OMAHA, Nebraska (February 6, 2026)—The next Idea Pub: Morning Edition will be held on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 9 a.m. in the Forge Event Hall of the Edge District’s Catalyst building.
UNMC’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Agnes Lenagh, PhD, will lead a presentation that discusses opportunities and strategies for building and maintaining academic-commercial collaborations. She will discuss her new role in the Office of Industry Engagement and ways to engage with UNMC researchers and innovators.
Free coffee will be provided, and Catalyst, a co-sponsor of the event, will offer complimentary facility tours on a first-come, first-served basis.
Park Omaha manages metered parking in a structure just north of the main entrance and along 46th and 48th Streets. See map for directions and more details.
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, co-sponsor UNeTech Institute 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 and UNeTech professionals to discuss new technologies or startup potential.
UNeTech is the University of Nebraska’s startup incubator, supporting entrepreneurial efforts built on innovations created by University personnel.
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 is typically 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.
A tentative list of upcoming Morning Editions include:
- March 26: Howard Gendelman, MD, Chair, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
- April 30: TBD but shifting from 9AM to the afternoon to lead into the Investor Summit (Scott Henderson & Greater Omaha Chamber Two Day Event)
- May 28: Adrian Blake, CEO Precision Syringe
- June 25: Andrew Rogers, CEO Docology
- July 30: Jon Rhoades, CEO Valid
- Aug 27: Jonell Tempero, Managing Dir, US Operations RespirAI
- Sept 24: Jenilee Woltman, MS Ed, CEO Mission Accomplished
- Oct 29: Riley Reynolds, MS, CEO Rheam Medical
- Nov 19: Stephen Gliske, PhD, Co-Founder NeuroServ
- Dec 17: Jessica Queen, RN, CEO Omedus
The event is free and open to all, and complimentary coffee will be provided as long as supplies last.
Morning Edition is part of UNeMed’s “Idea Pub,” a suite of entrepreneurial networking events that includes “Innovations & Libations” and “Startup Showcase.”
