Hello LFS TAs!
Come celebrate the end of the term with your fellow TAs at LFS TA DAY! Happening online and in-person (FNH 300) on Wednesday, Nov 22, from 11-12.
RSVP by Nov 20: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0x4X4NP09a7FeVE
Join entrepreneurship@UBC to develop entrepreneurial skills through two program offerings, Lab2Market Validate and Lab2Launch, designed to help scientists and researchers investigate a market opportunity for an idea or invention – Lab2Market Validate, and if they are ready to do so, pursue the founding and development of a new start-up opportunity – Venture Founder: Lab2Launch.
Deadlines for application:
Detailed Program Descriptions
1) Lab2Market Validate – for graduate students or postdoctoral researchers looking to explore a market opportunity for an invention
Lab2Market is a nationwide program now being offered across British Columbia online, delivered in a partnership by entrepreneurship@UBC and SFU VentureLabs. Lab2Market Validate is designed to help brilliant minds in STEM graduate and postdoctoral programs reimagine their future and investigate the market opportunity for an idea or invention. Throughout the program, participants will build an entrepreneurial skill set, investigate market opportunities for their ideas or inventions, and will develop the networks they need to help turn their ideas into business opportunities.
Learn more: https://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/lab2market.
Application Deadline: November 14th
Info Sessions:
Promotional Material: LinkedIn, X (aka Twitter)
2) Venture Founder: Lab2Launch – for ventures pursuing a scientific advancement or discovery
Lab2Launch supports UBC researchers and scientists who plan to build, or are building, a deep tech venture based on a proprietary and novel scientific or technological innovation. Participants in this stream will dive deep into the DNA of their venture opportunity, articulating the problem they are solving, identifying who experiences this problem, and why the proposed solution is the preferred market opportunity.
Learn more: https://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/engage-us/venture-founder.
Deadline: December 1st
Info Sessions:
Promotional Material: LinkedIn, X (aka Twitter)
Sean Lumb PhD ((He, Him, His))
Associate Director
entrepreneurship@UBC
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
6163 University Blvd | The University of British Columbia BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone 778 968 8849
sean.lumb@ubc.ca
https://www.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca
On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please post the attached poster and forward to everyone in your departments and anyone else you think may be interested,
Dr. Tasia Lightly, PhD, Staff Scientist, Cytophage, Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA,
will be giving an in-person seminar on Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (Central Standard Time).
Her seminar is entitled, “Navigating Academia to Industry: A spotlight on Phage Therapy in Agriculture”
Everyone is invited to attend.
Use the link below to join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88573302633?pwd=cnFoMVFLTk1ORGRqMUVEL2NQczRzQT09
If link above does not work, go into Zoom website, click Join:
Meeting ID: 885 7330 2633
Passcode: 337371
FoodForThought – Nov92023 – Lightly – online
Julie Schoffner
Administrative Assistant
Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM)
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
& University of Manitoba
Room R2019 – 351 Taché Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Email: jschoffner2@sbrc.ca
Tel: 204.235.3455 Fax: 204.237.4018
Talk summary:
The existential threat posed by climate change has propagated a global movement towards the transition from the use of fossils to the development of renewable sources of resources. The Paris Accord and subsequent climate treaties recognize the need to reduce the unabated use of coal and increase investments in renewables. Notably, while nearly 200 countries acceded to the global climate pacts, some countries (particularly in the global South), have rejected the aggressive phaseout of coal, citing the need for a just and gradual transition that mitigates the financial and economic risks of eliminating fossils. The UNFCCC (2021) reported in its NDC Synthesis Report that several national action plans fall short of the required action to mitigate climate change which may push performance to a maximum threshold of only 3.5 degrees Celsius global warming by 2100 above the desired target of limiting global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (if possible 1.5 degrees) of the pre-industrial temperatures. The evidence documents the existence of enabling policies and vast green resources in the Sub-Saharan region. However, the region continues to lag behind on its climate goals. A number of political promises have been made including a target to attain 100% transition to green energy by 2030 – which is deemed to be ‘overly ambitious’ by the international community. In this thesis, I explore energy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on Kenya, Uganda and South-Africa – examining trends, challenges and future prospects.
