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MAKING YOUR IDEA A REALITY:Discovering and developing a clean technology that is commercially attractive is merely the first step in a long process of bringing it to the market, according to Kevin O'Connor from UCD's school of biomolecular and biomedical science, who gave a talk at Copenmind.

"The single biggest challenge as a clean technology innovator is getting someone to believe in you.