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Thursday, February 25, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES “Reimagining Healthy Cities”

What does it really mean to be a smart city or healthy city and are we even close to living sustainably in urban environments? Will the pandemic and rise of working from home affect how we design city life and civic spaces now and in the future? What does an age-friendly city look like over the next couple of decades? These timely questions and more will be addressed by a panel of alumni and academia experts as we examine where architecture and city design are headed in light of a great social upheaval. 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Global Spark Thought Leader Panel: Innovation in Global Health

We’re extremely excited to invite students to this year’s Global Spark Thought Leader Panel: Innovation in Global Health.

The panel will be held on March 6th at 11am EST, and will feature three phenomenal speakers:  Dr. Andrew Trister, Head of Digital Health Innovation at The Gates Foundation, Jim Larson, Managing Director & Partner and Expert on Global Health at BCG, and Maureen Lewis, the CEO of Aceso Global and the former Chief Economist of Human Development at the World Bank. The panel will be moderated by Natasha Walji, a Director at Google Canada and one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Steve Waters (BASc 1988), Director of Engineering and Special Projects at North Shore Water Reclamation District, who will discuss “Utilities of the Future”.

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Brian Liou, Co-Founder of Ralph, who will discuss "How to Negotiate and Choose the Right Job Offer".

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

GEDIx: A 30-minute Exchange featuring Glove Systems and EXO Insights

Digital twins and augmented reality can be used for simulating physical objects and processes. This can be especially helpful for improving their design to better ensure the dependability of infrastructure and operations where lives might be at stake. With the use of such digital realities, one can also create a competitive edge to improve efficiency and advance capabilities.