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BEST in Genomics !, Sept. 27, 2011
Boosting Entrepreneurial Skills & Training: BEST in genomics !
Ottawa, 27 septembre 2011Denis J. Garand, Ph.D., FSA-MNG, Université Laval
Genome Canada / Génome Québec
Entrepreneurship Education in Genomics (EEG) Program
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Denis J. Garand Laval U. - FSA - Entrepreneurship & SME Management
Diane Poulin Laval U. - FSA - Management Dept. (High-tech strategy)
Maripier Tremblay Laval U. - FSA - Management Dept. (Entrepreneurship)
Sophie Veilleux UQAM - ESG - Marketing Dept. (International technology)
Jacques Baronet Sherbrooke U. - Entrepreneurship Institute
Johanne Queenton Sherbrooke U. - Innovation management
Catherine Beaudry Polytechnique Montreal - Maths & Industrial Engineering
Roger C. Lévesque Laval U. - Institut Biologie Intégrative et Systèmes (IBIS)
Michel G. Bergeron Laval U. - CHUL Research Center (CHUQ)
Marc-André Sirard Laval U. - FSAA - INAF (Animal genomics)
Richard Cloutier CQVB - Centre québécois de valorisation des biotechnologies
Francis Beaulieu Montréal InVivo
BEST in genomics ! The best team of all !
Plus : an impressive SEAB (advisory board) of 10 members +30 collaborators from all fields of genomics and regions in Québec and Atlantic
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Genome Canada, Génome Québec, Université Laval.
CQVB, Montréal InVivo.
Private funding :◦BD◦Managium◦CQDM
Needed co-funding : 25% … ± 300 K$ secured before June 2012
Total budget (2011-2014) : 1.2 M $
BEST in genomics ! Partners and funding
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Universal definition of entrepreneurship
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Who and where arepotential entrepreneurs ?
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BEST in genomics ! The missing link …
BEST is a combination of four generic activities :– awareness– education– training– business model development
However, awareness appears as one of the missing links in entrepreneurship education and venture creation / development.
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BEST in genomics ! Objectives
to foster, analyze and maximize the knowledge translation of scientific innovations into commercially relevant outputs
specifically, how to create and capture value from biotech and genomics research
to bring together all stakeholders (academia, public and private) in supporting these scientific entrepreneurs and their projects
how to translate these discoveries into marketable applications, products, technologies, systems and processes.
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BEST in genomics ! Means
Identifying all those active, latent and potential intra- and entrepreneurs in genomics
providing them with the necessary entrepreneurial skills required to succeed
helping researchers and their projects by understanding the processes and players involved in commercialization
optimizing the availability of expertises from all stakeholders from Québec and Atlantic (universities, research centers, UTTS/IULO, industry-led clusters, private firms)
building an embedded and symbiotic entrepreneurship education profile for genomics.
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Even if graduate students are not yet Genome Canada funded researchers, they must be included in this pilot project as they are the future candidates for such funding
Fostering entrepreneurship is a long term process involving the development of an entrepreneurial culture
Encoding entrepreneurship attitudes and skills within these younger cohorts of scientists will eventually impact the older groups
Seniors will then face more entrepreneurial new-comers, inducing among everyone more effervescence and emulation.
BEST in genomics ! Culture enabler
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Help scientists to realize their entrepreneurial potential, as many of them have never been aware of it, or confirm their true value as active entrepreneurs
Provide the tools to develop their savoir-agir (action)
Through five generic entrepreneurial competences :
◦ creativity and innovation
◦ flexibility and adaptability
◦ communication
◦ networking
◦ problem-solving
BEST in genomics ! Competences & Skills
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BEST in genomics ! In four (4) levels
Four-Level personalized approach bringing together individuals and their entrepreneurial objectives:Level 1 : Enlightening entrepreneurial
awarenessLevel 2 : Scientific innovation and
opportunity recognitionLevel 3 : Enhancing the value of
innovations - Connecting science to industry
Level 4 : Bouncing from project to commercialization
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BEST in genomics ! Expected outcomes
Develop a wider, stronger, and long-lasting basis of entrepreneurial culture for all fields of genomics.
Be more proactive in increasing well-understood success factors associated with commercializing research – fundamental concepts of effective entrepreneurship - instead of waiting for those rare cases of successful genomics entrepreneurs.
Expand and optimize relationships between academia and private firms in biotech and genomics.
Improve and maintain short-, mid- and long-term economic outcomes in Canada.
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BEST in genomics ! To conclude …
Fostering and maintaining an entrepreneurial culture, especially among scientists and academics, is not an easy task, as it’s now missing so much.
BEST in genomics! has all the drive and expertise needed to attain such objectives.
Please support this 3-year pilot-project and you will be fully rewarded on the mid- and long-term.
Let’s spread the entrepreneurial virusamong biotech and genomics !
No cure is needed.Infection starts RIGHT NOW !
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BEST in genomics ! Contacts …
For further information, please feel free to contact :
Denis J. GARAND : (418) 261-1827Université Laval : [email protected]
Richard CLOUTIER : (418) 657-3853 #209CQVB : [email protected]
Francis BEAULIEU : (514) 987-9386Montréal InVivo : [email protected]