Events

Filters
Export this event to calendar
iCal
RSS
RSS
Close X

Filter by:

Limit to events where the first date of the event:
Date range
Limit to events where the first date of the event:
Limit to events where the title matches:
Limit to events where the type is one or more of:
Limit to events tagged with one or more of:
Limit to events where the audience is one or more of:
water talks event image with erin mahoney headshot
Friday, November 12, 2021 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk: York Region’s One Water Story… recognizing the value of water in all its forms

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Erin Mahoney,
Commissioner of Environmental Services for York Region and Douglas Wright
Engineer-in-Residence will present: York Region’s One Water Story…
recognizing the value of water in all its forms.

Co-hosted by the Water Institute and The Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering.

GEDI event image piles of garbage
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

GEDI Exchange - A 30 Minute Exchange: Reimagining Reducing and Reusing Before Recycling

We’ve all been taught the 3Rs from a young age: reduce, reuse, recycle. But we tend to focus too much on that last R. While recycling is important, less than 10% of plastics in Canada are recycled, which means it does little to reduce how much of it we consume. We may even use more because we think what we’re using is being recycled. This brings us to a missing “R”: reimagine.

Alfred Lam (BASc '03)
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Office Hour with Alfred Lam (BASc ’03) on “Venture Capital Perspectives: What investors look for”

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Alfred Lam (BASc '03, Chemical Engineering), Partner at Chrysalix Venture Capital. 

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

AI and Socioeconomic Development: Friend or Foe

Whether we like it or not, whether we realize it or not, applications of Artificial Intelligence have quickly become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. The Google Maps we all rely on, your daily newsfeed, and the conversations you have with Alexa or Siri are all driven by AI. Some worry that over-smart AI-driven computers will one day control us, or that AI-driven social media apps threaten personal welfare, science-based truth and democracy.  Other observers maintain that AI will free people from mundane, repetitive tasks and rapidly facilitate rapid socioeconomic development.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Turkstra Talks with Kam Mofid (BASc '91)

Event/initiative description: Join Nadine Ibrahim, the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering, and Kam Mofid (BASc '91 Electrical Engineering) at the November Turkstra Talks. Turkstra Talks is a distinguished speaker series that brings cities into our classrooms to revitalize our urban perspectives and motivate our connections to cities. Kam, a Senior Executive in Solar Energy and Distributed Generation will be talking about how solar energy and energy storage are changing our cities and the world.

Photo of campus with LRT Train next to the Engineering 5 building in winter
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES “Re-Imagining Cities: Why your grandkids won’t drive and other ways engineers will save humanity”

ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES