Past Events

View past innovation-related events sponsored by other Northwestern innovation and entrepreneurship groups.

Apr

2025

Navigating Regulatory Hurdles for Medical Device Innovators: Myths and Realities from Bench to Bedside

12:00 PM Online

Join the Querrey InQbation Lab for a special seminar with Elyse Kemmerer White, Ph.D. Bringing a medical device to marke...

Apr

2025

OUP Webinar | Founding a Startup as a Graduate Students

12:00 PM No Location

As a graduate student, many career options lie in front of you. One potential route is founding a startup based on the i...

Mar

2025

NSF SBIR/STTR Office Hours: Preparing your Fast-Track Proposal

1:00 PM No Location

In this session, an NSF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program direct...

Mar

2025

Navigating SBIR/STTR Accounting & Compliance: Exclusive Webinar!

1:00 PM No Location

An exclusive webinar, "Navigating the Complex Regulatory Requirements of SBIR/STTR Awards," presented by Jeremy Hinckley...

Mar

2025

Future Founder Spotlight

5:15 PM Evanston

The Future Founders 3-Minute Showcase is an exciting new program designed to equip research scientists with the skills t...

Feb

2025

Lunch and Learn

12:00 PM No Location

Guests from Energy Capital Ventures (ECV) will be sharing their unique perspective on Venture Capital’s role in the ener...

Feb

2025

Farley-Q Bootcamp - Day 2 of 2

All day Off-Campus

The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovations and The Querrey InQbation Lab are offering a unique two-day works...

Feb

2025

Farley-Q Bootcamp - Day 1 of 2

All day Off-Campus

The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovations and The Querrey InQbation Lab are offering a unique two-day works...

Feb

2025

FoundHer Series: Fundraising Lessons from Working at Uber and Investing in Unicorns

12:00 PM Online

Join the Querrey InQbation Lab for this FoundHer series event with Allison Allen, Founder and Investor, Trail Run Capita...

Jan

2025

RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series - Improv Mindset: Selling Your Vision with Adaptability and Confidence

9:00 AM Off-Campus

The RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series is a collaborative partnership between The Querrey InQbation Lab (The Q...

Jan

2025

RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series - Crafting Compelling Narratives: Storytelling Techniques for Effective Communication

9:00 AM Off-Campus

The RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series is a collaborative partnership between The Querrey InQbation Lab (The Q...

Jan

2025

RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series - Mastering Science Communication: Evaluating and Enhancing Your Pitch

9:00 AM Off-Campus

The RCTP-Q Science Communication Workshop Series is a collaborative partnership between The Querrey InQbation Lab (The Q...

Dec

2024

FoundHer 3M Spotlight - Dec. 4 Info Session

12:00 PM Online

The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join us for an information session to learn more about this exciting new progra...

Dec

2024

FounderHer 3 Minute Spotlight - Dec. 3 Info Session

12:00 PM Online

The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join us for an information session to learn more about this exciting new progra...

Nov

2024

OUP Webinar | Venture Studios

11:00 AM Online

Have you wondered what comprises a venture studio? How does this model differentiate from accelerators and incubators? J...

Nov

2024

Q Founder Series | Partnering 101 for Startups

12:00 PM Online

Partnering in life sciences is a critical way to access capital/capabilities, validate product or platform, build reputa...

Oct

2024

Trienens-Q Cleantech Accelerator & Entrepreneurship Event

4:00 PM Evanston

Join the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO) to learn about...

Oct

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Mariana Matus

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Oct

2024

OUP Webinar | Ask a VC

11:00 AM Online

The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join OUP* for their fifth annual 'Ask a VC' webinar, a session where academic f...

Sep

2024

OUP Webinar | Finding your Startup CEO Part 2: Sourcing

11:00 AM Online

The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join the second session of a two-part webinar series on finding your startup CE...

Sep

2024

Farley-Q | Tech Ventures Fellowship @ Engine Ventures

11:00 AM Online

The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and the Querrey InQbation Lab are co-hosting a conversation with Richard Collins ...

Aug

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Nishita Deka

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Jul

2024

Q Founder Series | Project Leadership in Drug Discovery

3:00 PM Chicago

After 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline as a medicinal chemist and department director, in 2019 Mike Bishop started Bishop Dru...

Jul

2024

Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR: A Program Supporting Innovation in R&D

12:00 PM Evanston

The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards more than $3 billion a year to small busine...

Jun

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Janice Chen

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Jun

2024

Q Founder Series | Building Financial Statements for Hardtech Startups

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab features the Q Founder Series, which focuses on critical topics that ear...

May

2024

Q Founder Series | Designing Quality and ICH Compliance into Clinical Trials

12:00 PM Chicago

Join us as we learn about the complex drug development journey from the initial discovery of therapeutic targets to prec...

