• AGM Content & Theme
• AGM Location
• Babysitting & Family Friendly Restaurants
• Breakout Sessions
• Chinedu Cup
• Coat Check
• Desk Space & Working Room
• Event App

• Food, Drink, Local Attractions and more! 
• Friday Night Gala
• Giving Back
• Nursing Room
• Prayer Room
• Thursday Night - Drop in Social
• Wednesday Kick off!
• Yoga

During our main AGM we will split into smaller groups and head over to the Hyatt Hotel, where 6 super interesting sessions covering different topics will be held.  

We need you to sign up for your preferred breakouts by November 29th

You can sign up here for your top 3 breakouts HERE.

• A BGCer's Guide to the Galaxy of Project Reviews
• Aqua Odyssey: Journey Through the Liquid Realms
• From Points to Panoramas: A Journey Through Data Scales 
• From the Ground Up: Cultivating Allyship for a More Inclusive Workplace
• The AI quest: Mastering Magic in the Digital Age (live-streamed for virtual attendees)
• The Quest for Geological Mastery

The AGM event app will be launching soon! The week of the AGM, you will receive an email with login information. The app has all the information about content, social events, maps, and other useful info! 

The Chinedu Cup is being held for the 3rd year in a row in memory of Chinedu Odagwe; a BGC colleague who passed away in 2022. The soccer (or football) tournament held inside at The Calgary Soccer Centre Friday, December 13th from 4pm-6pm. Sign up HERE to join; heated transport will be provided.   

The bus will depart from the Hyatt Hotel at 3:30pm.

We have a yoga class on Friday, December 13th, from 4pm to 5pm. It will be hosted at the Hyatt, in the Stephen Room.

The Registration kiosk will be at the Telus Convention Center, North Building, on Wednesday through Friday of the AGM week. Ask questions, seek directions, and pick up your name badge for the AGM and your wristband for Gala there. BGCers are staying at the Downtown Marriott, the Hyatt, and the Fairmont Palliser all a short walk away from the Convention Center through the Plus15 internal walkway. 

If you are flying in early and planning to work from the Calgary office, they will have open workstations available for drop in use. The Calgary office is located on the 26th floor at 2600-425 1st street SW, take the East Tower elevators up to reception; they will direct you to an available desk. If you will need access to the office on the Thursday or Friday, please pre-arrange with the Calgary admins.  

Hotel rooms have Wi-Fi available, and the Working Room in the Convention Centre’s Upper Select Board Room  will be set up with monitors, docks, keyboards and a printer.  

Located in the Gallery room at the Hyatt on the 2nd floor. 

Located in the Studio room at the Hyatt on the 2nd floor. 

There will be a coat-check facility at our sessions, the Wednesday Kick-off and the Gala event.   

The theme for the AGM is about celebrating the meandering paths we all take in our personal and professional lives – the quests we embark upon. A detailed agenda will come closer to the AGM. 

We are very excited to announce that this year we have invited Sébastien Sasseville as our keynote speaker. Sébastien empowers leaders to lead with purpose and inspires people to embrace change, remain engaged, and win at the long game. An endurance athlete, his extraordinary accomplishments — which include summiting Mount Everest, completing the mythical Sahara race, and running across Canada — are made even more impressive by the fact that he lives with Type 1 Diabetes. Sébastien delivers dynamic messaging on change management, leadership, teamwork, and motivation.

Come along to our Alberta-bound ice-breaker and bring your yee-haw's and yahoo’s, dancing shoes (or boots), and Stampede wear.  Get ready for some fun and tasty vittles, plus family friendly activities. Regular clothing is also very welcome!  

If you have no Thursday night plans, or even if you do come by and decompress after the first AGM day. There will be a chill drop in zone with games and refreshments from 5-8pm. 

If you are interested in attending, please click HERE.

Still trying to find that perfect outfit? Checkout this Pinterest board for inspiration. The room will be decorated in velvet with hues of purple, dark green and black.  Think Halloween but without dressing up as your favorite tv or sports star!  So go on BGCers and get your witchy, wizardry, gothic thing on!........  

PS - regular party attire is also very welcome; you can pick up a prop or two at the party if you like! 

BGC doesn't provide babysitting services – but here are some options for you to organise yourselves below: 

Check out this map for local restaurants, the AGM venues and other cool spots around Calgary. You can select the different layers to see family friendly restaurants, fun neighborhoods and coffee shops. Tourism Calgary has set up an Explore More Pass with all sorts of fun things to explore. Use code BGC2024 to sign up. 

BGC has partnered with two great organizations; SORCe and Food Banks Canada.   

On Wednesday at the Icebreaker event at the Hyatt, we will be building warming kits to support SORCe, a Calgary based charity that works with individuals experiencing homelessness. The goal is to pack 500 kits –so please help us reach this goal!! 

In addition to supporting those in Calgary we are partnering with Food Banks Canada you’ll find QR codes linking directly to the Food Banks Canada donation page and BGC Squared will be matching donations. 

If you have any questions, please contact:
AGM2024@bgcengineering.ca (general questions, accommodations, registration) and lbraund@bgcengineering.ca (anything else 😊)