Engineers @ the Heart of Society : Collaborating + Innovating for Our Common Future

This website records presentations from the Americas Convention of the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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(33:30) Listen to the Synergies !

"We can do it if we get down to the iterative path of learning where carbon is a scarce commodity. It has to be removed from the equation incrementally, not reallocated and traded. You're removing it from each successive iteration of your knowledge." - Keith Clarke

"But all of that has to take place within an optimal state of affairs which is called the steady state economy - a dynamic state of constant throughput within the carrying capacity of the earth in a manner that enables people in the poor countries to achieve a decent standard." - William Rees

"Our job is to anticipate that world and be ready for it, and that's part of trying to ensure that world will in some form arrive. If you wait for the world to get perfect and then want to answer it, you are part of the problem stopping it becoming - it won't be perfect, but - not disastrous. That's why you're professionals. You are a body who are paid to have judgment. . . . . You're people that think about the future. You actually get trained and paid for it. That's what clients pay us for - is to make professional judgment. That's what we should relish, and anticipate what we need to be . . . . " - Keith Clarke

Conference:

Welcoming Address    (04:50)        President's take on the day.       watch video
Professor Paul Jowitt, BSc (Eng), PhD, DIC, CEng, CEnv, FICE, FIPENZ, FRSA, FCGI, FRSE, President, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Session 1: The 8th ICE Brunel International Lecture Series Fundamental Revolution !  watch video  read slides

Keith Clarke, FICE, RIBA, MSc, Dip Arch, FRSA, Chief Executive Officer, Atkins plc, Chairman of the Construction Industry Council (CIC/UK)
The Delivery Of A Low Carbon Society : Beyond Rhetoric
(41:20)

Move Beyond Rhetoric: What would Brunel have done ?
Would you have asked what the rules were ?
Would you wait for regulations ?
Would you wait for derivatives traders to define the problems so there's something to trade ?
What would you have done with the service you sell ?

Session 2: (Meeting) Our Destiny      Imperative Imperatives !        watch videos     read slides

Francis Zwiers, FRSC, Director, Climate Research Division, Environment Canada
Understanding and Attributing Climate Change   (33:20)
Prof. William Rees, Originator of the "ecological footprint" concept & co-developer of the method, FRSC, PhD Population Ecology (University of Toronto), Professor at UBC School of Community & Regional Planning
The Role of Engineering and Technology in Meeting the Eco-footprint Challenge of the 21st Century (42:00)

[   "Our Destiny" Panel Discussion : Paul Jowitt, Keith Clarke, Francis Zwiers, William Rees & Haro Bedelian.  ]
(33:30)   Listen to the Synergies !

Session 3: Charting Our Course       Bellwethers !     watch videos     read slides

Ted van der Gulik, PEng, Assistant Director/Senior Engineer, BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
Improving Water Management for BC Agriculture [No video. Slides only.]
Sean Pander, PEng, Climate Change Program Manager, City of Vancouver
Green Capital: Engineering a Low Carbon Future for Vancouver     (19:30)
Brent Burton, PEng, Senior Engineer, Metro Vancouver, Policy and Planning Department Utility Analysis and Environmental Management Division
Assessing the Engineering Vulnerability of Climate Change [No video. Slides only.]
Lawrence D. Frank, PhD, AICP, ASLA, Associate Professor and Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation, UBC
Neighbourhood Design and Active Transportation: Evidence, Policy, Practice, and a Changing Demography   (19:10)

[ "Our Course" Panel Discussion : Sean Pander, Brent Burton, Lawrence Frank & Peter Holt. ] (15:50)  watch video

Luncheon Keynote:     Wisdom galore !    watch video

Harold Kalke, PEng, BSc (Civil Engineering), MBA, Honorary Doctor of Laws from UBC; Principal of Kalico Developments, Ltd. and founder of several other business ventures in Canada & US. Harold's real estate development projects are widely acclaimed for the re-establishment of "neighbourhoods". Many citizens groups in Canada & US seek his counsel and leadership on development and planning issues. Harold has formerly been Chair of Dockside Green Ltd., Director of Smart Growth BC, and Chair of the Board of UBC.
A Framework for an Understandable Sustainability   (26:00)

Session 4: Innovating+Delivering Sustainable Elegance Is your project an exemplar ?   watch videos  read slides

Julien Fagnan, PhD, PEng, Associate, Fast + Epp, Project Manager, Richmond Olympic Oval
The Richmond Olympic Oval Roof - Teamwork and the Process of Conceiving Sustainability and Innovation (21:30)
David Forgie, PhD, PEng, Associated Engineering BC Ltd, Recipient of APEGBC 2009 Sustainability Award
Metro Vancouver Clean Energy from Bio-Solids Project   (22:40)
Roger Woodhead, PhD, PEng, Technical Director of the Canada Line Project Office
Delivering the Canada Line Rapid Transit Project   (23:00)

[   "Our Exemplars" Q&A : Julien Fagnan, David Forgie, Roger Woodhead & David Harvey. ]  (05:10)  watch video

Session 5: Responding to Our (Common) Future     What is your response ?   watch videos   read slides

Nigel Shrive, D.Phil., PEng, CEng, FICE, FCAE, Professor and Killam Research Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, and Director of the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary. Pioneer in bio-engineering.
How Should Engineers Respond ?      (22:30)
Tyler Algeo, Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UBC; President of the UBC chapter of Engineers Without Borders
Ten Years On: What Engineers Without Borders Canada has learned to be the critical contribution awaiting from engineers?   (19:20)

Session 6: Making It Count   A new way of doing business !     watch video

Jon O'Riordan, MA, PhD, President, Fidelis Resource Group; Formerly BC Minister of Sustainable Resource Management
Chris Corps, BSc MRICS, Asset Strategics Ltd.
  co-presenting :
The Business Case for Integrated Resource Management, and the Growing Legal and Financial Implications of Sustainability   (28:00)

Session 7: Measuring Up   Do your duty and continuously work on relationships: Duty First!   watch video  read slides

Derek Doyle, PEng, BEng (Mech), MBA, CBM, Executive Director & Registrar of the Association Of Professional Engineers And Geoscientists Of British Columbia
Accountability: The Hallmark of Professionalism   (33:40)

[   "Our Responses" Panel Discussion : Nigel Shrive, Tyler Algeo, Chris Corps, Derek Doyle & Haro Bedelian. ]
   (21:40)   watch video

Conference Moderators :
Haro Bedelian , OBE, MA, HonDEng, FREng, FICE, Chair of ICE Americas
Peter Holt , CEng, MIET; Director, Buckley Blair & Associates Inc
David Harvey , PEng, StructEng, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, Associated Engineering BC Ltd.; Past President of IStructE, recipient of APEGBC's R.A.McLachlan Memorial Award in 2009.

Gala Dinner: (not recorded)

President's Dinner Speech, Professor Paul Jowitt, BSc (Eng), PhD, DIC, CEng, CEnv, FICE, FIPENZ, FRSA, FCGI, FRSE, President Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE); Professor of Civil Engineering Systems and Executive Director of the Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology at Heriot Watt University. Previously Chair of the ICE Presidential Commission - "Engineering without Frontiers" - examining the engineer's contribution to meeting the UN Millenium Development Goals, and now Chair of the ICE's International Development Policy Group.

Honorable Guest Speech, Russ Kinghorn, P.Eng, President of the Association Of Professional Engineers And Geoscientists Of British Columbia ( APEGBC)

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