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Mapping the world - and Waterloo Region - with AI
11 December 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Ecopia.AI is partering with Communitech, WatCAR and the Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation to use the Waterloo REgion as a test bed to scale out HD vector maps for autonomous vehicles. Read more
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Changing nature of work poses collective challenge
20 November 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Economist, author, broadcaster and Senior Fellow Linda Nazareth spoke to 130 attendees at a breakfast event as part of Communitech's speaker series on the future of work and learning. Read more
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Sonova embarks on a transformation
08 November 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Swiss based Sonova specializes in hearing-care solutions for the local corporate innovation fold. They recently launched an innovation lab at Communitech to foster innovation within their large corporation,… Read more
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The changing face of corporate-startup partnerships
07 November 2019 | By Ian McDonald in: Enterprise, Featured, Opinion, The Disruptor
In the past the relationship between corporations and startups could be adversary or at least arms-length as corporations feared the threat of disruption posed by startups, today however corporate organizations… Read more
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Growth spurs graduation for Deloitte DSpace lab
06 November 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Deloitte's Dpace lab has recently graduated from its home in the Communitech Hub to a new home across the street, in 2015 it opened the innovation lab in Communitech with a handful of staff however now… Read more
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All-in for agile change at Manulife
11 October 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Manulife has rolled out a new public-facing banking app that was built in-house with foundational contributions from the team at Manulife's corporate innovation lab in the Tannery at Communitech. Read more
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OpenText CEO issues call for corporate social responsibility
15 July 2019 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, Featured, News
OpenText CEO Mark Barrenechea spoke about corporate social responsibility in reference to climate change at company's Enterprise World conference. Read more
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On climate change, no time left for small ideas
27 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, True North
The True North 2019 workshop "Waterloo Region: Canada’s First Carbon-Neutral Region?" asked questions such as "How could that happen? What would it look like? How would we get there?" The workshop brought… Read more
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Cybersecurity workshop delivers sobering stats
26 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, True North
A cybersecurity workshop was held on the second day of True North 2019. The workshop started with some unsettling facts to share about cybersecurity, such as the need for more talent, and more diverse… Read more
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Retooling our notions of work as tech reshapes the future
25 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, Future of Work, News, True North
At True North 2019, Manulife hosted Future of Work and Learning – Taking Community Action. This workshop focused on crowd-sourced their experience and aspirations to help shape a Communitech-inspired initiative… Read more