AI & Security – the applications, governance, and ecosystem we need to build to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Join Innovation UBC September 23 and 24 at UBC Robson Square for Immersion Week, our annual conference featuring storytellers and movement builders from across our ecosystem. Discover the insights, expertise and strategies that have helped them transform innovation into impact.
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Who should attend
Immersion Week brings together the UBC community and broader innovation ecosystem to explore a range of globally relevant themes that entrepreneurs and researchers are poised to solve (or are solving).
We convene all levels of academia, startups, investors, government and ecosystem champions, sparking insights through keynotes, panels, networking and above all, great conversations and meaningful connections!
About the Event: AI & Security
Topics for this year’s theme, AI & Security, include how AI is transforming teaching and learning, regulation and strategic policy, AI & Health and Climate, Indigenous perspectives, IP sovereignty and economic resilience, deep dive roundtables on investing and funding AI solutions, and more!
Over two days, you will hear from a diverse lineup of speakers offering varying perspectives and expertise. Walk away with new strategies, practical tactics and valuable insights to transform your innovation and ideas to impact.
Speakers
Please welcome Dr. Carol Liao, Associate Professor, Allard Law, UBC, Dr. David Kitts, Dean pro tem, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC, Tiffany Scarlett, Co-Founder & President, Caseway, Dr. Sean Smukler, Director, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, UBC, Arthur Chen, Co-founder and CEO, Verdi, Becky Parker, Industry Relations Manager, Farm Credit Canada, Guy Davis, CEO, HealthQb Technologies Inc., Michael Bidu, Director, Business Strategy, Robotools Canada, Maria Pacella, Managing Partner, Pender Ventures, Alexandra Greenhill, Founder, CEO and CMO, Careteam Technologies, Mitch Richardson, Vice President, Rhino Ventures, Dr. Maryam Sadeghi, CEO & Co-Founder, MetaOptima, Dakota Anderberg, Community Engagement Coordinator, Human Early Learning Partnership, UBC, Rochelle Grayson, Founder, Mosaic Accelerator and Co-Founder, Circles of AI, Dr. Jonathan Proctor, Assistant Professor, Land and Food Systems, UBC, and Navtej Bains, VP, Operations, Marketing and Procurement, Westberry Farms.
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