PHAS Annual Career Night

The UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy, in partnership with UBC Centre for Student Involvement and Careers and the Faculty of Science, is proud to present the fourth annual Physics & Astronomy Career Night on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Michael Smith Laboratory (2185 East Mall).

Our evening will feature a Physics & Astronomy alumni panel of guests from a variety of industries and with different levels of experience.

PhysSoc will moderate the discussion and take questions from the audience to learn from the panelists. After the panel, there will be a mix and mingle between panelists and students over pizza and snacks.

Agenda
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm Sign in
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Alumni Panel Session

  • Tommy Levi, Senior Data Scientist at Plenty of Fish
  • Terry Coates, Physics Instructor at Langara College
  • Stefan Avall, Product Manager at Kardium
  • Karen Schmelcher, High School Physics at Charles Hays Secondary
  • Joel Pel, Co-founder, Boreal Genomics
  • Esther Hsieh, Freelance Writer

6:30 pm - 6:45 pm Break and light dinner served

6:45 pm - 7:30 pm Networking Session

Also, please note: photos will be taken at the event and will be used for promotional purposes only. If you have any issues with this, please contact kimberley.rawes@ubc.ca .

Registration is free, but is required due to room capacity and food arrangement.

(CWL login is required for registration. If you do not have a CWL login, please contact Kimberley Rawes kimberley.rawes@ubc.ca)