Keynote Speaker

Dr. Elisa Baniassad

Elisa Baniassad is a Professor of Teaching in Computer Science. She obtained her MSc and PhD in Software Engineering.  After an NSERC Post doc at Trinity College Dublin, an Assistant Professorship at Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an Associate Professorship at the Australian National University, Elisa returned to Vancouver and took up a faculty position at UBC CPSC, returning at first as a sessional instructor, then as a lecturer, and finally as Educational Leadership faculty. During this time Elisa was honoured with the UBC Killam prize in teaching, and the national CS Can/Info Can Excellence in Teaching prize for Computing education. Elisa joined central administration at first as the Deputy Academic Director for the Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology in 2021, serving as acting Academic Director for 18 months across 2022 and 2023. Elisa is now the founding Academic Director for the newly launched Learning Technology Innovation Centre which serves both UBC Vancouver and Okanagan.