IEEE MDM 2021

Toronto, Canada (Jun 15–18)

Local Organizing Committee

Host Country

Canada

Canada in Brief

Capital

Ottawa, QC

Economy

(2019)

GDP ~$1.7 trillion

GDP/capita ~$50k

Population

(2019)

~37 million

GERD

(2018)

~34.5 billion

Area

~10 million km2

(2nd largest)

World Rankings

(2020)

1st (Quality of Life1)

2nd (Best Country1)

13th (HDI)

1World Rankings 2020 (BAV Group/Wharton)

Canadian Values

Host City

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto

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

(43.65N, -79.34E)1

Toronto in Brief

City of Toronto

international centre of business,

arts, and culture

Economy

(2014)

GDP ~$276 billion

GDP/capita ~$46k

Population

(2016)

~6.5 million (Metro)

1st (Canada)

4th (North America)

Climate

(Jun, daily mean)

19.4oC

Demographics

among the most

diverse cities

(47% foreign-born)

Quality of Living1

17th (World)

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

Downtown Toronto

YorkU

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!