Webinar

This workshop highlights how SFU supports its entrepreneurs in understanding how to optimize their Intellectual Property strategy.

Developing a Long-term IP Strategy and Ensuring that you have ‘Freedom to Operate’

Join panel moderator Neil Branda, Executive Director at 4D Labs, for a workshop for Science and Technology Entrepreneurs that are commercializing Intellectual Property. IPs can be the basis of a company and important for partnering, raising capital and market access.

Presented by SFU’s Chang Institute and Coast Capital Venture Connection in partnership with SFU VentureLabs and GenomeBC.

FACILITATORS

Kamaldeep (Kam) Singh

Kamaldeep is the Director of Technology Licensing & IP Legal Counsel at Simon Fraser University. As a silicon Valley veteran, he’s an expert in intellectual property, technology transfer, patent support and commercialization.

Elizabeta Cubaleska

Elizabeta is the Senior Manager of Patent Services at Questel, “End to End, Integrated IP”. Elizabeta is very familiar with commercialization of technologies from Universities and will focus on ‘Freedom to Operate’ when you commercialize.

Cynthia Shippam

Cynthia is is an Industry Technical Advisor (ITA) with the National Research Council (NRC-IRAP). IRAP works with SMEs to support growth through innovation. Cynthia brings to her role as an ITA more than 20 years’ experience in research, technology transfer, commercialization and intellectual property protection with SMEs. She has developed and managed intellectual property in a variety of industries, both in private practice and in-house. Her academic and professional experience (PhD, MBA, Patent Agent) provides her with a broad technical background in life sciences, including: research in agriculture and infectious disease models; assessment, protection and commercialization of novel chemical entities; bioinformatics; assay development; and medical devices.

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