On November 21, more than 200 guests gathered at U of T’s Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus to celebrate and explore mutually beneficial partnerships between academia, industry and community organizations.
The event, held for the first time since 2019, was co-hosted by the U of T Engineering partnerships office and the University-wide Blue Door partnerships office, as well as by Toronto Global. Presenters included Arzhang Seddighi of Marvell Technology Inc., and Faisal Kazi, CEO of Siemens Canada, who gave the keynote address.
“I hardly need to point out how much the world has changed over the past five years,” said Christopher Yip, Dean of U of T Engineering at the event.
“What hasn’t changed is the need for the kinds of solutions that come from research, innovation and collaboration. Tonight, for the first time, we can proudly say we are welcoming all of our industry partners together at one time to celebrate the partnerships we’ve formed and imagine the partnerships yet to come.”
