UPDATE

Dear EIT Health InnoStars friends, 

We have officially begun the summer school season with EIT Health and our Partners! The new website with all of new summer school opportunities is already live. This year EIT Health will offer 13 summer programmes and many more education options that will soon be presented in the InnoStars 2019 Campus Catalogue. InnoStars Partners will lead 7 Campus programmes and participate in 30 more. This is a perfect way to expand your professional skills this year!
 
We are active on the start-up scene. InnoStars submitted the highest number of start-ups to the 2019 European Health Catapult, more than any of the CLCs! Congratulations and thank you for your efforts in referring high potential start-ups to us.
 
We are all in the middle of the call process and we are now awaiting invitations to the hearings. InnoStars Partners are involved in 103 submitted proposals (56 Innovation, 7 Accelerator, 40 Campus) which is a healthy increase since last year. We are facing the challenge to increase our success rate further, especially in the Innovation Projects. This year, the projects benefited greatly from both the Stage 0 support and the local experts pool, which were very well received by the Partners. That said, we are constantly looking for ideas and partner feedback on how to improve the quality of the project ideas and applications. As ever we are always open to ideas and invite you to contact your Regional Managers with any suggestions. InnoStars is also looking forward to the Partners Assembly that will be held on 12 June in Budapest, where we will present and discuss strategies, plans and tactics to support organisational and ecosystem development. We will be more than happy to receive any suggestions or comments you may have around ways to boost innovation in our regions and the associated challenges.
 
Last but not least we are delighted to announce that, at the end of March, the EIT Jumpstarter received the 2019 European Association Award for the Best Association Training Initiative. This project is coordinated by a team from EIT Health InnoStars, EIT Food and EIT Raw Materials. This award clearly demonstrates that our mentoring and training programme for young, talented people from the health, food and raw materials industries has a real, positive impact and helps to develop the innovation ecosystem in Europe!

With best wishes,
Balazs Furjes | Managing Director EIT Health InnoStars

It's a Win! EIT Jumpstarter with the European Association Award!

EIT Health launches 2019 Summer School Programme

InnoStars will host the EIT Health Think Tank Roundtable - Join the Digital Town Hall and learn more!

New events for healthcare leaders: Morning Health Talks by InnoStars

Go outside the lab: interview with Oxipit

Europe's largest Research Project on Childhood Obesity launches Call for Innovations

Women empowerment day with WE Health

Women Empowerment Day is a one-day workshop organised by EIT Health Core Partner Medical University of Łódź in collaboration with IESE Business School and several other partners.
When: 8 May, Lodz, Poland
Register here.

Biodesign Innovation Fellowship Programme: Health+

Four talented people sought for Health+ Innovation Fellowship! 
Registration deadline: 6 May
Application form is available here.

EIT Health InnoStars @Health Literacy Roundtable in Porto

Under the Doctoral Program in Digital Media UT Austin Portugal, the University of Porto (one of the EIT Health RIS Hubs) and the Creative Labor Health Literacy (LACLIS) will organize the Think Tank Roundtables around Health Literacy and Communication challenges. Read more about the Think Tank Roundtables here.
When: 9 May 2019

EIT Food invites talents from RIS countries for internships

The EIT Food RIS Fellowships project aims to provide internships for the best students and graduates from RIS countries. The deadline for application: 13 May. More information: project website.

Health For All 2019: a summary of the conference

Health for All: Science and Innovation Week 2019 took place from 8 to 12 April in Kaunas. This was the first edition of this conference organised by the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, in cooperation with EIT Health. Read the summary.

InnoStars @InnoPesc 2019

InnoPécs Conference 2019, the annual start-up event in Pécs, Hungary, took place on 24 April at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Pécs (one of the EIT Health RIS Hubs). Read more.

Technorama 2019

“Technorama” is an international event of Kaunas University of Technology. Each year the exhibition invites more than 2000 visitors and more than 60 researchers from different universities present their innovations. EIT Health will award the most innovative ideas.
When: 9 May, KTU “Santaka Valley”
Register here. 

Digital Health Venture Forum 2019

The forum, organised by the University of Porto (EIT Health RIS Hub) and Tech Tour will promote innovation and investment in the best technology companies from across Europe. Read more.
When: 23-24 May, University of Porto
Register here.

• EIT Health Webinar "How to use DISQOVER semantic search tool?" - 30 April at 11-11.45am CET; When it’s time, please join the meeting at this link.
• Deadline! McTivAgeing Summer School - Application Deadline Round 2 - 30 April
• Invitation to Hearings for project proposals submitted in BP2020 Call - 30 April

• Deadline! Health+ Programme application deadline - 6 May
• EIT Health Think Tank Digital Town Hall - 7 May, 10-11.00am CET. Registration for the webinar.
• Women Empowerment Day with WE Health - 8 May, Lodz; Registration for the workshop 
• DemoDay (DEX Innovation Centre and DEXIC Accelerator) - 9 May, Prague
• Think Tank Roundtables at the University of Porto - 9 May, Porto; Read more
• Technorama - 9 May, Kaunas; Registration
• European Economic Congress and European Start-up Days in Katowice - 13-15 May; read more
• InnoStars @CEBioForum in Lodz - 15 May; read more
• Food4Health Workshop in Rotterdam (Partners only) - 15-16 May; Registration by 3 May
• Deadline! Application for L-EAD Summer School - 19 May
• ImpactCEE 2019 in Krakow - 21-22 May; Read more
• Deadline! STOP Call for Proposals deadline - 23 May
• Digital Health Venture Forum in Porto, Portugal - 23-24 May
• Morning Health Talks by InnoStars - 27 May, 9-11.00 CET, Budapest; More information - Beata Kurucz
• Hearings for project proposals (Innovation, Campus) - 27-30 May, Munich

• Hearings for projects proposals (Campus, Accelerator) - 3-7 June, Munich
• InnoStars Partners Assembly - 12 June, Budapest (more details will be available soon)
• InnoStars Partners Education Meeting - 13 June, Budapest (more details will be available soon)

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