Pitch library: an ocean of opportunities.

2025 May 7 Pitches, Attendees, Feedback

Aaron Purchase, CEO & Co-founder, MagnetaMR, designing a lightweight whole-body MRI system for broad accessibility for human and veterinary healthcare markets. Seeking capital and users.

Amir Ghahari, CEO & co-founder, Joyhall, building brands while importing and marketing premium spirits, wine, RTD and servicing wholesale retail, hospitality and events.

Andrew Karesa, CEO, blueBell Village, restoring the personhood and independence of those living with dementia with blueBell Connect, an intuitive, real-time and privacy-compliant platform for caregivers.

Anil Sedha, Founder, PRACSNS, developing an in-body renal detoxification system that replaces dialysate, pumps, and
vascular-access surgery.

Anuj Guruacharya, Principal Scientist, Nanil Health, developing an AI-powered drug discovery platform to optimize RNA therapeutics, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease.

Dawn Osland, Founder, Osland Medical Billing Tools Inc, developing tools including the CMGP Calculator and Track My Time to help physicians track and bill for time spent on patient care.

Khaled Barakat, CEO, Thoth Biosimulations, developing AI-MedCraft, an AI-driven platform that for discovery and optimization of small drug molecules.

Kim Solez, Professor, University of Alberta, and Founder, Just Machines Inc. will present How AI Can Save Humanity from Itself and Soon! A Multilayered Approach.

Marc Curial, Founder & CEO, MACH32 Inc, an Edmonton-based company developing medical devices including IMSAFE, a high volume autoinjector that rapidly delivers therapeutics intramuscularly.

Mary Ani-Amponsah, Maternal-Newborn Researcher, University of Alberta will present R-Thermal TDB – a Renewable Energy Newborn Thermal Transport Duo Wrap and Blanket.

Nasim Maslehat, Co-founder, Business Developer, Color Your Motherhood, offering a subscription-based online platform for personalized art therapy before, during, and after pregnancy.

Patrick Kirkwood, CEO, The BioSport, developing BioSport APP, which combines AI/ML, genomic sequencing, VO2 max & microbiome testing for athletes & fitness enthusiasts.

Rebecca Ung, Founder & CEO, Kumu Corporation, shaping the single-use plastic landscape of tomorrow by transforming food, plant materials, and minerals into plastic alternatives.

Ryan Mabley, Head of Finance & Business Development, CraftXR Technologies Inc, revolutionizes healthcare training through AI-powered extended reality simulations that address sector needs.

Shameem Sampath, Founder and CEO, AIrehab, developing smart wearables including Slider for users with musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.

Wessam Hamid, Founder, Polymorph Embodied Intelligence Inc, an early stage robotics company aiming to redefine the future of labor by developing adaptable, AI-powered, general-purpose humanoid robots.

Sagittal Dynamics, developing a minimally invasive implanted cranial expander brace that advances the jaw to expand the airway, reducing surgical costs and times.

2025 March 11 Agenda, Attendees, Report

Conor Phillips, Founder & CEO, Roamlii, building a complete software system for tourism businesses to manage the customer journey from discovery through inquiry and booking.

Ateeq Ur Rehman, CEO, Green Mind Gardens, focusing on growth optimization for diverse hydroponic systems with impacts on wellness, food security, and sustainability.

Tayab Soomro, co-Founder and CEO, PathoScan, offering assay kits and Pathobox, a simple-to-use molecular diagnostic device for rapid detection of plant diseases.

Bruce Ritchie directs the Canadian BioSample Repository (CBSR), a 23-year-old biobanking facility at the University of Alberta that supports translational research studies and clinical trials.

Nasim Maslehat, Founder, Color Your Motherhood, empowering women throughout their motherhood journey by providing accessible, creative, and therapeutic online art classes aimed at reducing stress and promoting emotional well-being.

