How can innovators and entrepreneurs create meaningful solutions to help people achieve their goals without roadblocks? Part of the answer is collaboration, saying yes, and lots of sticky notes, according to Karin Schmidlin of Waterloo’s Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Centre.
Exterior view of SLC/PAC Expansion from BMH Green (Credit: CS&P Architects)
The project will see the University add a climbing wall overlooking campus, and triple the size of its fitness centre expanding over two floors the project will also enhance the food service options available and triple the amount of space for dining.
Canada’s Federal Minister of Science, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, toured the University of Waterloo’s innovative research spaces this week to learn about how innovations developed here will fundamentally change the fabric of society.
“You come to a place like this and you feel the energy of the university and all the fields coming together,” said Duncan. “It’s phenomenal; it’s exciting.”
In 2010, a simple idea convinced Steve Katsaros to leave a high-flying career in patent law to found Nokero Solar — a company that brings affordable light to developing communities.
The University of Waterloo is hosting the event, which will focus on innovative approaches to tackling global health challenges ranging from refugee crises and climate change to epidemic outbreaks.
The Evidence Room, created by Waterloo School of Architecture professors Anne Bordeleau, Donald McKay, Robert Jan van Pelt, and colleague Sascha Hastings, along with a team of Waterloo students, will be on display in the Central Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy from May 28 to November 27, 2016.
The world is full of problems, but not all problems are created equal - some have a much larger impact on people and businesses.
That’s why Larry Smith, an expert in entrepreneurship and adjunct associate professor at the University of Waterloo, wants to reveal the Top Ten commercial problems so entrepreneurs can focus on solving problems that matter.
Students, game designers, developers, educators and industry leaders will join forces this weekend at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus to compete in developing a novel one-button video game.
The inaugural Game Design Camp will provide an immersive hands-on experience in game design and commercialization. Racing against the clock, teams will be challenged to develop, design and test a one-button game for future development.
A Waterloo professor whose TED talk has more than 4.7 million views will speak next week on the top 10 commercial problems around the world.
More than 300 employees of global design firm Stantec started work in their new home in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park on Monday, February 8.
The R+T Park and the Cora Group celebrated the arrival of the new tenants with a welcome breakfast.