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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Waterloo Region Decarbonization Forum

On Nov. 17-18, fifty experts from academia, local institutions, government, businesses, and local NGOs from the Waterloo Region met to grapple with the long term energy challenge every region in North America faces—how to end reliance on fossil fuels across residential, business, and transportation sectors.

This forum brought together experts to articulate the pathways for decarbonizing the energy systems utilized in the Waterloo Region. The purpose of the forum was to combine the expertise and insight from these different sectors to find the pathways to a decarbonized energy future. Such pathways describe short term (next 5 years), medium term (next 15 years), and long term (next 35 years) policies and choices which will produce a more prosperous and sustainable energy system.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Knowledge Integration Seminar at University of Waterloo

INTEG 10 is a seminar on interdisciplinary topics and integrative practices which are of special interest to Knowledge Integration students, faculty, and staff. This is the "living room" of the program; a place where the community comes together to share ideas and be inspired.

Each seminar features a workshop for KI students, or a guest speaker that is a public talk open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public. We encourage sparkling and lively discussion between speakers and audience members.

Executive Director, WISE, Prof. Jatin Nathwani, was invited as a guest speaker on Nov 4, 2016, where he delivered a talk on "Driving a Revolution in Affordable Energy for Humanity".

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Royal Canadian Institute for Science - (RCI Science) Talk on Affordable Energy for Humanity

RCI Science is Canada's oldest scientific organization, and aims to connect people with science through accessible presentations known as RCI Talks. The focus of the RCI Talks is on making complex scientific topics accessible and engaging for the public. 

Executive Directory, WISE, Prof. Jatin Nathwani was invited to deliver a public lecture on Oct 30, 2016 at the Royal Canadian Institute for Science, Toronto.

Friday, October 28, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada Workshop

The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) co-hosted the interactive workshop to provide key information and practical guidance to clean-tech entrepreneurs who want to apply for SDTC funding. Workshop participation can help to better understand the potential fit of your clean-tech solution with SDTC funds, the application process and key evaluation criteria. The workshop was of particular interest to small to medium-sized entrepreneurial businesses and start-ups.

The purpose of this workshop was to bring economically feasible and financially viable clean energy technologies to the market. The academic researchers and start-up ventures presented their ideas, proof of concepts, and technology development proposals with the goal of securing funding for their projects. This event provided an opportunity for the industry leaders and academic researchers to collaborate with each other in order to build tactics for market penetration strategy for their respective developments. The Government of Canada's focus on investments in innovation and entrepreneurial ventures in the clean tech sector is well aligned with the goals of the workshop. Our objective is to advance technological developments for implementation on a large scale.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

EUCI Aboriginal Energy Challenge

The Aboriginal Energy Challenge is a Forum that provides timely information on the most recent developments in the energy, economic development and legal sectors that are encouraging aboriginal participation in energy and economic development projects.

Monday, October 17, 2016

Compressed Air Energy Storage Student presentations

Salt caverns are widely used around the world for natural gas and crude oil storage, for temporary storage of chemical products and other hydrocarbons, and even for waste disposal. WISE conducted student presentations that focused mainly on the emerging potential of salt caverns as a means of energy storage through cyclic compressed air use. These presentations were the result of a graduate course in the Fall of 2015, and each presentation from each student represented a different question posed. The emphasis, was therefore, on compressed air energy storage, but by no means exclusively.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena Workshop: Information High Frequency Transients in Insulation Systems

The 2016 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP 2016) was held October 16 to 19 at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Canada. The number of attendees was 248, including 18 walk-in registrants, a record for CEIDP. A total of 259 papers were accepted, an acceptance rate of about 80%. The contributions were from 27 countries, representing academia, government, and industry. CEIDP provided financial support to 20 research students, who presented their research and participated in discussions. The total number of registered students was 94.