Events Calendar

Technical meetings commence at 7:00 pm, following Committee Meeting at 5:00 pm. Additions and amendments to the above schedule along with details on individual functions will be posted on this web page.

2019	Venue	Event / Technical Meeting	Presenter	Status
January 23	Pier 7, North Vancouver	Annual Dinner	Guest speaker: RAdm. Richard W. Greenwood C.Eng	Completed
February 20	Accent Inns, Burnaby	AGM	CEP Committee	Confirmed
March 20	Accent Inns, Burnaby	China's Engineers: from Li Bin (3rd Century B.C.) to today	Diana Lary	Confirmed
April 17	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Cyber Threats	Tom Duggam	Confirmed
May 15	Accent Inns, Burnaby	TBC	Faramarz Jab	Confirmed
June 19	Accent Inns, Burnaby	TBC	Christie Stephenson	Confirmed
July 29	TBC	ICE: 12th Brunel International Lecture: July 29th 2019	Linda Miller	Confirmed
September 18	Accent Inns, Burnaby	TBC	David McQuiggan	Confirmed
October 23	Accent Inns, Burnaby	TBC	Paul Wilson	Confirmed
November 20	Accent Inns, Burnaby	TBC	TBC	Open
2018	Venue	Event / Technical Meeting	Presenter	Status
January 24	The Terminal Club, Vancouver	AGM & Dinner	Mr. Bob Stuart, BC Hydro	Completed
March 14	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Fusion Energy	Mr. Michael Delage, General Fusion	Completed
April 11	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Growing a Consulting Firm: Converting a Vision to Reality	Dr. Zak El-Ramly, ZE Power Group	Completed
May 16	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Arthritis, Where Engineering Principles Play a Role	Dr. Barry Koehler, UBC Chemical Engineering	Completed
June 27	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Influence Without Authority	Prof. Vijay Kumar Verma Research Emeritus	Completed
July TBC	Felicos Restaurant, Richmond	Committee Appreciation Dinner		Completed
September 19	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Modern Measuring and Sensing Devices: Spatial Technologies	Mr. Keith Belsham, Spatial Technologies	Completed
October 17	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Battery-Powered Electric Vehicle	Mr. Bruce Stout, Vancouver Electrical Vehicle Association	Completed
November 14	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Transit oriented development and North Vancouver transportation	Ms. Mowinnn Ma, North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA	Confirmed
2017
January 25	The Terminal Club, Vancouver	AGM & Dinner
February 22	Accent Inns, Burnaby	No technical meeting	Mr. Paul Fast C.Eng P.Eng FIStructE	Completed
April 12	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Non-Traditional Solutions to Tap Connect Transmission Generators	Dr. Mukesh Nagpal	Completed
May 17	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Evening Discussion: A Debate on How We Fund Infrastructures	Hosted by Matthew Walton-Knigh and Marina Li	Completed
July 29	Canada Place	Dinner Cruise with APEGBC Sea-to-Sky Branch	Host: APEGBC Sea To Sky Branch	Confirmed
September 19	Christ Church Cathedral	Structural Renovations - Christ Church Cathedral	Ian Birtwell, Meredith Anderson and James Emery	Confirmed
October 18	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Distributed Fiber Sensing Systems	Dr. Sudhakar Cherukupalli	Confirmed
November 15	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Surrey Emergency Program	Mark Graffioen	Confirmed
2016
January 27	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	AGM & Dinner - A Geologist's Quest to Understand Our Blue Planet	Dr. John Clague	Completed
March 16	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Robotic Submarines	Shane Jensen and Taylor Moore	Completed
April 27	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Autonomous Surface Vehicle	Jaclyn Tarnai, Graham Williamson, David Wong, and Yiran Zhou	Completed
May 18	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Imaging, Mechanics and Osteoarthritis	Prof David Wilson, UBC Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Centre	Completed
June 29	The Terminal Club, Vancouver	IMechE President's Dinner	Mr. Jonathan Hilton	Completed
July 16	760 Pacific Blvd. S, Vancouver	Dinner Cruise False Bay	Host: APEGBC Sea To Sky Branch	Confirmed
