Join us for a networking event dedicated to women innovators & entrepreneurs looking to forge meaningful connections.

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.

Date: Nov. 25th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

Over the past twelve years, the McGill Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded McGill technological innovators. Our annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship highlights and celebrates our community of students, researchers, and faculty that are developing technologically-based solutions and new ventures to solve real-world problems. A number of awards will be announced, the year’s projects will be highlighted, and our inventor

Every year, billions of dollars are invested by funding agencies in basic and translational research, yet the path from academic discovery to private investment necessary for the creation of new companies is rarely straightforward. In this seminar, you'll get an inside look at how investors work, what makes a research idea stand out to venture capitalists, and how they evaluate translational value of scientific opportunities. By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer grasp of the framework needed to transition an idea or mechanism discovered in the lab to an investment phase.