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.)
Michelle McBane
Managing Director, StandUp Ventures
Mona Elesseily
Vice President Online Marketing Strategy, Page Zero Media
Meena Sandhu
SVP of Growth, BeanWorks & Instructor at BC Tech
Kathleen Reid
Founder and Managing Director, Switchboard Public Relations
Robyn Sussel
Consultant, Strategy & Creative for Health & Research
Faculty, Centre for Digital Media, Simon Fraser University
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
Dr. Rickey Yada
Academic Dean at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
William Johnson
Founder and Editor, Vancouver Tech Journal
Tamer Mohamed
Co-founder and CEO, Aspect Biosystems
Robert Niven
Chair and CEO, CarbonCure Technologies
Jason Robertson
Co-founder, VP of Investments, Nimbus Synergies
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
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
Zack Eberwein
Co-founder and CEO, Stoko
Izzie Egan
Founder and CEO, BLANKSLATE Partners
Jessica Verhagen
CEO, Hydra Energy
Sabina Russel
Co-founder and Principal, Zen and the Art of Clean Energy Solutions Inc.
Dr. Greg Dipple
Professor, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, UBC, Co-founder, CarbIn Minerals
Morgan McDonald
Counsel, Startups, Emerging Companies and Technology at DLA Piper
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
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
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