Program Schedule
*This page is for participants’ reference only. Please note that the program below is subject to change.
Monday March 16, 2026
| Start Time | Duration | Location | Activity | Presenters | Address |
| 12:00 | 30 min | Nest Buckham Lounge | Lunch – Welcome & Meet mentors | Orlando Rojas, Mentors | 6133 University Blvd |
| 12:30 | 30 min | Nest Buckham Lounge | LEGO Life Cycle Assessment Exercise | Qingshi Tu | |
| 1:00 | 10 min | Transit | |||
| 1:10 | 15 min | CHEM D417 - Hudson Lab | Luminescent Materials | Angelica Pym, Dusty Cadwallader | 2306 Main Mall |
| 1:25 | 10 min | Transit | |||
| 1:35 | 15 min | FNH 260 – Wang Lab | Microbial Culturing with Colored Agar Plates & Pipetting | Danielle Schultze, Melinda Ren | 260-2205 East Mall |
| 1:50 | 10 min | Transit | |||
| 2:00 | 15 min | PPC #101 | Molecular Gastronomy: Biopolymer to Boba | Elizabeth Dobzranski, Clara Kramer, Cecilia Cancellera, Martin Galambos | 2385 East Mall |
| 2:15 | 15 min | PPC #127 | Handsheet from Wood Pulp | Daniela Figueroa, Lukas Bauman | |
| 2:30 | 5 min | Transit | |||
| 2:35 | 15 min | PPC #308 | Fiber Morphology Under Microscope | Yeedo Chun | |
| 2:50 | 15 min | PPC #308 | Triboelectric Nanogenerator | Araz Rajabi | |
| 3:05 | 5 min | Transit | |||
| 3:10 | 15 min | PPC #210 | Bacteria Cellulose for Beverage (Mogu Mogu) | Marina Mehling | |
| 3:25 | 10 min | PPC #210 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 3:35 | 10 min | Transit | |||
| 3:45 | 15 min | CAWP | Centre for Advanced Wood Processing – Machine Lab | Lief Eriksen, Brandon Chan | #2900 - 2424 Main Mall |
| 4:00 | 10 min | Transit | |||
| 4:10 | 15 min | FSC - Renneckar Lab | TBC | TBC | 2424 Main Mall |
| 4:25 | 10 min | Totem Pole | Group photo | ||
| 4:35 | 5 min | Transit | |||
| 4:40 | 30 min | Beaty Biodiversity Museum | Guided Museum Tour | 2212 Main Mall | |
| 5:10 | 40 min | Beaty Biodiversity Museum | Dinner & Reflection, Museum free exploration | Orlando Rojas, Mentors, Sara Reimanis, Annelie Wells (InSTEM & Student Recruitment Team) | |
| 5:50 | Closing |
- Mentors will remain with their matched students throughout the event, providing guidance and support across all activities, except when stepping away for demo preparation and presentations.
- Demonstrators are invited to enjoy refreshments at PPC #210 between 3:30–4:30 PM.
- As a token of appreciation, lab presenters will receive a $100 UBC Food Gift Card, and mentors will receive a $200 UBC Food Gift Card. Please pick up your thank-you gift from Cindy Wong, BPI Administrator, on the event day, or arrange pickup by emailing her at cindy.wong@ubc.ca.
- Mentors: Marina Mehling, Lukas Bauman, Araz Rajabi, Sara Rostami, Yeedo Chun, Azadeh Zandieh, Elizabeth Dobzranski, Clara Kramer, Cecilia Cancellera, Martin Galambos
If you have any questions, please contact us at contact.bpi@ubc.ca.
