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Upcoming Event  

Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions - CANCELLED

Date:

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Time:

Registration & Breakfast: 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Seminar: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location:

Vancouver, BC - Venue TBA
Instructor:

Lionel Laroche, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Credit:

6.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH)

Fee:

APEGBC Members (until May 14): $419.00 + GST = $439.95

APEGBC Members (after May 14) and Non-Members: $459.00 + GST = $481.95

MAPS Member pricing available. For more information, please contact Sabine Just at sjust@apeg.bc.ca.

This seminar has been cancelled due to low registration.

Seminar

Because the laws of physics and chemistry are the same all over the world, most technical professionals tend to underestimate the impact of cultural differences on their professional activities. This seminar examines the challenges and opportunities that cultural differences create for engineers and geoscientists when they interact with culturally different clients, employees, managers and suppliers.

Drawing from the experience of many professionals all over the world, this seminar helps participants understand the dynamics that lead to misunderstandings between culturally different engineers or geoscientists even when all the people involved have the best intentions at heart and provides concrete tips and suggestions that participants can use immediately.

Instructor

Lionel Laroche, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Lionel Laroche obtained his "Diplôme d'Ingénieur Polytechnicien" from the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, France and his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, USA.

Over the past five years, Lionel has provided cross-cultural training, coaching and consulting services to over 3,000 people in seven countries. Throughout his training, coaching and consulting practice, Lionel makes use of his 15 years of international engineering, management and sales experience, working with people from over 60 countries. He has worked in Canada, the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands for several multinational companies, including Xerox, Procter & Gamble, British Petroleum, and Jeumont-Schneider.

He has written two books and over 100 publications examining the impact of cultural difference on various types of profession and organization. He has presented at over 200 conferences and venues; his presentations have been described as fun and rich in content and learning.

 

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 6 Core Learning Units.