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SUMMARY:Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Interested in AccelerateIP but not sure where to start?\nNeed help finding the right AccelerateIP stream or understanding your options? Book a free virtual Office Hours session with one of our team members. \nMeet with Our Team:\nIP-related questions or business questions: \nChang Han\nIP Executive in Residence and former IP lawyer\nAvailability: Fridays | 9:30AM–4:00PM PT\nBook a time with Chang \nSusan Tees\nIP Director and veteran Class I patent agent\nAvailability: Mon–Thurs | 9:00AM–4:30PM PT\nBook a time with Susan \nProgram questions: \nRachel Burns\nProgram Director\, IP Programs\nAvailability: Tues | 2pm – 4pm\nStream 1\, 2-1 and 2-2 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Rachel \nCagla Buzluk\nProgram Manager\, AccelerateIP\nAvailability: Mon & Wed | 11:00AM–12:30PM PT\nStream 3 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Cagla \nPlease note\, this isn’t legal advice but a chance to explore your opportunities within our programs.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ongoing-office-hours/2026-05-15/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260519
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SUMMARY:IP Pathways: Get your education pre-req for AccelerateIP
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Fundamentals\, Protect your Innovations\nA strong intellectual property strategy can give your startup a competitive edge\, but knowing when and where to start isn’t always easy. IP Pathways provides founders\, executives\, and employees with the fundamental knowledge needed to align IP strategy with business growth. \nThis free\, online program is designed for startups and scaleups\, offering expert-led sessions\, practical case studies\, and certification upon completion. Whether you’re new to IP or looking to deepen your understanding\, IP Pathways helps you gain the skills to protect and leverage your innovations. \nIP Certification\nBy completing the program and passing the final exam\, you’ll receive a certification. That means you will have obtained the required education pre-requisite for Streams 2-2 and Stream 3 in AccelerateIP. \n\n\nUpcoming Cohorts\nApplications are submitted through New Ventures BC. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlexible\, Online 3-Session Series: May 19\, 21\, 26 \nIntensive 1-Day Session: June 2 or June 25\, 1-4pm \nLearn More
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ip-pathways-get-ip-certified/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T160000
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SUMMARY:Accelerating IP Strategy | Accelerate Okanagan
DESCRIPTION:Join Accelerate Okanagan on June 8th for Accelerating Your IP Strategy\, a practical session on protecting your ideas and accessing funding to grow your business. \nThis session coincides with the reopening of funding applications through AccelerateIP and IP Assist.Whether you are entering new markets\, raising capital\, or negotiating partnerships\, understanding your intellectual property rights and options can help you avoid costly missteps and strengthen your competitive position. \nLed by Richard Okimaw\, a mechanical engineer and a patent and trademark agent registered in Canada and the United States\, and Paul Matthews\, P.Eng. (AB)\, a technology commercialization lawyer licensed in both Canada and the United States and a registered professional engineer\, both of Lawson Lundell LLP. Together\, Rick and Paul bring combined legal and engineering expertise to advising technology companies on patent and trademark protection\, commercialization\, licensing\, and IP strategy. The session is designed for founders and business owners – no prior legal background is required. \nAccelerate Okanagan will join the discussion to share the latest funding programs and supports available to help startups grow\, including how to access AccelerateIP and IP Assist. \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\nTech founders\, entrepreneurs\, and anyone building a business who wants to learn how to protect their ideas and find funding support. \nWhat to Expect\n\nInteractive Discussion: Bring your questions and real-world scenarios. The session is structured as a moderated conversation\, not a lecture\, with plenty of room to engage with the presenters.\nNetworking\, Food & Refreshments: Stay after to connect with other founders\, legal advisors\, and community members.\nOptional 1:1 or Small Group Consults: If you would prefer to ask questions in a more private setting\, breakout space will be available.\n\n\nLocation\nAccelerate Okanagan HQ Boardroom\,\n460 Doyle Avenue\, #201 Kelowna\, BC V1Y 0C2 \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/accelerating-ip-strategy-accelerate-okanagan/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260720
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SUMMARY:Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Interested in AccelerateIP but not sure where to start?\nNeed help finding the right AccelerateIP stream or understanding your options? Book a free virtual Office Hours session with one of our team members. \nMeet with Our Team:\nIP-related questions or business questions: \nChang Han\nIP Executive in Residence and former IP lawyer\nAvailability: Fridays | 9:30AM–4:00PM PT\nBook a time with Chang \nSusan Tees\nIP Director and veteran Class I patent agent\nAvailability: Mon–Thurs | 9:00AM–4:30PM PT\nBook a time with Susan \nProgram questions: \nRachel Burns\nProgram Director\, IP Programs\nAvailability: Tues | 2pm – 4pm\nStream 1\, 2-1 and 2-2 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Rachel \nCagla Buzluk\nProgram Manager\, AccelerateIP\nAvailability: Mon & Wed | 11:00AM–12:30PM PT\nStream 3 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Cagla \nPlease note\, this isn’t legal advice but a chance to explore your opportunities within our programs.