Current graduate students

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 12:00 am - Sunday, June 2, 2019 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Problem Pitch Competition open for applications

The Problem Lab presents the Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch. The competition invites teams of up to four students to choose an important industry problem and thoroughly research its history, scope, and impact. Students pitch their findings to a panel of judges on July 11th to compete for a share of up to $30,000 in funding.

Problem Pitch poster

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

GEOTAB Info-session and Demo

Geotab logo  What is Geotab? Geotab is a global leader in telematics, providing open platform fleet
management solutions to businesses of all sizes. Geotab’s intuitive, full-featured
solutions help businesses better manage their drivers and vehicles by extracting
accurate and actionable intelligence from real-time and historical trips data.

Monday, July 29, 2019 11:30 am - Thursday, August 1, 2019 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Tsinghua-Waterloo Joint Forum on Advances in Energy and Environmental Technologies

Collage of solar panel, canola flower, wind turbines and powerline

The Tsinghua-Waterloo Joint Forum on Advances in Energy and Environmental Technologies will bring together leading experts in the fields of sustainable energy management, novel energy production, biofuels, pollution mitigation, fuel cells, and next-generation rechargeable energy systems.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 5:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Ethical AI - Separating the Fact from Fad

Ethics wordleThe proliferation of AI has placed increased focus on the thorny topic of ethics: to what extent are engineers responsible for—and to what extent can they encode—the ethical behavior of the AI applications they design?

Saturday, June 15, 2019 12:00 am - 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Post-Convocation receptions for the Class of 2019

Pearl Sullivan, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, the Registrar's Office, Engineering Alumni Affairs and the Office of Alumni Relations are pleased to invite you and your guests to an informal complimentary post-convocation reception.

Join us at the Student Life Centre in the Great Hall to celebrate your milestone achievement! The receptions start right after each convocation ceremony.

The official mace

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Building a Canadian Startup in California

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President and Vice-Chancellor, Feridun Hamdullahpur invites you to join fellow UWaterloo alumni at the new offices of Embark Technology as we bring together industry experts (who just happen to be former Waterloo students!) for a panel discussion on the challenges of “Building a Canadian Startup in California.”

Thursday, May 2, 2019 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

UW Formula Motorsports 2019 Unveiling

UW Formula Motorsports is proud to unveil our 2019 formula-style race car!

Our car will be competition-ready and on display from 12pm-6pm. The event has an open schedule so you can drop by any time during the 6 hours! Come check out the car speak to the team about all the hard work they've put in!

racecar

In the first symposium of the Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society series, Martin Ford explores the ways in which AI and automation (aka, “robots”) are outpacing humans in a range of sectors, from education to law, agriculture to healthcare, management and beyond. He offers a realistic view of what the future of work—and your place in it—will look like. <--break->