Asc of Financial Professionals Canada Calgary

2011 - 2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR Membership due reduced to $105 per individual for 2011/2012 It is time to renew your membership to AFPC-CALGARY please go to the membership page, download and complete the membership application form and send it in as instructed on the form. Please note that if you refer two or more new members to AFPC-CALGARY you will be rewarded with a $50 gift certificate. A place to provide referral information is provided on the membership document.

FEBRUARY PREMIER EVENT - BLOOMBERG - COMMODITY SUPER CYCLE! Join us on February 15th for our Commodity Super Cycle luncheon, another AFPC Calgary Premier event. Beth Hausmann, Commodities Application Specialist from Bloomberg takes us through their view of key Commodities globally. Beth has worked at Bloomberg since 1997. She began as a sales representative covering the Midwest, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Board of Options. She has worked in both the New York and San Francisco offices of Bloomberg. In her current role as Commodity Specialist, she contributes to the development of Bloomberg's Energy, Agriculture and Energy analytics, focusing on clients across the Western U.S. and Canada. Ms. Hausmann holds a BA in Economics and Environmental Studies from St. Lawrence University. Commodity Super Cycle: A prolonged decade of commodity price appreciation has created stress on the infrastructure of energy, metals and agriculture to meet demand. We will examine how physical assets, prices and fundamental drivers forecast directional movements of key raw materials across industries. Topics include: Relationship of Commodity Pricing: Looking at Futures, Spot and OTC Forward Broker pricing for oil, natural gas, power and emissions with Fair Value Curves. News: Looking at energy, emissions & shipping specific news, industry court rulings and New Energy Finance data. Analytical Tools: Seasonality patterns, effect of implied volatility, storage, correlation, global weather information & Industry specific research Asset Analysis: Looking at power plants, refineries & pipelines and natural gas flow data as well as demand data. Shipping: Freight Rates, tanker & dry fixture data, vessel databases. GO TO EVENTS PAGE TO REGISTER Announcing the third annual CICA's Commodity Tax Symposium - WEST MARCH 5-6, 2012 (Optional workshop March 7) WESTIN CALGARY, CALGARY, AB For professionals who are serious about working in, or advising businesses in the area of indirect tax. Experience our revitalized Commodity Tax Symposium - WEST with a new level of focus on the most important indirect tax issues facing businesses in Western Canada today! Symposium Highlights Include: 1. Bigger venue, more sessions and same great price! 2. Keynote address by Gordon Gibson, Order of British Columbia recipient, and political columnist 3. Newly expanded, optional Workshop on Pensions 4. Pick from up to seven general sessions, and new for this year, six concurrent technical sessions including: o Energy Trading & Fuel Taxes o Joint Ventures & Partnerships o Forestry and Mining Sector Issues o Update on Financial Institutions - Tailored for the West! o Case Law Update o CRA Roundtable 5. Up to 14 hours of CPD credits For additional Symposium information and to register online, visit: www.cpd.cica.ca/CTSWest