Update — Please note there is a change of time: This event has now been moved to Sunday, March 22nd at 6:30 PM.

Our friends at the MIT club have been kind enough to extent an invitation to the event below to our members:

The MIT Club of Toronto is pleased to host an interactive presentation by Dr. Julielynn Wong, MD MPH, on her work in developing and applying 3D printing to medicine, in particular space medicine. The event is hosted at Hacklab.to (1266 Queen Street West, Suite 12), Toronto’s oldest hacker collective / makerspace, on Friday evening March 20th at 6pm. Come join us for an engaging presentation, followed by hors d’oevres and networking time with fellow alumni. Dr. Wong’s talk tile and a brief bio follow below. We look forward to seeing you there! A small registration fee of $10 per person is requested to cover room rental and hors d’oevres.

What: Presentation “Solar-Powered Suitcase 3D Printer for Space Missions and Off-Grid Communities”
When: Friday March 20th at 6 to 8 pm
Where: 1266 Queen Street West (Parkdale, Queen and Dufferin) – https://hacklab.to/ – buzz #6 from front entrance (corner of Noble and Queen St – front entrance under grey awning in this street view)
Event Registration link: http://toronto.alumclub.mit.edu/3d4md ($10 / person, guests are welcome)

Details:
Need medical supplies on a long space mission? If you can’t take everything with you, then you’ll have to print on demand. With this in mind, Dr. Julielynn Wong 3D printed usable medical supplies using solar energy at the Mars Desert Research Station. Miss Wong has also designed an ultra-portable solar-powered 3D printing system so doctors visiting remote villages can bring this with them to create medical supplies on-site.

Bio: Dr. Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-educated, award-winning public health physician, innovator, and educator. Miss Wong created 3D4MD (www.3d4md.com), a platform of 3D printable medical supplies to deliver healthcare in the most challenging places to those who need it the most.

And yes, she will also be bringing Chris Hadfield’s flightsuit to this event.