Ingenium 2019 - Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba

Professional Development Seminars

Thursday, October 17, 2019

2nd Floor, North Building, RBC Convention Centre

[Schedule Timetable]

Keynote Sessions

8:25 - 9:30 AM

Morning Keynote - 2050: A Brave New World

What will the future bring? This is a question posed to every traditional and modern businesses. The future is being created today. Nikolas will look at who are the disruptors and what true innovation is. He will also highlight the exponential technologies that will change the world and show the 'signals of change' across industries where Engineers and Geoscientists have a big impact.

Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas is a world-respected futurist speaker, author, and researcher. He wows audiences with keynote speeches on the impact of exponential technologies including: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality; Work Productivity; Hospitality and Travel; The Sharing Economy; Autonomous Transportation; Smart Cities; Education; The Future of AI integrated with Life and Business; and Predictions for humanity from 2018 to 2030, and beyond.

Nikolas regularly appears on the BBC, CBC, CTV, Global News, Fast Company, VICE, The Atlantic, and writes for Techcrunch, Huffington Post, Forbes, Venturebeat, and other media.

12:25 - 1:35 PM

Lunch Keynote - Building Bridges over the Valley of Death - A Road to Industrial Adoption of Engineering

As engineers, we continually strive to improve society with responsible technology implementations that promise to improve our daily lives. From automated controllers to electric vehicles, new medical devices to 3D-printing, the possibilities for modern innovation are endless. Some industries, such as the consumer electronics and automotive industries, have embraced new technology pathways. Other industries, such as the aerospace industry, have traditionally been reluctant innovators. While this reluctance often stems from an abundance of caution and conservatism, it points to a more fundamental gap between engineering research and industrial technology adoption or commercialization.

Commonly referred to as the "Valley of Death", this talk will explore the disconnect between the engineering research being published in peer-reviewed journals and what eventually benefits industry and the public. Dr. Ferguson will discuss examples of technologies that successfully found their way into industrial applications, and other notable ones that did not. Most importantly, this talk will suggest strategies for bridging the Valley of Death through responsible research collaborations.

Philip A. Ferguson, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Philip Ferguson holds a master's and Ph.D. from MIT in Aerospace Engineering. After graduation, he developed attitude control systems for small space telescopes at Microsat Systems Canada, eventually becoming the Engineering Manager. Dr. Ferguson then worked on the RADARSat Constellation Mission at Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg, eventually becoming the Engineering Manager for the electrical and software engineering teams. Later, Dr. Ferguson became the Vice President of Product Development at PrecisionHawk, where he led the drone engineering team. Dr. Ferguson currently holds the NSERC/ Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering at the University of Manitoba. His research focuses on new spacecraft manufacturing and control technologies that can improve satellite reliability while reducing the cost and design times, thereby improving the accessibility of space.

Attendees choose one professional development seminar in each time-slot.

Session 1 - 9:30 - 10:25 AM

Indigenous Perspectives: Historical and Present

This session connects historical and present experiences that impact Indigenous Peoples with professional development. It is held in part, to support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action (Recommendation # 92, Corporate Sector), the Constitutional Duty to Consult (1982), and Manitoba's Path to Reconciliation Act, 2016.

The presentation should help professional engineers and geoscientists better understand the impacts of a historical and continuing systemic experience for Indigenous Peoples.

As our professions become more involved in integrative conversations during engagement with Indigenous Peoples, we have an opportunity to develop an internal capacity to empathize. Efficiencies will increase as innovative decisions are made to mitigate potential impacts of their projects, as well as benefit the people in whose territory they work in.

Linda Murphy, B.Sc., P.Geo.

Linda is a member of Hollow Water First Nation, located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Sponsored by her First Nation and as part of the University of Manitoba's Access Program, Linda obtained her B.Sc. (Hons) in geosciences in 2006. She has been involved in several Association initiatives including the Indigenous Members Chapter since earning her P.Geo. in 2015.

She began her career with the Province of Manitoba as a field mapping geologist, then community liaison geologist, and worked on policy for Indigenous issues. In partnership with several northern Manitoba First Nations, she developed a Geological Mapping Liaison Program that promoted information sharing, the integration of Indigenous knowledge sets, and the benefits of attaining land-based post-secondary education.

Linda is a Senior Manager, Community Relations for Yamana Gold. She continues to build empathetic conversations where Indigenous Peoples can learn about mineral exploration and mining, and employees learn more about the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples.

Your Assets are Speaking, Can You Afford Not to Listen?

With the ever-increasing constraints on organizational resources, there is now a greater requirement to balance asset risks and costs to deliver asset performance and hence value to their stakeholders. This balance is achieved through effective asset management decision-making. One key enabler for effective asset management decision-making is asset information. Therefore, one of the most valuable assets that companies have is asset information. In fact, asset information is as valuable as the physical assets themselves and exposes the organizations to the same levels of risks.

