REGISTER
Registration is required for all attendees! Attendance is mandatory for all students of BIOF, IOP, GSAT and IOGS programs, so please register below.
Attendees outside of the BIG programs are warmly welcomed! If you are a life sciences graduate student, you are also welcome to submit an abstract for poster presentation. Please see the Present page for details.
All graduate students in BIOF/IOP/GSAT/IOGS in their second year or above are expected to present a poster. Please see the Present page for details.
If you are in your second year or above and are unable to attend/present a poster, please email Sharon Ruschkowski and CC bigresearchday.ubc@gmail.com AND your supervisor (Link to Email)
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 11:59pm on February 15th, 2025.
Registration for attendance to BIG25 is free for everyone!
Early bird rate for lunch and post-conference social mixer admission: $30
Late Registration Deadline: 11:59pm on March 5th, 2025.
Regular rate for lunch and post-conference social mixer admission: $50
Call for Judges
We warmly welcome any postdocs, research associates or senior PhD candidates who may be interested and are up to the task of becoming a Judge. You can be the judge of as many poster and/or speed talk sessions as you want (poster sessions at 10:30am-11:30am and 2:30pm-3:30pm; speed talks at 3:45pm-4:30pm). Judges are provided lunch and free admission to the post-conference social mixer!
If you are interested, please confirm your availability by filling out the form below before March 1st, 2025.
If you are selected by the committee to be a Judge, we will let you know via email of your assignments and responsibilities shortly after the March 1st, 2025 deadline.