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  1. Livable Waterloo Region
    Saturday August 21, 2010 | 10 AM - 3 PM
    Kitchener City Hall Rotunda
    wonderfulwaterloo.com/livable
    Agenda.pdf

    < Free Public Event >


    Brian Dietrich & Kae Elgie are executives at the North Waterloo Region branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. They'll be discussing how Built Heritage is GREEN.

    Jeff Casello is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Planning. He’ll be Rethinking our Transportation System.

    Brendan Wylie-Toal is a Local Food for Health Care Coordinator. He'll be Assessing the Capacity for Local Food in Hospitals – St. Mary’s Hospital Case Study.

    Matthew Tiessen is a member of the Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee. His topic is Walkability.

    Linda Carson is a Lecturer at the University of Waterloo's Centre for Knowledge Integration. Her topic is how the Looks of a city Matter.

    Sean Geobey is a PhD Student in Management Science at the University of Waterloo. He'll be talking about developing the region as a "cluster of incubators".

    Sameer Arshad is a user interface programmer at Reserach in Motion. He'll be discussing Geek Culture in the Region of Waterloo.

    Tania Del Matto is a director at My Sustainable Canada. She'll be speaking about Three Innovative Pilot Projects.
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    UrbanWaterloo
    06-02-2010 04:56 PM
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    06-02-2010 04:57 PM
    Call For Presenters

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    Wonderful Waterloo and the Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) are pleased to announce the Livable Waterloo Region conference, to take place Saturday, August 21, 2010, from 10am to 3pm at the Kitchener City Hall Rotunda.

    Livable Waterloo Region will be a forum to showcase ideas for improving the Region of Waterloo's sustainability, community, and overall quality of life.

    Knowledgeable speakers are sought for short presentations on an aspect of making Waterloo Region more livable. Talks would be either 5, 10, or 15 minutes, and would be followed by a question and discussion period. If you are interested, please contact livable@wonderfulwaterloo.com by July 9th with a few sentences on what you would like to present and your background.

    Possible topic areas include (but are not limited to): Urban form, Complete streets, Transit, walking, and cycling, Parking, Streetscaping, Development funds, Zoning and municipal policy, Housing types, Local food, Festivals and culture, Business

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    Livable Waterloo Region - Press Release - Call For Speakers - June 2, 2010.pdf
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-02-2010 10:00 AM
    We're now two and a half weeks away from the event and I hope to see you all there! It's supposed to act as a physical forum to compliment the virtual forum we've created here on WW. The schedule is mostly full, but if you're still interested in giving a talk please send an email to livable@wonderfulwaterloo.com. Each day this week I'll be announcing one of the speakers.

    Sean Geobey is a PhD Student in Management Science at the University of Waterloo. He'll be talking about developing the region as a "cluster of incubators".
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-03-2010 12:32 PM
    Brian Dietrich & Kae Elgie are executives at the North Waterloo Region branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. They'll be discussing how Built Heritage is GREEN.
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  5. From Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 113 Posts
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    08-03-2010 12:45 PM
    Is there any chance that the presentations will be posted online? I'm going to be away on vacation that week so I will be unable to attend
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-03-2010 05:01 PM
    Yes, there will be video & photos posted online afterwards. Have a great vacation, and hopefully you can show up at one of our future events.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-04-2010 11:04 AM
    Brendan Wylie-Toal is a Local Food for Health Care Coordinator. He'll be Assessing the Capacity for Local Food in Hospitals – St. Mary’s Hospital Case Study.

    EDIT: used to be Julie Allison, but Brendan is now filling in.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-05-2010 11:30 AM
    Jeff Casello is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Planning. He’ll be Rethinking our Transportation System.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-12-2010 05:55 PM
    Sameer Arshad is a user interface programmer at Reserach in Motion. He'll be discussing Geek Culture in the Region of Waterloo.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-13-2010 02:26 PM
    Lindsay Matthews is the research and communications coordinator at My Sustainable Canada. She'll be speaking about Vehicle Monitoring Technology.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-14-2010 07:02 PM
    Next Saturday's Agenda: Livable Waterloo Region - Agenda.pdf

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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-18-2010 04:46 PM
    Only three more days to go now.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-19-2010 02:39 PM
    Come out to Waterloo's Square this afternoon and be recorded saying why Waterloo Region is Livable.
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    From Kitchener | Member Since Jan 2010 | 495 Posts
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    08-20-2010 10:50 AM
    Come out to Kitchener City Hall public square today between 11am and 1pm and tell us why you think Waterloo Region is Livable!
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-21-2010 09:10 AM
    Today's The Event!
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    From Kitchener | Member Since Jan 2010 | 495 Posts
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    08-21-2010 05:38 PM
    CONGRATULATIONS on a Successful Event!

    I heard some very positive feedback from people in the audience! The speakers were interesting and the topics were current and applicable. This will definitely become an Annual Event.

    Job Well Done UrbanWaterloo!
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    From Kitchener, Ontario | Member Since Feb 2010 | 951 Posts
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    08-21-2010 11:18 PM
    Any pictures?
    "Only the insane have the strength enough to prosper. Only those that prosper may truly judge what is sane."
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-22-2010 10:03 AM
    The event went really well: good speakers and a nice turnout (~75 people throughout the day). Thanks to the Kitchener Downtown Business Association & Williams for providing desserts. The KDBA also provided a $25 gift certificate which was given away in a random draw at the conclusion.

    We have hours/gigabytes of video to edit, compress & upload, but they should all be up by the end of the week. The event was filmed in HD (1920x1080) so the picture quality looks great. Here's the opening video...


    Why Is Waterloo Region Livable?

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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 4,811 Posts
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    08-22-2010 07:35 PM
    Here's the Speaker's Photo. The film was set at 60fps so I might be able to extract a higher quality image. If not we'll purchase the image SnapKW took.


    Speaker's Photo

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