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Event & conference services

Flexible Event Spaces

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 foyer area - CPA Hall. We also offer lecture rooms, classrooms, networking/mingling areas and breakout rooms for lectures, conferences and symposiums.

Main venues

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Supported by the “Big 4” professional services firms – Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PWC – this 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 968 and 969 only)
    • Connectivity for laptops (digital & analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Creston touch panel room control system
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Power outlets accessible from the table
  • Free Wi-fi

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Featuring two major lecture theatres, the centre also includes conference rooms, breakout rooms 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 
    • Video conferencing 
    • Confidence monitors
    • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone
    • Document camera
    • Lectern computer
    • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones
    • Audience table microphones 
    • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)
    • Ceiling mounted speakers
    • Crestron touch panel room control system
    • Lecture capture available
  • Whiteboards at the front of the room
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Power outlets accessible at each seat
  • Free Wi-fi

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, booths, networking events, receptions, and other events.

 

Capacity

  • CPA Hall: 150–200

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

Situated on the ground floor just off the CPA 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

  • Birmingham Centre: 60-90

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
  • Variety of seating and tables
  • Free Wi-fi

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

Capacity

  • Seated: 260

Facilities

  • Audio-visual equipment
    • Three projectors at the back of the room
    • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone
    • 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
    • Lecture capture available
    • Audience table microphones
  • 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, art shows, eating areas and other uses.

  • Capacities:

    • 0-70 - 16 rooms 

    • 70-200 - 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

      • 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

      • 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:

    • 0-70 - 9 rooms

    Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

      • Two projectors mounted in the ceiling

      • Two electronic projection screens

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone

      • 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

      • 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

  • 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:

    • 34 - two labs

    Features:

    • Audio-visual equipment

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

      • Fixed lectern with a built-in microphone (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)

      • Lecture capture available 

    • Networked virtual desktop computers

    • Whiteboards maximized on all vacant wall surfaces

    • Adjustable lighting

    • Fixed tables and loose chairs

    • Free Wi-Fi

  • Capacities:

    • DL005 - 48

    • DL009 - 66

    Features:

    • Six flat panel displays

    • Lectern computer 

    • Lapel and handheld wireless microphones 

    • Connectivity for a laptop (digital and analog)

    • Ceiling mounted speakers 

    • Crestron touch panel room control system 

    • Lecture capture available 

    • Lightboards maximized on all vacant wall surfaces

    • Adjustable lighting

    • Fixed tables and loose chairs

    • Free Wi-Fi

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