Asset information is the combination of data about the asset that is used to make decisions about how that asset is managed over its life cycle. This data is the communication path between assets and their owners and comes from a variety of sources including process control systems, contracted service providers, OEMs and suppliers, and work management systems. Asset Information quality has a direct impact the quality of asset decision-making. The more robust the asset information is, the higher the quality of the decisions that can be made.

By examining asset information from a value-based, risk-based perspective and applying the principles of ISO 55001:2014, this presentation will provide guidance on developing an asset information management system to improve asset management decision-making.

Suzane Greeman, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP

Suzane Greeman is the author of the "Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment (R-b ACA©) Handbook". She is the Principal Asset Management Advisor of Greeman Asset Management Solutions Inc., a firm that specializes in asset management consulting and educational services. Suzane has over 21 years of multi-sector experience spanning cement manufacturing, power generation, and wastewater treatment. She specializes in asset information management, asset management business processes, and organizational capacity-building. Suzane is a member of MC/ISO/TC 251, Canada's mirror committee for asset management. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree, an MBA, an IAM Certificate in Asset Management and is a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence; Certified Asset Management Assessor; Certified Asset Management Professional, and Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional.

She is the President of the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) Winnipeg Chapter and is a renowned asset management instructor globally, through her own firm and for PEMAC.

University of Manitoba's Design Build Collaboration with Shoal Lake 40

A century ago, Shoal Lake 40 had become landlocked when an aqueduct was built to service fresh water to Winnipeg, leaving residents to travel by water or an ice road to get to the mainland. This year marks the completion of a 24 km long road, connecting Shoal Lake 40 to the Trans-Canada Highway, which is appropriately named Freedom Road. The road will allow for a new water treatment plant to be built, ridding of the community's water boil-only advisory, and a new school in the future.

During the summer of 2019, the University of Manitoba offered a design-build course in collaboration with Shoal Lake 40. Engineering and Architecture students had the unique opportunity to work with the community to design and build an outdoor feasting pavilion that acts as a place of celebration and memorial. The new feasting pavilion is the first structure built from Freedom Road and celebrates its completion while paying respect to the lives lost due to the dangerous travel conditions.

The session will review the design-build process, the outcome, and the lessons learned from both the students and professors' perspectives.

Panel Discussion

[Shawn Bailey] Shawn Bailey, B.Env.D, M.Arch, MRAIC, OAA, MAA is a Métis architect with the Manitoba Association of Architects and the Ontario Association of Architects. Shawn holds the Indigenous Scholar Position in the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering. His scholarly research focusses on a collaborative approach to design that works with, rather than for Indigenous Communities. He is a native of Kenora and was raised in a remote area on Lake of the Woods. His background has provided him with a strong connection to the land. Shawn's work seeks inspiration from Lake of the Woods and the surrounding Boreal forest. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, prepared a series of workshops based on the material research from his design thesis.

[Farhoud Delijani, Ph.D., P.Eng.] Farhoud Delijani, Ph.D., P.Eng. received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in Iran in 1995 and became a licensed professional engineer approved by the Iranian Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in 2000. He moved to Canada with his wife in 2001 and started his master's studies in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba in 2007 which he completed in October 2010 and served as a research assistant at the Alternative Village at U of M. In 2011, he started his Ph.D. research in the Department of Biosystems Engineering. Farhoud's research focused on ‘Load-Response and the Effect of De-bonding on Structural Insulated Panels Performance'. In October 2016, he graduated and joined the construction industry while serving as a sessional instructor at the U of M.

Having grown up in a family of engineers and teachers, Farhoud has always had a natural desire for engineering and teaching. He started his full-time teaching position with the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education in November 2017.

[Chelsea Dubiel] Chelsea Dubiel is within her final year of her biosystems engineering degree at the University of Manitoba. She is on the Bison Women's soccer team and is the president of the Women of Manitoba Engineering Network (WOMEN), a student group within the Faculty of Engineering. Her previous co-op positions with WISE Kidnetic Energy, Indigenous Services Canada, and the Government of Nunavut have begun to form a career path that she hopes to stay on. The Shoal Lake 40 Design-Build project provided an academic, practical, and hands-on perspective to projects within isolated communities.

[Nan Jiang] Nan Jiang is a 5th year civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba and currently works as a research assistant for Dr. Masoud Asadzadeh. In addition to the good academic standing, Nan has experience developing models using ArcMap and Hydrus-1D. Through her studies in the civil engineering program, Nan has gained the abilities to perform structural design, construction management, and environmental analysis.

[Kamal Kalsi] Kamal Kalsi is a 4th year civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba. Kamal also earned his CAD Technician Certification and a B.Sc. majoring in mathematics and chemistry. He has freelanced in design and drafting for the last four years and is also working as a Construction Manager while maintaining his academics. Kamal is a student volunteer with the Association and is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter.

