Discover step by step how to take your ideas from bench to shelf, and bench to bed.
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*This is an archived page and will no longer be updated as of summer 2022. Visit our current SBME Propels series here.*
SBME would like to sincerely thank our partners, speakers, and attendees for making SBME Propels inaugural year a huge success!
A special thank you to our partners at e@UBC for their extensive support and partnership of the Propels Series.
We look forward to hosting another fantastic lineup of professional development programming this Fall. Please stay tuned for more information on SBME Propels 2022-23 season, all programming updates will be posted here shortly.
SESSIONS
Getting Your Ideas into Practice: Session 1
TOPICS: Technology transfer, company creation, knowledge translation/exchange
WHEN: September 22nd | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
- Brett Sharp (UILO Associate Director)
- Tessa Cheng (Knowledge Exchange Research Impact Specialist)
- Karen Chu (VPRI Innovation Partnerships Manager)
Getting Your Ideas into Practice: Session 2
TOPICS: Panel of researchers who have taken each path
WHEN: October 6th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (moderator; e@UBC Associate Director)
- Carlos Gerardo (Sonos Microsystems co-founder)
- Peter Rahfeld (ABOzymes Biomedical Inc. co-founder)
- Ada Leung (Cuprous Pharmaceuticals co-founder)
- Roxanna Delima (UBC PhD candidate)
- Linda Li (UBC CRC in patient-oriented knowledge translation)
Commercialization Considerations for Early-Stage Academic Project Design
TOPICS: Engaging commercialization experts early in the research process; protecting your innovation & UBC’s disclosure process; developing a commercialization opportunity based on a research program
WHEN: November 17th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
- Lynsey Huxham (UILO Tech Transfer Manager)
- David Perrin (UBC Chemistry Professor)
Success Starts with the End in Mind: Human-centered Design & Clinical Applications
TOPICS: Case study of integrating engineering and medicine throughout the research process; clinical needs and applications of technologies in medicine
WHEN: January 12th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Babak Shadghan (SBME Associate Faculty, Orthopedics Assistant Professor)
- Pierre Guy (Professor & Head, Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, UBC Department of Orthopaedics)
Success Starts with the End in Mind: Target Market Considerations
TOPICS: Developing a target product profile for your innovation
WHEN: January 26th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
- TBD
Company Creation 101: Part 1
TOPICS: Identifying the problem you seek to address; competitive analysis and market research
WHEN: February 9th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
Company Creation 101: Part 2
TOPICS: Pitching Your Compelling Story
WHEN: February 16th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
- Allyson Tighe (Amplitude Ventures)
Investing in Innovations
TOPICS: Government funds, Angel investors, VC, corporate partnering/investing; incubators and accelerators
WHEN: March 30th | 12-1pm PT
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Sean Lumb (e@UBC Associate Director)
- Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)
- VANTEC Angel Network
- Jason Robertson (Nimbus Synergies)
- Matthew Mistry (CCRM Enterprises)
- Allyson TIghe (Amplitude Ventures)