This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching using the DERWENT worldwide patent database. 

Date: Oct. 8th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

In recognition of Professor Crépeau’s lifelong commitment to the defense of the human rights of migrants, the event will consist of a panel discussion entitled “Human mobility between sovereign controls and rights guarantees.” Professor James Hathaway, Professor Hélène Pellerin and Louis-Phillipe Jannard will join Professor Crépeau in this conversation.

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Date: Oct. 22nd, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

Date: Oct. 28th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

Democratic norms are decaying as strongman leaders disable checks on their power; artificial intelligence permeates every sector of societies. Although reflecting different origins and dynamics, these two trends in the first decades of the 21 century both escalate social distrust and diminish human capacities. Join us for a discussion on the necessity of reclaiming avenues for resistance and amplifying human capabilities of collaboration and protest, including through the use of technologies.