Claire Dixon, CEO & co-founder, Neuraura, bringing to market the first effective, widely accessible treatment for PCOS as an over-the-counter, affordable device.

Jérémie Bourqui, Co-founder & CEO, Waveview Imaging, developing a portable device for sensitive, specific and effective breast cancer screening for anyone, anywhere.

Paul Sandhu, CEO, Proton H2, producing ultra-low cost, clean hydrogen from hydrocarbon reserves in alignment with global carbon reduction goals.

Hayro Hambardzumyan, Founder, Lrnkey, online platform providing easy access to affordable education worldwide through one-on-one interactive lessons and tutoring.

Connie Stacey, founder and CEO, Grengine Inc., award-winning battery manufacturer, specializing in battery energy storage technology capable of taking on the world's biggest energy challenges.

Chaneel Park, CEO, MakeSens Inc., developing high-performance battery materials and be a leader in the transition to a greener, more sustainable economy.

Ali Salman, Co-Founder, WorkSpace Modular Structures, aiming to become the gold standard of modular construction through innovative design and business integrity.

Shairaz Baksh, President & CEO, BioImmuno Designs, Inc, exploring the therapeutic potential of small molecules directed against inflammatory activators.

Mardin (Asghar) Fallah, CEO & Founder, RNARevive, developing a self-replicating RNA-based platform for therapeutic protein production in the body to treat diseases including osteoporosis.

Benji Ahvazi, Research Associate, ZAFA Biorefinery Inc. focusing on green technologies for converting biomass from sustainable, renewable forestry and agriculture into creating value-added bioproducts.

Ryan Agrey, Founder & CEO, Hope Innovations Inc., addressing hunger and food security through innovation in hydroponics, with patented technologies and user-friendly kits empower individuals and communities to grow fresh, sustainable food indoors year-round.

Nafaa Haddou, CEO, Firesafe AI, developing AI driven surveillance systems and drone mapping for potential fires, enabling risk mitigation and rapid responses to safeguard communities and resources.

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2024

Nov 29 Report, Program & Registrants

Ameneh Madjd, COO & Co-Founder, D2Type developing a mobile app to empower at-risk individuals to prevent & reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

Kenneth To, CEO, ViewsML. Previously co-founded Wax-it Histology Services; Key Opinion Leader management at Eli Lilly.

Mehdi Mohammadi Ashani, CEO & Founder, Fluidome; Senior Scientist (PhD, MSc, PMP), University of Calgary

Marawan Ahmed, CEO & Head of Computational Biology, Alcuranex Therapeutics Limited; Chemoinformatician, API

Rebecca Ung, Founder, Kumu. B.Eng. B.Sc., Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology, University of Calgary

Robert Saik, CEO, visorPRO. Previously CEO, DOT Farm Solutions Inc. BSc, Agriculture, University of Alberta

Hamid Abdelrhman, CEO, Canvita Canada Ltd; Clinical Pharmacist Shoppers Drug Mart; Hospital Pharmacist Alberta Health Services

Pankaj Purwar, CEO, Farmer's Legacy Biotech. MBA, Entrepreneurship, University of Victoria

Kate Popiel, CEO, What's the Deal? Propel certificate, Edmonton Unlimited; Humber College

Irene Harmsen, CTO & Co-Founder, Cove Neurosciences Inc. Neuroscience Researcher, University Health Network

Erfan Hajiparvaneh, Founder & CEO, MediversAI. MSc, Mechical Engineering, University of Alberta

Daniel Salamon, COO, Northernmost, modernizing kidney preservation & logistics. Previously at Health Innovation Platform Partnerships, NAIT

Ratmir Derda, CSO, 48Hour Discovery Inc.; Professor (Chemistry) University of Alberta

Mohammad Bani Amer, Director, KHYAL Inc. BSc, Chemical Engineering, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

Roger Zemp, CSO, CliniSonix Inc. and Professor, Engineering-Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta

Jumai Abioye, Founder and CEO, PanAccess Innovations Inc. Ph.D. University of Glasgow

Stanley Pankratz, President and CEO, Rainforest Algae Corp, developing photobioreactor systems for the cultivation of microalgae

Benji Ahvazi, Research Associate, ZAFA Biorefinery Inc.; Co-Founder, CSO, Canna Stream Solutions; Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta

July 29: Program, Report, Attendees

9:10 Douglas Kirillo, CEO AltaGreen Products Inc.: infrastructure to support growing, processing, and sales for the hemp market

9:20 Mardin (Asghar) Fallah, CEO & Founder, RNARevive Therapeutics: revolutionizing the treatment of bone diseases including osteoporosis

9:35 Sara Saeedi, Researcher, University of Calgary and Innovation Program Project Director, Open Geospatial Consortium

9:45 Mustafa Gül, CEO, City Scan Technologies, providing AI-powered cost-effective and scalable infrastructure assessment solutions

10:45 Mark Olson, President, Flokk Systems providing systems for herd management and traceability reporting.

11:00 Darren Wolchyn, Founder & CEO, Smart Paddock: location tracking & status monitoring system for livestock animals and farms

11:30 Jumai Abioye, CEO & Founder, PanAccess Innovations Inc. on portable tools and devices and smart platforms for comprehensive, data-driven insights for use in farms, fields, and homes

11:45 Styn Nieuwenhuis, Founder, FeedXchange, transforming the livestock industry through a platform to source feed ingredients

13:00 Robert Saik, CEO, AGvisorPRO, mobile platform for connecting experts and companies and those seeking agriculture advice.

13:15 David Leroux, CEO, Circulus Agtech: nutrient recycling by turning organic waste into biofertilizers, minimizing methane, purifying water, and replacing synthetic nitrogen

13:40 Rebecca Ung, Founder, Kumu Corporation, developing plastic alternatives from food, plant materials, and minerals

13:55 Nafaa Haddou,co-Founder and CEO, Nu Terra Labs, on control systems to meet the needs of farmers as well as FireSafe detection

14:25 Bill Mitchell, Founder, Optiweigh: automated in-paddock livestock weighing that delivers benefits to any size cattle operation

14:40 Pankaj Purwar, Co-Founder, Farmer's Legacy Biotech, creating healthy and sustainable oil for Canadian consumers

15:05 Tayab Soomro, co-Founder and CEO, PathoScan developing in-field pathogen and disease testing devices for a variety of crop diseases

15:20 Hamid Abdelrhman, CEO, Canvita, providing access to get vitamins regardless of dietary restrictions, or religious/personal beliefs.

15:35 Stanley Pankratz, President and CEO, Rainforest Algae Corp, developing photobioreactor systems for the cultivation of microalgae

April 17 Pitches, Attendees, Program & Report

Aaron Barr, CEO, Canadian Rockies Hemp Corp focussing on the development of processed hemp fiber at scale to meet industry needs

Ameneh Madjd, COO & Co-Founder, D2Type developing a mobile app to empower at-risk individuals to prevent & reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

Amreesh Khanna, CEO & Founder, Oraq.ai empowering dentists to improve treatment & acceptance through AI and patient engagement

Colin Coros, COO, Nanostics, a clinical-stage precision health company developing diagnostic tests for cancer.

Daniel Nisakar Meenakshi Sundaram, RJH Biosciences, developing nucleic acid-based delivery agents foe leukemia therapy.

David Antoniuk, CEO, Dark Matter Materials providing on-demand H2 from water using a revolutionary nanocatalyst.

Geoffrey Shmigelsky, CTO, OneCup AI deploying AI BETSY, a computer vision system that can identify and track animals uniquely

Greg Kawchuk, Founder & CEO, Augment that projecting medical images such as CT scans directly onto a patient's moving body

Ghulam Muhammad Ali, CEO, SensiImage Technologies, developing mobile crane communication and safety systems.

