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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: An update on all things hydrail – freight and passe
 nger – from UBC Okanagan engineering Professor Gord Lovegrove\, together
  with his German collaborator\, Dr Holger Busche. Gord &amp; Holger will updat
 e us on UBCO’s latest hydrail research\, as well as on their research ex
 ploring technical and economic feasibility case studies of inter-city\, hy
 drail light rail for Canadian travellers &amp; investors.\n\nSpeakers:\n\n- Pr
 ofessor Gord Lovegrove\, UBC Okanagan Engineering\n\n- Dr. Holger Busche\,
  former Science Advisor on Energy &amp; Transport\, Germany\n\nSpeaker(s): Pro
 fessor Gord Lovegrove\, Dr. Holger Bushe\n\nAgenda: \nhttps://us02web.zoom
 .us/j/4912540253\n\n9:45 AM PDT Zoom opens 15 minutes of introductions\, g
 eneral discussion and computer help.\n10:00 AM PDT Welcome and speaker int
 roduction\n10:05 AM PDT Speaker\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org
 /m/490455
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/490455
ORGANIZER:j.harris@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:57
SUMMARY: TALK #33 – E-trains: “Okanagan Valley Electric Passenger Tram-
 trains – not in my lifetime or closer than you think?”
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/490455
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