The Digital Kitchener Innovation Lab is a unique space located at the Communitech Hub designed to bring new thinking to civic challenges. Kitchener is one of the first municipalities in Canada to open a lab dedicated to exploring how the Internet of Things can improve the lives of citizens. Leveraging the city-wide narrowband network, the lab will develop solutions for city services such as monitoring water mains, traffic conditions, streetlights, waste containers and more.
Our vision |
We're in this together. In order to realize the full potential of Digital Kitchener, we must be willing to lead and be brave. We must be willing to go where there are no existing best practices--and create them. |
Our mandate |
Doing. Thinking. Dreaming. The lab mandate consists of a 70-20-10 split of time and resources allowing us to research, ideate, prototype, validate, implement, test and deploy.
Our mandate is rooted in four primary innovative initiatives:
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Our ecosystem |
The lab is located at the Communitech Hub, a 80,000+ square foot space dedicated to world-leading collaboration and innovation.
In this open, creative environment, the city has greater access to nearly 1,000 tech companies at all stages of growth and development. We're located in the Back Alley of the Tannery building at 151 Charles St. W in Kitchener. |
Our team |
Operated by a team of city staff and co-op students, the Digital Kitchener Innovation Lab team will work closely with city staff to bring civic challenges outside of city hall into a more disruptive environment where new ideas can be prototyped and piloted. |