[Eric Schillberg] Eric Schillberg is a civil engineering student at the University of Manitoba. He is in his final year of his degree with a focus in environmental studies and is hoping to specialize in areas related to sustainability within water resources and wetland conservation. Eric has been involved with the University of Manitoba Engineering Society for the past four years as Vice Stick Operations and Director of Professional Relations. He also volunteers his time as a member of the Government Relations Advisory Committee with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba and is Chair of Grassroots development with Water Ski - Wakeboard Manitoba.

Making Space for Innovation: Ongoing Space Systems Research at the University of Manitoba Space Technology and Advanced Research Laboratory (STARLab)

Over the past 50 years, the space industry has been hesitant to adopt many of the most cutting-edge advances in satellite research. As a result, these missions continue to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take close to a decade to design and build spacecraft prior to launch. The University of Manitoba's Space Technology and Advanced Research Laboratory (STARLab) runs a collaborative, interdisciplinary research program to overcome some of the barriers that prevent the space industry from implementing new technologies. Through our research, we improve the reliability of space missions and reduce the cost and design cycle time by addressing key aspects of space systems design, including novel space navigation, smart structures, resilient control systems, innovative thermal control technologies and enabling ground testbeds that use drones to mimic spacecraft dynamics. The technologies developed in our lab make space engineering more relevant to today's engineering state of the art and make space more accessible to Canadian companies and research institutions.

Dr. Philip A. Ferguson, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Philip Ferguson holds a Master's and Ph.D. from MIT in Aerospace Engineering. After graduation, he developed attitude control systems for small space telescopes at Microsat Systems Canada, eventually becoming the Engineering Manager. Dr. Ferguson then worked on the RADARSat Constellation Mission at Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg, eventually becoming the Engineering Manager for the electrical and software engineering teams. Later, Dr. Ferguson became the Vice President of Product Development at PrecisionHawk, where he led the drone engineering team. Dr. Ferguson currently holds the NSERC/ Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering at the University of Manitoba. His research focuses on new spacecraft manufacturing and control technologies that can improve satellite reliability while reducing the cost and design times, thereby improving the accessibility of space.

Discovering the Leader Within

Leaders are not born; they watch and learn. In this session, we will explore the skills and characteristics of successful leaders and how we can integrate these into our professional environment.

Ann Christoffersen, RGI Learning

Ann has been an RGI Consultant for 20 years and in the technical communication field since 1990. She has developed and delivered written and oral communication skills courses in the United States and Canada.

She is a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel, with over 20 years combined service in Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve. Besides being a helicopter pilot, she was a military trainer teaching officer development courses emphasizing critical thinking. Ann holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics, an M.Sc. in Instructional and Performance Technology, and is a certified Human Performance Analyst. She combines her instructional design education, military training, facilitation skills and technical writing experience to provide an engaging and interactive adult learning experience. Besides instructing, she excels at editing, developing proposals, and coaching presenters.

Ann is a past Ingenium presenter and co-presents the two-day technical writing course the Association offers every year.

Session 2 - 10:40 - 11:30 AM

Development of Online Professionalism Modules

Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba has undertaken a project to develop training modules for members, Interns, and licensees. These modules will focus on issues of professionalism, including issues related to the Code of Ethics and the disciplinary process. In this session, we will review the development of these modules, including a sneak peak into the mechanics that will be made available to practitioners.

Mike Gregoire, P.Eng., FEC

Director of Professional Standards at Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, where he has been working for over 10 years. Prior to joining the Association, Mike worked in consulting engineering for five years with a focus on structures and building envelope design and remediation, marrying his academic background in engineering with his undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Architecture. In the spring of 2017, Mike completed his MBA with a focus on Leadership and Corporate Sustainability.

As Director of Professional Standards, Mike's role includes the development of practice standards and guidelines, legislation, investigations of complaints against practitioners, the continuing competency program, and compliance with The Engineering and Geoscientific Professions Act.

Outside the office, Mike enjoys spending his time coaching youth soccer and exploring national parks.

Alternative Solutions

Conformance with the Manitoba Building, Energy, Plumbing, and Fire Codes (the Codes) is mandatory. The codes permit two options for conformance. The first being the prescriptive approach as laid out in Division B of the Codes. The second option is to propose an Alternative Solution in accordance with the requirements outlined in Section 2.3 of Division C of the Manitoba Building Code. Acceptance of an Alternative Solution is based on satisfactory documentation submitted to the Authority Having Jurisdiction to approve the proposal.

The purpose of this presentation is to explain the requirements and procedures relating to submissions for Alternative Solutions as outlined in the Manitoba Building Code.

Norman A. Garcia, P.Eng., LEED AP BD+C, MBA

Norman graduated with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of the Philippines in 2000, moved to Winnipeg in 2011, and became a registered professional engineer in Manitoba in 2015.

Norman is the Building and Fire Safety Engineer at the Office of the Fire Commissioner where he provides code and standards interpretations to municipalities, planning districts and various stakeholders in relation to the enforcement of Manitoba Building, Energy, Plumbing and Fire Codes. He partakes in various federal and provincial committees dealing with the development of the construction codes, assists engineers and architects in code compliance and interpretation, and evaluates proposed alternative solutions.

A First Nation Leads the Way to Clean, Renewable, Local Energy in Canada's North

More than 200 communities in northern and remote parts of Canada depend on diesel to heat their homes and to generate electricity.

Burning fossil fuels in these communities has many drawbacks, polluting the atmosphere with GHG gases is only the first. The storage tanks, pipes and furnaces leak, polluting the ground around homes and community buildings; those leaks contaminate the air in homes and buildings. They pollute the ground water, and risk polluting the lakes and rivers around these communities, putting the drinking water and fishing resources communities depend on at risk. Additionally, the transportation of fossil fuels over winter roads will become increasingly risky as global warming progresses. Dependency on buying and transporting fossil fuels means millions of dollars leave northern and remote communities every year, creating no local jobs.

Depending on how systems are designed; local, renewable, clean energy has the potential to address all these problems simultaneously while restoring the environment, building resiliency, and creating permanent, sustainable, local jobs.

A number of First Nation communities across Canada are taking steps to build local, renewable, energy systems; leading the way for other communities looking to transform their energy systems. Northlands is one of those national leaders.

This session will review the project implementation, and the lessons it may hold for further sustainable energy projects in this community and in other remote communities.

Panel Discussion

[Bruce Duggan] Bruce Duggan, Boke Consulting, is an Associate Professor of Management in the Buller School of Business at Providence University College and a Principal at Boke Consulting. In addition to other activities, Bruce is the Project Lead on Northlands Dënesųłiné First Nation's Environmental Remediation and Alternative Energy Systems (ERAAES) project. ERAAES takes the first, big step in Northlands goal of ending their dependence on "dirty diesel" and achieving energy sovereignty.

Members of Chief and Council of Northlands Dënesųłiné First Nation Northlands is one of the four communities in northern Manitoba dependent on "dirty diesel" for both heat and electricity. Northlands is a community of 1,000 people on the shore of Lac Brochet in northwestern Manitoba.

Through numerous Chiefs and Council, Northlands has been determined to end its dependence on "dirty diesel" and generate its own, clean energy using local people and local resources. The ERAAES project is only the first step in achieving that goal.

Use of 3D Scanning in Construction

Construction projects in existing facilities can be very challenging, given that one can never be certain that the as-built drawings (if there are any) are totally accurate. By using the relatively new tool of 3D scanning, you will be shown how you can incorporate this reality-capturing tool into your engineering process with great results. This presentation will walk the attendees through the process of how the equipment functions, how a scan is performed, the steps involved in taking the data and making it useful and showcasing how it can be incorporated into the engineering design process. To demonstrate how easy and non-intrusive of a process this is, the presentation will include a live demonstration of a scan being taken during the presentation. The presentation will walk through the steps of how the data is processed and used to reduce our dependence on old outdated drawings, site measurements, and excessive amounts of "field-fit fabrication". The result of incorporating this into your process will be more efficient, cost effective projects.

Eric Guyot, EIT

Eric Guyot has been working with FWS since 2015, first as a Project Manager, then as a Project Execution EIT. After completing his Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma at Red River College in 2011, he went on to study mechanical engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. While attending Lakehead, Eric was involved with the Formula SAE team and was the suspension team leader for the team's 2014 effort.

Enterprising Women: A Company of One's Own

Women engineers and geoscientists who have founded and lead their own firms are still a rarity in industry, but as the professions strive for 30 by 30 (30% of newly licenced engineers and geoscientists are women by 2030), some women have decided to break through the glass ceiling of the male-dominated culture of these professions by creating their own firms where they can establish the kind of culture they want to work in.

Attendees will hear from four women, two engineers and one geoscientist, who established their own companies, as well as from the CEO of the Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba.

Panel Discussion

[Sandra Altner] Sandra Altner has been the CEO of the Women's Enterprise Centre of Manitoba since 2007, assisting women entrepreneurs from start-up through growth and into scale up and expansion. She is Chair of the Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada association. An experienced entrepreneur from New York City, Sandra founded a fashion boutique in Osborne Village. After earning her MBA, she launched The Management Exchange, a consulting firm that was the first in Winnipeg to offer the Self-Employment Program. During Sandra's tenure, The Management Exchange helped launch more than 1,000 small businesses.

