INNOVATION November-December 2017

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2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AGM

Industry exhibitors showcased their products and services, making connections with delegates visiting the tradeshow floor.

O ver three days in October, BC engineering and geoscience professionals, students, and industry stakeholders gathered at the Whistler Conference Centre to learn and make valuable connections. More than 700 delegates attended Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s 2017 conference and AGM, attending professional development sessions, association meetings, and networking events. Many thanks to all of our exceptional stream coordinators, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and conference delegates for your contributions and support in making the conference and annual meeting a success. The 2018 conference will be hosted in Vancouver, BC, October 18–20; mark your calendars! j

Keynotes at the conference included retired Fire Chief Darby Allen, Palaeontologist Lisa Buckley, Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth, and CEO of Technical Safety BC, Catherine Roome, P.Eng.

Members discussed and debated during the motions session at the association’s annual general meeting.

The association was pleased to welcome MLA Bowinn Ma, P.Eng., who brought greetings from the BC government at the President’s Awards Gala.

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