President of Croatia and President Hamdullahpur

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will visit the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ to find out about Canada’s most innovative university and to tour the Institute for Quantum Computing

President Grabar-Kitarović is making the campus stop as part of a four-day visit to Canada. Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, will welcome President Grabar-Kitarović and the Croatian delegation on the morning of Monday November 21.

President of Croatia shaking hands with students in iQC

ÌýMartin Laforest, senior manager of scientific outreach for À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) will take the delegation on a tour of an IQC lab to showcase the research happening here.

Later, Professor Grit Liebscher, of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s Germanic and Slavic Studies department, will lead a student discussion with President Grabar-Kitarović. Dana Kulić , a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will join the discussion through a Skype call from Germany.

President Grabar-Kitarović's visit to Canada began Saturday in Halifax with other stops in Toronto, Burlington and Norval, Ont. As part of her À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Region innovation ecosystem stop in Kitchener, she will also tour the University’s Garage, the world’s largest free startup incubator.