years, John worked with an impressive array of international companies in fields as diverse as graduate recruitment, chemical tanker chartering and front-office trading systems. However it was not until John joined ThoughtWorks in 2005 that he first had any exposure to agile software development. Quickly getting to grips with the new methodology, John spent the last six months before coming to Calgary as a trainer for new hires in Bangalore. John has an MA in History from the University of Edinburgh and a fondness for skiing. We wish to thank ThoughtWorks for sponsoring this event. n Special Interest Groups & Associate Organizations Business Analysis Leanne McLean Brad Sewall 403–250–8686 ext. 219 403–234–8960 [email protected] [email protected] Data Warehouse Nicki Chang Powless Hassan Sherazi 403–228–5423 [email protected] [email protected] Database Administration Bruce McCartney 403–615–3350 [email protected] INTEGRATION CONSORTIUM Tim Barnes 403-213-7905 [email protected] itSMF Canada - Southern Alberta branch www.itsmf.ca/branch/sab/ Project Management Ken Wiens Jackie Poeckens CIPS Win t er 2 0 0 7 403–813–7973 403–234–8960 ken.wiens@kgw–consultants.com [email protected] Sponsor an Issue of CIPScene Get your message out to a targeted group of IT professionals S support the work of CIPS Calgary, and through them, CIPS National, in ponsoring an issue and reinforce their brand of CIPScene is a and reputation locally, IT professionalism in high-visibility way regionally, and even Canada. to support Calgary’s IT advancing the cause of nationally. professional community Firms that give back The benefits to to the community create and demonstrate your sponsorship are threefold. firm’s tangible support First, in this challenging CIPS wouldn’t be the for Canada’s only IT labour environment, organization it is today without the support of a stronger community; professional organization. anything that presents For an investment a company as a thought firms like yours. 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Using logic and reasoning you must fill the remaining empty cells in each of the 12 puzzles with a digit from 1 to 9, such that each digit from 1 to 9 appears: Ñ exactly once in each row Ñ exactly once in each column Ñ exactly once in each of the nine delineated 3x3 squares. There is only one solution per puzzle! Solution is on page 8. n 9 1 5 8 2 3 4 6 7 3 6 8 4 1 7 5 2 9 4 7 2 9 6 5 3 8 1 8 9 3 1 4 6 7 5 2 7 2 6 3 5 8 9 1 4 5 4 1 2 7 9 6 3 8 6 3 9 7 8 1 2 4 5 1 5 4 6 9 2 8 7 3 CIPS is a professional 2 association providing 8 leadership in information cips winter 2007 systems and technologies. 7 We offer the only IT professional designation 5 (the I.S.P.) in Canada. Our 3 national and local activities are dedicated to promoting 4 continuous learning and the ongoing development of an 1 interconnected and world 9 class IT workforce. For more information, go to www.cips. 6 ca/join. Difficulty level: Easy Rating: Easy Difficulty level: Easy 6 1 5 3 4 8 2 7 9 9 6 1 4 3 2 5 8 7 8 2 3 1 9 7 5 www.calgar y.cips.ca 4 6 Luncheons are held at the Chamber of Commerce. 11:30 am registration, noon presentation. Please refer to www.calgary.cips.ca for more information. Solutions To stay relevant, CIPS Calgary would like your input on topics or social events that interest you, for CIPS Events our upcoming events. Please send your ideas to [email protected]. Page 1 - Sudoku 1 3 2008 Luncheon Dates Thursday, January 10, 2008 Thursday, February 7, 2008 Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Thursday, April 3, 2008 Thursday, May 1, 2008 Thursday, June 5, 2008 Some of the topics and speakers for the upcoming season are still being finalized, but information will be posted on the website as it becomes available. Secure online registration is available at https://securegs.com/cips/. 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