Hunter Hub Skills Clinic | AI Powered Entrepreneurship
AI Powered Entrepreneurship
Session Overview
Are you interested in exploring how AI can be effectively utilized as a founder tool? This hands-on Skills Clinic will take participants through real-world examples and live demonstrations, as well as examine how AI can augment creativity, automate repetitive work, and accelerate the path from ideation to execution. You’ll leave with practical ways to test, iterate, and apply these tools directly to your own projects.
Key Takeaways
Practical AI applications for founders to augment, automate, and accelerate startup processes.
Where AI adds leverage and where human judgment must remain central.
Build simple, repeatable systems for responsible AI adoption.
Applied examples: how innovators are using AI to work smarter in university-based ventures.
Who Will You Hear From?
Shaaf Farooq | Program Manager, The Clinic at McMaster University Health Innovation Hub
Shaaf Farooq supports faculty, clinicians, and students in building ventures that address real health-system challenges. He previously founded and led an AI mental-health startup through exit and was named a National AI Scholar at the Vector Institute. Shaaf’s current focus is on developing responsible sandboxes where innovators can test, experiment, and integrate AI into their work. He holds a Master of Health Informatics and a PMP from the University of Toronto.
Schedule of Events
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Check-In & Light Refreshments
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM: Speaker Presentation & Workshop
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Final Q&A and Depart
What are Skills Clinics & Who can Attend?
Skills Clinics are exclusive one-hour sessions hosted by industry experts to fuel your entrepreneurial journey at any stage. They are open to UCalgary students, postdocs, faculty, staff and alumni interested in developing their entrepreneurial thinking skills.
Location
Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, Collision Space 401 | 460 Campus Lane NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada