Charles Despins

Charles Despins Ph.D., Eng., is  President and CEO of Prompt inc., a  university-­‐industry research and  development consortium in the  information and communications  technologies (ICT) sector. In addition to  his academic postings (that he continues  to hold) in the Université du Québec  network, he has held various posts in the  private sector, namely at CAE  Electronics, Microcell (Canadian cellular  operator) and at Bell Nordiq Group (a  network operator in rural and northern  areas of Canada) as vice-­‐president and  chief technology officer. He has also  worked as a consultant for wireless  network deployments in India and  China.  Dr. Despins is a Fellow (2005) of the  Engineering

Institute of Canada and a recipient (2006) of the Outstanding Engineer award from IEEE Canada. Following thirty years in the ICT sector, he is today a frequent advocate on Sustainable ICT  issues.