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This Nuit blanche, we are looking for the next big act. Aspiring ChemPOP stars from everywhere are coming to the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Department of Chemistry to compete in the biggest competition ever. We need your help to crown the next ChemPOP star! Who will be POPular?
Free shows. 6:30PM (EN), 7:30PM (FR), 9:00PM (EN) & 10PM (FR).
For more information about Montreal's Nuit blanche, please visit the following linkÂ

Led by a team of caseworkers from , this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ideal legal structure.      Â
Date: Mar. 11th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Date: Mar. 18th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Engine's Entrepreneurship-in-Action Speaker Series (EIASS) provides an opportunity to hear from entrepreneurs, accelerators, incubators, and investors about their experiences and offerings, and to network with them.Â
Upcoming EIASS Event Details
Speakers:Â Nicolas Westgate and Paul Albert Lebrun
Date: Mar 18th, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET
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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 with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Date: Mar. 25th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Date: Apr. 1st, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)

This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Apr. 8th, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)