Elliot Fung, Board of Directors, Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON), will be the keynote speaker at FACIT’s 10th anniversary Falcons' Fortunes Pitch Competition.

Falcons' Fortunes showcases six Ontario-based entrepreneurs working in the oncology space as they pitch their innovative research ideas to an external panel of elite judges. Hosted by FACIT, this annual event offers the $100,000 Ernsting Entrepreneurship Award to invest in the most promising oncology research idea.

Join the event to learn more about these emerging breakthrough innovations and network with the Ontario cancer research community.

For more information, visit the event website here.

Agenda:

2:30 pm Doors open

3:00 – 3:10 pm Welcome, opening remarks by David O’Neill, President, FACIT

3:10 – 3:25 pm Keynote address by Elliot Fung, Board of Directors, Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON)

3:25 – 3:30 pm Overview of the competition

3:30 – 4:30 pm Pitches #1-3

4:30 – 4:45 pm Break

4:45 – 5:45 pm Pitches #4-6

5:45 – 5:50 pm Reflections from Terry Hawrysh, Patient Partner, and Closing remarks

5:50 – 7:30 pm Reception and announcement of winners

Judging Panel:

Ken Lawless, FACIT Board Director

Michelle McBane, Managing Director, StandUp Ventures

Kuldeep Neote, FACIT Executive-in-Residence

Jung-Kay Chiu, Partner, Canadian National Chair, Intellectual Property, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada