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From Idea to Impact: Turning Research into Real-World Products

Name: From Idea to Impact: Turning Research into Real-World Products
Start: 2026-10-19T17:00:00.000-06:00
End: 2026-10-19T19:00:00.000-06:00
Location: Hunter Student Commons HNSC

IPEN

Hunter Student Commons HNSC

Calgary, Canada

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About Event

Have research or an idea that could become a product? Join Dr. Mehdi Mohammadi Ashani, Founder & CEO of Fluidome, for IPEN Startup Workshop 1: From Lab to Market.

What you'll learn

Why great research doesn't automatically become a business
Starting with the problem, not the technology
The lab-to-market path: proof of concept → IP → prototype → customers
IP, validation, and choosing a business model
What investors, customers, and partners want to see

Hands-on: Pressure-test your own idea with five quick questions, and leave with a simple 7-step lab-to-market framework.

About the speaker

Mehdi is a scientist and entrepreneur who has taken ideas from the lab to the market, building teams and products and securing funding and partnerships along the way. Fluidome develops technologies in biosensing, microfluidics, and biological measurement.

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