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ongoing-office-hours/2026-06-19/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Interested in AccelerateIP but not sure where to start?\nNeed help finding the right AccelerateIP stream or understanding your options? Book a free virtual Office Hours session with one of our team members. \nMeet with Our Team:\nIP-related questions or business questions: \nChang Han\nIP Executive in Residence and former IP lawyer\nAvailability: Fridays | 9:30AM–4:00PM PT\nBook a time with Chang \nSusan Tees\nIP Director and veteran Class I patent agent\nAvailability: Mon–Thurs | 9:00AM–4:30PM PT\nBook a time with Susan \nProgram questions: \nRachel Burns\nProgram Director\, IP Programs\nAvailability: Tues | 2pm – 4pm\nStream 1\, 2-1 and 2-2 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Rachel \nCagla Buzluk\nProgram Manager\, AccelerateIP\nAvailability: Mon & Wed | 11:00AM–12:30PM PT\nStream 3 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Cagla \nPlease note\, this isn’t legal advice but a chance to explore your opportunities within our programs.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ongoing-office-hours/2026-07-17/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Interested in AccelerateIP but not sure where to start?\nNeed help finding the right AccelerateIP stream or understanding your options? Book a free virtual Office Hours session with one of our team members. \nMeet with Our Team:\nIP-related questions or business questions: \nChang Han\nIP Executive in Residence and former IP lawyer\nAvailability: Fridays | 9:30AM–4:00PM PT\nBook a time with Chang \nSusan Tees\nIP Director and veteran Class I patent agent\nAvailability: Mon–Thurs | 9:00AM–4:30PM PT\nBook a time with Susan \nProgram questions: \nRachel Burns\nProgram Director\, IP Programs\nAvailability: Tues | 2pm – 4pm\nStream 1\, 2-1 and 2-2 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Rachel \nCagla Buzluk\nProgram Manager\, AccelerateIP\nAvailability: Mon & Wed | 11:00AM–12:30PM PT\nStream 3 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Cagla \nPlease note\, this isn’t legal advice but a chance to explore your opportunities within our programs.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ongoing-office-hours/2026-08-21/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
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SUMMARY:Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Interested in AccelerateIP but not sure where to start?\nNeed help finding the right AccelerateIP stream or understanding your options? Book a free virtual Office Hours session with one of our team members. \nMeet with Our Team:\nIP-related questions or business questions: \nChang Han\nIP Executive in Residence and former IP lawyer\nAvailability: Fridays | 9:30AM–4:00PM PT\nBook a time with Chang \nSusan Tees\nIP Director and veteran Class I patent agent\nAvailability: Mon–Thurs | 9:00AM–4:30PM PT\nBook a time with Susan \nProgram questions: \nRachel Burns\nProgram Director\, IP Programs\nAvailability: Tues | 2pm – 4pm\nStream 1\, 2-1 and 2-2 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Rachel \nCagla Buzluk\nProgram Manager\, AccelerateIP\nAvailability: Mon & Wed | 11:00AM–12:30PM PT\nStream 3 or other program-related questions\nBook a time with Cagla \nPlease note\, this isn’t legal advice but a chance to explore your opportunities within our programs.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ongoing-office-hours/2026-09-18/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261006T130000
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SUMMARY:IP Pathways: 1-day Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Fundamentals\, Protect your Innovations\nA strong intellectual property strategy can give your startup a competitive edge\, but knowing when and where to start isn’t always easy. IP Pathways provides founders\, executives\, and employees with the fundamental knowledge needed to align IP strategy with business growth. \nThis free\, online program is designed for startups and scaleups\, offering expert-led sessions\, practical case studies\, and certification upon completion. Whether you’re new to IP or looking to deepen your understanding\, IP Pathways helps you gain the skills to protect and leverage your innovations. \nIP Certification\nBy completing the program and passing the final exam\, you’ll receive a certification. That means you will have obtained the required education pre-requisite for Streams 2-2 and Stream 3 in AccelerateIP.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ip-pathways-1-day-intensive/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T140000
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SUMMARY:The AI & IP Checklist: What Startups Need to Get Right Before Their Next Financing
