Upcoming Events
March EMCoP Session: IP Law and Artificial Intelligence
This EMCoP session examines the intersection between intellectual property (IP) law and artificial intelligence. The presentation explores legal and technical perspectives on critical issues such as the ownership and authorship of AI-generated content, challenges in AI-driven innovations, and broader implications for creators, industries, and regulatory frameworks.Spring Showcase 2025
On April 9th, EML will host our 2025 Spring Showcase. It offers EML teams the opportunity to present their work to UBC Community and beyond through a presentation and live prototype demonstrations, distinguishing EML as a meeting place for project teams, stakeholders, special guests, and the wider community.Open Education Week at EML
EML is hosting a drop-in event during Open Education Week to exhibit our open educational practices.
Past Events
Technology-Enhanced Learning: Reimagining the Traditional Classroom
The following session shared ongoing research in K-12 technology-enhanced classrooms.Ocean Literacy, Aquatic VR, and Captain Nemo: Re-imagining the Tale of Scientific Studies
The Emerging Media Lab was excited to host Pierre Friquet, award winning digital experience designer, for a lecture on environmental educational technology on November 27th.The Beauty of Tech-Art
Emerging Media Lab at UBC and Media Studies co-hosted two exciting events in one day: a lecture and a workshop with DesignFun, TeamLab, and the Tea Community!Summer Showcase 2024
On Thursday, September 12th, UBC's Emerging Media Lab hosted their 2024 Summer Showcase, providing the UBC Community with an opportunity to learn more about our creative, technical, innovative, and inter-disciplinary Summer projects.Spring Showcase 2024
An event showcasing 10 different projects from EML and MDIA 470 student teams to show you how interdisciplinary project-based learning (PjBL) with emerging technologies happen at UBC.Summer Showcase 2023
EML celebrated the CUCCIO Collaboration award at our 2023 Summer Showcase, where we presented five projects using creative and emerging media and discussed the use of generative AI in post-secondary learning environments.April 2023: Using AI Tools for Creative Process
Join the UBC Emerging Media Lab for a panel discussion organized by EMCoP on using AI tools for creative process!Spring Showcase 2023
A hybrid event on EML’s projects and presentations from “Collaborative Prototyping”, as well as a panel discussion regarding "ChatGPT and Beyond: Generative AI in Instruction and Research", moderated by Dr. Patrick Pennefather and featuring EML’s team of Faculty in Residence.February 2023 Emerging Media Community of Practice: How AI Tools such as ChatGPT are changing conversations in Higher Education
The Emerging Media Lab presents an online Zoom seminar about AI technologies (e.g., ChatGPT), and how they will affect our world going forward.Games in Action Conference: November 4-5, 2022
On Friday, November 4th and Saturday, November 5th, UBC’s Chan Centre hosts the Games in Action conference: two days of panels, presentations and demos from professional game designers, academics, and gamers. Emerging Media Lab is partnering with Heart Projector, a Vancouver indie games art collective that produces pop-up arcade nights featuring unique games by diverse creators.
Emerging Media Community of Practice
A collaborative group of researchers, developers, designers, and educators committed to building a community of practice focused on the development of emerging media technologies for human good.