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Joint Mitacs-SOSCIP Cleantech Initiative: Advancing Cleantech Innovation with AI and Digital Technologies – Mar. 4, 2021
Session Description
April 3, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mitacs and SOSCIP have recently launched a joint Cleantech Initiative to bring their collective resources to advance cleantech innovation with AI and digital technologies.
This session, hosted by U of T's Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO), is targeted to inform U of T investigators interestedin funding, computing platforms, and collaborating with industry to advance Cleantech innovation from informing policy to technical innovation.
The session will cover:
- Cleantech themes
- Types of collaborative projects of interest to theinitiative
- SOSCIP computing platforms
- Overview of Mitacs funding programs
- Mitacs and SOSCIP roles in facilitating successfulacademic-industry partnership
Speakers
Wil de Vega, Business Development Director, Mitacs, and Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Laura Yu, Business Development Director, Mitacs, and SOSCIP
Alexander Ip, Co-founder and Director of Partnerships, CERT Systems Inc.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be better able to:
- identify funding, computing platforms, and industry partnerships available through the joint Mitacs and SOSCIP Cleantech Initiative.
Additional Information
The Video-Recording for this session can be found on the CRIS Video Library
Presenter slides
Note: Here is the link to the Request for Researchers on Mitacs website mentioned in the presentation: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/accelerate/researchers-wanted
More information about the Joint Mitacs and SOSCIP Initiative and Cleantech themes can be found here, and in this Research Alert.
