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Innovations in technology have advanced every aspect of our human lives — often with engineers at the helm. One such example is the intersection of health care and technology, as showcased by the University of Waterloo’s Global Futures framework which highlights the importance of health tech in our future world.

There are many urgent and exciting opportunities for engineers to step in and help redesign health care systems, innovate solutions and develop new ways of solving problems for the good of society.

Join this live event in Toronto with a panel of engineers, researchers and health tech entrepreneurs who will discuss how — in our rapidly changing world, challenged by rising costs and lack of access — engineering can help advance health care through technology.

The conversation will focus on how engineers can work towards solutions for optimal health care, showcase innovative research, discuss strategies for retaining health tech startups in Canada, identify challenges, explore opportunities and propose actionable solutions to foster an innovative and thriving health tech ecosystem in the country. 

The Waterloo Engineering alumni class reunion in 2025 is taking place on June 6 and 7 at Reunion Weekend. The engineering Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 are invited to campus to celebrate this milestone in their engineering career.

In this public talk, we'll discuss how to build quantum computing devices one atom a time using the ion-trap approach. We'll show how we build quantum bits out of individually isolated atoms, explore how we use them to simulate other complex systems, and showcase how we're building open-access hardware to advance research in this exciting field.

Join us on campus on April 4th for a full-day symposium: an interdisciplinary event where a variety of people and organizations across the private and public sectors will come together to discuss and learn about the opportunities and challenges provided by robotics over the coming 5-10 years.

We will have several keynote talks from experts in various fields related to the future of robotics, as well as exhibitors and lightning talks from across the robotics ecosystem.

Children are seeking their place in contemporary digital cultures, notably through the use of mobile devices, playing a variety of games with friends and accessing social networking platforms, resulting in interconnected performances in the digital setting. Therefore, it was necessary to base this lecture on connective ethnography to track the interactions of a group of children between physical and digital spaces during playtime with peers.

We invite you to join us on Wednesday April 3, 2024 for our annual Desmarais Family Summit.

In memory of Dr. Igor Ivkovic, the Department of Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) holds Igor Acts of Kindness Day annually on April 2. On this day, we invite you to brighten someone’s day in his honour through a small gesture of kindness.

Socratica hosts weekly co-working sessions for you to work on your passion projects with likeminded people.

We are hosting our Symposium event on April 2. Come by, see demos, ask questions, meet cool friends, and have dinner on us! We have 25+ diverse and high-effort passion projects at varying stages of completion from throughout the term.

Biomedical Engineers are one of many types of professionals that work in a complex healthcare system. Hospitals play a pivotal and dynamic role in this system. Please join the BME community as we host three different professionals with diverse hospital experience in Canada (a physician, a research manager, and a board member) to discuss the key role of hospitals. The panel will open with a brief statement by each guest and transition to a moderated conversation centered on Q&A from the audience.
 

Join us for a special optometry panel with Dr. Ben Thompson, Dr. Andre Stanberry, Dr. Tammy Labreche, and Dr. Jennifer Hunter. Mediation provided by Dr. Stan Woo, Director of the School of Optometry.