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Annual Conference Offers Professional Development Opportunities APEGBC’s Annual Conference and AGM will take place October 25–27, in Victoria, BC. Join your engineering and geoscience colleagues at the Victoria Conference Centre for two days of professional development sessions, networking and a tradeshow, followed by the 93 rd annual general meeting of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. This year’s professional development sessions feature 12 stream topics including engineering and geoscience in the resource sector, energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental engineering and geoscience, management, municipal engineering, better business, structural engineering, diversity in organizations, organizations in engineering and geoscience, and young professionals. Networking events such as keynote presentations and social activities will also be hosted. The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at 8:30 am on Saturday, October 27. All members are welcome and are encouraged to attend. There is no charge to attend the AGM business portion of the Annual Conference. For more information on the 2012 conference program, accommodations and registration, visit the conference website at www.apeg.bc.ca/ac2012/.

Don’t miss a thing with online conference session recordings! Professional development sessions from this year’s conference will be available for download at APEGBC’s online learning centre.* Take the opportunity to review presenter slides and digital audio for missed sessions or for a second time around. Register before September 10 th for pre-conference prices at www.apeg.bc.ca/ac2012/reg.html. *Permission must be granted by presenter for inclusion of presentation in the APEGBC learning centre.

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