Project proposal which is initiated from Centre for Gender Medicine at KI in collaboration with Vinnova and other partners. The general aim of the Gendered Health Innovation Meeting project is to foster partnership towards creative development of gendered innovation in health care. You could join us as need identifier or company, let’s do this together! Deadline for applications is the 14th of March 2014. For more information please contact, Gender “ambassador” Fernanda <me@fernandatorre.com> or Coordinator/head of CFG Karolina Kublickiene <karolina.kublickiene@ki.se>.

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Centre for Gender Medicine, KI
Meeting Project,Vinnova 2014
Gendered Health
Innovation Meeting
Innovation is Great:
Gender Adds Value

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Do you want to innovate in
health care?
Do you believe innovation is the path for
your business to grow?
Do you agree that gender adds value to
innovation in health care?
Do you want to explore new gendered
solutions in patient empowerment?

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Joint US!
The Centre for Gender Medicine ,
Department of Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet supports
research and education towards
innovation in health care via
promotion and implementation of
sex and gender analysis.
These activities strengthen the
quality and competitiveness of
scientific innovation leading to the
optimal exploitation of knowledge
and expertise to improve health
care for both woman and men.

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What is the Gendered Health
Innovation Meeting about?
n The program aims to stimulate ground breaking gendered
health innovations
n Entrepreneurs (AB)/companies, as well as need identifiers —key
individuals with unique insights and expertise — are invited to
an Innovation Meeting
n The Innovation Meeting is a one-day creative workshop
organized and facilitated by experts
n Vinnova covers 75% of the costs, the entrepreneurs (AB)/
companies contribute with 25%
n Vinnova offers funding of 150.000 SEK for entrepreneurs (AB)
who elaborate a Pilot Project to develop an innovative product
for the test market

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n Support organization,
organizes and facilitates
the Innovation Meeting.
n Amazing new ideas
generated between the
entrepreneurs (AB) and
need-identifiers
(experts in the field)!
Innovation Meeting: gendered needs are mapped,
creative problem solving is used, entrepreneurs (AB)
and need-identifiers come together generating
innovative gendered ideas for health care

6. +Entrepreneurs (AB) and need identifiers collaborate
to explore new gendered solutions in health care
and apply them to the Pilot Project program to
receive150.000 SEK from Vinnova
n Entrepreneurs (AB) collaborate,
individually or together, with
one or several need identifiers.

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What‘s your role as a Need Identifier
in the Innovation Meeting?
n You enter with the ambition to develop an innovative,
profitable gendered solution in health care
n You participate with an open mind and the desire to
understand the needs brought by the entrepreneurs (AB) and
other need identifiers
n Your objective is to come up with an idea that you can later
elaborate in a Pilot Project (supported by VINNOVA) based
on the gendered ideas created in the Innovation Meeting

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What’s in it for you as
a Need Identifier?
n You get access to experts and
tools to transform your
experience and ideas into
real solutions.
n You develop your network of
other need identifiers, as well
as with entrepreneurs with an
interest in your field.
n You gain new inspiration and
ideas that you can bring back
to your day-to-day work and
professional development.
n The Innovation Meeting may
generate Pilot Projects in
which you have the chance
continuous involvement and
collaboration.

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I’m interested!
What’s the cost for
the need identifiers?
VINNOVA sponsorships 75% of the costs for the Innovation Meeting!
Each entrepreneur (AB) only has to contribute with 25%.
The need-identifiers do not pay anything.

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I’m interested!
What’s the next step?
n You sign an agreement where you commit to participate in
the Innovation Meeting and the rights and duties associated
with the program.
n After review from VINNOVA, we will contact you to confirm
your participation (latest April 25).
n Wait for the Innovation Meeting and enjoy the ride!

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Innovation is Great:
Gender Adds Value
The Gendered Health Innovation
Meeting is a tool for developing
health care innovations with the
help of academia, industry,
individual & other parties.
The Centre for Gender
Medicine, KI, also supports
the platform to develop and
promote gendered innovation
fellowships. These are for multi-
disciplinary teams with the aim
of combing knowledge,
experience and expertise in
medicine, science, technology,
business and industrial design
towards identifying, validating
and problem-solving for
solutions in health care.
Academia
Individual
Industry
Health Care
Innovation Partnership

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Gendered Health
Innovation Meeting
by
Centre for Gender Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet
with support from
Meeting Project,Vinnova 2014
Contact: me@fernandatorre.com