Introduction
Building upon the success of last year’s Bench to Bedside for Biotherapeutics (B3) workshop, the Clinical Translation Education Group (CTEG) is hosting a new full-day workshop in fall 2018. This event will introduce trainees / highly-qualified personnel to intellectual property (IP) and entrepreneurship in the commercialization of biotherapeutic technologies.
Workshop Learning Objectives
The Introduction to Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship for Biotherapeutic Scientists workshop will offer engaging sessions, informative talks and panel discussions. The workshop is geared toward providing attendees with an overview of the fundamentals of intellectual property (IP) and entrepreneurship within the biotherapeutics sector. Presentations and activities will introduce concepts related to understanding the integral concepts of IP, including how to conduct a patent search, and issues related to starting your own company, such as financing the development of a discovery, making a business plan, and tips, tricks and lessons learned from experts in the biotechnology sector.
Topics will include:
- IP 101
- Conducting patent searches
- Working with your university’s Technology Transfer Office
- Keynote on intellectual property
- How do I finance the development of my discovery?
- Introduction to business plans and term sheets
- Case study from a Canadian biotech company
Who Should Attend?
Trainees / highly-qualified personnel (HQP) with an interest in intellectual property (IP), entrepreneurship and the commercialization of biotherapeutic technologies should attend this valuable training event.
Workshop Date: Friday, September 14, 2018, 9am – 4pm
89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1R1
Workshop Registration:
All those interested in attending the Introduction to Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship for Biotherapeutic Scientists workshop should register in advance. Click here to register.
The registration fee for this event is $50 CAD + HST and fees.
Travel Support from BioCanRx and CTEG partners
- BioCanRx is a proud member of the CTEG, and is pleased to offer a limited number of travel awards to enable eligible trainees to attend this workshop.
- Travel awards are also offered by the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM) and Stem Cell Network.
- All those who submit an application for travel support will automatically be considered for a travel award through the appropriate CTEG partner.
Travel Support Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 18, 2018,
Details of the Travel Support Application Procedure:
Awards for travel support will provide financial assistance for eligible trainees / highly qualified personnel to attend this workshop.
Conditions:
- Application deadline is 11:59 PM (sender’s time), Wednesday, July 18, 2018.
- The travel award will cover travel expenses associated with attending the workshop, for trainees not based in Toronto:
- Travel to/from the workshop location
- One night shared accommodation at our designated hotel (the night before the workshop)
- Meals not provided during the workshop
- Reimbursement will be processed following the workshop and in accordance with the applicable travel reimbursement policy (policies will be provided to the selected applicants by the applicable CTEG partner).
- Accommodation during the workshop will be provided for travel support award winners not based in Toronto. Two trainees of the same gender may be required to share a room.
- The travel award will NOT cover the workshop registration fee.
Eligibility for Travel Support:
- Applicants must be:
- For a BioCanRx travel award, a trainee/HQP whose supervisor is funded or co-funded via BioCanRx
- If you’re unsure whether you are a BioCanRx trainee/HQP, please email Megan Mahoney at memahoney@biocanrx.com for more information.
- For a SCN travel award, a SCN trainee / HQP (i.e. a graduate student, post-doctoral fellow, research associate and/or technician currently working in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine in a Canadian lab) working on a research project related to stem cells.
- If you’re unsure whether you are a SCN trainee / HQP, please email Rebecca Cadwalader at rcadwalader@stemcellnetwork.ca for confirmation.
- For an OIRM travel award, an OIRM trainee (i.e. graduate student or post-doctoral fellow working in the lab of an OIRM principal investigator.
- If you’re unsure whether you are an OIRM trainee, please consult the OIRM scientists list to see if your supervisor is part of OIRM or contact Jodi.garner@oirm.ca for confirmation.
Application Procedure
- Complete the application form and email it, along with any additional documents required, to OIRM at oirm@oirm.ca by 11:59 PM (sender’s time) Wednesday, July 18, 2018.
- The CTEG partners’ Training & Education Committees will review all complete applications, and applicants will be informed of the competition outcome by Friday, August 10, 2018.
Reporting and Communication Requirements
By accepting a SCN travel award, the recipient agrees to provide a report describing the value of the training and networking opportunities made available through the award. This information will be used at SCN’s discretion on its website, newsletters and for the purpose of reporting to their funding agencies. Please note that expense reimbursement will be processed only once the completed report is received.
By registering for this workshop attendees acknowledge that their picture may be taken during the workshop, which may be used in the materials described above.
Questions
Please contact Megan Mahoney at memahoney@biocanrx.com.
The Clinical Translation Education Group (CTEG)
CTEG is a collaboration, formed in 2016, between seven organizations involved in, or supporting, experimental clinical cellular therapy. It was established to address the absence of a high-quality, structured educational training program in the clinical translation of biotherapeutics. The long-term vision of CTEG is to develop a training strategy in clinical translation to cover aspects of research translation from its early discovery to the clinical trial and commercialization stage.
CTEG members are:
