Rob Esselment

Anna and my kids. Family, then sports and politics.

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Fun start to a Saturday with @mikeharrisjrpc and the Doon PS team at the FIRST Canada Lego provincial finals @uwaterloo

[University of Waterloo @UWaterloo]

Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health, the Hon. Christine Elliot (@celliottability) takes the Waterloo Innovation Summit stage in conversation with Lili Liu (@lililiu_ca), Dean of @ahswaterloo. #UWaterlooBeyond

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Pleased to have @NavdeepSBains speaking @uwaterloo about IP policies and building innovative companies in Canada

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Great to host @michaelchongmp and @alankeeso @uwaterloo learning about @msam_uwaterloo and our advanced manufacturing capabilities, industry research, and training the future workforce.

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Big crowd @NGen_Canada supercluster project pitch day in Kitchener. Great mix of manufacturers, technology providers, and others like @UWaterloo @WatCARWaterloo and @Ontario_AMC

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Drop in by @JustinTrudeau with Donna Strickland @uwaterloo @BardishKW @KirstyDuncanMP as she explains her laser research to students (and the PM)

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Amazing day with Donna Strickland, @uwaterloo 's Nobel Laureate, on Parliament Hill. Meeting with @KirstyDuncanMP and National Science Award winners.

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Future of work discussion @uwaterloo this morning with @BardishKW @pattyhajdu Caitlin MacGregor from @plum_io Lisa Brown from @vidyard and @norahmcrae from UW Co-op

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

Monday morning @uwaterloo is pleased to host @toddsmithPC for a tour of @QuantumIQC and it's role in the Quantum Valley/Quantum Revolution

[Luisa D'Amato @DamatoRecord]

BREAKING: Waterloo Region Museum to be named after Regional Chair Ken Seiling, in honour of his long service as Chair

[University of Waterloo @UWaterloo]

Congratulations to Dr. Donna Strickland, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at #UWaterloo, is one of three scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. She is the first woman to receive this award in 55 years. #NobelPrize #UWaterlooProud

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland – this year’s #NobelPrize recipients – paved the way towards the shortest and most intense laser pulses created by humankind. The technique they developed opened up new areas of research and led to broad industrial and medical applications.

[Waterloo Mathematics @WaterlooMath]

#WaterlooMath Dean @Stephen_Watt reminds us that @UWaterloo has been involved in cybersecurity and privacy research since its inception - one of our early profs was WW2 cryptographer William Tutte! #UWcyber

[Waterloo Mathematics @WaterlooMath]

Keynote Christine Binne, Director of Policy and Issues Managament at @Safety_Canada explains the need to shift the conversation around #cybersecurity from threat prevention to economic opportunity. #UWcyber

[Waterloo Mathematics @WaterlooMath]

"There's a really good chance that in the next 10-15 years, #cybersecurity as we know it will crumble." -Michele Mosca, #WaterlooMath prof, @QuantumIQC researcher, and co-founder of @evolutionQinc kicks off our panel on post-quantum security. #UWcyber

[Velocity @UWVelocity]

"Thank you @UWVelocity for creating a pipeline of companies, jobs, and opportunities in our community for 10 years." - Mayor Dave Jaworsky, @citywaterloo #Velocity10

[Velocity @UWVelocity]

"We're all here today because we wanted to make things happen, and we did it together." - Berry Vrbanovic, @CityKitchener #Velocity10

[Velocity @UWVelocity]

"Velocity has been influential in fostering entreprenuership, building something that people NEED - a vibrant community and a vibrant Canada." - Raj Saini, MP @CityKitchener

[Rob Esselment @Resselme]

The person who runs the people who run the show. @kellymcmanus #UWCanadaDay