e-PEGG for February, 2005

Branch News

BRANCH EVENING FUNCTION

Smoker with First-Year Engineering Students at Medicine Hat College

We all remember these functions from our university days and what a great time we all had. Well, it is that time of year again when we have pizza and beer with the students to give them a chance to interact informally with practicing engineers. We have the room as long as we wish.

When: Wednesday, March 2

Where: Medicine Hat College
Courtyard Room
299 College Drive SE
Medicine Hat

Time: 6 p.m. Pizza and Beer
6:30 p.m. Presentations
7:30 p.m. Informal discussions

Cost: No Cost
Dress: Casual

Please RSVP by noon, Monday, March 1, to one of the following:

Mary Ann Byrd, P.Eng., DRDC Suffield, 544-5049, maryann.byrd@drdc-rddc.gc.ca; Robert Arthur, P.Eng., Medicine Hat College, 529-3936, crarthur@shaw.ca

APEGGA Celebrates Alberta's First Century

Proud Past: Confident Future is the theme of the APEGGA Annual Conference, April 21-23 in Calgary. This is your chance to take part in the decision-making process, round out your professional development program, mingle with other professionals, honour the best and brightest, and have some fun, too. Click here to find out more and register.

Robotics Exhibition Discount

Show your APEGGA membership card and receive a 20 per cent discount on a general admission to the Odyssium Robotics exhibition in Edmonton. The discount also applies to a maximum of four additional members of your party, and it continues throughout Robotics, which runs until May 1. The offer does not, however, apply to IMAX admission and can’t be combined with any other offer. APEGGA is proud to be a supporting sponsor.

Click here for more info. http://www.odyssium.com/

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Contacts

APEGGA HEAD Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780.426.3990 1.800.661.7020
(within North America)
Fax: 780.426.1877
E-mail: email@apega.ca
website: www.apega.ca

Calgary Office
2200 Scotia Centre
700 2nd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2W1
Tel: 403.262.7714
Fax: 403.269.2787

Website Makeover

Today is launch day for your all-new APEGGA website.

Engineering and
Geoscience Week

Remember to join the celebrations of our Proud Past: Confident Future, during National Engineering and Geoscience Week, Feb. 25 to March 6.

Ring Updates

Are you wearing the ring? Or would you like to help run a ring workshop? Two Iron Ring ceremonies and two Earth Ring ceremonies, as well as a ring workshop in need of volunteers, take place in early March. Ring camps are independent of APEGGA, but your Association helps out with promotional and administrative support.

Find out more here.

Buyer/Seller Forum

The Alberta Buyer/Seller Forum is designed to help you build strong alliances and expand your supply change. This fifth annual event, March 15 and 16 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, is your chance to increase your company’s share of nearly $100 billion in major industrial projects planned for Alberta. Backing the forum are Alberta Economic Development, Western Economic Diversification Canada and others. Click here for more information. Click here for registration form.

Climate Change Event

The Friends of Science hosts a climate change luncheon featuring world renowned astrophysicist Dr. Sallie Baliunas, on Thursday, March 10, at the TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary, starting at 11:30 a.m. Call 403-263-4203 for more information or e-mail fos@telus.net.

(Note: this e-mail address was misprinted in the February PEGG.)

Thank you!