Jana Rieger, CEO & co-Founder, True Angle, developing a wearable digital health technologies for restoring swallowing function in patients

John McDougall, CEO, SynBioBlox Innovations Ltd. using synthetic biology to convert GHG emissions into valuable products 

John Murphy, CEO, Bio-stream Diagnostics Inc. offering a platform for faster, more accurate diagnostic tests based on antibody binding.

Kelly Mottet, COO, MACH32 Inc., a medical device company creating drug delivery solutions to health concerns.

Lana Cuthbertson, Founder & CEO, Areto Labs, a B2B SaaS startup building machine learning technology for improving digital communities

Lourdes Juan, Founder, Knead Technologies, providing food recovery organizations with a platform that connects waste with food reuse

Marc Colombina, VP of Operations, Director, Terrapin, unlocking the inherent value of waste heat and geothermal energy.

Mark Olson, President, Flokk Systems providing systems for herd management and traceability reporting

Mike Krokis, President, Dune Engineering providing energy auditing, modeling, commissioning and recommissioning services across Canada

Mustafa Gül, CEO, City Scan Technologies, providing AI-powered cost-effective and scalable infrastructure assessment solutions

Nir Katchinskiy, CEO & Founder, PulseMedica building revolutionary technology to image and treat vitreoretinal disease

Peter Light, CSO,Fringe Field Technologies commercializing a wearable device for monitoring multiple biomarkers

Sarah Glofcheskie, CEO & Founder, Beme.ai proviings a health and wellbeing tracker & insight generating app to support autistic children

Shaneel Pathak, CEO and Cofounder, Zamplo offering a platform that allows individuals and researchers to record and share health data

Sumrita Bhat, CEO, Conlis Global, is commercializing a synthetic bone void filler for traumatic bone fracture and injuries

Trevor MacDonald, Owner, Discover Juno, connecting women with other nearby women for walks, commutes and transport on-the-fly.

March 5: Attendees, Program and Report

Rob Brown, CEO, KERB offers technology and relationships to improve the parking experiences and mobility for citizens across the world.

Hagay Levy, Co-founder & CEO, Iluria Ltd. offers a precision medicine platform for behavioral & mental health, starting with ADHD.

Ameneh Madjd, Co-Founder, D2Type is developing a mobile app to empower at-risk individuals to prevent & reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

Kevin Hull, CEO, Emergent Waste Solutions is deploying its Advanced Thermolysis System for converting of waste into marketable products.

Fred Glawischnig, CEO, Credit Gurus, is aiming to transform the credit improvement industry by offering an online credit improvement App.

Jolene Ali, Founder, Gummy Nutrition Lab produces innovative and delicious nutraceutical gummies.

Jeremie Bourqui, Founder & CEO, Wave View Imaging is developing the Wave View Scanner for breast density assessment

Todd McMullen, Director, Pavonis Diagnostics Inc. is commercializing a label-free, thin film platform for performing immunoassays.

Piyush Kumar, President & CEO, WWiKY BioSciences offers precision theranostic (therapy+diagnostic) management of hypoxic tumors.

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.

• Iluria
• Wave View Imaging
• Cherry Health
• Street Food World
• The Half Circle
• Aratinga
• All Farmers Online
• FutureCite
• Lawtiq
• Unbounded Thinking
• JustMachines
• Earthware
• Sawback Technologies
• re(source) energy
• Proton Technologies Canada
• Naiad Lab
• IMBiotechnologies
• Clinical Trial Hero
• BioImmuno Designs
• Mach32
• Nu Terra Labs
• Emergent Waste Solutions
• KERB

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.

