All five final teams include University of Waterloo students or alumni. More information about the event, including registration can be found on the link below.
Max Maurer, head of the Urban Water Management
Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag)
Professor Hao Zeng
Department of Physics
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Buffalo, New York, United States
Canada's current wetland protection efforts have overlooked how the environment naturally protects fresh-water resources from agricultural 
fertilizer contaminants, engineering researchers from the University of Waterloo's Water Institute have found.
SPEAKER: Dr. Ayman El-Hag, Electrical Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E.
ABSTRACT:
The Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) is a graduate business degree designed to meet a market need for innovative thinkers. In MBET, students learn inside and outside the classroom. Core business courses are integrated with practical experience, networking, and hands-on learning in the most entrepreneurial community in Canada. The part-time program is delivered in weekend sessions.
At this free online webinar info session you will learn everything you need to know about the MBET program and how to apply.
SPEAKER: Professor. Doris Sáez Hueichapan, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile.
Mahdi Shahbakhti, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics,
Michigan Tech
ABSTRACT
The Water Institute begins its 2017-2018 WaterTalks lecture series with Günter Blöschl, head of the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management and professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Vienna University of Technology, who is presenting "Emerging outcomes from a cross-disciplinary doctoral programme on water resource systems."
Coffee and light refreshments provided.
The 2017 Water Institute RBC distinguished lecturer, Quentin Grafton, will present Innovation, Incentives and Infrastructure in the Blue Economy as part of Elsevier's fourth International Water Research Conference, hosted by the Water Institute.
The Water Institute invites you to attend this free, public lecture at the Crowne Plaza in Kitchener. Spaces are limited, please register on the official event page below.