​Join Innovation UBC for our 6th annual Immersion Week September 23 and 24 at UBC Robson Square

​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 helped them transform innovation into impact.

​>> Learn more about Immersion Week on our event site >>

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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! 

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​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. 

​Our agenda and speaker line-up is being updated in real time - visit our event site for the latest announcements on #IW25.

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​About Innovation UBC

​​Innovation UBC works with UBC’s researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real world impacts. Through research partnerships, technology transfer, and venture building services, UBC researchers have access to a robust ecosystem of services and support to strengthen their translation opportunities.

​Innovation UBC is committed to fostering a unified innovation ecosystem, advancing research collaborations, accelerating early-stage innovation and support for spinoff companies, and strengthening equitable engagement and partnerships. Our successful history of translation and commercialization has led to the creation of 275 spin-off companies, establishing over 500 active licensing agreements, and enabling thousands of research partnerships each year with industry, government, and non-profit organizations. UBC spin-off companies have attracted over $8.4 billion in investment capital. Our goal is to help create impact from UBC’s breakthrough research to generate social, health, environmental and economic benefits.