Future graduate students

Do you know what it takes to build a product your customer will love? A user-centric approach will ensure you do just that. In this session, hosted by Matt Neill (a Velocity Coach and Product Designer at Faire), you will learn how to translate user insights into actionable steps that solve problems for your customers.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, William A. Mitch, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, will present: Challenges and opportunities for moving from the linear to the circular water cycle.

In this workshop, Lynn Haddrall, Journalism Professor at Conestoga College, will discuss the mentality and technique of conducting effective stakeholder interviews. Regardless of what start-up stage you are in, by the end of the session, you will learn how to approach and get the most out of stakeholders and customers through better interviews.

On this year's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, please join us as we welcome Kevin Lamoureux (virtually). Kevin is a dynamic and gifted speaker, and will be sharing his extensive knowledge and profound insights surrounding the topic of Truth and Reconciliation, and how it pertains to Higher Learning Institutions.

There's growing awareness of the lack of diversity in science and the presence of barriers to inclusion. This presentation will focus on ideas to challenge the status quo – actions to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

This three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa
and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

Get the tools to analyze and design solutions for problems affecting millions of people, network with internationally awarded leaders in innovation, and learn how to transform vague ideas into realities, all in just two hours a week.

Hear from Moazam Khan the Medical Technology and Digital Health Business Advisor for Velocity and Founder of Curiato at this Health Tech Talk presented by The Problem Lab.

Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation's Open House. Network with faculty and students interested in complex systems!

In this must-see workshop, the legendary Professor Larry Smith will discuss what makes an important problem, why pursuing important problems is advantageous for start-up founders and business owners, and how students can uncover important problems.