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Monday, April 19, 2021

AE4H 2021 Innovation Lab

In keeping with the ‘Innovation Lab’ framework of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, participants from the University of Waterloo and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi were selected for an event focused on sustainability topics. 

The webinar was hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3). The featured speakers explored a range of climate solutions and recommendations as they discussed critical topics like Green Recovery and a Just Transition. This webinar was part of the Solve Climate By 2030 series led by the Bard College in the US. The series is an international movement educating university and high school students about how an ambitious Green Recovery based on local action can put us on the way to solving climate change by 2030.

UWaterloo’s Impact Alliance and Global Spark hosted a virtual solutions hackathon called the “SDG Impact Challenge''. This event partnered with three local organizations who are tackling some of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Food4Kids.

Ambika Opal (WISE Manager, Global Projects and Initiatives) gave a talk at TEDxQueensU. In her presentation, she explored the idea of access to energy as a catalyst for many forms of international development and presented tangible examples from her experience at the United Nations Development Programme Cambodia and current projects at the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy.

WISE co-hosted and sponsored an event in the city of Chennai (India) with the Energy and Fuel Users’ Association of India (ENFUSE), and SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) on clean energy access.

The workshop themes consisted of:

  • Carbon Dioxide Capture – Storage – Conversion,
  • Electric Mobility – Technology – Infrastructure,
  • Hydrogen Energy – Commercialization in Industrial Applications,
  • Smart Energy Networks,
  • Internet of Things (IOT),
  • Solid Waste Management and Disposal – Recyclable,
  • State Space Controller,
  • Battery Technologies,
  • Renewable Energy Integration
Thursday, September 26, 2019

WISE Energy Day 2019

2019 Energy Day Event was co-hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB).

  • Panel 1: Energy Services Delivery: Is there a changing of the guard?
  • Panel 2: Nano-based Energy Innovations: Breakthroughs or Bust?
  • Panel 3: Bioenergy Solutions: Can it shape the transition to a low carbon futue?r

WISE offered the students an opportunity to showcase their work with a poster during the innovation showcase at Energy Day (2019).

The Council for Clean & Reliable Energy (CCRE) in partnership with the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) hosted its third annual Technology Innovation and Policy Forum on Wednesday November 7, 2018. This important event brought together policy makers, technology innovators, leading researchers and entrepreneurs, to address the alignment of energy policies with the need to foster innovations for a low carbon economy.

Event title: Unlocking Energy Innovation for a ‘Low Cost-Low Carbon’ Economy

  • Panel 1: The Promise and Perils of Technology Disruption
  • Panel 2: Financing Energy Businesses: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association co-hosted this 2-day event (June 21 & 22, 2018)

This conference intended to bring together international experts, policy makers, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to explore how the advancements in resource recovery technologies and the pursuit of a sustainable economy are changing the way we interact with our world.