BioPharma Ambition Hackathon. Hosted by MIT's Hacking Medicine & DCU Alpha

By Terence Bowden

Date and time

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:00 - Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:00 GMT+1

Location

DCU Alpha

Glasnevin Ireland

Refund Policy

Contact the organiser to request a refund.

Description

Notice

As you may know the bus strike will be on Friday making transport options limited. To make it fear for everyone those that cannot make it on Friday will be given the opportunity to join a team on Saturday morning.

Hosts

About

Part of the BioPharma Ambition Conference Happening in Dublin, the BioPharma Ambition health hackathon is co-hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Hacking Medicine programme and DCU Alpha.

The hackathon is calling on industry experts, scientists, engineers, coders, patients, health care providers, artists, designers, entrepreneurs and marketers to join us for an intensive weekend of challenging activity that will see innovative solutions emerge to improve aspects of patient pathways and clinical care.

See how it all works at MIT's Grand Hack 2016 https://youtu.be/IO-V9OdBIjE

Challenges

The Theme: Improving the Patient Experience from Bench to Bedside.

The goal: Better Outcomes for Patients.
- Better drug logistics & waste management.
- More effective health practitioner - patient interaction.
- A better patient experience.

Prizes

1st €3,000

2nd €2,000

3rd €1,000

The prize giving ceremony for our winning team will take place in the Mansion House Dublin on Wednesday 21st September at the BioPharma Ambition delegate dinner.