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2023

March 14 program and attendees

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2022

December 13 program and attendees

The following companies from Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Australia and Israel are seeking over $17 million for commercialization of innovative technologies positioned to transform agricultural, energy, transportation, health, business and legal industries.

September 13 program and attendees

The following companies from Airdrie, Cartairs, Calgary, Edmonton and Uganda are seeking over $8 million for agricultural, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, education, low carbon energy, cancer, health and pet care innovations.

May 17 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $100 million for cancer drug trials, mental health apps, biodegradable menstrual pads, environmentally friendly waste management systems, autonomous robots, learning tools and AI solutions:

February 15 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $6 million for personalized cancer treatments for children, dento-craniofacial head and neck imaging, virtual reality and IoT platforms, canola oil transformation, hemp-based nutraceuticals, and systems for beef herd management, fire prevention, waste conversion and lithium extraction:

2021

November 23 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $11 million for diagnostics tests for ADHD, blindness, cancer and ADHD, burnout management, systems for shipping, beef herd tracing, waste management and recycling:

September 21 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $8 million for improvement of nutrition and mental health, ADHD detection, cancer treatment, restaurant support, hydroponics, organic food production and waste conversion into feedstock:

June 22 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $11 million for improvement of nutrition and mental health, ADHD and cancer detection and treatment, family support and patient monitoring for mental health and efficient care provision, advanced materials and water and waste management:

April 22 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $6 million for biorefinery and prebiotic fibre production, digital healthcare, cancer drug discovery, trauma dressing, and COVID-19 testing and treatment:

January 28 program and attendees

The following companies are looking to raise approximately $5.5 million for renewable power generation, biomedical imaging, cell transfection systems, virtual reality SAAS, and personal mobility apps:

2020

October 22 program and attendees

July 8 program and attendees

June 10 program and attendees

May 13 program and attendees

April 15: COVID-19 Conference 4 program

John Dennis, CEO, SolAeroMed
Khaled Barakat, University of Alberta
Darrell Tan, Clinician-Scientist, St. Michael's Hospital
Carlos Cervera, University of Alberta
Bruno Villoutreix, Research Director, Inserm
Alessandro Biglioli, CEO, Elsius Biomedical
Gregg Oldring, CEO, Zept
Prabhat Jha, University of Toronto
Dawn Kingston, Professor, University of Calgary
Nora Spinks, CEO, Vanier Institute of the Family
Kelley Lee, Simon Fraser University
Adam Balogh, CEO and Founder, Staffing Call

April 8: COVID-19 Conference 3 program

Robert Wolkow , Quantum Silicon Inc
Kevin Morin, Medical Director, Sunmor Research Inc
Randy Duguay , CEO, Health Gauge
Harold Dumur and Hassaan Ahmed, OVA
Varun Pulapaka Co-Founder & Hassaan Ahmed, CEO, Phelix
Gane Ka-Shu Wong, University of Alberta & Geneis
Rafiq Ahmad, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Matt Hodgson, Co-Founder, Outbreaker Solutions
Rashid Mirzavand, University of Alberta
Kyle McLeod, CEO, OrigamAi
Bruce Rout
Eric Coomes, University of Toronto
P. Peter Wang, Memorial Universit
Brittany Redl, Region Sales Director, VWR
Travis Dahl, Inkubate Packaging
Dane Bosman, Business Development, Alpine Innovative Research

April 1: COVID-19 Conference 2 program

Markus Kirkilionis, University of Warwick
Kevin Curran, Ulster University
Dileep Tiwari, HeriCure
Utkarsha Ankalkhope, Excel3D
Simon Park, University of Calgary
Mathew Diggle, Alberta Public Labs
John Ralston, Protxx
Alessandro Biglioli , Elsius Biomedical
Pierre Lemire, Kent Imaging Therapeutics
Gavin Oudit, PEARKO Therapeutics
John Dennis, SolAeroMed
Rakesh Bhat, Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation
Robert Jay Rowen, MD, RowenSu Clinic
Karsten Sauer, Repertoire Immune Systems
Dan Dalla-Londa, FluroTech
Mark Trifiro , McGill University
Shokrollah Elahi, University of Alberta
Robert Mayall, FREDsense
Isaac Bogoch, University of Toronto
Martin Percy, Unit9
Louis-Olivier Roy, OPTEL Group
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
Sharn Haywood-Higgs, Oxford Innovations Solutions
Travis Dahl, Inkubate Packaging
Allen Crowley, Crowley Enterprises
Trevor MacDonald, Crowdblink
Horacio Bach, University of British Columbia
Amir Nezhad, University of Calgary
K Ghafoor, H Maghdid & S Khaleal, Iraq

March 25: COVID-19 Conference 1 program

John Dennis, SolAeroMed
Martin Percy, Unit9: CoronaSaver
John Ralston, Protxx
Peter Wood, mmHg
Thomas Stachura, Pleasant Solutions
John Lewis, Entos Pharma
Lynn McNeil, Chipcare
Alessandro Biglioli, Elsius
Peter Silverstone, COMS
James Harynuk, TMIC
Jeevesh Kapur, Medo.ai
Elena Dumitrascu, Terrahub
Kevin Maloney, Safe Contact
Abdullah Saleh, Metric
Steve Lloyd, Tech Shops
Travis Dahl, Inkubate Packaging

