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Event & conference services

Flexible Event Spaces

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Venues and spaces

Need an impressive conference room to host a meeting? Try The Big 4 Conference Centre. For more informal functions or receptions, the UBC Sauder building has an impressive new foyer area - CPA Hall. We also offer lecture rooms, classrooms, networking/mingling areas and breakout rooms for lectures, conferences and symposiums.

As part of the wider UBC campus, we can even help you find suitable venues for outdoor events, such a wedding, or after-event BBQ. Need overnight accommodation? We can help there, too.

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Main venues

Image of the Big 4 Conference Room

Supported by the “Big 4” professional services firms – Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PWC – this new conference centre is housed in a glass-encased penthouse on top of the faculty office tower. With 360-degree mountain and ocean views, it’s a spectacular venue for business meetings, as well as faculty, alumni and student meetings and events. There are four meeting rooms, plus a central area for networking, catering and smaller breakout meetings. Retractable walls can provide one large area for meetings or social events.

Capacity (seated)

  • Room 966: 24 table / 32 seated
  • Room 967: 24 table / 32 seated
  • Room 968: 26–30 table / 44 seated
  • Room 969: 26–30 table / 44 seated

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • One projector mounted in the ceiling
    • Electronic projection screen
    • Video conferencing (in 969 only)
    • Audio conferencing
    • Connectivity for laptops (digital & analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Creston touch panel room control system (in 969 only)
  • Whiteboards
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Power outlets accessible from the table
  • Free Wi-fi

Image of Jim Pattison Leadership Centre

Featuring two new major lecture theatres, the centre also includes conference rooms, student offices and lounge spaces. A standout feature of the lecture theatres is the use of wood, including the eye-catching ribbed roof structure using curved wooden beams.

Capacity (seated)

  • Lecture Theatre 491: 129 seated
  • Lecture Theatre 492: 129 seated

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Three projectors at the back of the room (in 492)
    • Two projectors at the back of the room (in 491)
    • Video conferencing (in 492 only)
    • Audio conferencing (in 492 only)
    • Confidence monitors
    • Large projection wall
    • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone
    • Smart Podium
    • Document camera
    • Lectern computer
    • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones
    • Audience table microphones (In 492 only)
    • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Crestron touch panel room control system
    • Audience response system
    • Lecture capture available
  • Whiteboards at the front of the room
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Power outlets accessible at each seat
  • Free Wi-fi

Image of Sauder main lobby and CPA Hall

A large-scale central foyer surrounding the Atrium, CPA Hall is a welcoming, light-filled environment equipped with substantial lounge space and offering extensive room for student and public gatherings. It’s often used for student events, presentations, trade shows, networking events, convocations, receptions, and other events.

Capacity

  • Standing: 400
  • Seated: 175–200

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Video Wall with four 65” flat panel displays in a 2x2 layout with speakers
    • Can display feeds from a computer, UBC’s digital signage system and cable TV
    • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones
    • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Crestron touch panel room control system
  • Variety of seating and tables
  • Cafe area
  • Free Wi-fi

Image of Bruce R. Birmingham Undergraduate Centre

Situated on the ground floor just off the CA Hall, the centre features group and individual study spaces, a lounge meeting rooms and breakout rooms. It’s an excellent space for lectures, receptions, speaker series and other events.

Capacity

  • Standing: 90
  • Seated: 90

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Two flat panel displays in the large open area with speakers
    • Can display feeds from a computer, UBC’s digital signage system and cable TV
    • Video conferencing (in 194 only)
    • Two flat panel displays
    • Can display feed from a computer
    • One flat panel display with speakers (in 195 only)
    • Can display feed from a computer
    • Audio conferencing
  • Whiteboards
  • Variety of seating and tables
  • Power outlets at most seats
  • Free Wi-fi

Image of Middlefield Group Lecture Centre

This 260-seat, state-of-the-art lecture theatre also has associated breakout rooms. It’s ideal for lectures, presentations, town halls, AGMs and other events.

Capacity

  • Seated: 260

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Two projectors at the back of the room
    • Large projection wall
    • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone
    • Smart Podium
    • Document camera
    • Lectern computer
    • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones
    • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Crestron touch panel room control system
    • Audience response system
    • Lecture capture available
  • Whiteboards at the front of the room
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Tiered seating with fixed tables and loose chairs
  • Power outlets at each seat
  • Free Wi-fi

Other spaces

Below is a selection of the spaces that can enhance your event. The best way to find out how each space can be adapted to suit your event is to talk to us about what you need. All of our spaces are highly flexible, allowing for mingling and reception areas, presentation spaces, trade shows, speeches, art shows, eating areas and other uses.

  • Capacities:

    • 0-75 - 16 rooms 

    • 75-200 - 5 rooms 

    • +200 - 1 room

    Facilities

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • Two projectors mounted in the ceiling

      • Two electronic projection screens

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone

      • Smart Podium

      • Document camera

      • Lectern computer

      • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones

      • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)

      • Ceiling mounted speakers

      • Crestron touch panel room control system

      • Audience response system

      • Lecture capture available

    • Whiteboards maximized on all vacant wall surfaces

    • Adjustable lighting

    • Tiered seating with fixed tables and loose chairs

    • Power outlets at each seat

    • Free Wi-fi

  • Capacities:

    • 0-75 - 10 rooms

    • 75-200 - 1 room

    Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • Two projectors mounted in the ceiling

      • Two electronic projection screens

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone

      • Smart Podium

      • Document camera

      • Lectern computer

      • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones

      • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)

      • Ceiling mounted speakers

      • Crestron touch panel room control system

      • Audience response system

      • Lecture capture available

    • Whiteboards maximized on all vacant wall surfaces

    • Adjustable lighting

    • “Flat” seating with moveable tables and loose chairs

    • Power outlets at set locations on the floor

    • Free Wi-Fi

  • Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • Three projectors at the back of the room (in 492 only)

      • Large projection wall (in 492 only)

      • Two 85” flat panel displays (in 969 only)

      • Video conferencing (in 492 only)

      • Audio conferencing (in 492 only)

      • Confidence monitors (in 492 only)

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone (in 492 only)

      • Smart Podium (in 492 only)

      • Document camera (in 492 only)

      • Lectern computer (in 492 only)

      • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones (in 492 only)

      • Audience table microphones (In 492 only)

      • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)

      • Ceiling mounted speakers

      • Crestron touch panel room control system

      • Audience response system

      • Lecture capture available

    • Whiteboards

    • Adjustable lighting

    • Tiered seating with fixed tables and loose chairs (in 492 only)

    • Power outlets at each seat (in 492 only)

    • Free Wi-Fi

  • Capacities:

    • Typical capacity is between 4 and 10 people.

    Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • One flat panel display with speakers (available in some rooms)

      • Can display feed from a computer

    • Whiteboards

    • Power outlets are available

    • Free Wi-Fi

  • Capacities:

    • 16 - one lab

    • 34 - two labs

    Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • Two projectors mounted in the ceiling (in 045A and 045C only)

      • One projector mounted in the ceiling (in 433 only)

      • Two electronic projection screens (in 045A and 045C only)

      • One electronic projection screen (in 433 only)

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Smart Podium (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Document camera (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Lectern computer (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)

      • Ceiling mounted speakers (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Crestron touch panel room control system (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Audience response system (in 045A and 045C only)

      • Lecture capture available 

    • Networked virtual desktop computers

    • Networked printer

    • Whiteboards maximized on all vacant wall surfaces

    • Adjustable lighting

    • Fixed tables and loose chairs

    • Free Wi-Fi

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