McMaster Innovation Showcase 2014

When: Wednesday November 12th 2014 from 8:00am to 5:00pm

Where: McMaster Innovation Park @ 175 Longwood Road South

Register: eventbrite.ca/e/mcmaster-innovation-showcase-2014-tickets-12048161375

Opening Doors for Innovation

McMaster Innovation Showcase 2014 is an opportunity for the university to raise awareness of McMaster’s role in helping local businesses and economies grow. The event comprises of many events including a panel discussion, innovation showcases, open houses at student entrepreneurship hubs, and more. As always, the McMaster Industry Liaison Office’s goal is to help the research community create a culture of innovation and commercialization. This year’s showcase will be an chance to build and strengthen private-public sector partnerships, provide a venue for local business leaders to learn more about McMaster’s cutting edge research and technology, innovation, knowledge transfer, pool of student talent, as well as demonstrate to senior government officials the linkages between business and universities to enhance innovation and skill development. We’re taking this opportunity to connect the innovative ideas and research of McMaster faculty and students to people who are equally passionate about transforming ideas and services.

The McMaster Innovation Showcase 2014 will give innovators the tools and knowledge they need to realize the potential of their discoveries and inventions. Specifically, this year’s event will feature:

• Keynote address by Mike Kirkup, Director of the VeloCity program at the University of Waterloo
• A roundtable discussion featuring participants from McMaster and the local community. The roundtable will be hosted by CBC Hamilton producer Rick Hughes and discuss how McMaster can redouble its efforts at stimulating youth entrepreneurship and encouraging engagement between the University and the local community
• Technology presentations from McMaster researchers
• An Open Doors event where various institutes at the McMaster Innovation Park will open their doors for tours and presentations including The Forge, CANMET, CLSA and the Sustainable Archaeology facility
• A Poster competition, containing inventions and discoveries with commercial potential and social impact, as well as a pitch competition
• Breakout session hosted by the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD).  The CDRD is Canada’s fully integrated national drug development and commercialization centre.  The primary goal of the centre is to provide a bridge between science and business and to enable researchers from institutes like McMaster to advance early stage drug candidates.  Representatives from CDRD will discuss the centres goals and successes as well as the project submission process.  There will also be opportunities for one on one discussions with researchers
• Networking opportunities with entrepreneurs, industry representatives and academic researchers who are developing and commercializing new technologies
• The McMaster Innovator Awards which recognize innovators within the McMaster community for their contributions to research and commercialization success

We’re taking this opportunity to connect the innovative ideas and research of McMaster faculty and students to people who are equally passionate about transforming ideas and services

Full details and agenda at milo.mcmaster.ca/showcase

Registration and breakfast at 8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. November 12, 2014 at McMaster Innovation Park, Atrium

brought to you by The Office of the Vice-President, Research and International Affairs and the McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO)