Vancouver event planner revels in the challenge of her role

Feb 25

Victoria Lim delivers a presentation at the MLH HackCon about her experience with and advice for organizing hackathon events. Photo courtesy: nwPlus

By Patricia Lane & Victoria Lim

Victoria Lim helps bring industry leaders and policymakers together to make our climate safer. This 22-year-old from Vancouver leads events planning and management at The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre. She is also a writer for Starfish Canada and a 2025 winner of their Climate 75 Fellowship

Tell us about your work.

I help ensure our events run smoothly and are enjoyable for participants and presenters. Every day is different. I might run the technology for a webinar for architects, builders and planners for our Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx) so participants can learn which kinds of building design and materials are best for the climate. I might ensure a major symposium’s logistics are well managed so government policymakers and industry players can better understand the advantages of distributed energy. I organize the logistics for peer education events on the best uses of heat pumps and other tools for electrifying energy in buildings. I also enjoy providing organizational and events delivery support to the team that hosts the mentoring and networking program, Women4Climate, connecting climate innovators.

I am enjoying moving into project management for a team organizing events on the technological pathways for municipal governments building lower carbon and more affordable modular or prefabricated homes.

How did you get into this work?

At university, I really enjoyed the project management and technology skills involved in helping lead several “hackathons” that gathered more than 1,000 students together to design technological solutions for various problems. For example, one team designed an app that would allow victims of domestic violence to call for help in a way that was disguised as a food ordering service. I thought that was a great example of using technology for social good and when this opportunity came up to use these skills to support people to make our climate safer, I jumped at the chance.

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