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Welcome to Communitech.
Waterloo Region is one of the most exciting high tech communities in the world. Want to know why? Let's talk. We can also suggest story ideas and refer you to contacts at local tech companies.
Media contact:
Iain Klugman (on BlackBerry)
President
(519) 888-9944 x 22
295 Hagey Boulevard, Accelerator Building, Suite 16, Waterloo, ON, N2L 6R5
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The Waterloo Region tech zone cheat sheet
- Communitech: a industry-led organization driving the growth and success of Waterloo Region's technology sector through leadership, connections and promotion.
- Membership: 450+, including large and medium-sized firms, start-ups, and the investors, service firms, academia and governments that support their growth. Members develop, create and utilize technology as a core part of diverse industries: information technology, advanced manufacturing, biomedical, aerospace, and environmental technology.
- Key tech sectors: software, hardware, biotech, biomedical, advanced manufacturing, environmental, photonics/digital imaging, IT services, telecommunications.
- Top guns: RIM, COM DEV, DALSA, Open Text, NDI, MKS, Christie Digital, and more.
- Rising stars: Desire2Learn, AideRSS, Primal Fusion, Sandvine, Sirific, and more.
- Entrepreneur scene: alive and kicking! A large number of support organizations offer both general services and specialized services like those for technology entrepreneurs through Communitech, WatStart, the Schlegel Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University and CBET at the University of Waterloo.
- Where to network: Communitech events.
- Where to be seen: on the links, on the patio at Solé, basketball and indoor soccer at megaplex RIM Park, at a Perimeter Institute or architecture school lecture, rollerblading along the Grand River.
- Style: casual. Burn your ties. You won't need them here!
Want to know more? Click here to learn about Communitech´s track record.