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Join us at the 8th Biomedical Engineering and Health Technology Showcase!

When: November 15, 2024, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: UVic Student Union Building, Michele Pujol Room

Register .

9:30 a.m.

Welcome remarks
Dr Mohsen Akbari, Acting Director, UVic Biomedical Engineering
Program
9:45 a.m.

Keynote
Dr David Juncker, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering,
McGill University
10:15 a.m.

"EDI considerations in biomedical engineering research"
Jessica Vandenberghe, Assistant Dean of Community and Culture, 
UVic Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
10:45 a.m.

Break
11:00 a.m.

"Innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship"
Scott Phillips, CEO, StarFish Medical
11:30 a.m.

Showcase
12:00 p.m.

Lunch
1:00 p.m.

Victoria Hand Project
Dr Nick Dechev, Associate Professor, UVic Department of
Mechanical Engineering
1:30 p.m.

"Innovations in rehabilitation after spinal cord injuries and peripheral
nerve injuries"
Dr Mike Berger, Principal Investigator, International Collaboration on
Repair Discoveries (ICORD) | Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Division
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2:00 p.m.

Break
2:15 p.m.

"Human-like cancer tissue models: From BME student to tissue engineer"
Annelise Lapointe, Biomedical Engineer, VoxCell BioInnovation
2:45 p.m.

BioInnovate Pitch Challenge
4:00 p.m.

Closing remarks and presentation of prizes
Dr Mohsen Akbari

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Speaker bios coming soon.