1. KAIST Forum 2016 “University and Industry Collaboration” Feridun Hamdullahpur, President and Vice-Chancellor February, 2016

2. CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION Varden Labs is an up-and-coming Velocity startup which won $35,000 at the Velocity Fund Finals and executed a test of their autonomous vehicle technology at the University of Waterloo. 19,000 placements 60+ countries $250M in 2014-2015

3. RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS of UWaterloo’s funding results from collaboration with industry Michael Worswick, a Professor and Canada Research Chair at UWaterloo is putting metal and other materials to the test to measure how much stress, tension and pressure they can take.

4. STUDENT AND ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURSHIP Christina Marchand founded FullSoul, a company that provides medical supplies to hospitals in Uganda to protect new mothers and babies. 46% of incoming university students in Ontario see themselves starting a business $300M in investment attraction by UWaterloo’s student and alumni entrepreneurs

5. IP & COMMERCIALIZATION Creator Owns At UWaterloo, faculty and students retain full economic rights to the IP they create.

6. PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS 631 patents per million in the Waterloo region, three times the national average Publications with industry

7. Thank you