Sandra has been a member of several task forces and committees that inform government regarding policy in support of women's entrepreneurship. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants, Past President of the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, a certified Executive Coach specializing in situations of women in transition, and a current board member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

[Shastri Ramnath, P.Geo.] Shastri Ramnath, M.Sc., MBA, P.Geo. is currently the President and CEO of Exiro Minerals Corp, a junior exploration company and the Chair of Orix Geoscience Corp., a geological consulting firm that she co-founded and co-owns. Shastri is a professional geoscientist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of global experience and has worked in various technical and leadership roles. At FNX Mining, she was a key member of the exploration and resource team that discovered the Victoria and Morrison Deposits. At Bridgeport Ventures, a publicly listed company, she was the President and CEO. Shastri received a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Manitoba, a M.Sc. in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University (South Africa), and an Executive MBA from Athabasca University.

[Kristin Petaski, P.Eng.] Kristin Petaski, P.Eng. is a Co-Founder of Workplace Engineering Solutions Inc. Kristin graduated in 2006 from the University of Manitoba and has over 13 years experience as a manufacturing engineer. She has worked in a production environment through most of her career, specializing in risk assessments and risk reduction, machine safeguarding design and control, energy control programs, procedures and design, lean manufacturing, and equipment installation and implementation.

In 2011, she co-founded Workplace Engineering Solutions, an engineering/safety company focused on maximizing productivity while reducing machinery risks.

Kristin is a member of the CSA Standard Z432: Safeguarding of Machinery committee, Past President of the Incident Prevention Association of Manitoba and a member of the CME Women in Manufacturing Steering Committee.

[Jeannette Montufar, P.Eng.] Jeannette Montufar, Ph.D., P.Eng., PTOE, RSP is an engineer, entrepreneur, educator, mother, wife, and philanthropist. She is the Founding Partner and CEO of MORR Transportation Consulting and Co-Founder of TRAINFO, a technology start-up based in Winnipeg. For nearly fifteen years she was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Manitoba and a trailblazer in transportation engineering. Jeannette has received over 15 national and international awards and was inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering for her contributions to the profession. In 2018, Engineers Canada recognized her contributions to the advancement of women in engineering with the national award for the Support of Women in the Engineering Profession.

Outside of engineering, Jeannette served as Special Advisor to the Minister responsible for the Status of Women in Manitoba and currently serves as inaugural Board Chair of Efficiency Manitoba with a mandate to develop and implement the infrastructure needed for energy efficiency.

Session 3 - 11:40 - 12:25 PM

Presentation and Panel Discussion: Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency into Infrastructure Design

Floods. Fires. Severe weather. Climate change is upon us. Each year its impacts on our infrastructure are becoming more severe and extreme.

Infrastructure assets in Canada are valued at more than $1.5 trillion. Critically, a large proportion of this infrastructure was built in the post-war era and is now reaching the limits of service life.

As we renew this infrastructure, there is a critical need to build the capacity of professional engineers and other infrastructure professionals to understand, assess, and reduce the risks of a changing climate by integrating climate resiliency into actual decision making and design.

The Sustainable Development Task Group is working with Engineers Canada and other regulators across Canada to develop and implement a Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise (BRACE) program for Manitoba.

Panel Discussion

[Curt Hull, P.Eng.] Curt Hull, P.Eng. is the Project Director of Climate Change Connection. Prior to starting his work on climate change in 2007, he worked for 25 years as Director of Quality Systems with a Winnipeg-based electronics design and manufacturing company. While there, he helped that company grow from 12 people in a small, local facility to an international concern with manufacturing and offices in 5 countries, and 1000+ employees.

In 2010, Curt was trained by Al Gore in Nashville and became part of the global Climate Reality Project. He is now on the Board of Climate Reality Canada.

Locally, Curt is working with many groups to build a fossil-fuel free future. He was one of the founders of Bike Winnipeg and Transition Winnipeg. He has been on the Board of Sustainable Building Manitoba since 2017. For the past few years he has also been building local resiliency with northern First Nations.

[Jeff O'Driscoll, P.Eng.] Jeff O'Driscoll, P.Eng. is a professional engineer with almost 30 years experience in consulting engineering related to the design, construction and project management of municipal infrastructure. Jeff graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1990 and has spent his career in Winnipeg. He is currently the Infrastructure Division Manager for Associated Engineering's Winnipeg office.

In recent years Jeff has become a leader in assessing climate change vulnerability on infrastructure and has shared this knowledge across Canada and internationally, training engineers on how to incorporate climate change into day-to-day practice. Jeff is a member of the Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Sustainable Development Task Group, ACEC-MB Board, WCS AWWA Board, CWWA Climate Change Committee and chairs Associated Engineering's Climate Change Advisory Group.

Jeff is a husband and father and spends as much time as possible in Costa Rica visiting family, friends, beautiful beaches, rainforests, and volcanoes.

[Marten Duhoux] Marten Duhoux, ir, AAA, MAA, NWTAA, SAA, MRAIC, AIA, LEED BD+C ID+C received his Master of Science in Architecture from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and pursued a career informed by the belief that green buildings are affordable, durable, functional and beautiful. After practising in the Netherlands and California, Marten is now a partner at ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design where he leads their sustainability effort and is ft3's signatory to the Winnipeg Indigenous Accord. He has chaired the Manitoba Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and served on the National board of the CaGBC.

[Melanie Chatfield, P.Eng.] Melanie Chatfield, P.Eng., LEED AP BD+C has worked on several residential, commercial, and industrial projects throughout North America. She delivers energy based technical assistance through whole building energy analyses, energy audits, and custom evaluations of specific buildings or components. She is a mechanical engineer who shares her expertise with Stantec's Sustainable and High Performance Building services in addition to multi-discipline project teams across the company. Melanie has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2008 and is a member of the Canada Green Building Council's Experienced Modelers List. In addition to her work as an Energy Management Consultant, she has five years of experience in project management working on various construction projects, including several environmental projects in the UK.

Community Engagement - What is Involved and Why Does It Matter?

Meaningful engagement is an innovative and integrative conversation. Indigenous Peoples have an opportunity to learn more about the business culture of mineral exploration and mining, and companies can learn more about and better understand the perspectives and cultures of the Indigenous Peoples they work with.

Meaningful engagement encourages empathy and builds inclusive processes. It also makes business sense. When companies become more flexible within a collaborative and inclusive relationship, the potential for business growth expands as well.

Linda Murphy, B.Sc., P.Geo.

Linda is a member of the Hollow Water First Nation, located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. She obtained her B.Sc. (Hons) in geology from the University of Manitoba and began work with the Province of Manitoba as a field mapping geologist. In partnership with several northern and remote First Nations in Manitoba she developed a Liaison Program that encourages empathetic dialogue and acknowledges Indigenous perspectives and knowledge-sets.

Linda is currently the Senior Manager Community Relations for the Yamana Gold Exploration Team. She is also a member of the Manitoba Liaison Committee on Mining and Exploration (MLCME), an advisory committee that works toward sustainable development, responsible mining and mineral exploration and reconciliation.

Making Manitoba Green Again – From Myth to Reality

The construction industry embodies one of the largest and most active sectors in North America, consuming more raw matter and energy than any other economic activity. The increasing consumption of natural resources, along with the excessive production of construction and demolition wastes (CDW), is of great concern in terms of the environment and economy.

In order to reverse this trend, there have been several efforts to promote ecological efficiency in the construction industry, such as the reuse of CDW in new construction works and the use of industrial waste and by products as alternative resources for raw materials.

The use of industrial waste, by-products, and recycled materials in the production of construction materials is considered to be one of the most beneficial methods to effective recycling and thus increases sustainability and performance in the construction industry.

This investigation explores the potential use of alternative cementitious materials (ACM) based on different types of waste materials in civil engineering. The use of ACM such as geopolymer materials, and eco-friendly concrete in civil engineering as well as the effect of ACM stabilizers and recycled fiber reinforcement on physical, mechanical and durability properties of high plasticity clay soils and subbase materials will be discussed.

Dr. Asia Shvarzman

Dr. Asia Shvarzman is the Head of Research and Innovation Division at Antex Western and Adjunct Professor at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Shvarzman has earned her M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering and Ph.D. in Building Materials Science from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology. Her field of scientific expertise is in construction materials and she is considered an international leading expert in these fields.

Prior to joining Antex Western, Dr. Shvarzman was an Assistant Professor and Head of the Research and Development Center for Building Materials and Processes at the Shamoon College of Engineering.

As a consultant to the public authorities in Israel and engineering firms, Dr. Shvarzman worked with the organizations to resolve their problems related to construction materials, rehabilitation of concrete structure, and utilization of waste materials in construction.

Dr. Shvarzman is Chair of Task Group (ASTM) for new standard development for Alkali–Activate Materials.

Innovation Partnerships: The Technology Access Centre (TAC) Model and Success Stories

The Canadian Polytechnic / College applied research model continues to pave ways for innovation partnerships between academia and the private sector. Technology Access Centres (TACs) are set up by NSERC to address regional innovation needs of companies, especially the small and medium enterprises. The TAC innovation framework also promotes collaboration between colleges and universities in an arrangement where collective capabilities are employed to address innovation challenges for the private sector. Operating within a national network, the TACs provide business and technical services, applied research and development expertise, and knowledge diffusion opportunities through a dedicated team of highly skilled research employees.

Join this session to learn about the TACs. An overview of state-of-the-art technologies in additive manufacturing, collaborative robotics, manufacturing automation, reverse engineering, metals fabrication and joining, systems control and data acquisition, computational fluid dynamics, industrial networking, and many more at Red River College will be presented. This session will share relevant success stories on partnerships that have provided competitive advantages for companies.

