BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee88879af DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T104500 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260415T114500 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/planetary-health-roun d-table SUMMARY:Planetary Health Round Table CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Please note that the Zoom webinar is limited to 1\,000 particip ants.\nFor this reason\, the event will also be streamed live on Senator\n Galvez’s YouTube channel on the day of the event:\n@senatorrosagalvez110 6.  You may register for the Zoom event using\nthe QR code in the poster.   DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888a68d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T163000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/beyond-profit-new-tim e SUMMARY:Beyond Profit - new time CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:📍 LOCATION: Desmarais Hall\, Room 7170\, University of Ottaw a (55\nLaurier Ave E\, Ottawa\, ON)\n\n📅 DATE: Thursday\, April 16th \ n\n⏰ TIME: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888b30c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260513T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260513T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-talk-dr-carey-ki ng LOCATION:E7 - Engineering 7 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Can ada SUMMARY:WICI Talk with Dr. Carey King CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:“Energy and Economic Complexity: Insights from Data and\nMacr oeconomic Modeling”\n\nFaculty Hall\, PSE 7303 | May 13\, 2026 | 11:30 a m DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888c6c0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/dr-maryam-mohiuddin-a hmed-systems-mediation LOCATION:M3 - Mathematics 3 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Dr. Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed: Systems Mediation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:March 11 WICI Talk DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888d167 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260128T173000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260128T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/annual-mcgill-shakesp eare-lecture SUMMARY:Annual McGill Shakespeare Lecture CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) is pleased\nto share that The FRIENDS OF THE MCGILL LIBRARIES\n[https://www. mcgill.ca/library-friends/] and the STRATFORD\nFESTIVAL  [https://www.s tratfordfestival.ca/]are delighted to partner\nonce again to present the 2 026 ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE LECTURE\n[https://www.mcgill.ca/library-friends/ev ents/shakespeare] with renowned\nactress LUCY PEACOCK\; along with LAU RETTE DUBÉ\, Scientific Director\nof the McGill Centre for the Convergenc e of Health and\nEconomics\; MAIYA GEDDES\, an FRSQ neurologist scientist and an\nAssociate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurge ry at\nMcGill University\; and PAUL YACHNIN\, BA'76\, Tomlinson Professo r of\nShakespeare Studies at McGill.\n\nIn the face of social\, environmen tal\, and political upheaval\, the\nspeakers will bring Shakespeare's Macb eth forward as a lens through\nwhich to explore the convergence of art\, s cience\, technology\, and\nhuman experience. \n\n------------------------ -\n\n* Register for the IN-PERSON EVENT\n[https://alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/ev ents-travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTYxNDg%3D] (full\n- waitlist available)\ n * Register for the VIRTUAL EVENT\n[https://alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events- travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTYwODg%3D] DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888dade DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251103T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251103T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-talk-woi-oh LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:WICI Talk with Woi Oh CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming Woi Oh to WICI.  He will present his talk \,\n\n\"UNDERSTANDING DYNAMICS OF FORCED MIGRATION AND CONFLICT THROUGH TH E\nLENS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS\".\n\n📅 NOVEMBER 3\,2025\n\n📍DC 1301 for refreshments\; DC 1302 for the talk\n\n🕑1:00-3:00PM DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888e86e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251022T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251022T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-talk-seanna-davi dson LOCATION:EV1 - Environment 1 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Ca nada SUMMARY:WICI Talk with Seanna Davidson CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Guest speaker\, Seanna Davidson joins us for a WICI Talk discus sions\n\"Systems Leadership Framework\".  Learn more and register\n[https ://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-talk-seanna-davidson]for \nthis talk.