• LiiTCare
• Fledge
• Flokk Systems
• CannaBiscuit
• JustMachines
• MecSimCalc
• Baüne
• WWiKY BioSciences
• Health Gauge
• re(source) energy
• Electronic Grid Systems
• Naiad Lab Inc.
• Zero Point Cryogenics

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:

• Pacylex Pharmaceuticals
• Iluria Ltd.
• Ruth Products Corp.
• VR Pathways Inc.
• Blue Eden CleanTech
• Roshan Water Solutions
• Aro Robotic Systems
• Kudosee Software Inc.
• Llearner
• JustMachines Inc.

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:

• Sphinx Orthodontics
• Flokk Systems Inc.
• Farmer's Legacy Biotech
• Emergent Waste Solutions Inc.
• Lenica Research Group
• Aru Narendran
• Unbounded Thinking
• CannaBiscuit Canada Ltd.
• Recion Technologies
• Ali Khajehoddin
• Wildfire Innovation
• Blue Eden CleanTech Solutions Inc.
• Simline.io
  

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:

• Daphne Water Solutions
• Emergent Waste Solutions Inc.
• Flokk Systems Inc.
• Nanostics
• Iluria
• RetinaLogik
• Aru Narendran
• Hermay Labs Corporation
• 8 Bit Cortex
• Tricca Technologies Inc.
• Fly and Fetch Inc.
• Alkemy Environmental
• HAARES ChemTech Inc.
  

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:

• CHANGE Health Alberta
• Iluria
• WWiKY BioSciences Inc.
• QualisureDx
• What's the Deal?
• Nu Terra Labs Ltd.
• Gru Organics
• Emergent Waste Solutions Inc.
  

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:

• Ecoplastile Limited
• BioLargo Water
• AMRICH-Inc
• Thesis2
• Flarechain
• Vaultt
• Iluria Ltd.
• Wave View Imaging
• JustMachines Inc.
• Criticare Dx
• EMPRSS
• IMBiotechnologies Ltd.
• Rineke Steenbergen
  

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:

• Regenitech
• Nova Green Inc.
• PROTXX Inc.
• Pacylex Pharmaceuticals
• TestNTravel
• My Normative Inc.
• Hermod Medical
• Carlos Cervera
• 8 Bit Cortex

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:

• Farmer's Legacy Biotech
• Reveal Medical Corp.
• Summit Nanotech
• Airterra
• VR Pathways
• Lenica
• Click&Push Accessiblity
• RJH Biosciences

2020

October 22 program and attendees

• ST Innovations
• Tele-Rehabilitation 2.0
• Phelix.ai
• SensorUP
• Neuraura
• Swae
• BYBOCAM
• Bessie
• Sunmor Research

July 8 program and attendees

• Syngli
• Lenica Research Group 
• ofBrains Corp 
• easy fMRI
• Protxx
• 99bits 
• EcoVitro

June 10 program and attendees

• TerraHub
• Story City
• Revive Wellness
• OVA.ai
• PainWorth
• Roshan Water
• Lenica Research
• Qualisure Diagnostics

May 13 program and attendees

• Brad Kearl, BitCan
• Nabati Foods Inc.
• Symbiotic EnviroTek Inc.
• Sawback Technologies Inc.
• Trevor Macdonald, Crowdblink
• Daphne Water Solutions
• Igor Kovalchuk, InPlanta Biotechnology
• New Paradigm Hempery
• Guanqun Chen
• Token Naturals
• Polar Genetics Inc.
• Canadian Rockies Hemp Corp.
• Siberian Meat Dumplings
• Nectar
• Creative Protein Solutions

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

• IMBiotechnologies Ltd.
• Protxx
• Awele Technologies
• CriticareDx
• RJH Biosciences
• Lenica Research Group
• ofbrains
• Wyvern
• 2S Water

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, Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
• 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

September 5 program

• Tina Rinker, Founder, Syantra Inc.
• Lynne Postovit, University of Alberta
• Larry Fliegel, University of Alberta

2016

April 4 program

• Randy Yatscoff, Executive Vice President, TEC Edmonton
• Chris Lumb, CEO, TEC Edmonton