Mining & Critical Minerals Cocktail Reception: Meet BC’s Next Generation of Innovators
Mining & Critical Minerals Web Summit Side Event is an opportunity to learn what is driving BC’s Energy sector to global impact. Our natural resources sector has never been more vulnerable, from the turmoil of global markets combined with the needs of industry, the fragility of our biodiversity system, to the urgent infrastructure required to accelerate the adoption of new technologies. This event will highlight the prolific research transforming the mining sector through BRIMM and Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials; the Berlingette Research Group at UBC building technologies to accelerate decarbonization (and the spinouts being created); Genome BC supporting the development of solutions that are helping us better understand the genomic impact on mine sites; and so much more! This event will be an exciting look at the future of energy sector innovations.
Attendees will be treated to a showcase of leading-edge research, startups emerging from academia, along with the ecosystem collaborators helping to accelerate bringing these transformative innovations to market.
Thank you to our partners across the UBC network and Genome BC for their support.
Who should attend:
Industry and Government - come and meet leading innovators
Investors - come and meet BC’s leading Mining and Critical Minerals startups
Academic partners - connect with potential collaborators
Ventures - Meet your next potential investor
Details:
Date/Time: Thursday, May 29th 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: UBC Robson Square, Suite 1900 (e@UBC co-working space)
Agenda:
3:30 - 4:00 pm Registration
4:00 - 4:45 pm Cocktail Reception & Networking
- Meet founders at their booths
4:45 - 5:45 pm Panel presentations & Q&A
5:45 - 6:00 pm Closing remarks &Networking
Speakers:
PANEL 1:
Vikramaditya Yadav, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Tydra. Project: Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials initiative
Roger Beckie, Geological Engineer & Professor, Geological Engineering Program, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia. Project: Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials initiative
Moderator: John Steen, Director, BRIMM
PANEL 2:
Dr. John Thompson, Consultant, PetraScience Consultants
Dr. Curtis Berlinguette, Co-Founder, Miru Smart Technologies Corp. Berlinguette Research Group at UBC
Dr. Mike Kennedy, CEO, nPhyla Technologies
Jade Salazaar, Innovation & Partnerships Lead, Rogers Communications
Moderator: Dr. Gail Murphy, Vice-President Research & Innovation at The University of British Columbia
Venture Connections: come and meet the next generation of startups revolutionizing life sciences treatments, products, services, applications and technologies: