4th Canadian Student Conference
on Biomedical Computing
SPONSORS:
UBC Biomedical Engineering UBC Brain Research Centre UBC Bioinformatics Graduate Program Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops Institute for Computing, Information & Cognitive Systems MITACS Student Advisory Committee College for Interdisciplinary Studies

Conference Schedule (preliminary)

Totem poles in Stanley Park

Day 1: Thursday, March 12th

Note: There are two events on Thursday afternoon/evening, at separate venues. There is a 30-60 minute rush-hour commute between them, so while attendance at both is possible, the more relaxed option is to attend the one of more interest. Registration desks will be open at both events, and committee members will guide attendees wanting to attend both across the public transit.

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building, UBC
15h00 - 16h00 Registration desk open
16h00 - 17h30 Biomedical engineering industry symposium - sponsored and organised by the UBC Biomedical Engineering Program
17h30 - 19h00 Refreshments and networking
Ground floor lecture theatre, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
18h00 - 19h30 VanBUG (Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group), with special speaker Olga Troyanskaya of Princeton University
19h30 - 20h30 Free pizza and cheap beer with VanBUG
19h30 - 20h30 Registration desk open

Day 2: Friday, March 13th

Michael Smith Laboratory, UBC
08h00 - 08h45 Breakfast
08h45 - 09h30 Opening ceremony and orientation
09h30 - 10h30 Keynote Speaker (Medical Imaging & Computer-Assisted Interventions): Dr. Terry Peters of the Robarts Institute
10h30 - 10h45 Coffee
10h45 - 12h00 Paper presentations: Bioinformatics
12h00 - 13h15 Lunch
13h15 - 14h15 Keynote Speaker (Bioinformatics & Computational Biology): Dr. Michael Hallett of McGill University
14h15 - 14h30 Coffee
14h30 - 16h00 Poster presentations: Biomedical engineering
16h00 - 17h15 Paper presentations: Biomedical engineering
18h30 - 20h00 Dinner at Enigma (included in registration fee)
20h30 - ?? Social event (TBA)

Day 3: Saturday, March 14th

Michael Smith Laboratory, UBC
08h00 - 09h00 Breakfast
09h00 - 10h30 Industry panel: Panelists with career experience in both the biotechnology industry and academia talk briefly about their own careers and answer burning questions from the audience about life after grad school.
10h30 - 10h45 Coffee
10h45 - 12h15 Poster presentations: Bioinformatics
12h15 - 14h30 Closing luncheon and awards ceremony at the Sage Bistro
14h30 - 17h00 Tour of Granville Island
The Vancouver skyline by night

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