
A GENOME BC HYBRID EVENT
Agenda
Note: This agenda is subject to change. The final agenda, schedule, and speakers will be posted closer to event date. All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
In person registration begins at 7:30 am
| Wednesday, May 6, 2026 | |
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| Registration | 7:30 AM |
| Opening remarks and Keynote address | 8:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
| The Earth BioGenome Project and the quest to build a library of life | 9:45 AM - 10:55 AM |
| Indigenous data sovereignty for environmental stewardship | 11:20 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Lunch and poster session | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Monitoring and managing our changing ecosystems | 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM |
| Unlocking nature’s wealth for a sustainable future | 3:05 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Poster awards and closing remarks | 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
| Reception | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Time Zone: (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]
Speakers

Kaylee Byers
Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia

Warren Cardinal-McTeague
Assistant Professor, Forest and Conservation Sciences
University of British Columbia

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham
Professor
Cave Microbiomes Lab, Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University

Federica Di Palma
Chief Health Genomics Officer and VP of Research, Laboratory Services and BCCDC
PHSA

Roger Linington
Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, High-Throughput Screening and Natural Products Discovery
Simon Fraser University

Michael Running Wolf
Technical Director, First Languages AI Reality
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

Zelalem Taye
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems and Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship
University of British Columbia











