IEEE/PES TRANSFORMER COMMITTEE

2002 SPRING MEETING

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Sunday April 14th – Thursday April 18th, 2002

HOSTED BY MIKE & NANCY LAU AND B.C. HYDRO

Host hotel: The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina
1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, B.C.
V6G 2V4 , Canada.
Tel: (604) 682-3377 Fax: (604) 687-3102
Website:

Room Rates:
Main Building Guestrooms ( Single/Double) $180.00 CAN$
Tower Building Guestrooms ( Single/Double) $200.00 CAN$

Plus 10% Provincial Tax (non-refundable); and 7% Goods and Services Tax (refundable for non-residents).

A $25 CAN$ charge will apply for each additional person in the room.

Children under 18 stay free in the room accompanied by an adult.

Note: 1 US$ approximately equals to 1.5 CAN$

Rooms are NOW open for reservation: Call 1-800-WESTIN-1 .

Please book rooms reserved under “ IEEE Transformers”.

Code for Vancouver International Airport: YVR
Early Bird Tour
Saturday One day Tour to Victoria

A one-day tour has been set up for the early birds to visit our capital city, Victoria, located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island. You will be picked up at the hotel early in the morning for a two-hour enjoyable ferry trip to the Islands. Upon arrival, you will visit the world famous Butchart Garden( admission fee included ). In the afternoon, you are free to visit the BC Royal Museum ( highly recommended , visit for admission fee and other details. There is a lot to see, and you need to skip over some to save time. ); the Parliament Building, the Wax Museum, shopping , or just stroll along the harbors and enjoy an afternoon cup of tea or coffee.

A light lunch and a Chinese dinner will be provided.

Cost: approx. US $ 70 per person.

Companion Tours:
1. Monday – Vancouver City Tour with lunch
Stanley Park, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Chinatown etc.
Lunch at the QE Park Teahouse.
2.Tuesday – North Shore Tour with lunch
Capilano Suspension Bridge, Salmon hatchery etc.
Lunch at top of Grouse Mountain.

Wednesday Social Evening
Enjoy an extravagant evening throughout the amazing new Vancouver Aquarium.

Technical Tour (Sunday morning and Thursday afternoon)
Visit the BC Hydro Powertech Labs ( including the Electrochemistry Labs – transformer aging and overloading simulation; Fural analysis; on-line filtration etc-- , and the High Voltage Test Lab).
More information to follow soon on the Website:
On-line registration site will be enabled in February, 2002.
Invitation packages will be mailed in late-February.

For more information, please contact:

Mike Lau, BC Hydro
Ph: (604) 528-3201 Email: