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In the first symposium of the Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society series, Martin Ford explores the ways in which AI and automation (aka, “robots”) are outpacing humans in a range of sectors, from education to law, agriculture to healthcare, management and beyond. He offers a realistic view of what the future of work—and your place in it—will look like.

Demine Robotics is bringing their robotic solution into the Cambodian minefields to clear explosives and needs your support!

Please join Demine Robotics on International Mine Awareness Day, Thursday, April 4th and be a part of the journey of building robots with a humanitarian mission.

Meet the Waterloo alumnus who is innovating a future free of landmines, Co-Founder and CEO Richard Yim, to hear about their progress and kick-off their crowdfunding and fundraising campaign.

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive Office Hour with engineering alumnus Mike Lee (BASc '88, Mechanical Engineering), the president of Fundica.com and president of R&D Partners.

Join us for an after-work networking reception at Matrix Solutions to connect and network with local Waterloo Engineering alumni in Calgary. Hear a brief update about the Faculty of Engineering and the latest changes on campus including a look at the newest engineering building on campus: Engineering 7. 

Canada’s Future: Tech commercialization and Crossing the Chasm - How do we enable the Innovators? 

Angela Mondou, author, entrepreneur and founder of ICE Leadership Inc, a consulting company helping technology and aerospace and defence scale-ups, is a former air force captain, tech marketing executive and CEO, whose unconventional career has taken her from worldwide military operations to top ranked high-tech companies including Research in Motion, the creators of BlackBerry™.

All Mechatronics Engineering alumni are invited to the Waterloo Engineering alumni event TronCon to connect with mechatronics engineering current students as well as fellow mechatronics classmates. 

Join the Water Institute for a full day of activities as we explore togetherhow to find viable solutions for marginalized people living without safewater.

Management Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium will showcase thoughtful and business savvy projects, both geared towards the individual (e.g. Gymy assists individuals with meeting their fitness goals), and towards the corporate customer (e.g. TestToad helps companies find willing test subjects within their desired demographic). There are many projects to discover, take a look at the 2019 Management Engineering Capstone Design Projects.

Electrical & Computer Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium features over 70 unique research projects, some of which include impactful technology to assist vision and hearing impaired persons, injured persons, and medical professionals. The incredible projects from Electrical and Computer Engineering students do not stop there, for more information, see the 2019 Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Projects page.