Documentary Debut: Building Okanagan Resiliency Utilizing Natural Assets
On October 21, 2020, Entrepreneurship@UBCO premiered the first virtual Leadership Forum of the year and debuted a documentary titled, “Building Okanagan Flood Resiliency”, in partnership with Lawson Lundell, the Okanagan Sustainability Leadership Council, City of Kelowna, Okanagan Nation Alliance, Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, Okanagan Basin Water Board, City of Gibsons, Regional District Central Okanagan, and Municipal Natural Assets Initiative.
AI, Robotics, Smart Cities, Architecture and the Arts
How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow: A Pandemic Perspective
What insights can be gained? Our lives have been changed irrecoverably. But we can’t exist in suspended animation. How do we pivot to a vibrant future?
Building a world class OKGN wine region in today’s changing world
Successful CEOs who craft world-class wines are in a rare league of their own. Why? Because winemaking is an art as well as a science – and it’s very capital intensive. Add to that the complexities of weather – fires, floods, unrelenting heat or too much rain, pests, disease and – let’s just say – it’s not the romantic dream that you might be fantasizing about.
Passing the ‘Smell Test’
UBC Okanagan engineering professor Dr. Mina Hoorfar and her now graduated PhD student Dr. Mohammad Paknahad developed a handheld device, known as a microfluidic-based gas analyzer that can detect the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a person’s breath.
AI for Good
AI puts us at the crossroads of human civilization by threatening to make Blade Runner our future with even greater wealth inequality. Entrepreneurship@UBCO Managing Director, Camille Saltman, shares how the community in the Okanagan is demonstrating that we can harness AI to improve our human experience and extend our capabilities – not replace them.