Academic entrepreneurship: From research to start-up
Mar 7, 2024
8:30AM to 4:00PM
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Date(s) - 07/03/2024
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
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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.