Date: Friday, November 25, 2011
Time: 9:00 am  - 2:30 pm
Place: River Rock Hotel and Convention Centre, 8811 River Road, Richmond
Cost: $85 (tax inclusive)
Pre-registration by November 18, 2011
Please register online at http://mmcd.net/eventCalendar.aspx
All other registrations, please call: Support Services (604) 681-0295

"BEYOND OUR BORDERS: Municipal Engineering in the Global Village"

8:30 - 9:00: REGISTRATION & WELCOME (David Pollock, P.Eng. Chair MED)

9:00 –10:00: BRIGHTWATER OUTFALL, WASHINGTON, USA
John Boyle, P.Eng. Opus DaytonKnight
As part of a $1.7 Billion wastewater treatment system, the Brightwater Outfall is the largest HDPE pressure pipe in North America, the deepest municipal marine outfall with extreme loading requirements during deployment and seismic event.

POST-TSUNAMI VILLAGE PLANNING AND RECONSTRUCTION, ACEH, INDONESIA
Chris Newcomb, P.Eng. McElhanney.
McElhanney worked for the Canadian Red Cross to help them to re-build 19 villages on the coast of Aceh, Indonesia after the tsunami of December 2004 that killed over 180,000 people. Pre-tsunami satellite imagery was used to recreate the property boundaries, performed community planning to create new villages, and completed pre-feasibility engineering for road, drainage, sewer and water systems.

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS - THE CONSEQUENCES FOR ENGINEERS
Chris Newcomb, P.Eng., CEBC

10:00 –10:30: COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

10:30 – 11:30: CHINA HYPE AND CHINA BASHING: MACRO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN FAST URBANIZING CHINA
Dr. Jinhua Zhao, A. Professor UBC
Busting through facts and myths of transportation challenges resulting from China's fast urbanization, the presentation aims to explore "what difference does China's fast urbanization make in term of mobility management?" Dr. Zhao will illustrate urban mobility management practices between Chinese and western cities including: 1) Bidding to drive: car license auction policy in Shanghai, and 2) A narrowing path for bicycle: a historical review of bicycle policy in Beijing.

11:30 – 12:00: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for MED and MMCD

12:00 – 1:30: LUNCHEON
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – HON. TERRY LAKE, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT

1:30 – 2:30: MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE DATA
Andrew Walther, P.Eng. APW Engineering
This presentation will discuss 3 MMCD initiatives: 1) Municipal CAD Standards, 2) Post construction submission, and 3) Asset Management Data Repository to improve local government processes relating to the creation, management and exchange of data from infrastructure and land development projects. The desired outcome is that municipalities will receive record drawings in formats they can readily use!


** Please circulate this notice to staff in your organization, as all are welcomed.
As facility capacity is limited, please register by Friday, November 18, 2011. **