Mask Created with Sketch.

Materials

April 23, 2025

Fast track solutions through organization/academic collaboration

Academic Industry Meeting day, or AIMday, is an internationally recognized opportunity to tackle questions around a central theme. This highly effective program enables university-based researchers and organizations to connect and bring world-class research to life. By matching an organization’s need for new knowledge with academic expertise, AIMday brings understanding and new perspectives to real-world problems.

Established in 2008 at Uppsala University, Sweden, AIMday has been implemented and refined by leading universities around the world.

Hosted by University of Waterloo AIMday Materials aims to address current challenges in the synthesis, processing, and testing of new and advanced materials. The event’s expected outcome is to solve the most pressing sustainability concerns in material science through the development of new research collaborations across sectors.

Learn about AIMday


AIMday Materials Registration

  • Free for all participants
  • Organization registration: Open January 10 through February 25, 2025
  • Researcher registration: Open March 13 through April 4, 2025

Organization Registration
Researcher registration


Hosts

University of Waterloo is a leading global innovation hub that drives economic and social prosperity for Canada and the world. We are home to a renowned talent pipeline, game-changing research and technology, and unmatched entrepreneurial culture, that together create solutions to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.

A strategic integration of research and teaching excellence, the world’s largest co-operative education program, entrepreneurship-intensive programs, and creator-owned IP, has resulted in extensive industry collaboration, the generation of thousands of commercial and social enterprises, and a dynamic learning experience for more than 41,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

 

Contact us

For more information or for support in developing your research question, please contact:

Corporate Research Partnerships

partnerships@uwaterloo.ca