MedTechBOOST: Your Innovation gateway to the NHS is open!
2nd Sep 2019 - 6th Sep 2019, 8am - 6pm
Develop ground-breaking AI solutions to improve mental health and healthy ageing for the NHS
Applications close 31/07/19 Apply
DEVELOP, VALIDATE & DESIGN AI SOLUTIONS
Begin the week with an early idea, and you will finish with a clear business proposition and prototype to show. 5 days of intensive and practical lean venture building facilitated by Lean Startup Ambassadors, leading product designers and technologies.
GET SUPPORT & PITCH TO INDUSTRY LEADERS
Work alongside healthcare industry professionals and industry experts to pitch your idea at the end of the week. Partner organisations include Eastern AHSN, Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, ARM, and NHS Foundation Trust Guys and St Thomas.
PITCH FOR COLLABORATIONS & POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS
The Eastern AHSN bridges innovation into the NHS. In the past 5 years, it has supported 17 health innovations adopted in the local health system & invested £83 million in the process
This September, the week long MedTechBoostT will blend PhD & Post-Doc students and startups, combined with key people at EAHSN, and take them through a structured process of practical
ideation, venture development, and lean solution-design, to create and develop ground-breaking new solutions for the NHS.
Held at The Bradfield Centre, the impressive innovation hub in Cambridge, this intensive and immersive experience will be facilitated by specialist Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and feature masterclasses from renowned entrepreneurs and industry experts, to provide all participants with the tools and know-how of lean entrepreneurship.
The teams will develop, validate and design AI solutions for pre-selected healthcare challenges, ready to be taken forward as new NHS ventures with support and collaboration from EAHSN, whose remit is to encourage, develop and deliver innovative solutions that improve patient care and aid economic growth in the NHS, making participation in this program the perfect pathway to the right people inside the NHS .They will work alongside healthcare industry professionals and industry experts to pitch their idea at the end of the week. Partner organisations include AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, ARM, and NHS Foundation Trust Guys and St Thomas. & many more!
For more information and to apply to participate, please visit:
https://www.medtechboost.com/
2nd SEPT— INDUCTION
Onboarding
Explanation of challenges
Meet all participants and mentors
2nd SEPT — IDEATION
Team formation
Problem identification
Solution ideation
3rd SEPT — VALIDATION
Customer interviews
Solution validation
Value proposition development
4th SEPT — BUSINESS CASE
Business modelling
Commercial plan
Prototype design
5th SEPT — PROTOTYPE
Prototype development
Roadmap planning
Pitch prep
6th SEPT — PITCH
Pitches
Next steps
