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DESCRIPTION:This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers
  and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.\n\nThis series of presentations ha
 s been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised t
 o the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG
 ) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG&#39;s and IEEE members depending upon the
  topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) i
 s using their national organization to provide information\, the subject a
 nd speaker to members across Canada.\n\nThe next meeting will be held on T
 hursday November 21\, 2024. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MST (2:30pm 
 Eastern)\, with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EST). The meet
 ing will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent 
 the afternoon of Wednesday November 20. If you plan to attend and be inclu
 ded on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, tcm
 adsen@telus.net\, before noon on Wednesday November 20.\n\nPlease note the
  meeting originates in AB which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you a
 re in another province you must account any necessary time shift.\n\nTitle
 : Calgary Airport to Banff Rail (CABR)\n\nPresenter: Bruce Graham\n\nSumma
 ry:  The presentation will include a brief history and overview of CABR. E
 xpected benefits of the project and how CABR fits into Alberta’s Vision 
 for Passenger Rail. CABR&#39;s Solution for Tunnelling the Green Line (Calgary
  Airport Downtown Express Plus 15 Solution)\n\nBio: Bruce Graham is the Ex
 ecutive Director of Friends of Calgary Airport to Banff Rail (CABR) an ind
 ependent not-for-profit entity created to increase awareness and advocate 
 for passenger rail service in the Bow Valley Corridor (https://friendsofca
 br.com/). Bruce is also engaged in local government and stakeholder relati
 ons on behalf of the CABR Proponents (Liricon Capital and Plenary Americas
 ).\n\nCABR has a recently revised proposal through the Province’s Unsoli
 cited Proposal Framework to provide passenger Rail Service from Downtown C
 algary to Banff at no cost to the Province recognizing the Provinces desir
 e to build and operate Calgary Airport to Downtown passenger rail service 
 with connectivity to Regional Rail Service including CABR\, Calgary Transi
 t LRT and future High-Speed Rail service from Edmonton to Calgary.\n\nCABR
  and Friends of CABR have presented a potential solution to connecting the
  Green Line to Downtown Calgary as an alternative to tunnelling through do
 wntown a solution for which the Province is currently investigating. The C
 algary Airport Downtown Express (CADE) Plus 15 solution is intended to be 
 a viable solution to connecting the Green Line and the Calgary Airport wit
 h Passenger Rail Service to Downtown Calgary while preserving the opportun
 ity for Region Rail Service in keeping with the Province&#39;s vision for pass
 enger rail service in Alberta.\n\nPreviously\, Bruce was the inaugural Pre
 sident and CEO of Calgary Economic Development from 2003 to 2015. He is cu
 rrently a Senior Advisor at Osborne Interim Management. Bruce and his wife
  Kathy have two adult daughters and reside in Calgary.\n\nVirtual: https:/
 /events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445808
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445808
ORGANIZER:jimellis@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:Calgary Airport to Banff Rail (CABR)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445808
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;This is a joint meeting of Canadian So
 ciety of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size
 : 14pt\;&quot;&gt;This series of presentations has been occurring for more than 20
  years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Sectio
 n (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE L
 MAG&#39;s and IEEE members depending upon the topic.&amp;nbsp\; At the same time t
 he Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national org
 anization to provide information\, the subject and speaker to members acro
 ss Canada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sa
 ns-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The next meeting will be held on Thursday No
 vember 21\, 2024. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MST (2:30pm Eastern)\,
  with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EST). The meeting will b
 e held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent the aftern
 oon of Wednesday November 20. If you plan to attend and be included on the
  Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, &lt;a href=&quot;mail
 to:tcmadsen@telus.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;tcmadsen@telus.net&lt;/
 a&gt;\, before noon on Wednesday November 20.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal
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 tyle=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black\;&quot;&gt;Please note the meeting originates in AB
  which is in the Mountain Time Zone\, so if you are in another province yo
 u must account any necessary time shift.&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-margin-top-alt: auto\; mso-margin-botto
 m-alt: auto\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; 
 font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;color: black\;&quot;&gt;Title
 : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calgary Airport to Banff Rail (CABR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/s
 pan&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-variant-caps: normal\; font-str
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 \, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; 
 style=&quot;color: black\;&quot;&gt;Presenter: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-U
 S&quot;&gt;Bruce Graham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span sty
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 mmary: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;mso-ansi-language: EN-US\
 ;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;The presentation will include a brief history and overvie
 w of CABR. Expected benefits of the project and how CABR fits into Alberta
 &amp;rsquo\;s Vision for Passenger Rail. CABR&#39;s Solution for Tunnelling the Gr
 een Line (Calgary Airport Downtown Express Plus 15 Solution)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p style=&quot;margin: 0cm\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans
 -serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;color: black
 \;&quot;&gt;Bio:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;color: black\;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
 Bruce Graham is the&amp;nbsp\;Executive Director of Friends of Calgary Airport
  to Banff Rail (CABR) an independent not-for-profit entity created to incr
 ease awareness and advocate for passenger rail service in the Bow Valley C
 orridor (&lt;span class=&quot;MsoHyperlink&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://friendsofcabr.com/&quot;&gt;h
 ttps://friendsofcabr.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;). Bruce is also engaged in local gove
 rnment and stakeholder relations on&amp;nbsp\;behalf of the CABR Proponents (L
 iricon Capital and Plenary Americas).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;
 &gt;CABR has a recently revised proposal through the Province&amp;rsquo\;s Unsoli
 cited Proposal Framework to provide passenger Rail Service from Downtown C
 algary to Banff at no cost to the Province recognizing the Provinces desir
 e to build and operate Calgary Airport to Downtown passenger rail service 
 with connectivity to Regional Rail Service including CABR\, Calgary Transi
 t LRT and future High-Speed Rail service from Edmonton to Calgary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: aria
 l\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;CABR and Friends of CABR have presented a po
 tential solution to connecting the Green Line to Downtown Calgary as an al
 ternative to tunnelling through downtown a solution for which the Province
  is currently investigating. The Calgary Airport Downtown Express (CADE) P
 lus 15 solution is intended to be a viable solution to connecting the Gree
 n Line and the Calgary Airport with Passenger Rail Service to Downtown Cal
 gary while preserving the opportunity for Region Rail Service in keeping w
 ith the Province&#39;s vision for passenger rail service in Alberta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;h4 style=&quot;background: white\; margin: 18.0pt 0cm 9.0pt 0cm\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span st
 yle=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; color
 : black\; font-weight: normal\;&quot;&gt;Previously\, Bruce was the inaugural Pres
 ident and CEO of Calgary Economic Development from 2003 to 2015. He is cur
 rently a Senior Advisor at Osborne Interim Management. Bruce and his wife 
 Kathy have two adult daughters and reside in Calgary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
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