Dr. O’Leary
OMAHA, Nebraska (June 10, 2025)—The next Idea Pub: Morning Edition will be held on Thursday, June 26, at 9 a.m. in the Catalyst building’s Forge Event Hall.
The event will feature a short presentation from UNMC associate professor of cardiovascular medicine, Edward O’Leary, MD. He will discuss the startup company he founded, Aprendo Cardiovascular Solutions, which develops educational software applications.
Aprendo’s first planned product is the Cardiac Cath Lab Mentor, which is currently in development with Appsky, an Omaha-based app development company. The Cardiac Cath Lab Mentor is an interactive software program that will help medical students learn how to interpret and understand certain complicated medical diagnostic tests.
Appsky CEO Tyler Reher will also be on hand for the networking event and is expected to deliver brief remarks.
The event will be held in the new Catalyst building on the western edge of the UNMC campus, on Saddle Creek Road. Free coffee and doughnuts will be provided, and co-sponsor Catalyst will also offer complimentary facility tours on a first-come, first-served basis.
Metered parking is available along 46th Street.
The event is set for 9-10 a.m. in the event center on the north end of the building.
UNeMed, the technology transfer and commercialization office for UNMC and UNO, created Morning Edition to help University innovators and entrepreneurs connect and collaborate with colleagues and experts from the venture capital and startup communities.
Morning Edition will also regularly feature “Office Hours” with UNeMed staff and Charlie Cuddy, who co-founded the Nebraska Startup Academy and MOVE Venture Capital. Office Hours creates the opportunity for faculty, students and staff to have one-on-one time with MOVE or UNeMed professionals to discuss new technologies or startup potential.
MOVE is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm focused on investing in Nebraska technology startup companies. The Nebraska Startup Academy is a mentoring program for startup founders, investors and the local entrepreneurial community with the aim of building Nebraska into “an innovation hub in the Midwest.”
Morning Edition will be held on the final Thursday of every month and will continue to feature guest speakers from the University’s stable of successful and budding startup companies and from Omaha’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The event will provide UNMC and UNO innovators an opportunity to build new partnerships and allies that can help develop their innovative ideas and discoveries into products that help people.
The event is free and open to all, and complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be provided as long as supplies last.
Future planned dates and speakers are:
- July 31: Wearable Algorithms
- Aug. 28: PinkSteady
- Sep. 25: Deep Health Diagnostics
- Oct. 30: UNO NCITE
- Nov. 20: XR Renegades
- Dec. 18: Surgical Simulation Technologies
Morning Edition is part of UNeMed’s “Idea Pub,” a suite of entrepreneurial networking events that includes “Innovations & Libations” and “Startup Showcase.”
