Research matters: Copyright, intellectual property, commercialization, and negotiating authorship

A full day event for postdocs and graduate students only.

Register for all the sessions, or choose those most relevant to you and your research program. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP and attend at least one workshop.

Sessions include:

• Copyright for Teaching: This session will provide a simple overview of copyright, and the implications it has in your teaching.
• Author Rights: In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright and licensing, and what rights and responsibilities they have when publishing their research.
• Negotiating Authorship: In this session, participants will be introduced to the Responsible Conduct of Research framework in Canada, with particular emphasis on behaviours related to authorship which may be considered a research integrity breach and affect working relationships and researcher reputation.
• Research Panel - Commercialization of Research: The panel will discuss their technology, and their commercialization experience with UWaterloo's Waterloo Commercialization Office (WatCo), followed by a question and answer period
• UWaterloo, Intellectual Property, & You: At this seminar, we will learn about UWaterloo's Intellectual Property policy; WatCo; different types of Intellectual Property; and how to avoid the common Intellectual Property pitfalls that many researchers face.

Additional details: Registration required.