Dele Ola, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Dele Ola is the Manager of the Technology Access Centre for Aerospace and Manufacturing (TACAM) at Red River College. Dr. Ola has a background in metallurgy and aerospace materials, having earned both M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Manitoba in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He has worked at the College as both a research professional and an academic staff. Dele is responsible for all operational aspects of TACAM, the College's portal to its aerospace and manufacturing technological assets, specialized facilities and subject matter expertise. Dr. Ola leads a core team of research engineers, research technologists and project managers. He liaises with all levels of College staff, industry collaborators and funding agencies (federal, provincial, and private) in supporting key offerings and mandate of TACAM. Dele serves as the College's major point of contact for applied research, technical services, and contract training for Manitoba's aerospace and manufacturing community.

Your Money, Your Retirement, Simplifying the Complex

There are so many factors that are specific and unique to each retirement situation that, although it is not possible to be generally prescriptive in giving advice to those entering retirement, it is helpful to review the planning process and discuss some of the important interdependent parts that will affect everyone.

This presentation will use the presenter's own experience and knowledge in helping numerous clients navigate a successful retirement. The presentation will be an overview and discussion about key considerations facing those preparing to enter retirement. The presentation will focus on the retirement planning process and discuss the implementation options of the retirement income plan. Whether you prefer a do-it-yourself approach to managing your own assets or use a professional institution, the presentation hopes to illuminate some common considerations of retirement planning, both practical and psychological, as well as illustrate solutions used by the most successful. The presentation will include time for questions and discussion, being adapted and guided to the professional audience.

Eliott Einarson, CFP

As a Certified Financial Planner, Eliott's commitment is to develop and implement personalized retirement Plans using strategies to maximize income and minimize risks, giving clients confidence and peace of mind about achieving their retirement goals. His background includes being an educator and he has enjoyed the opportunity to volunteer for many organizations that work with young people.

Session 4 - 1:45 - 2:35 PM

Addressing Microaggressions in Professional and Educational Settings

"You got that promotion because you're a woman."
"You got in because you're Indigenous."
"We want to hire women, but we also want to make sure we get the best candidate."
"You're very articulate."
Sound familiar? These are microaggressions.

Critical to increasing the participation of women, Indigenous, black, 2SLGBTQ+, and differently abled people in engineering and geoscience is making our learning and workplace cultures inviting places by addressing racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism, from the overt to the unintended.

Dr. Derald Wing Sue defines microaggressions as "the everyday verbal, nonverbal and environmental slights, snubs or insults, whether intentional or unintentional which communicate hostile, derogatory or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership. In many cases these hidden messages may invalidate the group identities or experiential reality of target persons, demean them on a personal or group level, communicate they are lesser human beings, suggest they do not belong with the majority group, or relegate them to inferior status and treatment.

While microaggressions are generally discussed from the perspective of race and racism, any marginalized group in our society may become targets: people of color, women, LGBTs, those with disabilities, religious minorities, and so on. The most detrimental forms of microaggressions are usually delivered by well-intentioned individuals who are unaware that they have engaged in harmful conduct toward a socially devalued group. These everyday occurrences may, on the surface, appear quite harmless, trivial or described as "small slights," but research indicates they have a powerful impact upon the psychological well-being of marginalized groups, and affect their standard of living by creating inequities in education, employment and health care."

This will be a facilitated discussion and strategizing session to interrupt microaggressions in educational and professional settings.

Lisa Stepnuk

Lisa graduated with a degree in biosystems engineering at the University of Manitoba and went on to work in the fields of sustainable building and environmental engineering. Lisa also has two decades of experience in community organising for social justice.

As Director of Equity and Representation at Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, Lisa's role includes the development, oversight, and implementation of strategic plans to achieve the Association's End 5: Practitioners reflect the diversity of the public. Outside the office, Lisa enjoys a good dance party, a good drag show, and getting outside.

VR for Business: Immersive Technology Isn't Just for Gamers

How can extended reality technology help your business? This presentation will define the differences between augmented reality and virtual reality, including an overview of the existing VR and AR hardware available and new tech coming out later this year. The session will also touch on the existing uses of these technologies, including some of Bit Space Development's projects and share examples of what companies are doing in this space with the tech.

Panel Discussion

[Daniel Blair] Daniel Blair is the founder of Bit Space Development Ltd, an industry leader in interactive digital media focused on developing augmented and virtual reality experiences for serious purposes. Dan is a technology advisor for North Forge where he founded the Advanced ICT Lab which brings interactive technology to the prairies through partnerships with industry-leading hardware manufacturers. Dan also sits on the board of directors for New Media Manitoba where he works to grow the interactive digital media (IDM) industry in Manitoba. Daniel enjoys working with emerging technologies and will tell you he is almost addicted to new tech.

[Kevin Carbotte] Kevin Carbotte is a tech journalist who specializes in immersive technology with writing credits at Tom's Hardware, John Peddie Research, and The Tech Report. At Bit Space, Kevin manages social media and spearheads the marketing department. Like Dan, Kevin is a tech junkie and loves to get his hands-on new technology.

UM-agBOT: Engineering for the Future Farmer

This session will provide insight from the newest competitive team at the University of Manitoba: UM-agBOT. They will explain who they are, what they've accomplished in their first year and explore their plans to innovate Manitoba's agriculture through education and faculty integration.

Panel Discussion

[George Dyck] George Dyck is a final year Biosystems Engineering student who is interested in embedded systems and agriculture. This summer he received an undergraduate research award to study the instrumentation of autonomous farming vehicle. He has experience with a number of microcontrollers, measuring instruments, and actuation systems. Outside of work he has built a climate-controlled fermentation chamber for automated beer making. He currently is the co-captain of UM-agBOT.

[Franklin Ogidi] Franklin Ogidi is a final year Biosystems Engineering student with strong interests in machine learning and computational methods. He has worked on machine learning problems that center on lung disease recognition and has studied advanced Finite Element Analysis. He has experience with machine learning frameworks, training, and optimization and has been exposed to innovations in agriculture, biomedicine, and aerospace through his student group involvement. He currently is the co-captain of UM-agBOT.

Aircraft Engine Research and Development in Manitoba at GE TRDC

StandardAero has operated the GE Testing, Research & Development Centre (GE TRDC) facility on behalf of General Electric in Manitoba since 2009. This presentation will focus on the importance of development and certification testing completed to date at GE TRDC since this facility opened. Specifically, we will discuss what icing testing is, why/how it is performed, the test scenarios to be simulated, and criteria for certification. We will also discuss FAA 14 CFR Part 33 Airworthiness Standards where type certificated development can be undertaken at this facility year-round.

Richard Lawrence, P.Eng.

Richard graduated from University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with focus in Material Sciences. He has worked as a project engineer for StandardAero through a tremendous period of growth for the company since 2006. In 2008 he started a project as a consulting engineer from StandardAero in the test cell engineering design and construction of the GE TRDC at James Richardson Airport. He has worked as a design engineer and project manager at the GE TRDC facility in Winnipeg since breaking ground in 2009 and currently is the GE TRDC Engineering & Site Manager.

Who are you? Understanding Yours (and Others') Distinct Personality

We all are born with unique personalities. Understanding how we and our peers act, react, decide, and collect information will enhance communication and minimize conflict. This fast-paced session walks you through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator tool to help you self-assess your personality. Being an Introvert or Extrovert is just a small part of who we are.

Lisa Moretto

Lisa is the President of RGI International and the Centre for Technical and Engineering Leadership. She has 26 years' experience teaching business and technical communication courses for government agencies, private corporations, and consulting firms. She has presented on various topics at past Ingenium conferences and for other professional societies. Lisa has worked for IBM and Hewlett-Packard and holds a B.Sc. in Technical Communication and an M.Sc. in User Interface Design. Lisa is a certified Myers-Briggs Personality Type Assessor and has co-authored four books with Ron Blicq: Get to the Point!, Guidelines for Report Writing, and Technically Write! and Writing Reports to Get Results. She is a Past President of the Rochester Engineering Society and a member of the Society for Technical Communication and the IEEE Professional Communication Society.

Lisa co-presents the two-day technical writing course the Association offers every year.

5:30pm	Reception
6:25pm	Welcome & Introductions, Awards Presentations
7:30pm	Dinner
9:00pm	Entertainment

Individual tickets:	$100
Full Table (10 seats):	$900

Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Past Presidents:	Free (By invitation only)
New Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Life Members:	Free (By invitation only)
Fellows (FEC or FGC):	Free (By invitation only)
Guest Tickets:	$20 each

Early Bird (by September 23)	$220
Registration (between September 24 - October 10)	$275
Intern Rate (Interns registered with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba)	$195
Student Rate (Students registered with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba)	$130

Danielle Wawryk
Communications & Events Coordinator
E-mail:	DWawryk@EngGeoMB.ca
Phone:	(204) 474-2736 ext. 245

WELCOME TO INGENIUM 2019

Message from the President

Greetings from Government

Message from the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

A Message from the Premier

A Message from the Minister

Mayor's Message

Professional Development Seminars

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Keynote Sessions

Session 1 - 9:30 - 10:25 AM

Session 2 - 10:40 - 11:30 AM

Session 3 - 11:40 - 12:25 PM

Session 4 - 1:45 - 2:35 PM

Annual General Meeting

Awards Gala Dinner

Awards Being Presented

Media Wall

Additional Events

Recognition Wine and Cheese Reception

Friends of Engineering Networking Reception

Conference Registration

Conference registration includes:

Sponsorship Opportunities

Platinum Sponsor

AGM Networking Reception

Bag Sponsor

In Kind Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors