PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The conference program will feature 10 professional development streams with a variety of topics designed for engineers and geoscientists, as well as appeal to senior management, emerging professionals and students. Join us from wherever you are as we go fully virtual, and live for the first time. Enjoy the flexibility and accessibility of achieving your professional development goals with 40 hours of educational opportunities.
All
sessions will be available on-demand after the conference unless otherwise
specified.
BETTER BUSINESS
SESSIONS:
- Leading Through Uncertainty
- Overcome Your Resistance and Leverage the Power of Networking
- Life of a Professional Liability Claim - Conception to Conclusion
- Managing Time: Everyone's Scarcest Resource
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
SESSIONS:
- Championing Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering at City of Vancouver
- Supporting Indigenous Success
- Interrupting Unconscious Bias in a Time of Disruption - Building Inclusive Workplaces
- Fostering Inclusion: Allyship and its Impact on Workplace Culture
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL
SESSIONS:
- Writing with Impact: Being Concise yet Persuasive
- Engaging and Empowering Early Career Professionals (ECPs)
- How To Advance Your Career While Working Remotely
- Working with Executives and Senior Leaders
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SESSIONS:
- Plan for Net Zero: Direct Air Capture
- Modelling for a Warmer Climate
- Implementing CleanBC – How to Optimize Our Impact on Energy and Emissions
- The Future of Solar and Storage
ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE IN THE RESOURCE SECTOR
SESSIONS:
- New Load Equivalency Equations Account for Steering Axle Tire Size
- Next Generation Communication Technologies to Improve Safety and Efficiency in Forest Operations
- InSAR for Mining
- Steep Creek Hazard Assessments
- Bridge Planning, Design, and Construction in the Forest Sector
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE
SESSIONS:
- Unconventional
Gas: A Panel Discussion
- Updates on Clean Fuel
- New BC Environmental Assessment Act
- Engineers and Geoscientists BC's Climate Change Action Plan and Government of BC’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
MANAGEMENT
SESSIONS:
- Speaking as a Leader®
- Succession Planning Roadmap: Identifying and Developing Future Leaders
- The New Language of Leadership
- How the Growth Journey Affects Strategy and Culture
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING
SESSIONS:
- Mitigating Disaster Risk: ICLR and the Role of the Insurance Industry in Canada
- Complete Street Investments for Low Carbon Mobility
- Archaeological Process, Policy, Permitting, and Municipal Projects - A Partnership Approach
- Lessons Learned Working with Local Governments: A Panel Discussion
REGULATORY AFFAIRS
SESSIONS:
- The Professional Governance Act (PGA) and Changes to Registrant Obligations
- Regulation of Firms – Permit to Practice Requirements
- The New Code of Ethics
- Lessons Learned from Investigation and Discipline
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
SESSIONS:
- Rehabilitation of Westham Island Bridge and Alexandra Bridge
- Case Studies of Infrastructure Monitoring Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- Prioritized Post-Earthquake Response
- Heritage Structures: Opportunities and Challenges