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September 6, 2024

Registration for the MEA's 2024 Conference & AGM is now open.  

This year's event will be hosted by the City of Ottawa and will be held November 19 - 22 at the Delta-Marriott City Centre Hotel in downtown Ottawa.

The theme of this year’s Conference is: RIVER RESILIENCE

REGISTRATION & HOTEL:

For more information about this year's conference, including hotel reservations, registration and the preliminary program:  CLICK HERE . 

Please note that members need to log in to the website to access discounted MEA member rates. 

Full conference registration includes:

• All breakfasts/lunches/breaks (Wed - Fri)
• 1 Ticket to the President's Gala (Thurs evening)
• Access to all hospitality networking events, Wednesday evening social event and technical tours, hockey game

Single day registration includes breakfast/lunch/breaks and access to the evening hospitality event.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM SUMMARY

• 36 Technical Presentations (2 concurrent sessions, Wed-Fri) 
• Tradeshow (Wed-Fri): featuring 37 vendors/engineering companies,  
• MEA's Awards Luncheon (Wed afternoon)
• MEA's Annual General Meeting (Thurs morning)
• 3 Tours to choose from (Thurs afternoon)
  • ​MCON Pipe Plant / Rinker Materials Concrete Plant
  • Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission Facility
  • Diefenbunker Cold War Museum
• Annual Steve Carroll East-West Hockey Classic (Thurs afternoon)
• President's Gala (Thurs evening)
• 2 Hospitality Networking Events (Tues + Thurs)
• Wednesday Evening Social Event at the Queen's Fare (food/refreshments and live band)

Attending the MEA Conference can be applied toward the PEO's mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. Full conference attendance would represent approx. 14 CPD hours. Single day attendance would represent 7 CPD hours (Wed); 3.5 hours (Thurs) and 3.5 hours (Fri).

The MEA is pleased to announce the conference platinum sponsor:

To view a complete listing of all sponsors, CLICK HERE.