Learn About Google Sidewalk Labs - Guest Speaker Karim Khalifa
iAccelerate is pleased to co-host guest speaker Karim Khalifa, Buildings Innovation at Google’s Sidewalk Labs, along with Careers Central, SBRC, SMART and Advantage Wollongong.
What is Google’s Sidewalk Labs all about?
Sidewalk Labs is an Alphabet (Google) company tackling the challenges of urban growth - reimagining cities to improve our quality of life.
Come and hear from Karim Khalifa, Director, Buildings Innovation, Sidewalk Labs about how he found himself working for Sidewalk Labs, what its all about and the coolest building innovations and smart cities technologies he has seen during his time with SWL.
Note: Canapes and drinks will be served before and after the talk during networking time at the begining and end of the event.
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Sidewalk’s goal is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions, and tackle issues such as cost of living, efficient transportation and energy usage. They are currently designing a new kind of mixed-use, complete community on Toronto’s waterfront in partnership with the tripartite agency Waterfront Toronto and the local community.
This joint effort, called Sidewalk Toronto, will combine forward-thinking urban design and new digital technology to create a people-centered neighborhood that achieves precedent-setting levels of sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity.
The initiative is also envisioned to be scaled up across Toronto’s Port Lands, a 325 hectares (800 acres) area that is one of the largest areas of underdeveloped urban land in North America.
DATE: Thursday 13 September 2018
TIME: 4.30pm - 8pm
VENUE: iAccelerate Centre, Level 1, Building 239, Innovation Campus, North Wollongong, NSW
RSVP: Register now via Eventbrite
COST: Free
About the Speaker
- Karim is Director of Buildings Innovation for Sidewalk Labs.
- At Sidewalk, Karim uses modern construction methods to tackle big issues such as cost of living, transport and carbon emissions. With a focus on intelligent design and sustainable materials, Karim is passionate about creating urban communities that are vibrant, accessible and affordable.
- He has spent his career in the design and construction world, most recently leading the global hotel innovation and design team at Marriott, where he launched the company’s first innovation lab /collaborative design space (The Underground).
- While at Marriott, he also led the LEED Volume Build program for hotels and launched Marriott’s global modular construction initiative.
- Prior to joining Marriott, he managed Parsons Corporation’s South American engineering practice in Lima, Peru and earlier worked in Bechtel’s power and water resource group in the U.S. and overseas.
- Karim served in the U.S. Peace Corps as the Western Regional engineer for The Honduran Ministry of Health working in sanitation and vaccine distribution. While he is not tinkering in his workshop, Karim can be found scoping out his next remote adventure.