May

2024

Q Founder Series | The Drug Development Journey: From Discovery to Regulatory Approval

12:00 PM Online

Join us as we learn about the complex drug development journey from the initial discovery of therapeutic targets to navi...

May

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Marinna Madrid

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Apr

2024

Green Entrepreneurship with INVO and the Trienens Institute

4:00 PM Evanston

The Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy invites faculty to attend a special presentation by the In...

Apr

2024

Tom Wagner | Creating A Technology Company, From Idea To Impact Dogs And Cats Living Together

12:30 PM Evanston

Join Tom Wagner, Ph.D., the founder & CEO of an AI and robotics company named Berkshire Grey, as he shares elements of h...

Apr

2024

Navigating the Medical Device and Diagnostic Regulatory Environment | A Perspective from Abbott Leaders

12:00 PM Online

Explore the landscape of global regulatory frameworks and strategic considerations pivotal in bringing a new medical dev...

Apr

2024

Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition | How Abbott leverages its innovation platform-- BinaxNOW and beyond

12:00 PM Online

Join us to learn about Abbott’s long and storied history of research and innovation in response to global pandemic threa...

Apr

2024

NU Biotech Club & INVO Presents: A Conversation with Andy Dunham

4:00 PM Chicago

Join us in a conversation with Andy Dunham! Currently the CEO of Hemanext, A Medtech and device company, and previously ...

Apr

2024

Fundraising for your Climate Startup with Scientist, Founder and Investor, Evaline Tsai, PhD

12:30 PM Evanston

Fundraising for your Climate Startup with Scientist, Founder and Investor, Evaline Tsai, PhD In this fireside chat, Giga...

Apr

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Elizabeth Wood

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Apr

2024

FreeStyle Libre: How Abbott created the most successful medical device in history

12:00 PM Online

Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre has become the most successful medical device of all time because it is simple, effective, and ...

Mar

2024

WARF Therapeutics: A Lean Academic Biotech Model

3:00 PM Online

Learn how WARF Therapeutics (WT), launched in 2018, is translating scientific discoveries at University of Wisconsin-Mad...

Feb

2024

Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR 101

12:00 PM Online

Is The SBIR/STTR Program Right for You? The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards mor...

Feb

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Peyton Greenside

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Feb

2024

Q Founder Series | Financial Statement Analysis for Startups

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab features the Q Founder Series, which focuses on critical topics that ear...

Jan

2024

Q Founder Series | Nuts & Bolts of an IND Application

1:00 PM Online

In this seminar, Mitchell Glass, Principal at Broom Street Associates, will describe the anatomy of an Investigational N...

Jan

2024

FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Tina Boville

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...

Jan

2024

Q Founder Seminar | Founder's Agreements

11:30 AM No Location

Join us for an upcoming seminar by Ken Obel of Good Counsel on founder's agreements for startups. He will provide valuab...

Jan

2024

Q Founder Seminar | Litigation and Disputes

12:00 PM Off-Campus

This talk will focus on common contract disputes between startups and their vendors, customers, and other third parties....

Jan

2024

Q Founder Seminar | Navigating the Therapeutics Regulatory Process

1:00 PM Online

In this seminar featuring Mitchell Glass, Principal at Broom Street Associates, will explore academic researchers' chall...

Dec

2023

Q Founder Series | Building a Target Product Profile Starting with the End in Mind

11:00 AM Online

Marta New, CEO of Radyus Research, will define and describe the anatomy of a Target Product Profile (TPP) and how it can...

Dec

2023

Q Founder Seminar | So you've got an amazing target...Considerations in Screening for New Therapeutics

12:00 PM Chicago

Identifying a novel target for a specific disease indication is an exciting discovery that may result in top journal pub...

Dec

2023

Q Founder Series at InQbation Lab | Intro to Venture Debt

12:00 PM No Location

The InQbation Lab's fourth seminar of the Q Founder Series will focus on venture debt by Bridge Bank. In this talk, Mitc...

Dec

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar | Your OUP Partnership

11:00 AM Online

Since its inception in 2009, OUP’s mission has been to foster deep partnerships with universities with three goals in mi...

Dec

2023

Q Founder Series | Bringing a Drug to Market from Bench to Bedside

11:00 AM Online

Marta New, CEO of Radyus Research, will provide a detailed overview of the drug discovery and development life cycle, co...

Nov

2023

Q Founder Seminar | So you’ve got a billion-dollar market to capture… A Reality Check on Sizing Your Biotech Market

12:00 PM Chicago

Oftentimes, startup founders position themselves to investors as having an addressable market that is much larger than r...

Nov

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by OUP | License Lowdown: What else affects startup financial deal terms?

11:00 AM Online

As most of you know, Osage University Partners (OUP) has accumulated a comprehensive database of de-identified license a...

