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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=131021913-17032010>(</SPAN>Apologies
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">IBPSA-Canada’s
biennial conference, eSim, brings together professionals, academics and students
interested in building performance simulation issues and applications. The 2010
conference is hosted by Manitoba Hydro, in collaboration with the National
Research Council of Canada. It will be held in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Winnipeg</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Canada</st1:PersonName></st1:country-region></st1:place> on May 19 and
20, 2010 (pre-conference and post-conference workshops on May 18 and 21, 2010).
<SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Please visit
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.esim.ca/"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">www.esim.ca</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
to register.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Conference
Keynote Speakers </SPAN></B></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Professor
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">of Carleton University</B> and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Thomas Auer</B>, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Managing Director and Partner of Transsolar
GmBH</B> have been confirmed as the Keynote Speakers of eSim 2010. Ian has
a rich experience of simulation tool development and use in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
internationally, notably leading the successful IEA Annex 42 (Simulation of
Building-Integrated Fuel Cell and Other Cogeneration Systems). Thomas has
developed energy and building services concepts for projects around the world
noted for their innovative design and low energy use. <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Manitoba Hydro Place</st1:address></st1:Street>
is one such example of where Thomas’ firm has utilized simulation to design what
is considered one of the most energy efficient high rise buildings in <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. The conference organizers are excited to
have both Ian and Thomas as part of the conference as they are both highly
regarded within the industry.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Software
Demos</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
following software packages have been accepted for the conference software demo
sessions:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA><A
href="http://www.iesve.com/" target=_blank><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Virtual
Environment</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pete Murray</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IES Ltd</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.energygauge.com/" target=_blank><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EnergyGauge suite of
software</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mangesh Basarkar</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Florida Solar Energy
Center</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.designbuildersoftware.com/"
target=_blank><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DesignBuilder
Software</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mahabir Bhandari</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DesignBuilder Software,
USA</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SIMEB</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jocelyn Millette</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hydro-Québec</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/" target=_blank><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ESP-r and Revit
interface</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dr. Jon W. Hand</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.energyprofiletool.com/" target=_blank><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Energy Profile
Tool</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Curt
Hepting</SPAN></SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EnerSys Analytics
Inc.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.trane.com/COMMERCIAL/DNA/View.aspx?i=1136"
target=_blank><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">TRACE
700</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Michael S.
Patterson</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Trane</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Pre
and Post Workshops<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
following workshops will be held in conjunction with the eSim
2010:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.esim.ca/2010/workshops.htm#trnsys#trnsys"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Introduction to
TRNSYS</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (May 18th)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A href="http://www.esim.ca/2010/workshops.htm#canquest#canquest"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Introduction to eQUEST /
CAN-QUEST</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (May 18th)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: none"><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><A
href="http://www.esim.ca/2010/workshops.htm#daylight#daylight"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Daylighting Simulation
</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(May 21st AM)<SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN
lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For additional
information on eSim 2010 please visit </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA><A
href="http://www.esim.ca/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.esim.ca</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
class=normaltxt1><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=normaltxt1><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Conference
Chair:</SPAN></B></EM><EM><B><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Devin
Evenson, Manitoba Hydro, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA><A
href="mailto:devenson@hydro.mb.ca"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">devenson@hydro.mb.ca</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Chair of
the Scientific Committee:</SPAN></B></EM><EM><B><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Dr. Iain A
Macdonald, National Research Council Canada, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA><A
href="mailto:iain.macdonald@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">iain.macdonald@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA
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