Program Details:

Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.

Nearly 200 B.C. high school students participated in in-person JABC TechWorks. Over 40 volunteer speakers and facilitators donated their time to share insights about the many tech-related career opportunities in B.C.’s rapidly growing tech sector. The event featured 8 breakout sessions, each highlighting a different area of the industry and giving students the chance to engage directly with professionals from a wide range of fields.

View photos from the program here.

Special guest speakers:

• JABC Welcome & Land Acknowledgement: Wendi Campbell, President and CEO, JA British Columbia
• Territory Welcome: Deborah Baker, Member of the VCH Board of Directors; Member of the Squamish Nation Chiefs and Council
• Emcee: Andrew MacLean, Developer Educator, Ecosystem, Twilio
• Keynote Speaker: Rogayeh Tabrizi CEO & Founder, Theory+Practice | AI Leader of the Year 2023 by WLDA
• Host Remarks: David Wells Vice President, Academic and Applied Research, Vancouver Community College
• Presenting Sponsor Remarks: Andrew Marchant Client Group Lead Resources Canada, Accenture

Breakout Sessions presented by:

• Shift: Led by Taylor Lin Brand and Community Manager, Shift | Theo Paul Web Developer, Shift | Audrey Rosyadi Marketing Coordinator Co-op, Shift | Andrew Mao Software Developer, Shift

• Teck Resources Limited: Led by Masaki Miyoshi Lead, Campus Talent Acquisition, Teck Resources Limited | Dave Donaldson Manager, Geospatial Solutions, Teck Resources Limited | Tyler Wiggins Product Developer, Teck Resources Limited | Ai Whelan Specialist, Community Investment, Teck Resources Limited

• Belmar Consulting: Led by Matt Hui President, Belmar Consulting | Tom Kadota Solutions Engineer, Belmar Consulting | Penny Sidhu HR Leader, Belmar Consulting | Laxinder Singh Delivery Team Lead + PMO Lead, Belmar Consulting

• Vancouver Community College: Led by Kevin Ly Instructor, VCC | Adamo Artuso Instructor, VCC | Brennan Wauters Instructor, VCC | Kelly Wightman Department Head CAD & BIM Technologies, VCC | Sigrid Albert Department Head, VCC | Xing Liu Instructor, VCC | Jason LaChance Instructor, VCC
  

• Best Buy Canada: Led by Alexander Huijsman Software Developer, Best Buy Canada | Nicole Braun Senior Product Manager; Integrations & Platform Focused PM, Best Buy Canada | Kate Smith, Best Buy Canada | Benjamin Boey Assistant Store Leader Operations, Best Buy Canada | Kathy Ilic Agile Specialist, Best Buy Canada | Fazil Rehman Project Specialist, Best Buy Canada

• VRCA | Division 15 | Etro Construction: Led by Dara Wone Director of Brand + Culture, Etro Construction | Karina Delcourt Strategic Initiatives Manager, Etro Construction | Diana Kwak VDC Coordinator, Etro Construction | Le Hien Huynh BIM Manager, Division 15 | Eva Ciesielska Workforce Development Manager, VRCA

• Accenture: Led by Alan Hadle Hamilton AI Value Strategy Principal, Accenture | Clara Serra UX/UI Designer, Accenture | Napassorn Limapichat Product & Experience Design, Accenture | Charvie Yadav Technology Consulting Analyst, Accenture | Lipika Sahni Accenture

• Oxygen8: Led by Kieran McFadden, Sales Applications Engineer, Oxygen8 | Tristan Yan-Klassen, Engineering Intern, Oxygen8

Thank you to our Partners!

Provincial Partners