Final countdown to the annual EIT Health Summit 2018
EIT Health InnoStars, together with its Core Partner - the Medical University of Łódź, hosts this year's annual EIT Health Summit that will take place on 4-5 December in Łódź, Poland. 500 guests, 6 sessions, 6 pre-matchmakings and over 30 best-in-class speakers and session chairs. Check out the Summit's Agenda and explore the best networking event of the year!
As of 21 November 2018, EIT Health opens its Call for Proposals based on some new rules and processes that will help strenghten its portfolio and strategic objectives:
- New Focus Areas - shape the goals and objectives of our consortium, bringing health living solutions to European citizens now and for generations to come.
- New rules of participation for Innovation Project proposals, including a mandatory "Stage 0" phase, where partners can benefit from targeted support and elimation of the distinction between Innovation by Ideas and Innovation by Design.
- In compliance with EIT rules, all for-profit KIC partners must assume 30% co-funding of their own KAVA costs, for all of their own projects, across the entire portfolio.
This Call builds on the past learnings and successes to ensure an even stronger portfolio of activities. Final proposals are due in Plaza by 27 March 2019. For Innovation Projects, a pre-proposal must be submitted to the relevant CLC no later than 15 February 2019. Full information on participating in the Call is avalable on Connections.
Innovations beyond Europe's borders
Safety Belt to Go2China successfully completed with the support of E-Group, IMEC and the University of Groningen. EIT Health Go2China programme can be potentially integrated with the Go Global strategy of the Republic of China.
Joint Grand Final in Budapest was the crowning achievement of 6 months of training and mentoring
40 finalists and 22 top winners received 200,000 euro for further development in the area of health, raw materials and food. Read more about Winners! The StarShip final stage of training and pitch competition took place in Budapest on 8 of November. 6 teams of talented young healthcare entrepreneurs worked on real-life challenges provide by companies. They examined the needs of patients and clinicians, worked on solutions and presented their findings. Read also the absorbing story of Hernani Zao's team who won the StarShip challenge. 
Fast Company: Digital health start-ups should try need-driven innovation
Many digital health companies fall short because they apply a strategy to healthcare that was developed and refined in the tech sector, an entirely different industry with its own set of rules. [ READ MORE]
300 managers - from private hospitals, outpatients policlinics, investors as well as medical industry and management consultants discussed the opportunities of implementing innovation solutions and engaging start-ups to develop their healthcare-related ideas.
KTI Workshop in Erlangen - RIS Hubs & EIT Health InnoStars promote good practices of the most successful innovation ecosystem
" The most important take-home message of the Erlangen visit for us: Time to market! We learned here that we should not concentrate on IP portfolio in the future." More testimonials and the brief summary of third international Regional Innovation Scheme Knowledge Triangle Integration you can find here.
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Abtrace will be working with Instituto Pedro Nunes, Coimbra, over the next two years to develop their project.
EIT Health InnoStars Partners joined Innovation Days initiative that spreads across Europe. This year, it was organised in 19 locations in collaboration with 26 EIT Health Partners across all 7 EIT Health CLCs.
The event, organised by EIT Health Partner Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia, engaged 100 people involved in the Tech Transfer and innovations as well as start-ups from Greece and Sicily.
About 300 citizens participate in a health lifestyle assessment and nearly 2,000 citizens were able to watch and engage in debates and rountables on different topics related to health and wellbeing. The event was organised by EIT Health InnoStars Partners - Instituto Pedro Nunes and the University of Coimbra. The Award was given to Praca Vida.
HINTT Prize 2018 and inspiring networking session
Inspiring networking session organised for finalists of HINTT Prize 2018 by EIT Health InnoStars Partner - Glintt - in Portugal. It was an opportunity to submit some projects to the most interesting calls promoted by EIT Health.
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"Praca da Saude" is an EIT Health event, which is an effect of the collaboration between the University of Porto, the University of Coimbra, Pedro Nunes Institute and other entities associated with the University of Porto.
"3 Day Startup" initiative includes hands-on entrepreneurship education Programmes for students at college and University campuses across the globe. In Porto, the event is organised by the University of Porto and Startup Buzz which is a students' organisation dedicated to promote entrepreneurship.
Consorzio ARCA and the Medical University of Gdańsk ran a series of events for professionals, start-ups and academic comunity with the aim to promote technology in the healthcare sector as well as some best ways for commercialisation of research.
10 European start-ups presented their innovative solutions in the area of health dedicated to seniors.
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The most important events that you should not miss:
- AMR Hackathon, Nov 30 - Dec 2, Marsillius Kolleg, Heidelberg, Germany
- #ProtectUrLife, Nov 30-Dec 2, Rimini.
- EIT Health Summit 2018, Dec 4-5, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
- Health Venture Lab and Demo Day, Dec 10, Budapest, Hungary
- EIT Health Information Day, supported by the Latvian Ministry of Health and Stradnis University, Dec 13, Riga, Latvia
- Health Innovation mini Hackathon, Dec 14-15, Riga, Latvia
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