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

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

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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