🎮 Symposium Games & Challenges
Welcome to the Symposium Games hub!
Throughout the two-day event, we’ll be adding interactive challenges, trivia, photo ops, and team activities designed to spark connection, friendly competition, and a little time-travel fun.
Check back often — new games and ways to earn tickets will be added as we move through the event. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win!
Let the games begin! 🎟️
Starts Thursday morning
🧳 TIME TRAVELLER’S PASSPORT
One completed trio = 🎟️🎟️🎟️ 3 draw tickets
• Do as many or as few trios as you like
• One passport per person
• Please try to use each person only once
• If you’re in a bind, the same person may be used a maximum of twice
• Redeem completed trios at the Game Desk
🧭 HOW IT WORKS: Each trio has three parts: 🕰️ Past – looking back | ⌛ Present – where we are now | 🚀 Future – where we’re headed
Most trios involve short conversations with other attendees. One trio is self-reflection only (no networking required).
Starts thursday @ 12:45pm
📸 Then & Now Photo Ops
Jump into the past… or step into the present!
Choose your props, strike a pose, and capture the moment at our Then & Now Photo Station.
Share your photo on social media using #BCSLS to earn:
🎟️ 1 ticket per post
Have fun with it — the more creative, the better!
Starts friday @ 10:20 am
🧩 Puzzle Swap Challenge
Each table is a team in our interactive Puzzle Swap Challenge — and there’s a twist.
Two pieces of your puzzle are missing… and they’re sitting at other tables. To complete your puzzle, you’ll need to get up, meet new people, and swap pieces strategically.
You have the rest of the day to finish. Networking has never been this hands-on!
🎟️ Tickets
🥇 1st team to finish: 5 tickets per person
🥈 2nd place: 3 tickets per person
🧩 All teams who complete their puzzle: 2 tickets per person
Swap. Connect. Solve.
Speaker Reviews - 3 tickets per thoughtful review
Thursday March 5 - Only
Your Feedback Matters! Help our speakers grow and improve by sharing your thoughtful feedback on their presentations!
As a thank-you, you’ll receive 3 tickets for each thoughtful review you complete! Remember, speakers rely on your insights to refine their presentations, so be sure to provide constructive and meaningful feedback.
Scan, review, and earn your tickets today! See ‘The Ticket Crew’ for tickets
Starts Thursday @ 10:50 am
📂 Flashback Files | Then & Now
Images from the past… can you recognize them?
Throughout the two days, we’ll be adding historic lab images to test your knowledge and spark a little nostalgia. Each image comes with trivia questions — see what you remember and challenge your lab history skills!
🕵️ How It Works
New flashback images will be added regularly
Review the image and answer the trivia questions
Submit your answers
Earn 🎟️ 1 ticket per correct answer
Check back often — new Flashback Files will appear throughout the Symposium!
Starts friday @ 8:00 am
⚡ Flux Capacitor Challenge
Step up to the Flux Capacitor and help power the future of the lab!
Inside, you’ll find prompts that bend time, spark laughs, and get you thinking about where we’ve been — and where we’re going.
🔧 How It Works
1️⃣ Pull one prompt from the Flux Capacitor
2️⃣ Write a short response
3️⃣ Hand it in and collect your ticket
4️⃣ Place your response in the second Flux Capacitor
🎟️ 1 ticket for every response
Simple. Creative. Time-bending fun.
Starts friday @ 12:25 pm
📰 Headline Future Wall
Yesterday’s Paper, Tomorrow’s News
Step into the future and share your vision for what’s next in laboratory science.
How it works: Visit the Future Walls station and write a headline you might see in tomorrow’s news — a breakthrough, innovation, or bold prediction for the lab world. Post your headline on the wall for others to read and be inspired.
🎟️ Earn 1 ticket for every headline you submit.
What will tomorrow say?
⏳ If There’s Time…
We may add a few surprise bonus challenges throughout the day to keep the energy up!
Rebus Puzzles
Angie may post team-based rebus puzzles on the big screen. Your table is your team — work together to solve them.
🎟️ 1 ticket per correct answer.
Trivia Questions
The team may randomly ask trivia questions during the event.
🎟️ Correct answers earn tickets.
Would You Rather
To get you moving and mingling, we may throw out a few “Would You Rather” questions. Participate and join the fun!
🎟️ Participation earns tickets.
Stay ready — you never know when the next challenge will appear!