Multi-Million Dollar In-Kind Contribution Event at the University of British Columbia

Nov 13, 2003


Event: Top executives from General Motors
of Canada, EDS Canada and Sun Microsystems of Canada, in
a corporate alliance initiative, titled Partners for the
Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE),
will make a significant in-kind contribution to The University
of British Columbia.

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2003,
10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time

Place: The University of British Columbia’s
Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British
Columbia

Parking: Nearest parking is in the Fraser
River Parkade on the south side of Memorial Rd. across from
the Asian Centre and just east of the entrance to the Nitobe
Memorial Garden.

For a map with directions to the Asian Centre, visit www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?bldg1ID=046

Attending the event will be:

  • John Dowd, President, EDS Canada
  • Michael Grimaldi, President, General Motors of Canada
  • Stéphane Boisvert, President, Sun Microsystems
    of Canada
  • Phil Taylor, President, UGS PLM Solutions, Canada
  • Shirley Bond, Minister of Advanced Education, Government
    of British Columbia
  • Martha C. Piper, President, The University of British
    Columbia
  • Michael Isaacson, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science, The
    University of British Columbia

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