Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting: Professional Development Seminars

Keeping current with new developments in technology, management, business and human resources can be a challenge. The 2008 Conference offers six two-day streams that address some of these areas (you can select one day from each of two streams if you wish.)

Registration Deadline: April 1, 2008
$299/day by March 1
$350/day March 2 - April 1

PD Seminars corporate discount for every third registration of equal value received at the same time from the same organization.

Please note that non-members of APEGGA are welcome to register for the conference.

The 2008 Conference offers six two-day streams that address some of these areas (you can select one day from each of two streams if you wish).

Thursday, April 17
Speaker: Alan Lightman, Astrophysicist, Novelist, MIT Professor
9:30am – 11:00 am followed by questions
1:30pm – 3 pm

The Physicist as Novelist
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Managing Engineering Design: Industrial,
Infrastructure and Commercial

Thursday, April 17

Facilitator: Jim Lozon, P.Eng., University of Calgary

Panel One: Initiating the Work

Scope of Work
Organizing the Team
Planning the Work

Panelists: Chris Wade, P.Eng., City of Calgary; Dan Rozak, P.Eng., Calgary Health Region; Terry Manning, P.Eng.

Panel Two: Engineering the Work

Tool and Techniques
Design and Documentation
Estimating and Scheduling

Panelists: Roger Mapp, P.Eng., Bantrel; Carl Clayton, P.Eng., and Brad Berteau, P.Eng., Stantec

Friday, April 18

Facilitator: Jim Lozon, P.Eng., University of Calgary

Panel Three: Executing the Work

Materials and Logistics
Construction and Equipment
Completing the Work

Panelists: Mitch Soetaert, P.Eng., Scott Adkins, P.Eng. and John Droog, P.Eng., PCL

Panel Four: Managing the Work

Risk and Change
Owner’s Role
Claims and Disputes

Panelists: Dave Evans, P.Geol., CSC Project Management Services; Nick Lavingia, P.E., Chevron; Jim Lozon, P.Eng., PDE Systems

Infrastructure Integrity:
Monitoring and Maintenance

Thursday, April 17

Morning Facilitator: Shiraz Kanji, P.Eng., City of Edmonton

Overview of the Municipal Perspective, Francis Wu, P.Eng.
A Closer look at Bridges, Shiraz Kanji, P.Eng.
Our Municipal Roads, Al Cepas, P.Eng. M.A.Sc.
Preservation of Existing Calgary Bridges, Craig McFarlane, P.Eng.
Integrity of Calgary Roads, Joe Chyc-Cies, P.Eng.

Afternoon Facilitator: Gordon Zack, P.Eng.
Managing the Integrity of Building and Transporation Infrastructure

Bridges, Tom Loo, P.Eng.
Highways, Moh Lali, P.Eng.
Buildings, Ken Grey, P.Eng.
Transportation Infrastructure Management System (TIMS), Dr. Touraj Nasseri, P.Eng.

Friday, April 18

Infrastructure and the Changing Climate

Facilitator: David Lapp, PIEVC Secretariat

The National Perspective - Darrel Danyluk, P.Eng.
Assessing Infrastructure in the North - Ed Hoeve, P.Eng. Buildings Expert Working Group of the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC).
IEVC and the Engineering Protocol - Joel Nodelman, P.Eng.
Case Studies of the Vulnerability of Municipal Infrastructures to the Impacts of Climate Change
Portage la Prairie Water Treatment Systeml
Metro Vancouver Sewerage - Brent Burton
Edmonton Quesnell Bridge Rehabilitation - Hugh Donovan
Climate Change on Infrastructure Codes and Standards - Michael Mortimer, P.Eng., Canadian Standards Association .
Engineering Climate Change Curriculum - Jeff Walker, MBA, M.Eng., P.Eng., Canadian Standards Association
Closing Remarks - David Lapp, P.Eng.

Proposed Learning Outcomes:

Upon completing this session you will have learned:

1. A current understanding of the issues around the design, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure in a changing climate

2. The risk assessment principles behind, and the application of, the PIEVC Engineering Protocol through case studies of selected infrastructures

3. The issues around the application of historical climatic data, climate change modeling and future climate change to the design, retrofit, operation and maintenance of infrastructure

3A: Water Management in Alberta’s Oilfields –
Issues and Opportunities

Thursday, April 17

Chair: Kim Sturgess, P.Eng., Alberta WaterSMART

Water: Alberta’s Next Big Economic and Social Challenge, Kim Sturgess, P.Eng.
A 2020 Fresh Water Consumption Neutral Upstream Petroleum Industry, Richard Nelson
Oilfield and Municipal Water Recovery and Reuse in the Brooks Area, Clyde Fulton, P.Eng., Newalta Water
Waste Water Recovery and Reuse in the Oil Sands, Keith Minnich to the Water Management Stream
Petro-Canada Uses Treated Edmonton Waste Water in Refinery Operations, Frank Vagi, P.Eng., Petro-Canada
THAI - Increasing the Potential of the Canadian Oil Sands, Emery Spronken, P.Eng.
Recovery and Reuse of Produced Water in Alberta: Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities, Greg Shyba, LLB, Alberta Research Council
Changing Role of Research in Improving Water Management, Dr. Kevin Hall, Centre for Water and Environment, Queen's University