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February 2016

Vancouver Branch Sustainability Panel Discussion

Organized by the APEGBC Vancouver Branch and Sustainability Committee

Status: Advanced registration is now closed or the event is full. For space availability, please contact [email protected] Thank you.
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM. – 8:30 PM (Registration begins at 6:00 PM)
Location: Vancouver Central Library Downtown , 350 W. Georgia Street, Alma Van Dusen & Peter Kaye Rooms Vancouver, BC
Presenter: Various panelists will be participating. See description for details. 
Credit: 1.5 Informal Professional Development Hours (PDH)
Cost: $20 for all members and members-in-training who register online
$25 for late registration at the door (if available – space is limited)
$15 for APEGBC student members
Note: Please approach the registration desk at the event if you would like to submit questions for the panel ahead of time. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the mic.
Engineers and Geoscientists have often stated that they would like to apply the concept of sustainability to their practice, but they're not sure how. This will be a panel discussion to discuss this broad concept. The panelists will be asked to share their perspectives on sustainability as applied to their professional practice. This will be followed up by further discussion, facilitated by the past Chair of the APEGBC Sustainability Committee. Participants will be given opportunity to ask questions and take part in discussions during the facilitated discussion. There will also be an opportunity to network with peers and provide questions for the panel discussion during the registration period.


Panelists

John Clague, P.Geo., PhD
 
John Clague is Shrum Professor of Science at Simon Fraser University. He was educated at Occidental College (BA, 1967), the University of California Berkeley (MA, 1969), and the University of British Columbia (PhD, 1973).

Clague worked as a Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada from 1975 until 1998. In 1998 he accepted a faculty position in Department of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University, where he is currently the Canada Research Chair in Natural Hazard Research. He is Director of the Centre for Natural Hazard Research at SFU. Clague is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former President of the Geological Association of Canada, and Past-President of the International Union for Quaternary Research and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC).

He is recipient of the Geological Society of America Burwell Award, the Royal Society of Canada Bancroft Award, APEGBC’s 2001 and 2005 Innovation Editorial Board Awards, the Geological Association of Canada’s (GAC) 2006 E.R.W Neale Medal, and GAC’s 2007 Logan Medal and 2012 Ambrose Medal. He was the 2007-2008 Richard Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for the Geological Society of America and Association of Environmental and Engineering Geology.
 
Karen Storry, P.Eng.
 
Karen is trained as a civil engineer. She worked on the Brilliant Dam Expansion and the Canada Line before developing a passion for solving engineering and business problems in the most sustainable way practical. For Karen, solving problem in a sustainable way means incorporating the thought leadership of biomimicry, cradle-to-cradle, human centered design, circular economy and most recently the guidance of Products that Last out of Delft University. She is struck by how these new ways of thinking are unlocking innovation and value across business sectors.

Through her work with the technical secretariat for the National Zero Waste Council Circular Economy Working Group she works on increasing the presence of circular business in Canada. She also works on solving the materials consumption aspect of sustainability on a local scale through her work as a project engineer for the Metro Vancouver’s Solid Waste Planning Division. Her current work in that role includes developing end markets for waste materials, and increasing recycling in the multi-family and commercial sectors.
 
Mark Porter, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., FIStructE
 
Mark is a Senior Building Structural Engineer and the National Practice Leader for Associated Engineering, with 20 years’ experience on the design of a wide range of structures. Mark is recognized by his peers as a leader in structural engineering, management and sustainable design. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Structural Engineers and a designated structural engineer in the Province of British Columbia.
 
Mark is a leader in sustainable design and is involved in a number of professional bodies including a past member of APEGBC Sustainability Committee, the Institution of Structural Engineers Sustainable Construction Panel, and until recently the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. He is the current chair of the APEGBC Climate Change Advisory Group and oversaw the development of the Position Paper on Climate Change.
 
Nelson Lee, P.Eng.
 
Nelson Lee is a Professional Engineer in BC, AB and SK and a member of the APEGBC Sustainability Committee. For over 25 years he has advised corporations and governments on strategies for enhancing their sustainability. Nelson specializes in the climate change, energy and environmental, health and safety management systems-related aspects of sustainability. He has provided his services from within industry, as a consultant and in a third-party role. Nelson is a member of the Canadian Standards Association/Standards Council of Canada committee that is collaborating to establish and maintain internationally-recognized climate change mitigation and soon adaptation standards. He is frequently called upon to speak at seminars and provide training. Nelson recently established Green Sky Sustainability to address Sustainability and Climate Change needs and opportunities. He is an avid volunteer and tries hard to continually reduce his eco-footprint.

This event will be chaired by: Terry Molstad, P. Eng., Past Chair of the APEGBC Sustainability Committee.
 

Notes

  • To help us predict our catering needs, please register by Friday, Feb 12, 2016. 
  • Space is limited. Due to space limitations, registration will be limited to 115 members.

 
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