The goal of the session is to present a summary of the automation industry in Canada with a focus on factory automation. The following topics would be covered: - Active Industries - Market Structure - Key Players - Future Trends - Automation Jobs - Required Skills - Challenges Speaker(s): Shahram Fahimi Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/309678 Biography: Shahram Fahimi is the Automation Manager of the Life Science group in SNC-Lavalin. He has over 20 years of experience in the automation industry with a focus on Factory and Process Automation. Shahram has contributed to many exciting automation projects such as the first battery line for Tesla in California using Trak technology. He has been graduated from Sharif University of Technology in 1998 with a Bachelor of Computer Engineering.