Event
Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Researchers
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 09:00to17:00
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building
Room A-832, 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA
A workshop presented in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), McGill Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGINE), and Healthy Brains Healthy Lives (HBHL).
Registration
Registration is required—.
Description
What is the path from scientific findings to commercialization? What resources are available for researchers on this path? Where does business funding come from? How is IP ownership handled? What does a researcher need to know before becoming an entrepreneur?
This one-day event is co-organised by HBHL,Ìý,ÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýMcGill ENGINE. Speakers will include representatives of acceleration hubs and experts from the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Montreal.
Schedule
- 09:00-10:00:Ìý Idea generation
- Yannick Roy (NeuroTechX)
- 10:00-10:30: Entrepreneur stories
- Christian Dansereau (Perceive AI)
- Colin Gallacher (Haply Robotics)
- 10:30-10:45:Ìýµþ°ù±ð²¹°ì
- 10:45-12:00:ÌýIP management,Ìýknowledge mobilization and protection
- Francesco Tordini (McGill I+P)
- Dylan Wade Roskams-Edris (The Neuro)
- April Colosimo (Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering)
- 12:00-13:15: Networking Lunch (lunch will be provided,Ìýregistration is required)
- 13:15-13:45:ÌýEntrepreneur stories​​​​​​​
- Margaret Magdesian (Ananda Devices)
- Thomas Szkopek & Robert-Eric Gaskell (Ora Sound)
- 13:45-14:45:ÌýEarly funding opportunities
- McGill HBHL
- McGill ENGINE
- McGill I+P
- Aligo
- Mitacs
- 14:45-15:00:Ìýµþ°ù±ð²¹°ì
- 15:00-16:00:ÌýScaling up
- Jean-Nicolas Delage (FASKEN)
- Noor El Bawab (Zù)
- Kendra Davey (CDL)
- Jihane El Atifi (McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship)
- 16:00-17:00:ÌýNetworking