\n\n📅 OCTOBER 22\, 2025\n📍EV1 225\n🕑2:00-4:00PM DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888f401 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T153000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/wici-reading-and-conv ersation-author-madhur-anand LOCATION:STC - Science Teaching Complex 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:WICI: Reading and Conversation with author Madhur Anand CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR A READING AND CONVERSATION WITH MADHUR ANAND\n\nCel ebrate the launch of _To Place a Rabbit_\, the debut novel by\nacclaimed author and former WICI Director MADHUR ANAND.\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/comp lexity-innovation/profiles/madhur-anand]\n\n📅 OCTOBER 28\, 2025\n📍S TC 2002\n🕑1:30 -3:30PM\n\nEnjoy a live reading\, an intimate conversati on with the author\, and an\nopportunity to purchase signed copies.\n\nThi s event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Presented by the WATERLOO\nINSTI TUTE FOR COMPLEXITY AND INNOVATION (WICI)\, with support\nfrom PENGUIN RA NDOM HOUSE. DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee888ff4f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250626T143000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250626T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/dr-rik-logtenberg-jun e-26-2025 LOCATION:STP - United College 190 Westmount Road North Waterloo ON N2L 3G5 Canada SUMMARY:Dr. Rik Logtenberg\, June 26\, 2025 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that a Dr. Rik Logtenburg will be j oining\nus for a special event you won't want to miss!  Register online\n [https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/form/register-logtenberg-june- 26]to\nstay updated.\n\n🎤WORKSHOP: The Futures We Can Build: Coordinati ng Complexity Across\nCanada\n\n📅 DATE: June 26\, 2025\n\n🕒 TIME:  2:30 pm\n\n📍LOCATION: United College of University of Waterloo\, Room 1 64\n(Greenhouse)  |  190 Westmount Road N. \, Waterloo\, ON | (formerly \nSt. Paul's College)\n\nStay tuned for more details soon—mark your cale ndars now!\n\nCanada is at a crossroads—facing simultaneous crises in cl imate\nresilience\, economic productivity\, housing affordability\, and\ni nstitutional effectiveness. Traditional approaches often fragment\nefforts \, limiting their impact.\n\nHow can we coordinate complexity\, scale effe ctive solutions\, and\ncatalyze systemic innovation across sectors\, scale s\, and communities?\n\nJoin Rik Logtenberg\, Director of CanAdapt\, for a n inspiring talk and\ninteractive workshop demonstrating how complexity sc ience\, AI\, and\ncommunity-led systems thinking can accelerate Canada’s transition.\n\nIn this session\, you’ll:\n\n* Learn how practical tools —systems mapping\, adaptive governance\nframeworks\, and AI-powered deci sion-support platforms—transform\nisolated efforts into coordinated acti on.\n * Engage in hands-on mapping exercises and collaborative\ndiscussion s.\n * Identify leverage points and actionable pathways to scale\nresilien t infrastructure and innovative governance.\n\nLeave empowered\, connected \, and ready to build the shared futures\nCanada urgently needs. DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a14ee8890b5e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250627T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250627T120000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/complexity-innovation/events/meta-relational-ai-ti me-saturation-destabilization-and LOCATION:STP - United College 190 Westmount Road North Waterloo ON N2L 3G5 Canada SUMMARY:Meta-Relational AI in a Time of Saturation\, Destabilization\, and\ nReckoning CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Prof.  Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti\, Dean of the Faculty of\ nEducation at the University of Victoria\, is a distinguished educator\,\n researcher\, and author who recently has delved into the concept of\n\"Met a-Relational AI\,\" advocating for a perspective that views\nartificial in telligence not merely as a tool but as a participant in\nthe web of life.\ n\nAs we meet this moment of social and ecological systemic unraveling\,\n artificial intelligence stands as both a mirror and a symptom of\nmodernit y’s habits: control\, mastery\, and separation. This talk\ninvites a dif ferent question: what is AI revealing about us\, and what\nis collapsing t hrough that revelation? \n\nDrawing on decades of work in educational\, de colonial\, and\npost-representational relational inquiry\, Vanessa Andreot ti explores\nhow Large Language Models (LLMs)\, when engaged from within a n\nontological shift (from epistemic regression to relational inference)\, \nrather than the logic of optimization\, can become something else: a\nco -witness to social\, ecological\, and psychological destabilization\,\nand a speculative co-weaver of life-affirming and Earth-aligned\nrelationalit ies.\n\n📅DATE: June 27\, 2025\n\n🕒TIME: 10:30 am\n\n📍LOCATION: Un ited College of University of Waterloo\, Room 164\n(Greenhouse)  |  190 Westmount Road N. \, Waterloo\, ON | (formerly\nSt. Paul's College)\n\nPl ease register using the online event  form\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/complex ity-innovation/form/wici-event-registration-form-dr-]\nin order to stay up to date with more information.  DTSTAMP:20260526T005120Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR