SYNIAD TO HELP BUILD SMART TEXTILES RESEARCH CLUSTER

• Expansion of Syniad’s advisory business into wearable technologies.
• Demonstrating Syniad’s thesis of expanding the geography of care.

VANCOUVER, BC, March 26, 2018 – Syniad Innovations Inc (“Syniad”) is pleased to announce a new advisory relationship with the University of British Columbia’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) focused on intelligent wearable technologies.

The Microsystems and Nanotechnology Group at UBC is a leading-edge research group distinguished by its depth and range of expertise. Syniad will support Prof. Peyman Servati, Director of the Flexible Electronics and Energy Lab, to establish a research excellence cluster focused on wearable innovations for connected health.

Today, Iain Evans, Syniad’s CIO, said, “Expanding the geography of care is one of the purposes at the core of Syniad’s investment thesis. It is a privilege to work with this esteemed group of researchers, practitioners and clinicians who are seeking to transform care through breakthrough research.”