Continuing Education
The 2024 Engineers and Geoscientists BC Annual Conference and AGM will bring together engineers and geoscientists from all over the province for a learning and networking experience.
By participating in this year’s annual conference, registrants can earn up to a total of 44 Continuing Education (CE) Hours:
- Breakfast presentation (1 CE Hour per day)
- Keynote luncheon (1 CE Hour per day)
- CE sessions (up to 40 CE Hours available)
For In-Person Conference Attendees: If you only attend in-person, and do not watch any of the on-demand content, you can earn up to 12 CE Hours. If you attend the In-Person Conference and watch all the on-demand content, you can earn up to 44 CE Hours.
For Live Stream Attendees: If you attend via live stream, you can earn up to 12 CE Hours. If you attend via live stream and watch all the on-demand content, you can earn up to 44 CE Hours.
For AGM Attendees: You can earn up to 3 CE Hours.
Please note that you must self-report your conference CE Hours based on the sessions that you attended in full.
The following session(s) will not be available on-demand:
- Understanding People - Unlocking Your Path to Professional Success - Andrew Cooper, P.Eng. and Kim Cooper
- The Stress-Test - Strategies to Move from Stress to Success - Michelle Cederberg
- Actionable Strategies for Building Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces - Sophie Warwick, P.Eng. (Non-Practising) and Jillian Climie
TECHNICAL LEARNING
THURSDAY'S SESSIONS:
- Risk Management for Geotechnical Engineering
- Fostering Continuous Improvement in Public Hydrogen Infrastructure
- Climate Resiliency of the Built Environment: Assessing Codes and Analyzing Incidents
- Resilience Building and Sustainability Planning for Engineers
- Sustainable Energy Engineering - A New Domain to Tackle Climate Change
- Wood Use in BC – Navigating the Code and Alternative Solutions
- Electric Vehicle, Lithium Ion Battery, and EV/LIB Charging Fire Safety - The Risk, Preparedness, and Fire Fighting Implications of Design
- The B2E Best Practices Guide for Commercial Building Electrification
- Seismic Resources and Global Lessons Applied to BC
- Interfacing Between Technical Analysis and Policy Direction in Flood Risk Management at Public Safety Canada
- Beyond Limits - Pioneering Paths to Net-Zero Emissions
- Remote Sensing in Fish Habitat Assessments
- Decarbonization of the Medium and Heavy-Duty (MHD) Transportation Sector
- Hardware-in-the-loop Real-Time Electromagnetic Transient Simulations
- The Fraser River Tunnel Project - Fully Immersed
- Autonomous Vehicles and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
REGULATORY LEARNING
THURSDAY'S SESSIONS:
- Practical Strategies for Complying with the Professional Practice Guidelines – Development of Safety-Critical Software
- A Discussion on the Impact of Professional Liability Insurance Claims
- Firm Audit and Practice Review Trends – How to Avoid Common Findings
- One Down, Many to Go: Lessons Learned from the First Year of the Individual Audit Program
- Top Discipline and Enforcement Cases
- Panel Discussion: Regulators Collaborations Under the PGA
COMMUNICATIONS AND LEADERSHIP LEARNING
THURSDAY'S SESSIONS:
- Understanding People - Unlocking Your Path to Professional Success
- The Stress-Test - Strategies to Move from Stress to Success
- Transition Leadership - Engineering Leadership for a Changing Climate
- Leading High Performing Teams
- Fostering Innovation in Your Organization
- AI-Proof Your Career - Understanding and Using Systems Thinking
- Leading with Influence: Communicating Powerfully and Navigating Difficult Conversations
- Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso
- Leading Through Turbulence: Actionable People Strategies for Challenging Times
- Team Coaching Fundamentals for Team Leaders
- Mastering Negotiation: Engagement Tactics, Influence Strategies, and Cross-Cultural Dynamics
- Capitalizing on Neurological Differences to Engage Women in Engineering
ETHICAL LEARNING
THURSDAY'S SESSIONS:
- Actionable Strategies for Building Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces
- Unsettling Engineering Unsettling Canada - The Conciliation of Indigenous Peoples' and Settlers
- Microaggressions - How We Can Do Better: An Interactive Workshop
- The Johnny Mountain Mine Reclamation Project
- Insights from the Registrant Demographics Data Project
- The Role of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in Fighting Corruption
*Sessions and presentations are subject to changes.