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EVENT DETAILS
Date: Tuesday 14 July 2026
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (AEST)
Venue: The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD), Auditorium, Level 1, 27 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
Session format: Hybrid delivery with presentations and Q&A (optional tours and networking are in-person only)
Who should attend:
Speakers:
Registrations will close 9:00 am Monday 13 July 2026
Every clinician, researcher and innovator runs into the same wall. You can see the problem clearly; a device that doesn’t quite work, a workflow that fights you, a diagnostic question your current tools can’t answer, but turning that into something real is where most ideas stall.
This session starts where a lot of good ideas begin: under the microscope. Idea to Infrastructure uses ACMD’s advanced microscopy and histology capabilities as the entry point into a connected suite of platforms; high-resolution imaging, tissue analysis, 3D printing, prototype manufacturing and human kinetics, that take a concept from first look to tested prototype.
You’ll see the capability working, not just described: how a sample or an idea moves through imaging, analysis and refinement, who the infrastructure is for, and exactly how clinicians, researchers and early-stage innovators plug into it.
Whether you’re building a device, a diagnostic or a data-driven tool, you’ll leave knowing what ACMD’s platforms can do, where your project fits, and how to use them to de-risk and accelerate what comes next.
The event will be followed by optional tours of the microscopy and histology labs at ACMD.
