Faculty Research Networking Events

CBB is hosting several researcher networking events throughout 2019 and beyond, open to all faculty and post docs.

The goals of the events are to:

Connect researchers to promote interdisciplinary research team building and be proactive for major grant opportunities.
Provide a venue to highlight Waterloo’s research and understand the challenges faced and being pursued by industry.

Please join the mail list and select the discussion groups/networking events you're interested in attending.

As meeting dates are finalized, an email will be sent to you asking you to register for the specific event (via Eventbrite) confirming your attendance. You can make changes to your email preferences anytime, or by contacting cbb@uwaterloo.ca.

Date	Theme	Potential Discussion Topics
May 5, 2023 9:00-1:30 Room: QNC 1501	Health Technologies Mixer	Format: 9:00 - Territorial acknowledgment and welcoming remarks 9:20 - Saxion Presentation 9:40 - Technical Presentations 12:10 - Seed announcement and closing remarks 12:40 - Networking lunch Saxion University Speakers: Jan Jukema, Professor of Personalized Care Aurel Ymeti, Project leader, Researcher University of Waterloo Speakers: Bill McIlroy, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences Karen Van Ooteghem, Neuroscience, Mobility and Balance Lab Alfred Yu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kostadinka Bizheva, Physics and Astronomy Melanie Campbell, Physics and Astronomy Ehsan Zare Bidaki, School of Optometry and SYDE Omar Ramahi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Juewen Liu, Department of Chemistry Veronika Magdanz, Department of Systems Design Engineering Evelyn Yim, Department of Chemical Engineering J David Spafford, Department of Biology Mahla Poudineh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Presenters: Abigail Conner Dency David Yurii Potsiluienko View Program
January 28, 2020 10:30-1:30 Room: EC5-1111, Enterprise Theatre	Data Driven Biomedical Applications of AI [Register for this event]	How can AI can be used to support patient care and system improvements? Theme applications include: Intelligent telemetry for improving monitoring and home care support for patients and families and healthcare providers Natural language processing of medical records to identify probability of cancer recurrence Personalized transfer learning Computational models of emotional alignment between older adults with dementia, care partners, and technological assistants Multi-sensor integration and IoT for community health Format: 10:30 - Poster presentation, networking 11:00 - Waterloo/CBB speakers 11:45 - Industry speakers 12:00 - Keynote and questions 12:45 - Lunch, poster presentations and networking 1:30 - End Keynote speaker: Yuri Quintana, Ph.D., Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School University of Waterloo Speakers Mohammad Kohandel, Applied Mathematics Helen Chen, School of Public Health and Health Systems Pascal Poupart, Computer Science Plinio Morita, School of Public Health and Health Systems Moojan Ghafurian, Post-doc, Computer Science Industry Speakers Baozhen Shan, Bioinformatics Solutions Colin Phipps - AbbVie Fernando Suarez – IBM (Watson Health)
May 30, 2019 10:30-1:00 Room: EC5-1111, Enterprise Theatre	Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Health in Aging and Disease [Register for this event]	Format: 10:30 - Poster setup, coffee, networking 11:00 - Lab Ignite pitch presentations (3-5 minutes each) 11:45 - Keynote speaker: Karim Khan, UBC 12:30 - Light lunch, lab posters, networking 1:00 - Optional: Lab tours upon request Keynote speaker: Karim Khan Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Professor and Education Lead for the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility Dept of Family Practice and School of Kinesiology, UBC Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine Confirmed Researchers: Tom Willett, Systems Design Engineering; Waterloo Composite Biomaterials Systems Lab Stewart McLachlin, Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering; Orthopaedic Medical Devices Ning Jiang, Systems Design Engineering; Waterloo Engineering Bionics Lab Monical Maly, Kinesiology; Mobilize Clinical Biomechanics Lab James Tung, Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering; Assistive Technologies and Neuromotor Control Stacey Acker, Kinesiology; Biomechanics of Human Mobility Lab Mayank Kalra, PhD Candidate, Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering for Naveen Chandrashekar Confirmed Guests: Andre Hladio, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Intellijoint Surgical Jayiesh Singh, Founder and CEO, Able Innovations Mikhael Taye, Business Development Officer, Able Innovations TBA
April 10, 2019 10:30-1:00 Room: Davis Centre Fishbowl (DC-1301)	Clinical Applications of Medical Imaging Technologies [Register for this event]	What are the clinical applications of your medical imaging technologies (AI, diagnostics, treatments, analysis, etc.)? Format: 10:30 - Poster setup, coffee, networking 11:00 - Researcher presentations (5 minutes each) 12:00 - Light lunch and Company presentations (5 minutes each) 12:30 - Grant identifications, next steps, networking 1:00 - Optional: Lab tours upon request Confirmed Researchers: Kostadinka Bizheva, Physics & Astronomy Raffi Budakian, Physics & Astronomy Dmitry Pushin, Physics & Astronomy Melanie Campbell, Physics & Astronomy Parsin Haji Reza, Systems Design Engineering (poster) Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Optometry & Vision Science Justin Wan, Computer Science Karim Karim, Electrical and Computer Engineering Michael Reimer, Electrical and Computer Engineering Alfred Yu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Confirmed Guests: Sarah Svenningsen, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health (FIRH), McMaster Dr. Darren Knibutat, Chief and Medical Director; Medical Imaging Department at Grand River Hospital Lorenzo Gutierrez, Site Director and Sr. Systems Engineer, Starfish Medical Cynthia Stewart, Director, R&D Alliances; GE Healthcare TBA
Wednesday January 23, 2019 11:30-1:30 EC1-1323 Games Institute Collaboration Space	VR & Augmented Reality [Register for this event]	How are you using VR/AR/Holograms in your research? What road blocks have you encountered? What are your aspirations for future research? Format: Introductions, 10 minute presentations, grant identification, discussions, next steps, playable demos. A light lunch will be provided. Confirmed Researchers: Neil Randall Michael Barnett-Cowan Jennifer Boger Siby Samuel Gada Jane Confirmed Guests: Krishna Conjeevaram (NRC) Exoinsights StacZero This event is supported by the CBB and the Games Institute.
TBC	AI in Health and Sensors	How are you using AI for data driven decision making?
TBC	Computational Modelling	How are you leveraging computational modelling in your research?
TBC	Environmental Biotechnology	How are you using biotechnology to solve Environmental problems?
TBC	Healthcare Systems	Engagement and promotion of Social Health Systems
TBC	Neurodegenerative Diseases & Aging	How is your research related to early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases?

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