Nov

2023

Q Founder Series at InQbation Lab | Labor and Employment Issues for Startups

12:00 PM Off-Campus

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...

Nov

2023

Q Founder Series | STTR/SBIR Funding Opportunities with Leading NIH Experts

4:00 PM Chicago

If you are an academic researcher interested in non-dilutive funding opportunities to commercialize your innovative proj...

Nov

2023

Q Founder Seminar | Getting to Yes: What goes into the diligence process

4:00 PM Chicago

From the stage of development and indication to team members and the competitive landscape, Erich Scheller will share th...

Oct

2023

Q Founder Series |Term Sheets, SAFES, and Other Fundraising Issues

12:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...

Oct

2023

Q Founder Series |Term Sheets, SAFES, and Other Fundraising Issues

12:00 PM Off-Campus

The InQbation Lab's second seminar of the Q Founder Series will focus on common investment terms and structures for earl...

Oct

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Ask a VC

11:00 AM Online

Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research....

Oct

2023

Introduction to Patent Law Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers

12:00 PM Evanston

The presentation will offer a brief overview of intellectual property and the patent process and discuss the role that p...

Sep

2023

Q Founder Series | Building the Team—How to Hire the First Team Members

12:00 PM Off-Campus

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...

Sep

2023

Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR programs supporting innovation in R&D

12:00 PM Online

Is The SBIR/STTR Program Right for You? The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards mor...

Sep

2023

Q Founder Series | Building the Team—How to Hire the First Team Members

2:00 PM Chicago

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...

Sep

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Patent Data Licensing Q & A

11:00 AM Online

A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP) on Patient Data Licensing Case Studies. OUP is a venture capita...

Sep

2023

Q Founder Series | Working with a Board of Directors

12:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-sta...

Aug

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Patient Data Licensing Case Studies

11:00 AM Online

A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP) on Patient Data Licensing Case Studies. This is part 4 in a 5-p...

Aug

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Setting up Boards for your Startup

11:00 AM Online

A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP). OUP is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that comm...

Aug

2023

Q Sponsored Seminar by FAST IL| Preparing for Phase II Before Phase I Proposal

1:00 PM Online

The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...

Aug

2023

InQbation Lab Summer Scholars| Demo Day

All day Off-Campus

Event to showcase our Summer Scholars Program *This event is by invitation only.

Jul

2023

Q Sponsored Webinar | SBIR/STTR: Post-Award Management by the FAST Center of Illinois

1:00 PM Online

The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...

Jul

2023

Q Founder Series | Getting Started on a Messaging Strategy

2:00 PM Off-Campus

Following the Messaging Your Mission seminar, Bill Bell -- founder & principal at the marketing firm Amplifier -- will f...

Jun

2023

Q Founder Series | Messaging Your Mission

2:00 PM Online

Developing a messaging strategy that tells your company's story is crucial. Even in your earliest days, you want to powe...

Jun

2023

Q-Sponsored Series by Osage University Partners | Funding and Equity in University Startups Cap Tables and Exits

12:00 PM Online

The next webinar in OUP’s Funding and Equity Webinar Series will focus on cap tables over funding rounds and what happen...

Jun

2023

Q Founder Series | Storytelling as a Strategy: A New Kind of SaaS Model

2:00 PM Online

For millennia in the real world, humans have connected to each other's hearts and minds, and inspired action, via the po...

Jun

2023

Q-Sponsored Series by Osage University Partners | University Proof-of-Concept Funds – Case Studies on Goals and Operations

11:00 AM Online

Considering a proof-of-concept fund and wondering how to start and operate it? Or already have a proof-of-concept fund a...

May

2023

Q Founder Series | The Do's and Don'ts for Success in Venture

12:00 PM Online

With multiple years of experience on the operating side of small ventures, large corporations, academic institutions, an...

May

2023

Q Hosted Seminar | The SBIR/STTR Playbook - Drafting a Winning Proposal by IL FAST Center

1:00 PM Online

The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...

May

2023

Q Hosted Seminar | Patient Data Licensing Webinar Series by Osage University Partners

11:00 AM Online

Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital firm that invests in startups and spinouts founded by academic inst...

May

2023

Q Founder Series | MythTaken: Five Common and Bad Assumptions CEOs Make About Leadership

1:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...

Apr

2023

Q FoundHer Series | Lessons from Founding StreetLight Data: The Business is Always Harder than the Technology

3:00 PM Online

Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Series to amplify women academic innovators & en...

Apr

2023

Q Founder Series at Feinberg | Fundraising Terms and Structures for Startups: SAFEs, Convertible Notes, and Term Sheets

1:30 PM Chicago

This InQbation Lab's Q Founder Seminar will focus on common investment terms and structures for early-stage startups. Th...

Apr

2023

Q SBIR Seminar Series | Before You Begin - Preparing for a Phase I SBIR Submission

1:00 PM Online

The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...