DESCRIPTION:  \nArtificial intelligence is changing not only how startups build products\, but also the intellectual property questions investors ask when deciding whether to invest. \n​Join Maya Medeiros\, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright\, and Byron Thom\, Partner at BDC Capital\, for a practical discussion of the AI and IP issues founders should be thinking about before their next financing. Drawing on the types of questions increasingly arising in investment due diligence\, the session will examine how startups can protect their IP (including for AI-focused startups) while adopting AI throughout their products and businesses. \n​Topics will include: \n\n​Ownership and protection of AI-enabled innovation\, including how traditional approaches to intellectual property are evolving as AI becomes part of the development process.\nData\, third-party technology and AI tools\, and the IP considerations that arise when startups build using technologies and information they did not create themselves.\nManaging AI-related IP risk as a company grows\, from internal use of AI through to relationships with customers and technology providers.\nPreparing for investor diligence\, including the practical steps founders can take today to identify and address potential AI and IP issues before a financing.\n\n​The discussion will combine legal and investor perspectives\, using practical examples to help founders understand where AI can create unexpected IP risks\, which issues investors are increasingly examining\, and how good practices established early can help avoid problems during financing or a future acquisition. \nDate: November 18\, 2026\nTime: 1:00–2:00 PM PCT\nFormat: Virtual \nRegister Here\n​Presenters: \n​Maya Medeiros – Maya Medeiros is an intellectual property lawyer\, patent agent (Canada\, US) and trademark agent (Canada\, US) and has a degree in mathematics and computer science. She has extensive experience in artificial intelligence\, blockchain\, cybersecurity\, cryptography\, payments\, graph theory\, risk management\, gaming\, face recognition\, communications\, healthcare and medical devices\, virtual and mixed reality\, wearables\, and other computer-related technologies. She is a key contributor to www.insidetechlaw.com on the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence. \n​Maya advises many companies on IP strategy and develops tailored IP policies and training programs across a wide range of topics. She is an adjunct professor at York University and teaches a course on the commercialization of intellectual property. She leads a collaboration with IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic to supervise its clinic students and service emerging companies. \n​Byron Thom (moderator) – Byron is a lifelong technology enthusiast who has worn many hats in his tech career. Trained as an engineer and a lawyer\, he practiced at one of the leading IP boutiques in Canada helping startups and multinationals protect their technological assets. As a startup founder\, he is a patented inventor who drafted and prosecuted his company’s own patent applications. And\, as a venture capitalist and board member\, he often works with his portfolio companies to develop IP strategies to focus their limited resources on key assets that matter to the business\, to investors\, and to potential acquirers. \n​Byron is a Partner at the BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and sits on the Board of Governors at UBC.
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/the-ai-ip-checklist-what-startups-need-to-get-right-before-their-next-financing/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261130T130000
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SUMMARY:Navigating IP in Commercial Agreements: From NDAs to Collaborations and Manufacturing Contracts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by AirFrameIP | 90-Minute Seminar\nAs startups grow\, they increasingly engage with third parties through confidentiality agreements\, material transfers\, research collaborations\, strategic partnerships and manufacturing arrangements. Each of these relationships presents important intellectual property (IP) considerations that can affect a startup’s ability to protect\, develop and commercialize its technology. \nJoin AirFrameIP for a practical educational seminar exploring key IP considerations across four common types of commercial relationships: \n\nDisclosures and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs): Protecting confidential information and managing IP disclosures.\nMaterial Transfer Agreements (MTAs): Understanding IP rights and obligations when sharing materials for testing\, evaluation or research.\nCollaboration and IP Partnership Agreements: Addressing background IP\, ownership of newly developed IP\, licensing rights and commercialization considerations.\nManufacturing Agreements: Protecting IP when working with third-party manufacturers and scaling production.\n\nThroughout the session\, participants will be introduced to AirFrameIP’s online learning platform\, including practical tools and resources designed to help technology companies identify\, assess and manage IP considerations in their commercial relationships. \nRegister Here\nDate: November 30\, 2026Time: 1:00–2:30 PM PTFormat: Virtual | 90 minutes
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/navigating-ip-in-commercial-agreements-from-ndas-to-collaborations-and-manufacturing-contracts/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T160000
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SUMMARY:IP Pathways: 1-day Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Fundamentals\, Protect your Innovations\nA strong intellectual property strategy can give your startup a competitive edge\, but knowing when and where to start isn’t always easy. IP Pathways provides founders\, executives\, and employees with the fundamental knowledge needed to align IP strategy with business growth. \nThis free\, online program is designed for startups and scaleups\, offering expert-led sessions\, practical case studies\, and certification upon completion. Whether you’re new to IP or looking to deepen your understanding\, IP Pathways helps you gain the skills to protect and leverage your innovations. \nIP Certification\nBy completing the program and passing the final exam\, you’ll receive a certification. That means you will have obtained the required education pre-requisite for Streams 2-2 and Stream 3 in AccelerateIP. \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.accelerateip.ca/event/ip-pathways-1-day-intensive-2/
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