If you’re planning on attending this year’s #BCTECH Summit, be sure to stop by the BCIT Tech Showcase booth to check out the latest technology trends in healthcare education (birthing robots!), electric vehicle infrastructure, 3D printed prosthetics, forensics cyber-fraud, and virtual reality learning. Highlights include:
- Lucy, a human-sized robot, giving birth to a baby robot, used by the Specialty Nursing programs to provide students with real-world training in the classroom
- A working, child-sized electric car – complete with solar-fueled electric charging station built into a child’s playhouse
- Augmented reality automotive transmission repair with the Microsoft HoloLens – used by Automotive trades programs
Each interactive exhibit illustrates how BCIT’s unique applied learning model is preparing students to anticipate and embrace the high-tech demands of their future workplaces.
Also, make sure to mark your schedules for these can’t-miss panels:
- Future Jobs: Closing the Gap Between Industry and Education
- Tom Roemer, VP Academic – BCIT
- Jake Hirsch-Allen, Economic Graph and Learning Solutions for Higher Education Lead – LinkedIn
- Ryan Peterson, CEO – Finger Food Studios Inc
- Patrick Pennefather, Founding Faculty Member – Centre for Digital Media
- Kevin Wang – Founder – Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS
- The AI Revolution
- Bethany Edmunds, Associate Dean, Computing – BCIT
- Suzanne Gildert, CEO – Sanctuary AI
- Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist – Google Cloud
- The Human Side of Tech: Pushing the Boundaries and Creating Positive Human Impact
- Jaimie Borisoff, Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation Engineering Design – BCIT
- Arnold Leung, CEO and Founder – Appnovation
- Sheila Bouman, CEO – viaSport BC
- Alexandra Greenhill, CEO & Co-founder – Careteam and myBestHelper
- Jill Tipping, President & CEO – BC Tech Association
See you there!
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