British Columbia Inventors Society

An organization dedicated to assisting new inventors to develop and market their ideas.

The purposes of our website are:

  • To introduce you to the Society and its activities.
  • To keep you informed about our monthly meetings where you can meet other inventors, share experiences, and listen to our keynote speakers.
  • To share information that may be of interest for you about previous speakers in our speakers section.
  • To bring you up-to date information about activities and events related to the field of inventing in our News section.
  • To give you a voice through our Forum section, where any society member whose membership dues are up to date can post comments, i.e. participate in discussions, or create a new forum topic (thread) that might be of interest to all.

Let us know what else you would like to find on this site. Your comments and feedback are always welcome.

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Here is what you had to say at our first meeting on the year on January 27. These coming months, we will try, in different ways, to address most of these issues.

  • February Meeting: Inventor and/or entrepreneur?

    "In order for an individual to take his/her invention to market, he needs to be both an inventor and somewhat of an entrepreneur. Unfortunately, these are two different types and not all inventors have the attributes of entrepreneurs and vice versa.

    Working with inventors lately, I have noticed that once they have invented a product, they seem to believe everybody will fall over themselves rushing to buy their invention. From my experience, I believe only 5% of all inventions actually get to market, unfortunately." Kelvin Chiddick

    During the course of the evening, Mr. Chiddick will share with us a couple of his own stories as an inventor and an entrepreneur, and he will do so by talking about three of his inventions that are still being sold worldwide today: his Nail Varnish Remover, Non Static Tack Cloths, and Solid Disc Lubricant, Solid Friction Modifiers and Solid Lubricants.

    Date: 
    February 24, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
    Venue: 
    Confederation Seniors Centre (next to McGill Library)
    Location: 

    4585 Albert Street, Burnaby
    (Albert street is North of East Hastings. Confederation S. Centre is East of Willingdon.)

    Map: 
    Map to the venue
    Speaker: 

    Kelvin Chiddick, President of Sandys Holdings Ltd

    Notes: 
    • Attendance fee is $10.
    • Annual membership is $45. Members will have access to premiere content on the website in the near future.
    • Registration starts at 6:45
    • Meeting times are 7:00-9:30

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"I have saved a lot of money by learning from other inventors' mistakes. Thanks."

— Mark, Coquitlam