
Immersion Week
Presents :

2021
Immersion Week
Presents :

2021
We're thrilled to be back for another year to hear from a fantastic group of speakers who are leading their industries. From entrepreneurs and thought leaders to experts across sectors, we are bringing together some of the most innovative players who are changing the world as we know it.
Our speaker list is being updated in real time: keep checking back for more updates as speakers are added throughout August and September!

Frans Johansson
CEO and Founder of The Medici Group & Author of The Medici Effect

Nicholas Donofrio
IBM Fellow Emeritus and former EVP Innovation & Technology

Kari LaMotte
Mananging Director, e@UBC

Dr. Shannon Bard
Entrepreneur in Residence, Lead of the Climate Venture Studio, e@UBC

Chang Han
Lead Entrepreneur in Residence, e@UBC

Dr. Sean Lumb
Associate Director of Lab2Launch, e@UBC

Michele Wallcraft
Executive in Residence,
e@UBC

Dr. Gail Murphy
Vice President, Research &
Innovation, UBC

Dr. Santa Ono
President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC

Dr. Pieter R. Cullis
Founding Scientific Director, NanoMedicines Innovation
Network, Co-founder, Acuitas & Professor, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, UBC

Dr. Madjid Mohseni
Professor, Department of Chemical
and Biological Engineering, UBC

Dr. Peter Zandstra
Professor and Director, School of Biomedical Engineering & Director, Michael Smith Laboratories, Founder & CSO, Notch Therapeutics

Thealzel Lee
Founder, Director, and President,
eFund (VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund VCC Inc.)

Mona Elesseily
Vice President Online Marketing Strategy, Page Zero Media

Kathleen Reid
Founder and Managing Director, Switchboard Public Relations

Alwar Pillai
CEO and Co-Founder, Fable

Miranda Lievers
Co-Founder & COO, Thinkific

Jonathon Jafari
Entrepreneur in Residence, Lead of the Human Health Venture Studio, e@UBC

Angela Hamilton
Entrepreneur in Residence, Lead of the Social Venture Studio, e@UBC

Dr. George Belliveau
Research-based Theatre Cluster Lead, Professor and Head, Education/Language and Literacy Education, UBC

Andrea Lloyd
Associate Director, Engagement, e@UBC

Anna Sainsbury
Chairman and Founder at GeoComply

Trish Villanueva
Global Head of Cybersecurity Operations, Scotiabank

Chad Marson
Global Head of Risk Advisory Services, Scotiabank

Paul Cyr
Technology Transfer Manager, University-Industry Liaison Office, UBC

Tetsuro Shigematsu
Artist, UBC's Research-based Theatre Cluster Collaborative

Nida Bilal
CEO, Biba Cancer Research Foundation

Kevin Lee
Co-founder and CEO, ImmiSearch

Meagan Simpson
Associate Editor, BetaKit

Brad McCannell
VP Access and Inclusion, Rick Hansen Foundation

Mathew Smithdeal
PhD Student, Philosophy of Psychology, Mind and Biology, UBC

Stephen Wilson
VP Acceleration, Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre

Dr. Nina Vellani
Director, Founder and President at NELSA Investments (VCC) Inc; Director, Treasurer and Founder at Natalus Life Sciences Capital LTD

Ayissi Nyemba
Founder and CEO, Emkao Foods

Dr. Letitia Henville
Project Lead, Arts Amplifier
Coordinator, Graduate Programs, Arts Co-operative Education Program

Artem Bocharov
Co-Founder, Director of Sales, BarrelWise

Christina Morrow
Founder, Wicked Rose
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Fraser Pogue
CORE Incubator Lead and Venture Activator

Graham Lee
President & CEO, GSL Holdings

Michelle Sklar
Executive in Residence, Head of Venture Growth Strategy, e@UBC

Steve Thompson
Director, Cybersecurity Awareness, Training, and Communications, Scotiabank

Dr. Evgueni Loukipoudis
CTO at Digital Technology Supercluster

Rekha Patel
Director, Security Governance within Information Security & Control, Scotiabank

Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh
Assistant Professor, Food Processing
Food and Beverage Innovation Professorship

Chris Cook
Research-based Theatre Cluster Coordinator, PhD Student, UBC

Dr. Tim Durance
Professor Emeritus, Food Science, UBC

Dolma Tsundu
Founder and CEO, Flutter Care

Dr. Mary Lynn Young
Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, UBC

Joel Bakan
Author, filmmaker and a professor of law, UBC

Binoy Mascarenhas
Interim Director of Urban Innovation Research at the UBC Sustainability Initiative, UBC

Dr. Maryam Sadeghi
Founder & CEO, MetaOptima

Gordon Casey
Founder, Brave Coop

Lily Ivanova
PhD Student, Department of Sociology, UBC

Vidya Crawley
CEO at Groundswell Alternative Business School
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Arnav Mishra
Founder and CEO, DYNE

Tiffany Hamilton
Entrepreneur in Residence, e@UBC

Francis Steiner
Entrepreneur in Residence, HATCH, ICICS Representative

Angie Schick
Executive Director, New Ventures BC

Katarina Sabados
Imagine Journalism student, UBC

Pallavi Rao
Imagine Journalism student, UBC

Catherine Zhu
Imagine Journalism student, UBC

Pranav Menon
Venture Associate, e@UBC

David Vertesi
Co-Founder & Former Executive Director, Vancouver Mural Festival/Create Vancouver Society