Lindah Ddamba, IRES MA Student
Bio:
Lindah holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Makerere University, Uganda (2010) and a Master of Laws Degree (2014) from the University of Toronto, where she majored in energy regulation and resource governance. Shortly thereafter, she worked as a Senior Legal Officer of the Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority for four years. Her role involved the evaluation of electricity projects for development and she worked on a number of electricity policies and laws. Her research focus at IRES is on the promotion of renewables, where she seeks to evaluate the obstacles to accelerated energy transitions in developing economies with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Talk summary:
Colombia is a global biodiversity hotspot of important ecological significance. However, deforestation is rampant in the country, and its primary cause is extensive cattle ranching which is inefficient, susceptible to climatic events, contributes to poverty, and causes unsustainable levels of environmental degradation such as water pollution. An agroecological alternative to ECR is Silvopastoral systems (SPS) which combine trees and shrubs in forage grasses to enhance cattle production. Thus, the goal of my research is to determine how SPS practices can be scaled out.
Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, IRES MSc Student
Bio:
Tatiana Chamorro (she/her) is an MSc student in the Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability (WoRCS) Lab at IRES and is supervised by Dr. Claire Kremen. Her research focuses on the scaling up of sustainable cattle ranching practices in Colombia, as she is highly interested in biodiversity conservation and ecology. She is a recipient of the Philip A. Jones Fellowship 2022-2023. She is also the trip coordinator for the RES Student Society.
See you soon in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!
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Bonnie Leung
RES Program Support (she/her/hers)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)
Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada
Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-9249
REMINDER:
APSC541/BAEN506 – Technology Entrepreneurship
Application deadline: Wednesday Nov 15th (short submission writeup required)
Team Formation (Mandatory evening class, Wed Nov 29th, 6pm-9:30)
January-April 2024 – Course Classes – Wednesdays, 6pm-9:30pm (12 mandatory evening classes)
For complete information: http://blogs.ubc.ca/baen506apsc541techentrepreneurship/
Questions regarding the course – fraser.pogue@sauder.ubc.ca
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Tech Entrepreneurship (APSC541/BAEN506) has been running for over 25 years and has facilitated many entrepreneurial ventures and realized numerous successful breakout companies such as DWave, Zymeworks , Barrelwise and Recon Instruments – just to name a few.
This course pairs graduate business and APSC/STEM students to provide an experience-based introduction into the lean start-up process. It is a real-life simulation of the process that founders go through when starting a high-tech company. Students will be faced with the key issues involved in evaluating market opportunities, building a prototype, designing profitable business models, producing a solid business plan, raising capital, addressing legal considerations and developing a winning team. Students will gain the skills and tools to creatively commercialize high-tech research into profitable businesses. Teams will be expected to develop credible pitches that will be made to industry professionals.
Some of these student companies go on to participate in e@UBC, the Hatch facility for hardware-based startups, and Creative Destruction Lab.
The core of the course runs on Wednesday evenings in January and there is one mandatory class that take place on November 29th, dedicated to team formation (6pm-9:30pm). The course is taught by a team of business and STEM/APSC instructors for a well-rounded business and technical perspective (Fraser Pogue, Paul Cubbon, Robin Coope, and Jon Nakane) and a selection of tech entrepreneurs in the local community.
The course has an application process for admission as it is very competitive with an admission application deadline of November 15th. Further details regarding the course are available at http://blogs.ubc.ca/baen506apsc541techentrepreneurship/
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Jon Nakane, PhD PEng jon.nakane@ubc.caProgram Director, UBC Integrated EngineeringAssistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Materials EngineeringRm 106A, Frank Forward Bldg, 6350 Stores Rd. 604-822-0794