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Monday, June 29, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Member Seminar Series: Melanie Campbell

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is comprized of many talented faculty members, students and researchers from various backgrounds of study. We wanted to showcase their incredible work through our Member Seminar Series! Each month a professor and 2 of their researchers will present their research to our community. This series is an opportunity for our WIN community to come together, learn about ongoing research and potentially foster new partnerships between students, faculty and labs.

Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Intellectual Property Series: Trademarks

Did you know that the top five most valuable brands in the world in 2018 are all technology companies?

According to Forbes the most valuable brand in the world in 2018 was Apple (#1) with an estimated value of nearly $183 Billion dollars. By comparison, Coca-Cola's (#6) brand value in 2018 was over $57 Billion.

Come to the Trademark presentation and learn how to use this form of Intellectual Property (IP) protection to build the brand value of your technology or Start-Up.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Intellectual Property Series: Commercialization Panel Discussion

You’ve got your research, now what?

What are some of the on-campus resources or connections to help you take your research, product, technology or idea to the next stage?  Come listen to a few of WatCo’s clients to will share their experiences from research to market 

Panel Discussion 

Eric Luvisotto and a panel of Watco clients

Monday, July 27, 2020 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Entrepreneurship Series: Panel discussion on Business of Research Chemicals

Developing new functional materials is the foundation of nanotechnology. You can learn about the whole spectrum of new amazing nanomaterials in the research publications, but you can only find a few of them to be commercially available. Ever wondered why? Join us and learn what one needs to consider when spinning a novel nanomaterial into a business opportunity.

Speakers:
- Darren Anderson, Founder and CEO, VIVE Crop Protection (Toronto)
- Elena Polyakova, Founder and CEO, Graphene Labs Inc.

Thursday, August 13, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering Our Way Through a Pandemic: How Waterloo Engineers are Finding Solutions

In a worldwide race to find solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterloo Engineering professors and alumni are working on engineering a variety of unique solutions. Join us for this virtual webinar to learn about vaccine development and the complexities involved, portable and rapid diagnostic testing, and innovative ways of using imaging for screening and diagnosis.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Professor Joseph Heremans, an Ohio Eminent Scholar and distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Ohio State University.

For more information about this event and abstract for this talk, please see the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) event page.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:00 am - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Curious about engineering graduate studies? Register for one of our Ask Me Anything events!

Join our virtual graduate studies “Ask Me Anything” events for each of our six departments (plus Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business to learn about our MBET program) and have your questions about graduate studies answered by current students, faculty, and admissions experts!

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:25 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) Online Information Session

People sitting at a conference tableThe Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) is a graduate entrepreneurship masters program that combines interdisciplinary courses with practical experiences in venture creation and commercialization. In MBET, students learn inside and outside the classroom. Networking, practical experience, and hands-on learning with like-minded people in the Waterloo entrepreneurship community that complement the core Masters-level courses inside the classroom.

Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Converting Crisis to Opportunity

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ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES
Converting Crisis to Opportunity

"Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." -Rahm Emanuel