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Up Start is a Velocity/WatCo funding program designed to support Waterloo researchers, founders and recent alumni exploring technology commercialization. Up Start guides innovators through the process of commercializing ideas into a venture that will disrupt the marketplace and create a positive impact on society. Deadline for applications: 12 January 2024

On Wednesday, January 17, 2024, join the University of Waterloo in partnership with the Perimeter Institute for the TRuST Scholarly Network’s Conversations on lecture series where technology leaders from UWaterloo, Google and NASA will discuss how AI is transforming society and if we should trust these technologies.

The UW North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) Chapter is hosting its Technology in Nuclear Showcase on Wednesday January 17th featuring seven different companies from the nuclear industry exhibiting some of the work that they do as well as cool technology such as their Boston Dynamics robots, drones, and much more.

Come join us for a new imagining of Cornerstone. Lead by Eric Blondeel, a two-time YC alumni, you’ll learn how to validate your idea without fooling yourself and others with bias.

Join the Waterloo Climate Institute and a diverse panel of faculty, staff and students from the Faculty of Health for a lively discussion on how climate change impacts health and health care practices, and how health can also contribute to a more climate resilient future.

University of Waterloo faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the Friesen Prize Lecture from 11 a.m. to noon featuring Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, recipient of the 2023 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, awarded by Friends of CIHR.

You're invited to join Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs for a viewing of finalist GRADflix submissions before the winners are announced.

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada, Aaron Atcheson, Partner and Leader, Real Property & Development, Miller Thomson LLP presents: Water impacts from emerging energy issues: Legal safeguards & impediments.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Chelsea Vowel, a public intellectual, writer, educator, and Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

Join the Waterloo Climate Institute and Kitchener Public Library for this co-hosted event at the Central Library in Kitchener.