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 | |  | APEGA Celebrates Engineering and Geoscience Excellence at 2025 Summit Awards Gala APEGA celebrated engineering and geoscience excellence at the annual Summit Awards Gala on April 24, held at the TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary. This year, 10 Summit Awards were handed out for exceptional innovation and dedication in the professions. | | BRANCH EVENTS
| | | Webinar | Hydronic System Performance 5/13/2025 12:00 p.m. This presentation will examine the performance impact of improper valve sizing, unstable system pressures, and balancing device selection. Brought to you by the Edmonton Branch. Everyone is welcome to attend. Webinar | Licensure Requirements for Engineers and Geoscientists in Alberta 5/15/2025 11:30 a.m. Join us for a talk by an APEGA representative who will answer any questions you may have about your engineering or geoscience designation. Brought to you by the APEGA Peace Region Branch, everyone is welcome to attend. Webinar | Can You Hear the Music of AI Engineering Thinking? 5/22/2025 6:00 p.m. Join us for an exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) as an emerging engineering practice domain, defining AI's unique capabilities and establishing the critical need for a specialized, regulated AI engineering profession. Brought to you by the Calgary Branch, everyone is welcome to attend. Webinar | Softening the Force of the Uncertainty Epidemic 6/16/2025 12:00 p.m. This session will discuss the “uncertainty epidemic” and dig up some of the buried treasure that comes with softening the force of uncertainty. Brought to you by the APEGA Edmonton Branch, everyone is welcome to attend. | | | APEGA EVENTS
| Webinar | Digital Signatures 5/14/2025 1:00 p.m. In this session, you will discover the diverse types of digital signatures and how they can be used to sign distinct types of documents as a person, a professional, a department, or an organization. Webinar | The ABCs of Digital Signatures: Everything You Want to Know from Adobe to Bluebeam to ConsignO Desktop 5/21/2025 1:00 p.m. This advanced session is designed for digital signature subscribers who have installed the required software elements, have a digital signature activated, and are ready to begin using ConsignO Desktop to view, prepare, and sign electronic records. | |  | Annual General Meeting 2025, New President and Councillors Installed | On April 25, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta held its annual general meeting, with more than 700 participants attending virtually. Please take some time to read about the motions put forward, your 2025 newly elected council members, and the installation of APEGA’s 106th president, Terri Steeves, P.Eng. |
|  | New APEGA Council Appointments for Vice-President and Councillor | APEGA Council has appointed Jason Vanderzwaag, P.Eng., as vice-president and Eric Potter, P.Eng., as councillor for the 2025–26 term. Vanderzwaag, a councillor since 2017, will serve a one-year term as vice-president after the position went unfilled in the 2025 election. Potter, who received the next-highest number of votes in the 2025 council election, will serve as councillor for one year. |
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|  | Virtual Professional Development Conference | June 4 & 5
| Final Hours to Save—Early-Bird Rates End Tomorrow
Join more than 1,000 engineering and geoscience professionals at APEGA Nexus on June 4 and 5. This year’s virtual conference features four spectacular keynote presentations, 20 groundbreaking sessions, and the opportunity to claim up to 30 continuing professional development hours! This is your last chance to get 20% off your registration—prices increase on May 8. | |  | Proposed Withdrawal of Three Guidelines—Opportunity to Comment | APEGA is proposing to withdraw the practice guidelines Concepts of Professionalism, Guideline for Professional Practice, and Guideline of Considerations for Establishing a Consulting Practice. These guidelines either duplicate information that is covered in other more recent APEGA publications or contain content that no longer aligns with the guideline content strategy of APEGA and the Practice Review Board.
The Practice Review Board has initiated a 75‑day feedback period, and APEGA invites registrants and the public to submit their comments on the proposed withdrawals through the provided form by noon on July 15. |
|  | Authenticating Professional Work Products Practice Standard Revisions Now Available | The Authenticating Professional Work Products practice standard has been republished with administrative revisions and went into effect November 1, 2024. The standard remains enforceable. Through updated appendices and definitions, the revisions clarify what is expected of licensed professionals when they authenticate and validate professional work products. The revised standard also includes more information about the use of stamps and digital signatures. |
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| | | Introducing APEGA Mobile
| The APEGA Wireless Program Powered by Rogers is now APEGA Mobile. Built with your feedback in mind, this enhanced program, backed by Rogers, offers more competitive pricing, upgraded plans, and a new user-friendly platform. | |
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| Celebrate with the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists – On May 15, come celebrate the shared experiences, challenges, and triumphs that have united the geoscience industry. Please join the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists for this spectacular evening of celebration as they commemorate 75 years of proud accomplishments.
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