Gateway for Enterprises to Discover Innovation (GEDI) presents the culmination of their 6-part event series, Post-COVID-19 Reboot...
"Rebooting with Research: Our virtual future" will take place June 25, 2020, at 1pm, featuring a fully-packed GI member panel. Dr. Neil Randall, Games Institute Executive Director and Chair of the Council for Responsible Innovation and Technology, moderates the event.
Expert panelists include:
- Jennifer Boger - Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering; Schlegel Chair in Technology for Independent Living at the Research Institute for Aging
- Aynur Kadir - Assistant Professor, Digital Media, Department of Communication Arts; Member, Games Institute
- Michael Barnett-Cowan - Associate Professor, Kinesiology
- Jim Wallace - Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems
- Andrea Kerswill - Director, Innovation & Scotiabank FactoryU, Scotiabank
- Ray Simonson - Co-founder and CEO, Glove Systems
Link: Register for the event
Event Details
COVID-19
has
shaken
the
world,
challenging
societies
and
altering
life
as
we
know
it.
But
from
this
crisis,
opportunities
have
emerged
calling
us
to
action
as
we
prepare
to reboot from
the
COVID-19
lockdown.
In
this
series
of six
free,
weekly,
online
panels,
experts
from
the
University
of
Waterloo
and
representatives
from
some
of
Canada's
leading
companies
will
share
their
research,
real-world
expertise,
and
experience
to
help
identify
the
risks
and
plot
the
future
of
adapting
to
this
new
normal.
Learn
how
you
can
apply
their
research
findings
to
the
needs
of
your
enterprise
and
your
own
aspirations. Together,
let’s
create
the
future.
Registration
is
required
for
each
of
the
6
panels
A
Webex
link
will
be
provided
before
the
talk.
Each
webinar
will
feature
a
60-minute,
moderated
panel,
with
5
or
6
participants
followed
by
an
optional
30-minute
Q&A
(questions
can
be
submitted
through
the
web
conference
chat).
The
Post-COVID-19
Reboot
series
is
presented
by
University
of
Waterloo Gateway
for
Enterprises
to
Discover
Innovation
(GEDI).
Panel #6 Rebooting with Research: Our virtual future
This third research-focused webinar considers what our virtual future may look like. What we have seen so far about our attempt to capitalize on virtual technology to manage through the crisis, the pros and cons of virtual connectivity, what weaknesses of virtual reality have been exposed, and how to reinvent the future.