IEEE MDM 2021 Toronto, Canada (Jun 15–18)

Local Organizing Committee Host Country Canada Canada in Brief

Population Capital Area (2019)

~10 million km2 Ottawa, QC ~37 million (2nd largest)

Economy GERD World Rankings (2019) (2018) (2020)

1st (Quality of Life1) GDP ~$1.7 trillion ~34.5 billion 2nd (Best Country1) GDP/capita ~$50k 13th (HDI)

1World Rankings 2020 (BAV Group/Wharton) Canadian Values Host City Toronto, Ontario

Toronto (43.65N, -79.34E)1

~ latitude to: Florence (Italy), Nice (France), Tokyo (Japan) Toronto in Brief

Population City of Toronto Demographics (2016)

international centre ~6.5 million (Metro) among the most of business, 1st (Canada) diverse cities arts, and culture 4th (North America) (47% foreign-born)

Economy Climate Quality of Living1 (2014) (Jun, daily mean)

GDP ~$276 billion 17th (World) 19.4oC GDP/capita ~$46k 2nd (North America)

1Quality of Living City Ranking 2019 (Mercer) Toronto Attractions Host University York University

• established 1959 • public research university • Canada's third-largest university − 50k undergrad, 6k grad, 7k faculty/staff Proposed Venue 1: Life Sciences Building Proposed Venue 2: New Student Center Networking, Social Events & (Optional) Excursions Welcome Reception & Banquet

Welcome Reception Banquet Excursion 1: Niagara Falls Day Tour Excursion 2: Niagara-on-the-Lake Wine Tour Location Accessibility Toronto International Accessibility

Europe & South America Asia & Hawaii North America York University Accessibility

• On the subway line − served by two stations • ~25min from downtown YorkU

Downtown Toronto Organization Organizing Committee

Local Organizing Committee

Heidar Davoudi (Ontario Tech University, Canada)

Manos Papagelis (York University, Canada)

Suprio Ray (University of New Brunswick, Canada)

Xiaohui Yu (York University, Canada)

Morteza Zihayat (Ryerson University, Canada)

Web Chair

Tilemachos Pechlivanoglou (York University, Canada) To Be Unveiled … On the Website

General Co-Chairs

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Americas

PC Co-Chairs

Asia-Pacific

Europe

Americas

Website: http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2021/

Conference Dates: Jun 15-18, 2021 We look forward to welcoming you in Toronto!