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12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® at MEDICA

The Internet of Things is transforming the healthcare industry

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Healthcare Innovation World Cup

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The finals of the 12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup will take place at MEDICA 2020. The Innovation World Cup® series is the world's largest open innovation platform, connecting techpreneurs with international companies. Start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs pitch their Internet of Medical Things solutions live at MEDICA - from wearable technologies to digital biomarkers and intelligent patches to smart implants. The aim of the competition is to promote breakthrough innovations, to make them visible to the world, and to connect innovators with decision-makers in the healthcare industry, potential partners, investors and customers.

Submit your solution now and take the opportunity to present it at the 7th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, the hotspot for digital innovations in hall 13.

Submissions are possible until 23 September 2020 (23:59 PST). The participation is free of charge.

Current partners of the Healthcare Innovation World Cup include STMicroelectronics, EBV Elektronik, Würth Elektronik, Microtronics, AiQ Smart Clothing, and VARTA Microbattery.

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Agenda 12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup®

13:00 – 13:15 h

12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup – Welcome and Introduction

13:15 – 14:30 h

12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup – Pitch

  • 12 finalists presenting their solutions
  • Wearable technologies, digital biomarkers, intelligent patches, smart implants
  • Live evaluation by the expert jury

14:30 – 15:00 h

Panel discussion: "How to scale up an IoMT start-up"

15:00 – 15:30 h

12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup – Award Ceremony

Conditions of participation

  • Internet of Medical Things solutions (e.g. wearable technologies, digital biomarkers, intelligent patches, smart implants, etc.) are permitted.
  • Market entry no later than Q3 2021
  • Submission in English by 23 September 2020
  • Participants of the competition can order free devkits of the partners STMicroelectronics, EBV Elektronik, Würth Elektronik and Microtronics

All submissions to the Healthcare Innovation World Cup will be evaluated by the international jury according to the following criteria:  degree of innovation, commercial potential, technological feasibility, marketing approach, time to market, required investment.

Conformity with the "Medical Device Directive" or an "FDA Approval" is not required.

Pitch and award ceremony

Photo: Winners' trophies of Innovation World Cup; © Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann

The jury will select 12 finalists who will pitch their solutions to an audience of international healthcare industry experts, potential partners, investors and customers live on stage at the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM on Monday 16 November 2020.

All participants become part of the leading innovation ecosystem and receive valuable business connections, free marketing packages, extensive media coverage on a global level and support from international tech experts in business development.

The 12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup is part of the 12th IoT / WT Innovation World Cup with prizes worth more than 500,000 USD including free development kits and 10,000 Euro in cash (best European IoT start-up).

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Review: These are the winners of the 11th Healthcare Innovation World Cup 2019

1. Place

Medicsensors S.L.

Product:
Medicsen
Smart patch for needle-free drug delivery (e.g. for diabetes)
www.medicsen.com

2. Place

MJN

Product:
MJN-SERAS
Real-time monitoring for peple with epilepsy to predict seizures
www.mjn.cat

3. Place

Kamedi GmbH

Product:
heat_it 
Smart treatment of insect bites with heat
www.heatit.de

These were the further finalists of the 11th Healthcare Innovation World Cup 2019:

AUROX GmbH

Product:
AUROX Headband
Headband for customized and precise thermoelectric cooling/warming on the forehead
www.auroxtech.com

CarePredict, Inc.

Product:
AI-Powered Elder Care Platform
Wristable to detect early signals for changing behavior in elderly care
www.carepredict.com

Goodsomnia AB

Product:
The stop-snoring solution
Anti-snoring device and app
www.goodsomnia.com

InnoSphere

Product:
Wearable brain stimulation device
Non-invasive brain-stimulation medical device for permanent treatment, without side effects, of cognitive disorders, specifically focusing on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
www.inno-sphere.com

LAQA GmbH

Product:
LAQA
Smart drinking device for hydration management
www.l-aqa.de

LifeSense Group

Product:
DryNights
Underwear and sensors for female incontinency
www.lifesense-group.com

MoNoA

Product:
MoNoA
Device for detection of stress and guidance for improvement
www.monoa.tech

Nestmedic

Product:
Pregnabit
Telemedical CTG solution
www.nestmedic.com

nevisQ GmbH

Product:
nevisQ
Smart sensor band to detect a person`s movement patterns
www.nevisq.com

novapace

Product:
novapace
Intelligent insole for GAIT training of Parkinson patients
www.www.novapace.de

Università di Modena

Product:
Kyphi
Wearable device, mobile app and chatbot to prevent asthma attacks

Xsensio

Product:
LAB-ON-SKIN™​
Lab-on-Skin™​ sensing platform to sense in real-time biochemical information at the surface of the skin
www.xsensio.com

Zeez Sleep Ltd

Product:
The Zeez Sleep Pebble
Small sleep device using brainwave patterns to prompt good sleep
www.zeez.org.uk

Organizers of MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM and 12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup

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Navispace GmbH

Program:
Dr. Sonja Sulzmaier
Managing Partner Navispace GmbH
Phone +49 (0)8152 99886-23

E-Mail: s.sulzmaier@navispace.de
Partner and Organization:
Hanh Nguyen/ Philipp Bühr
Project and Event Manager Navispace GmbH
Phone +49 (0)8152 99886-24/-14

E-Mail:
h.nguyen@navispace.de
p.buehr@navispace.de