March 11 program and scores

2019

November 13 program and scores

Richard Smith, BioLargo
Amir Nezhed, Critical Care DX
Piyush Kumar, WWiKY
Tonya Beal, Swiftly
Aman Ullah, ZAFA Rapid Biorefinery
Adam Brown, Nanolog Audio
John Ralston, Protxx

September 11 program and scores

Tarek El-Bialy, Virtual Orthodontic Residency
James Nieman, Human Cytomegalovirus Co.
Nicolas Conradi, Solar Oxygen
Peter Wood & Raj Padwal, mmHg Inc.
Simba Nyazika, Lenica Research Group
Zhongyi Quan, High Density Power Conversion
Shelvie Fernan, Fly and Fetch
Hillary Sweet & Dr. Matthew Nickel, SN Biomedical
Loreen Wales, Revive Wellness Inc.
Michael Weickert, Pacylex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

June 19 program and scores

Carrie Shemanko, Blood-based biomarkers
Aru Narendran, Biomarkers for Pediatric Cancer
Amir Sanati Nezhad
Lu Deng, Metabolomic Technologies Inc
Colin Coros, Nanostics
David Bocking & Oliver Bathe, Qualisure Diagnostics Inc.
Kunal Karan & Arin Sen, Biomimetic Exosomes
Negin Razavilar, RAZN Health Decision Modelling Ltd.
Ratmir Derda, 48Hour Discovery Inc.,
Jeremie Bourqui, MITS
Paul Stewardson, ThyroSPEC
Rahul Arora, ENTiD

June 4 program and scores

Mike Wade, iYu Inc.
Yvonne Wong, Canada Neurotech
Shairaz Baksh, BioImmuno Designs, Inc.
Mahdi Tavakoli, Robotic System for Therapy
Randy Duguay & Bruce Matichuk, Health Gauge
Qaasim Mian, Biomarkers of Childhood Pneumonia
Larry Unsworth, ThermoReCon

May 16 program and scores

Marc-André Roberge, Nectar
Kirk Zemba, Blindman Brewing
Darcy Goossen, The TireGrabber
Aman Ullah, ZAFA Rapid Biorefinery
Alfred Wahl, Polar Canadian Swine LLP
Tanveer Ahmad, Amrich
Richard Smith, BioLargo

March 5 program

Martin Ferguson-Pell, Click & Push
Roger Zemp, ClinoSonics 3D
Brayden Whitlock, Outbreaker Solutions
Suresh Nayar, Rapid Prototyping
Bretton Whervin, Bitcoin Air
Sharmin Habib, Umay Care
Afsaneh Lavasanifar, Meros Polymers
Larry Unsworth, ThermoReCON
Michael Overduin, SMALP Network

2018

December 4 program

Khurram Jahangir, SafeSpaceHealth
Katharine Magor, Flu Fighting Chickens
Konrad Fassbender , Palliative Care Matters
Abdolamir Landi & Ana Clementin, Autoimmune Hepatitis Diagnostics
Roger Zemp, CliniSonics
Jerome Yager, Praeventus Corporation
Nataraj Pagadala, Cheminger Inc

September 11 program

John Lewis, CEO & Arun Raturi, CSO Entos Pharmaceuticals
David Marchant, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Leanne Bilawchuk, Frederick West, Antibiddies
Len Wiebe & Piyush Kumar, WWiKY Theranostica Inc.
Amir Reshef, Founder & CEO, Dealcloser
Michael Overduin, Founder and Director, SMALP Network
Roger Zemp, illumiSonics Inc.
Dennis Hall, Boron Heterocycles
Nicole Sanchez, Jenny Li and Anka Chan, Hempact

June 5 program and scores

Chris Cairo, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bruce Ritchie, Professor, Division of Hematology
Lorne Tyrell, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Faheem Khan, Postdoc, Chemical & Materials Engineering Dept
Samantha Kwok, Operations Manager, 48 Hour Discovery
Peter Johnson, Dept of Physiology, Faculty of Science

March 6 program and scores

Bin Zheng, Surgical Simulation
Shairaz Baksh, Kinase Drug Discovery
Michael Weickert & Luc Berthiaume, Pacylex
Aaryn Flynn & Tony Briggs, Prominent
Faheem Khan, Fourien
David Eisenstat, University of Alberta
Clayton Bell, University of Alberta
Mohammad Ali, University of Alberta

2017

December 5 program with CureCancer

David Brindley, Targeting Autotaxin
Gino Fallone, MagneTx
Colm Murphy, Zenxmed Corporation
Juliana Valencia, RJH Biosciences Inc.
Khurram Jahangir, Health District
Catalina Vasquez, Prostate Cancer Diagnostics
Justin Bailey, Medical Isotope and Cyclotron Facility
Nawaid Usmani, Prostate Brachytherapy