CLIC Workshop Facilitators

Edna Chosack

Edna Chosack
Healthcare Stream Lead, Senior Coach, District 3

With a wealth of international experience in taking ideas to market—always at the dynamic intersection of where entrepreneurship and experiential learning meet—Edna Chosack, M.Sc., MBA, is the Healthcare Stream lead and Senior Coach at District 3, a leading innovation centre in Montreal. Edna is also a member of the Medical Device Research Centre Advisory Board of the National Research Council Canada.

As the co-founder and VP, Strategic Marketing at Simbionix Inc. (acquired by Surgical Science for $305M USD) , Ms. Chosack co-built the company into an international surgical-simulation leader, becoming internationally recognized as one of a few experts who leverage medical-simulation experiential learning into business success stories.

As Director at CAE Healthcare, she established and managed the surgical-simulation business line. She was a member of the advisory committee at McGill University’s Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning. She held her consultancy services for private internationals in China, Europe and North America.

Carmela De Luca

Carmela De Luca
Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP

Carmela De Luca is a partner with Bereskin & Parr LLP and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She is a lawyer called to the bar in Ontario and a registered patent agent in Canada and the United States. She practices in all areas of intellectual property law, with a focus on patent matters, including advising clients on strategic global aspects of obtaining and managing patent portfolios, and the preparation and procurement of patents and industrial designs. Carmela is the founding and Emeritus Co-chair of the Greater Montréal Chapter of Women in Bio (WIB) and co-chair of Young Women In Bio (YWIB). She has been a faculty member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's (IPIC) Patent Drafting Course and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Clinical Innovation Platform (CLIP) of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Denis Keseris

Denis Keseris
Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP

Denis Keseris is a partner at Bereskin & Parr LLP, and a member of the Electrical & Computer Technology practice group. Denis is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of British Patent Attorneys and is qualified as a European Patent Attorney and a registered patent agent in Canada and the United States. He received a Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from the University of London’s Queen Mary School of Law. Denis completed his B.A.Sc. in Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Denis has over 15 years of IP experience in Europe and North America. Before entering private practice, Denis was a member of the examination branches of both the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the U.K. Intellectual Property Office.

 

Laurent Messier

Laurent Messier
Marketing Director, CLEIO 

 

 

Ismail Chaaraoui
Quality Assurance Manager, CLEIO

 

Philippe Lapierre

Philippe Lapierre
Business Development Manager, CLEIO

 

 

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