Welcome to the 2025 TRU Undergraduate Research & Innovation Conference. The 20th annual conference will take place March 24 - 28, 2025.
The conference is a chance for TRU students from all programs and at all stages of their undergraduate experience to share their work with the rest of the TRU and Kamloops community. This year’s conference will include several poster sessions in the Learning Commons, on the 1st floor of the House of Learning, as well as lecture sessions.
Watch this space for the event Application Form, coming in early January. Applications will be due 11:59pm Wednesday February 19, 2025.
Questions can be directed to Elizabeth Rennie, erennie@tru.ca
Does it have to be a poster?
While most presentations will likely be posters, you aren't limited to sharing a traditional academic poster. You might apply to share a work of creative writing, the results a research paper, a series of photos or images you created as part of the creative output of your research, or something else entirely (we've even seen boardgames in the past!). Just let us know what you have in mind, and we can work with you to help share your work.
How will the lecture sessions work?
If you'd like to give a 15-minute lecture presentation about your work, you'll be grouped with 4-5 other students in a 1.5 hour moderated session. Each student will present their work, and then there will be time for questions at the end, after everyone has presented. The timing of the sessions will be scheduled around student availability. We try to vary the groups, so you may be presenting your Chemistry research after someone else has shared their Tourism work, and before an Economics presentation.
What does a moderator do?
The lecture sessions are moderated, meaning there will be a faculty member whose job it will be to introduce all of the student presentations and to lead the question period at the end, ensuring all presenters are asked at least a couple of questions. They'll keep track of the audience questions, and not let any one presenter get grilled too hard; it should be a shared learning experience and hopefully kind of fun, not feel like an exam!