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Vision to Product

Bootcamp Successfully

Conducted in Dubai by IFIA

Full Member UAE RIT

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – September 2025
The UAE office of Research Innovation Teams (RIT), a full mem-
ber of the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations
(IFIA), successfully held the Vision to Product (V2P) Bootcamp
in Business Bay, Dubai, welcoming a carefully selected group of
30 participants from various professional and academic back-
grounds. This cohort consisted of youth, students, inventors,
engineers, healthcare professionals, and early-stage entrepre-
neurs—joining the program either in-person or virtually through
RIT’s online participation system.
Structured as a comprehensive four-day initiative, the V2P Boot-
camp was designed not merely as an educational program, but
as a translational framework for converting innovative ideas
into viable, testable, and market-oriented products. The boot-
camp guided participants through the complete innovation life-
cycle, emphasizing applied learning and outcome-based prog-
ress through the following critical pillars:
• Gap Mining & Opportunity Discovery – Identifying unmet
needs and emerging global innovation gaps
• Patent & IP Strategy – Understanding intellectual property as
a strategic asset for competitive advantage
• Market and Competition Analysis – Conducting structured re-
IFIA Magazine September 2025 scalable value propositions using modern business frameworks
search on market readiness and competitive positioning
• Business Model Architecture – Designing sustainable and

• MVP / Prototype Development – Translating concepts into
functional prototypes ready for testing and iteration
• Technical and Financial Feasibility Assessment – Evaluating
execution potential, unit economics, and scalability criteria
• Value Communication & Investor Readiness – Crafting nar-
ratives and pitching frameworks aligned with investor expec-
tations
Participants engaged in a combination of expert-led seminars,
hands-on design workshops, interactive team challenges, and
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