Developing a promising technology is only the beginning.

Paths to Technology Commercialization

Choosing the right path from innovation to impact. Compare your options and leave with a one-page roadmap.

$239 CAD, plus applicable tax. Includes templates and tools, including the Commercialization Pathway Decision Matrix.

Course content will be released in early January 2027. If a course is cancelled, you will be offered a transfer, a credit or a full refund.

About the course

Turning a promising technology into something that creates value means choosing the right path to commercialization. This course introduces the ways technologies and intellectual property move from development to market: licensing, IP assignment, startups and spinouts, strategic partnerships, joint development, contract manufacturing, and commercialization through an existing company. By the end, you will be able to compare your options and identify an appropriate path for a technology or innovation.

What the course covers

  • From development to commercialization. What commercialization really means, research outcomes vs commercial opportunities, technology readiness vs market readiness, and validating the problem and the market.
  • Paths to commercialization. The major options for moving technology into use, from licensing and IP sale to startups and partnerships.
  • Choosing the right path. Evaluate the options for a technology, which can be your own, using a Commercialization Pathway Decision Matrix.
  • Building your roadmap. Create a one-page Technology Commercialization Roadmap.

Who it is for

Researchers, engineers, scientists, technicians, technologists, entrepreneurs, R&D project managers, innovation managers and organizations developing new technologies. No business or commercialization background is required.

Availability

Registration is open now. Course content will be available in early January 2027, and we will email you the moment it is ready. You can log in to the learning portal as soon as you register.

If Sustainable Impact cancels a course and cannot offer a reasonable alternative, you will be offered the choice of a transfer to another offering or course, a credit toward a future course, or a full refund. See our Refund and Cancellation Policy.

Part of the Technology Development and Commercialization Foundations series

Take one course, or register for all three for $495 (instead of $577).

Frequently asked questions

Course content will be available in early January 2027. We will email you as soon as it is ready.

No. No business or commercialization background is required.

It is online and self-paced, in the Sustainable Impact learning portal at learn.sustainable-impact.ca.

You have access to the course materials for 6 months from the date the course content is released.

Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax. Applicable GST or HST is added at checkout.

Yes. Email info@sustainable-impact.ca and you can upgrade to the full series by paying the difference to $495.

Yes. A receipt showing GST/HST and Sustainable Impact’s HST number is emailed after you register.

Yes. For group registrations, email info@sustainable-impact.ca and we will set up access for your team.

If Sustainable Impact cancels a course and cannot offer a reasonable alternative, you will be offered the choice of a transfer to another offering or course, a credit toward a future course, or a full refund. See our Refund and Cancellation Policy.

Register for Paths to Technology Commercialization

$239 CAD, plus applicable tax. Includes templates and tools, including the Commercialization Pathway Decision Matrix.

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