Academic entrepreneurship: From research to start-up

Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/03/2024
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Categories

• Workshop

March 7, 2024

Location: McMaster University – Alumni Great Hall

 

The BIMR, in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering and the McMaster Industry Liaison Office, invite you to attend an exciting new event focused on exploring and celebrating entrepreneurship on campus. This Entrepreneurship Symposium will feature presentations by professors and founders from the Faculties of Science and Engineering who have started companies based on their academic research. Several startup companies will be highlighted, with a keynote address by Prof. John Valliant, who founded Fusion Pharmaceuticals. If you are interested in learning about what is involved in starting a company, what are the steps in protecting intellectual property, what pitfalls should be avoided, and how one goes about raising funds, then this symposium is for you! It will also be a great opportunity for networking.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

• John Valliant, Fusion Pharmaceuticals

PRESENTATIONS FROM MCMASTER STARTUP FOUNDERS:

• MesoMat
• TARA Biosystems/OrganoBiotech
• Allarta Life Science
• FendX

PRESENTATIONS FROM OTHER CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES STARTUP FOUNDERS:

• Azane Therapeutics, Inc.
• Teromex 
• Forward Water Technologies
• More speakers to be confirmed soon!

 

Preliminary program:

Program can be downloaded here.

8:30 – 9:00am	Registration and Continental Breakfast  Sponsored by Allarta Life Science
9:00 – 9:10am	Welcome Remarks
9:10 – 10:20am	McMaster Founder Talks  Boyang Zhang, OrganoBiotech Harold Stover, Allarta Tohid Didar, Fendex
10:20 – 10:45am	Coffee and Networking Break  Sponsored by OrganoBiotech
10:45 – 11:30am	McMaster Founders Panel Discussion  Moderator: Leyla Soleymani, Associate Vice-President, Research (Commercialization & Entrepreneurship)
11:30 – 12:30pm	Founder and Investor Spotlight  Moderator: Leigh Wilson, Associate Director, New Ventures at McMaster Industry Liaison Office Panelists:  Kari Dalnoki-Veress, MesoMat Paul Fowler, MesoMa Scott Pelton, Risc Capital
12:30 – 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 – 2:15pm	Plenary Talk  John Valliant, Fusion Pharmaceuticals
2:15 – 3:00pm	External Founders Panel Moderator: Glen Crossley, Associate Director, Business Development and Intellectual Property, McMaster Industry Liaison OfficePanelists:  Omar F. Khan, Azane TherapeuticsEveline Pasman, Tenomix C. Howie Honeyman, Forward Water Technologies
3:00 – 3:10 pm	Networking
3:10 – 4:00 pm	Closing Remarks

Registrations:

Registrations for this event are now closed, as we have reached capacity. If you want to be added on the waiting list, please email bimr@mcmaster.ca. Please note we will only let you know the day of the event, in case we have no-shows, if seats become available.