September 21	Accent Inns, Burnaby	ZincNYX fuel cell storage systems: background, use and impact on global electrical generation	John McLeod, ZincNYX	Confirmed
October 12	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Injury Biomechanics – Is Prevention the Best Medicine?	Dr Peter Cripton, UBC Mechanical Engineering	Confirmed
November 23	Accent Inns, Burnaby	George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project	Edward Green, Charter Project Delivery	Confirmed
2015
January 28	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	AGM & Dinner - Port Metro Vancouver	Robin Silvester, CEng, President & CEO Port Metro Vancouver	Completed
March 25	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Human-Robotics-Interaction	Prof Mike Van Der Loos, UBC	Completed
April 15	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Evergreen Line Project Overview	Meiric Preece, DBC Technical Director Evergreen Line	Completed
May 20	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Innovative Natural Gas Delivery System in the Australian Outback	Dr Michael Wrinch, Principal, Hedgehog Technologies Inc.	Completed
July 18	West Vancouver	Annual Summer BBQ	APEGBC Sea-To-Sky	Completed
September 16	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Wind Turbines - Design & Build Wind Turbines - Design & Build	Antonio Marchet, Endurance Wind Power	Completed
October 21	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Perspectives on Climate Change and World Energy	Stan Ridley, West 2012 Energy Management	Completed
November 18	UBC Robson Square	Innovative Buildings and Structures in the Middle East	Eric De Fleuriot de la Coliniere, Associated Engineering (BC)	Completed
2014
January 29	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	AGM & Dinner - Meet the APEGBC Leadership Team	Ann English, P.Eng. and others	Completed
March 25	Vancity Kingsway	Holistic Engineering	Alan Kay	Completed
June 11	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Christchurch Earthquake: Two Years Later	Prof. Ken Elwood	Completed
July 26	West Vancouver	BBQ and Committee Meeting	Host: APEGBC Sea to Sky Branch	Completed
September 17	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Design of Theatre Motion Seating System	David Lo	Completed
November 18	Accent Inns, Burnaby	Renewable Energy	Dr. Mehrzad Tabatabaian	Completed
2013
January 30	Royal Vanc Yacht Club	AGM & Dinner - Climate Change and Global Warming	Prof. Andrew Weaver	Completed
March 20	Holiday Inn Metrotown	The Emerging Role of the Engineering Consultant - How to Find and Deliver Value	John Holland, C.Eng P.Eng	Completed
April 17	Holiday Inn Metrotown	New Pitt River Cable-Stayed Bridge Design & Construction	Craig Schaper, C.Eng P.Eng.	Completed
May 15	Holiday Inn Metrotown	BCSA 10 Year Strategy - as it relates to Risk Management	Catherine Roome, P.Eng	Completed
June 21, 24	Vancity Kingsway	Successful interviewing	Wilma Marais, CHRP	Completed
July 27	West Vancouver	BBQ with APEGBC Sea-to-Sky	Bill Vaughn	Completed
September 18	Vancity Kingsway	Living Buildings Challenge	Gregory Snaith, P.Eng	Completed
October 23	Holiday Inn Metrotown	Kinder Morgan Pipelines	Greg Toth, P.Eng	Completed
November 20	Vancity Kingsway	Port Metro Vancouver Projects	Matthew Walton-Knight, C.Eng	Completed

Prof. Vijay Kumar Verma

Date	Venue	Tech Meeting at 7 pm Subject - Topic	Presenter	Status
January 23, Wednesday	Pier 7 North Vancouver	Annual Dinner for CEP Members	Guest speaker: Admiral Richard Greenwood C.Eng	Confirmed
February 20, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	AGM	CEP Committee	Confirmed
March 20, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	China’s Engineers: from Li Bin (3rd Century B.C.) to today	Diana Lary	Confirmed
April 17, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	Cyber Threats	Tom Duggam	Confirmed
May 15, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	TBC	Faramarz Jab	Confirmed
June 19, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	TBC	Christie Stephenson	Confirmed
July 29, Monday	TBC	ICE: 12th Brunel International Lecture: July 29th 2019	Linda Miller	Confirmed
September 18, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	TBC	David McQuiggan	Confirmed
October 23, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	TBC	Paul Wilson	Confirmed
November 20, Wednesday	Accent Inns Burnaby	TBC	TBC	Open