Conference

Join us for SoNR, a showcase of UW graduate student neuroscience research through oral presentations, lightning talks, and posters, along with a keynote presentation from a distinguished neuroscientist.

Registration is free! Interested in participating? Submit your abstract, neuroscience artwork and/or apply to volunteer by November 1, 2025.

Bringing the world’s largest annual global hackathon to Waterloo 

On October 4–5, 2025, this two-day hackathon will bring together a diverse community of technologists, scientists, engineers, designers, and storytellers in the Waterloo region to build innovative projects and prototypes that address real-world problems using NASA’s open data.  

The Fusion Conference, operating since 2004, is a conference hosted at the University of Waterloo that merges knowledge from science, business, and technology fields through a unique theme each year. The theme of the 2023 Fusion Conference is "20 Years of Innovation: A Look Back and a Leap Forward", inviting students to explore the changes and challenges of technology and craft innovative solutions for a sustainable future. Registration is first-come and first-served depending on interest of case competition participation - registrants will be placed on a waitlist if the building capacity is exceeded.

This year's Conference will be held on November 16th, 2024 at Federation Hall, University of Waterloo.

GWC² Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Staff, please come out and join us for some or all of the following events on:

Friday, May 2, 2025 

Guelph Campus Rozanski Hall & Bullring

Please note: The PhD seminar winner presentations, Annual General Meeting and Prof. Tang talk will be in-person (Rozanski Hall, room 102) and via Teams. The poster judging and awards presentation/reception will be in-person only.

Save the date!

Registration has opened for the Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium (OE3C – oe3c.ca) being held at UWaterloo from 02-04 May 2024. This is a great opportunity for Biology students to showcase their research and network with academics across Ontario while staying close to home. 

FREE GRADUATE REGISTRATION for UWaterloo graduate students that present research they have conducted or assisted with (maximum 20 undergraduates and 20 graduates).

Join us for the 13^th Annual World Wetlands Day Research Symposium at the University of Waterloo. The event will consist of an undergraduate and graduate poster session and reception followed by a distinguished lecture by Dr. Hilary Dugan entitled, "Should we care about freshwater salinization?"

We are pleased to announce the SOMMeRS 2023: Southern Ontario Medical MicroRobotics Symposium on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST on the Waterloo campus. Registration is required, but available free of charge for in-person participation. 

A Sustainable Futures Initiative presented by the University of Waterloo 

The 2023 Summer School will showcase leading-edge research from a wide array of University of Waterloo professors at the interface of water, climate, and energy.

The University of Waterloo and the Region of Waterloo will host a Sustainable Aeronautics Summit at the Region’s International Airport. The event will profile world-leading sustainable aeronautical research, technology, and education. The Summit aims to bring together a unique ecosystem in the region to catalyze sustainable innovations in air transportation.

Nanotechnology is a powerful tool that can be utilized to create a sustainable, healthy, and prosperous future. Through the 2022 Global Summit we hope all attendees will appreciate the opportunities that nanotechnology can provide along with understanding its limitations so that they can be addressed. The Global Summit will bring together people from all over the world who are interested in improving global health in terms of nanotechnology, sustainability, digital health, and equity, diversity & inclusion (ED&I).