A Heartfelt Thank You to All Who Joined Us at NeuroSphere's Inaugural Demo Day!
We are thrilled to have showcased six neuroscience start-ups from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ that have been collaborating closely with NeuroSphere and the innovation community at McGill to advance various cutting-edge technologies towards commercialization.
Congratulations to all the participants who pitched their innovative ideas, including Mohamad Matout, Jeremy Zwaig, Anmol N., Jean-Pierre Clement, Nancy Mayo, Raul Rodriguez Cruces, along with their teams. We extend a special round of applause to Nospharma and AVAtalk Technologies Inc., who were honored with the Jury and Audience Awards for this event.
We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our sponsors—adMare BioInnovations, Ontario Brain Institute, and Gowling WLG—as well as our esteemed Jury panel for their invaluable expertise and insightful feedback: George Elvira, Stephanie Mouchbahani-Constance, Lyne Landry, Garth Smith, and Aditya Chaubey.
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Mila x NeuroSphere Entrepreneurs' Night 2023
In a collaboration with theÌý, the Mila x NeuroSphere Entrepreneurs' Night showcased insightful discussions with entrepreneurs Mohamad Matout, co-founder of AvaTalk, and Oualid Benkarim, co-founder of Brainscores, on December 5, 2023. Both entrepreneurs shared experiences and key takeaways, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, strategic pivoting, selling ideas and seeking help. Thank you toÌýÌýfor making this event possible!
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Researchers Event
NeuroSphere hosted the Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Researchers event on October 18, 2023, at the McGill Engine Centre in partnership with theÌý). This event was designed to empower researchers to take their work beyond the lab and transform their findings into practical solutions that address real-world challenges. NeuroSphere is thrilled to have had the privilege of hosting exceptional speakers and panels from all over academia and the industry.
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Amplify Connections 2022
In an effort to serve our community, NeuroSphere hosted this event to share information and contacts to facilitate the commercialization of high-potential projects.It provided the latest information on resources available to the NeuroSphere’s community, allowed connections with relevant people, and highlighted success stories on commercializing research while building an academic career.
Keynote speaker:Ìý, Associate Professor from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and co-founder of Ìý
Health Startup Day 2020
NeuroSphere co-organized the third annual Health Startup Day. Through speaker presentations and networking opportunities, this event facilitated ecosystem and community building, while raising and discussing pertinent topics around some of the current challenges and opportunities in health innovation, and offered networking opportunities.
The event was presented in collaboration with , , and with support from the Caisse Desjardins du Réseau de la santé.
Buzz in Review 2020
NeuroSphere co-organised the 2020 edition of the NeuroTech Buzz in Review. This event offered an in-depth recap of what happened in the world of neurotechnology in 2019. The Montreal edition of this worldwide event featured networking opportunities, industry and research recaps, lightning talks by graduate students/postdocs, and more.
This event was presented in collaboration with NeuroTechX.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Researchers 2020
NeuroSphere co-organised a workshop exploring the path that leads from scientific findings to commercialization. It provided attendees with valuable resources about business funding, IP and advice about entrepreneurship. Guest speakers, including representatives of accelerators hubs and experts from the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Montreal, addressed these challenges.
This event was presented in collaboration with the Center for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) and the McGill Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGINE).
