Peter Cowan on leading Ontario's IP strategy

On this week’s episode, Mike and Steve chatted with Peter Cowan, CEO of Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON). Peter talked about his unlikely journey from mechanical engineering to intellectual property, the state of commercialization and IP development in Ontario, and how IPON will work with the province’s post-secondary institutions to help commercialize IP.

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Innovation can emerge from the most unlikely places. Each week, Mike Commito and Steve Gravel, two unlikely innovators in their own right, will highlight stories of unlikely innovation in post-secondary education and the private sector. Drawing from their experiences in the college applied research world, they will showcase the bright ideas happening in colleges and communities across Canada. Mike Commito is the Director of Applied Research at Cambrian College and Steve Gravel is the Manager of the Centre for Smart Mining, Cambrian's Technology Access Centre.