Conference

Program

Wednesday

Sept 14

In-person Networking

5:00-9:00 PM PDT

In-person Networking

Join us to kick-off the 2022 conference for an evening of in-person networking over appies and refreshments! There will be games, prizes, and a raffle draw! You don’t want to miss this one.

VENUES

Lower Mainland: Palate Kitchen (848 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1C8)

Vancouver Island: Swan’s Pub (1601 Store St, Victoria, BC V8W 1N6)

Interior Region: Rustic Reel Brewing Company (760 Vaughan Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 7E4)

Prince George: Canadian Brewhouse & Grill (3036 Recplace Dr, Prince George, BC V2N 0G2)

Thursday

Sept 15

7 Speakers

5 Sessions + Networking

8:00-9:00 AM PDT

Conference Kick-off and Building Resilient Cities Panel

Wil Wedel, City of Prince George

Clare Share, McElhanney

9:15-9:45 AM PDT

New Ways of Winning Work

Tamineh Saadat, COWI

11:00 AM-12:00 PM PDT

From Theory to Praxis – Creating Intentionally Inclusive Workplaces

Erin Davis, Erin Davis Consulting

Kai Scott, Transfocus

12:00-1:00 PM PDT

Virtual Connections

Join us for (virtual) face-to-face networking and connect with conference speakers and other young professionals from across British Columbia.

1:30-2:15 PM PDT

Digital Transformation Panel

Kobus De Villiers, WSP

Tobias Petschke, COWI

Ian Trudeau, Entuitive

3:15-4:15 PM PDT

How to Successfully Work with Clients

Harvie Buitelaar, Hatch

Kear Porttris, QM Environmental

Brian Beach, City of Kelowna

Timothy Phelan, AECOM

Friday

Sept 16

10 Speakers

4 Sessions + Networking

8:00-8:45 AM PDT

How to Effectively Communicate in Multi-Disciplinary Teams

Suzanne Powell, Thurber Engineering

Ian MacMillan, Urban Systems

Jesse Unke, COWI

9:00-9:45 AM PDT

Business of Consulting

Richard Bush, Binnie

Scott Campbell, Binnie

11:00-11:45 AM PDT

Inter-Generational Relationships

Ender Parra, Tetra Tech

Kevin Leggett, McElhanney

Jess Opeka, Mott Macdonald

12:00-1:00 PM PDT

Virtual Connections

Join us for (virtual) face-to-face networking and connect with conference speakers and other young professionals from across British Columbia.

1:30-2:15 PM PDT

Career Journeys

Siobhan Robinson, Kerr Wood Leidal

Zahra Pirani, Wastech Services

Darren Gervais-Harrison, PBX Engineering

Karen Sutherland, Crush Dynamics