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Healthcare Hackathon – Brain Disorders
December 9, 2015 - December 10, 2015
Free
Opinion leaders in Neuroscience + Patient organizations + 100 innovators (including you)
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Patient solutions
Discuss the challenges faced by patients with brain disorders, and spend 2 days working on ideas to help them pursue functional lives
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Or just: Join Us for the Final Ceremony
IDEAS?
If you have good ideas and understand software, engineering, biology, medicine, neuroscience etc – you should be there!
Form a team with the 5 people you like around you (or form it upfront), and immerse yourself in a 2 day quest to improve the lives of millions
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Or just: Join Us for the Final Ceremony
PRIZES
DRUMROLL PLEASE…
On the second day, final demos will be presented at a high profile event to a panel of prominent judges
Prizes include:
1. Solve real problems for real people
2. Present your ideas to industry leaders who can help you bring them to life
3. Opportunity to participate in several acceleration programs such as: Israel Brain Technology, HexciteIL
4. A laptop for each member of the winning team (up to 5)
5. A 1T external drive for each member of the second and third place teams
Or just: Join Us for the Final Ceremony
SCHEDULE
FIRST DAY – 09/12/15
Venue: Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv University: Bnai Zion Auditorium and Galleries
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:30 Opening Event
Venue: Bnai Zion Auditoium, Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv University
09:00-10:30 Companies, hospitals and patient organization define their Challenges and needs in the field of brain disorders:
Dr. Kathy Macgrody-Goetz – Vice President of Partnership and Solutions, IBM Watson Health
Dr. Aya Sofer – Director of Big Data and Cognitive Analytics Research, IBM
Ms. Wendy Mayer – Vice President, Worldwide Innovation, Pfizer
Mr. Shai Rishoni – CEO of Prize4Life
Prof. Michal Beeri – Head of the Joseph Sagol Neuroscience Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Associate professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Prof. Nir Giladi – MD, Chairman, Neurology Division, Tel Aviv Medical Center
10:30-11:00 Splitting into startup teams
Venue – Galleries, Beit Hatfutsot
11:00 Starting to hack!
13:00-17:00 Meeting the pros. – mentors from the field
13:30 Lunch
17:30 Breakout
IP in a nut shell, Mr. Jacob Enoch, M. Firon and Advocates
An Inspiring talk by an entrepreneur – TBA
18:30 Dinner
21:00 End of Day 1
SECOND DAY – 10/12/15
Venue: Law School Seminar rooms
09:00 Gathering and continue Hacking…
17:00-20:00 Final Competition and Ceremony: Pitch Projects + Judges Panel
Venue: Yaglom Auditorium, Senate Building, Tel Aviv University
Greetings – Prof. Yaron Oz, Rector of Tel Aviv University
Mr. Rick Kaplan, Country General Manager, IBM Israel