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Annual Conference Session Recordings and AGM webcast Available This Year APEGBC is offering a variety of opportunities to learn and connect through the 2013 Annual Conference and AGM, in Whistler, BC, October 24-26, 2013. This year’s conference professional development sessions feature 10 stream topics: engineering and geoscience in the resource sector, municipal engineering, environmental engineering and geoscience, geotechnical, management, young professional, structural, energy efficiency and renewable energy, better business, and APEGBC. Keynote presentations and social events will present opportunities to build your networks. The tradeshow will feature 38 exhibitors and showcase materials and services geared towards engineering and geoscience professionals. APEGBC conference sessions are now being recorded using the latest screen capture technology, which captures not only the speaker’s audio but also their presentation slides, embedded videos, images and anything else that appears on the presenter’s screen. Catch up on sessions you missed, watch your favourite sessions again and continue your professional development between APEGBC events. Sessions can be viewed on tablets and other mobile devices. Take advantage of pre-conference prices by adding this to your conference package. On Saturday, October 26 at 8:30 am, APEGBC will hold its 94 th annual general meeting. All members are encouraged to attend the meeting, which will be held in the Sea to Sky Ballroom at the Whistler Conference Centre. There is no charge to attend the AGM business portion of the Annual Conference. New this year, APEGBC is pleased to announce that a live webcast of the annual general meeting can be viewed at no cost from the convenience of your own computer. Please register early to avoid cancellation of the AGM webcast. For more information on the 2013 conference program, accommodations and registration, visit the conference website at www.apeg.bc.ca/ac2013. Or, follow @APEGBC for the latest news on annual conference sessions, highlights and promotions. The official Twitter hashtag for the APEGBC Annual Conference and AGM is #apegac13 . APEGBC Membership Renewal is Around the Corner: Update Your Contact Information and Your Practice Declaration Don’t forget to keep your practice declaration and contact information up-to-date ahead of the annual membership renewal period. The practice declaration information provided by members and licensees identifies industry of practice and fields of expertise. It is used in the online member directory on the APEGBC website and assists the private and public sector in connecting with members and licensees to meet their engineering and geoscience related needs. The information also better assists APEGBC in more accurately identifying and serving members by practice area and expertise. In preparation for annual membership renewal, members are also asked to keep their contact information up-to-date prior to the renewal period (October 15-December 31, 2013). As the annual membership renewal package will be sent to the most current

- update contact info - update practice declaration

mailing address or e-mail address on file, please verify that this information is correct. Updates to practice declaration and contact information can be made through the APEGBC online member portal located at https://secure.apeg.bc.ca/. Members can also verify and update their communication preferences to determine which communications they receive from APEGBC as well as their delivery preferences.

2012/2013 Annual Report Now Available The APEGBC annual report for the 2012/2013 reporting year is now available on the APEGBC website, www.apeg.bc.ca. The report looks at APEGBC’s work on key issues and topics of concern to members and the public during the course of the year. It includes the audited financial statements and shows how the association has delivered on the strategic plan set by Council. Print copies of the report may be requested by contacting the APEGBC office at 604.430.8035,

toll-free at 1.888.430.8035, or at apeginfo@apeg.bc.ca.

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