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Business - Program Portals Education - Faculty & Staff Portal Grad Studies - Faculty & Staff Portal Health Sciences - Elentra Law - QLaw Change password / Manage NetIDIn the annual Dunin-Deshpande Summer Pitch Competition, teams have the opportunity to compete for Kingston's largest prize pool. The competition provides post-secondary students and members of the Kingston community with an opportunity to advance their early-stage venture through non-dilutive funding and mentorship.
Reitumetse Kholumo, a 25-year-old entrepreneur and chemical engineering student and Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship 2022 Alumni, is on a mission to empower South African traditional beer makers and promote indigenous knowledge systems. Her company, Kwela Brews, aims to address the challenges faced by women who brew traditional African beer, such as inconsistent buyers and competition from low-cost alternatives. Kwela Brews acts as a distributor, paying the women for their brews and supplying them with ingredients.
A brand new makerspace course is launching at Queen's University. ENIN 250, Makerspaces and the Creative and Innovative Process, is designed to empower students with the mindset and skillset of an innovator, focusing on the principles of design thinking and the potential of the maker movement to create social impacts.
A QYourVenture company co-founded by researchers in the Eye Movement Lab at the Faculty of Health Sciences were selected for the INOVAIT Pilot Fund to advance their startup venture, Dynamiris.
DDQIC joined Undergraduate Recruitment on visits to high schools in key recruitment markets in Spring 2023 to deliver Design Thinking workshops and micro-credentials to youth. Design Thinking is a problem-solving methodology leveraged by Forbes 500 companies and entrepreneurs to develop innovative products, services, and impactful solutions. The Queen’s micro-credential enhances students' career resumes and complements their applications to post-secondary.
Date
Thursday August 17, 2023Location
Mitchell Hall Building - 69 Union Street West, Kingston, ON K7L 2N9Every year, our team organizes regional pitch competitions that give post-secondary students and other members of the Kingston community, the opportunity to advance their early stage venture through funding and mentorship. In the annual Dunin-Deshpande Summer Pitch Competition, teams have the opportunity to receive non dilutive seed funding. Competitors will go through a series of rounds and receive coaching from the DDQIC team and members of the global network to improve their final pitch. During the final round of the competition, audience members are invited to watch and participate in choosing the winner of the Wisdom of Market Award - a prize given to the audience's favorite venture.
Register to attend the Final Pitch Competition on Thursday, Aug 17th, 2023 here
Watch the livestream here:
https://queensu.zoom.us/j/96521260263?pwd=YjB0YWE4cTdadjhqVThhd1E0OEgzUT09
Passcode: 701762
Date
Thursday June 22, 2023Location
Event Commons (Room 103), Mitchell Hall Building - 69 Union Street West, Kingston, ON K7L 2N9Connect with like-minded innovators, change-makers and experts from Queen's, Kingston and surrounding region at the Ignition Café! Hosted by the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC), Ignition Café is Kingston’s go-to monthly meet-up for anyone looking to meet like-minded change-makers, share ideas, collaborate and foster meaningful connections. All are welcome!
Register here
Date
Thursday May 25, 2023Location
Event Commons (Room 103), Mitchell Hall Building - 69 Union Street West, Kingston, ON K7L 2N9Connect with like-minded innovators, change-makers and experts from Queen's, Kingston and surrounding region at the Ignition Café! Hosted by the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC), Ignition Café is Kingston’s go-to monthly meet-up for anyone looking to meet like-minded change-makers, share ideas, collaborate and foster meaningful connections. All are welcome!
This month we are inviting everyone in our ecosystem to come, meet, and network with this year's QICSI and Build2Scale cohorts! This is a great opportunity to meet the world's next innovators and entrepreneurs!
Register here
Our quarterly updates are packed with founder success stories and news on DDQIC events and programs. To learn more about our alumni and the future of programs like Build2Scale Health, visit the link below for more details.
Here's a look at this month's issue:
My métier comprises orchestrating the initiatives and the skills of rookies, veterans, technical experts, production planners, financial partners, and customers to develop technologies, scale fulfillment, launch products, and drive profitable sales for novel products, services, and business models. My career experience spans technologies involving integrating microelectronics, sensors, data systems, system operational software, image processing/recognition, production automation systems, and nanomaterials.
