ABOUT THE VENUE
VCON44 will be held at the Burnaby Campus of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in buildings SE02 and SE06.
VENUE LOCATION
BCIT is located in Burnaby, BC, just south of Hwy 1 at 3700 Willingdon Ave. It is easily accessed by transit, and parking is plentiful. All parking areas are public spaces on Saturdays (i.e., you can ignore any “staff only” notices), and have a flat one-day rate of $9.60 after taxes.
Download the Parking / Transit / Food Map linked below and view the Getting There page for directions by car and transit.
VENUE LAYOUT
VCON will be in rooms and spaces in two BCIT buildings – SE02 (The Student Association Building) and SE06 (School of Business + Media Building). These two buildings run east to west and are connected by a small foyer/lounge area between the east end of SE02 and the west end of SE06.
A venue map of the rooms and spaces in use for VCON 44 will be provided once the exact layout has been confirmed.
VENUE FOOD SERVICES
BCIT Food Services are extremely limited during the event. Available options are discussed below.
Tim Hortons
Only one campus restaurant is open during the convention: a full-service Tim Hortons. It is open from 8 am to 2 pm and is located a short walk away from our venue space. The location is marked on the VCON 44: Venue Parking, Transit Stop & Food Map PDF.
WCSFA Hospitality Snack Table
To mitigate the limited, expensive or distant availability of food options, we will be running a “by donation” Snack Table, located across the hall from the Registration tables.
We plan to offer a mix of healthy food, junk food, soda, juice, water, coffee, & tea, all for whatever you feel is a reasonable donation. There will be both a donation box for cash donations and a QR code to a page where you can make an online donation to WCSFA Hospitality.
Outside Restaurants
If you have a vehicle (or the stamina and time), there is a strip mall with several restaurants, including a Subway, south of the venue on the southwest corner of Willingdon Ave and Moscrop St (Deer Lake Pkwy to the east).
Vending Machines
Several vending machines are available on the second floors of SE02 & SE06. Five machines line one wall of the foyer/lounge connecting SE02 to SE06, and three are against a wall near the Great Hall. Most are for a wide variety of hot and cold beverages, but two dispense snacks.
NOTE: BCIT vending machines ONLY accept
CARD and CONTACTLESS payment methods.
Bring Your Own!
If you require regular, healthy meals, we advise you to bring your own food, to be on the safe side.
You can even bring items that need to be warmed, as a bank of 4 microwaves is available in the foyer/lounge area connecting SE02 to SE06. They will be marked on the venue map once available.