Registration Open - April 30, 2026! CAMTEC Annual Research Symposium 2026
Schedule
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8:30 – 9:15 AM (ELL lobby) |
Coffee and networking |
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9:15 – 9:45 AM (ELL 167) |
9:15- 9:20 Territorial Acknowledgement Welcome! CAMTEC Director, Dr. Rishi Gupta 9:20-9:30 Opening remarks by Dr. Colin Bradley (Dean, ECS) Celebrating: Dr. Rustom Bhiladvala 9:30-9:40 Dr. Brad Buckham 9:40-9:50 Personal reflections from Dr. Bhiladvala |
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10:00- 10:20 AM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 1: Dr. Alejandro Sinner Materials of Change: Roman Technologies and Their Impact on Iberian Iron Age Societies Host/moderator: Dr. Aislinn Sirk |
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10:20 – 10:35 AM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 2: Fereshteh Hassani Enhanced stiffness-weight efficiency through kinematic interaction in semi-auxetic cellular laminates Host/moderator: Dr. Yu |
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10:35 – 10:50 AM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 3: Wendy Hurlburt, President and CEO (Life Sciences BC) Host/moderator: Nick Allan |
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10:50 – 11:20 AM (ELL 167) |
Coffee break/ posters/ Exhibits |
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11:20 – 11:35 AM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 4: Dan Gunn, CEO, VIATEC Hosts/moderators: Rich McCue and Dr. Stephanie Willerth |
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11:35 AM – 12:10 PM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 5: Panel discussion: Funding opportunities- NSERC, MITACS, Genome BC, Innovation Centre Host/moderator: Dr. Jessica Sevick |
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12:10 – 12:30 PM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 6: Dr. Peter Loock (Dean, Science) Rapid fluorescence spectroscopy and Imaging Host/moderator: Dr. Cornelia Bohne |
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12:30-12:45 PM (ELL 167) |
Keynote 7: Dr. Robert McLeod, Hitachi High-tech Canada, Inc. Electron microscopy: from "Plenty of Room at the Bottom" to Scientific Commodity Hosts/moderators: Drs. Cecile Lacombe and Lin Cai |
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12:45 PM – 1:45 PM |
Lunch / Poster Session / Exhibits (Lobby) |
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1:45-2:30 PM (ELL 167) |
Lightning talks
Session I (3 min x 8) Moderators: Dr. Levi Smith & Prakriti Presentations: Drs. Sravya Tekumalla; Sardar Malek; Dennis Hore, Nick Allan, Alex B; Arthur B; Nicholas Sandor 2:15- 2:30 15mins of Q&A |
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2:30-3:15 PM (ELL 167) |
Session II (3 min x 8) – start-up Moderators: Jerome Etwaroo Presentations: Dr. Jeremy Wulff, Dr. Sundiata, Dr. Stephanie Willerth, Vishal Yeddu 3:00-3:15 15mins of Q&A |
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3:15 – 4:00 PM (ELL 167) |
Coffee: Poster Session & Exhibits |
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4:00 - 4:15 PM (ELL 167) |
Poster Awards- Drs. Peter Loock and Lin Cai or Joaquin Trapero, Dr. Manjinder Cheema Closing- Dr. Fraser Hof and CAMTEC Director (Dr. Gupta) |
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4:15 PM - onwards (ELL lobby)
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Networking and light refreshments |