Greetings fellow CSABE members,

As we move into the summer season, I’m pleased to share a few highlights for our Society.

Thanks to the efforts of Rene Morissette, Webmaster, our CSABE/SCGAB website is beginning to receive updates to reflect our new society name. Moving forward, please ensure that you update any logos or documents you may be using throughout the year to reflect our new name, Canadian Society for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CSABE), or La Société canadienne de génie agroalimentaire et des biosystèmes (SCGAB) in French. If anyone would like a copy of the latest high-resolution Society logo, please reach out via email to Sebastien, Rene or myself. You can also find our logo here: https://csbe-scgab.ca/about/documentation.

This spring, I had the pleasure of serving as the keynote speaker at a well-attended Engineering Banquet Event. This inspiring evening brought together students, early-career professionals, faculty, and industry members, including Engineers Nova Scotia, in a formal and engaging setting. I spoke about the numerous benefits of a CSABE membership, including professional development opportunities, access to a technical network, the chance to participate in policy and standards development, and the opportunity to be part of a national and international community working toward sustainable engineering solutions in agriculture, the environment, and food systems. It was great to see such strong interest in the Society, and I was encouraged by the number of new members who joined following the event.