Seminar: IP Commercialisation in North America from a Canadian Perspective: trying to do business next to the giant Speaker: Marcel D Mongeon, Intellectual Property Coach, Mongeon Consulting Inc Date: Tuesday 8th July 2008 Venue: Seminar Room 3, The Universtiy Club of Western Australia Time: 8.30am to 1.30pm Cost: Free for UWA Staff and KCA Members / Non KCA Members - $100 per person (Lunch included) The University of Western Australia and Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia are pleased to present Marcel Mongeon, an internationally recognized public speaker and trainer specializing in the areas of intellectual property management, negotiations and technology transfer in publicly-funded institutions. Marcel participates annually in AUTM’s Basic Licensing Course and is the coordinator of ACCT Canada’s Introduction to Technology Transfer Course. He has extensive experience in training participants in technology transfer subjects in North America, South Africa, Singapore and elsewhere. Marcel is an independent Intellectual Property Coach assisting institutions and companies with devising and implementing strategies to profit from their intangible assets. He is a lawyer qualified in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec as well as New York State in the USA. He is a Canadian Registered Patent and Trade-mark Agent Marcel holds business, law and science degrees from McGill (BCom, LLB, BCL), McMaster (MBA) and Swinburne Universities (MSc) and is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. His work experience includes having been in charge of the technology transfer office at McMaster University overseeing all sponsored research, patenting and commercialization activities of this comprehensive university from 1997 to 2006. Marcel is an active Rotarian and has served on the boards of, among other organizations, his local chamber of commerce, the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus, the Association of University Technology Managers and the Canadian University Intellectual Property Group. He is also a part-time deputy judge of the Hamilton Small Claims Court where he adjudicates claims up to the jurisdictional limit of $10,000. RSVP by 1 July 2008 to Sarah Stephens on 08 6488 7172 or sarah.stephens@uwa.edu.au | 