Introduction to Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship for Biotherapeutic Scientists

The Clinical Translation Education Group (CTEG) will be hosting a one-day workshop on intellectual property (IP) and entrepreneurship. It will be aimed at highly-qualified personnel (HQP), with the objective of introducing key topics related to IP and entrepreneurship within the context of biotherapeutic technologies for scientists in academia.

Objectives:
- Understand, at a high level, what IP is.
- Understand how to conduct a patent search.
- Understand how to navigate the IP process with your university's Tech Transfer Office (TTO).
- Learn the fundamental aspects of entrepreneurship in the context of a biotherapeutic discovery.

Topics Covered:
- IP 101
- Conducting patent searches
- Working with your university’s TTO
- Keynote on IP
- How do I finance the development of my discovery?
- Introduction to business plans and term sheets
- Meet the experts in IP and entrepreneurship fields 

Agenda and Speakers:
The agenda for the workshop is being finalized now. Please stay tuned for more information. Speakers will include:
- Stefan Larson, Venture Partner, Versant Ventures
- Katherine Bonter, Director of Intellectual Property, Clementia Pharmaceuticals
- Namrata Barai, Senior Manager, Business Development, Industry Partnerships and Commercialization, SickKids
- Patricia Folkins, Partner, Bereskin & Parr
- Philip Toleikis, President & CEO, Sernova Corp.
- Ainslie Little, Director of Intellectual Property, BlueRock Therapeutics
- Jonathan Yeh, Manager, Venture Development, CCRM
- Julia Pomoransky, Manufacturing Sciences and Technology, Turnstone Biologics
- Milica Radisic, Professor & Canada Research Chair, Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, University of Toronto
- Michael May, President & CEO, CCRM

What to Bring: 
There will be an interactive session called "How to Conduct a Patent Search" during the workshop. Please bring a laptop computer or tablet so that you can participate.  

This event is brought to you by the CTEG member organizations and is sponsored, in part, by Medicine by Design.