Award winning Scientist, Professor, Entrepreneur, TED Senior Fellow and TED speaker, Andrew Pelling has built a career on unapologetic curiosity, creativity and serendipity. Andrew is a Professor at the University of Ottawa, where he founded and directs a curiosity-driven research lab that brings together Artists, Scientists, Social Scientists and Engineers. The lab uses low-cost materials and methods to explore speculative living technologies of the future. The highly experimental Pelling Lab was the first in the world to develop plant-derived cellulose biomaterials for regenerative medicine and has even grown skins of living cells on LEGOs – innovations with the potential to redefine the limits of biology. Andrew’s lab has spun out several companies including Spiderwort Inc, a company dedicated to developing plant-derived cellulose biomaterials for repairing and regenerating the human body. Andrew’s work has been in the international media spotlight for many years, with recognition in outlets such as Wired, Vice, Motherboard, The Atlantic, Scientific American, PBS, NBC, BBC and many others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including being named a member of the TED Fellows program, a global network of visionaries chosen based on remarkable achievement, their strength of character and their innovative approaches to solving the world’s toughest problems. Andrew’s leadership and experience are highly sought-after and he serves in a variety of advisory roles in many community, industry and government organizations.
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TiE is the world’s largest entrepreneurship network in the world with 13,000 members and 3200 charter members in 58 chapters across 12 countries. Since its inception, in 1992, TiE members have generated over $1 trillion of wealth through their entrepreneurial endeavours. TiE’s sole mandate is to foster entrepreneurship and help its members create wealth through entrepreneurism. TiE Canada has three chapters – TiE Ottawa, TiE Toronto and TiE Vancouver.
Started in 2002, TiE Ottawa is celebrating its 20th anniversary. TiE Ottawa fosters entrepreneurship by providing a platform for networking, mentorship, global connectivity, entrepreneurship training and funding to Canadian entrepreneurs. Join the TiE Ottawa at ottawa.tie.org.