Belgium's first hack-a-thon focused on healthcare

1. Don’t make another app, make a difference
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2. In ONE WEEKEND in May 2013
you’ll have an opportunity to solve
a REAL WORLD PROBLEM
In Belgian healthcare
Prove you can SOLVE IT,
and you’ll have your first CUSTOMER,
and you will
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE’S LIVES.
Hacking Health in 4 Steps

3. Solve a REAL problem
We’ve identified several real-world
problems that today’s healthcare
industry can’t solve.
Your fresh perspective, your
ingenuity and your energy can.
The problem champions (from
Belgian healthcare) will be present to
keep you grounded, and if you
succeed, will be your first customers
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4. Health history datamining
tool
Challenges
Telemonitoring
dashboard
Heart failure: a serious
game
Browser-based ERP for
carehomes

5. Join a dream TEAM
We are recruiting 60 startup fanatics,
experienced pros and top emerging
talent.
Developers, designers, bizdevs,
healthcare innovators, etc.
Your challenge: build a lean, mean
healthcare-changing machine.
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6. Willem Deleus
Experienced business
strategist
Team Captains
Jurgen De Smet
Healthcare IT expert and startup
advisor
Adrien Lebrun
Digital strategist in
biopharma sector

7. Christel De Maeyer
Entrepreneur,
innovator,
academic.
Team Captains
Guy Francx
Healthcare technologist &
business developer

8. Build a REAL business
Build a team, create a prototype, win
first customer.
Bring it all together and create the
next big thing in healthcare.
But first you’ll need to convince a
top-notch jury of healthcare decision
makers & investors.
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9. Do it in ONE weekend
55 hours is all you’ll need and all
you’ll get.
To answer 2 critical questions:
- Can the problem be solved?
- Is it a viable business?
Mark the date: 17-19 May 2013, Genk
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10. Media & PR
Guaranteed coverage by
leading ICT & healthcare
media in Belgium + PR
targeting general media (VRT,
Standaard, Tijd, Trends, etc)
Recognition in blogs,
newsletters & social media
channels of organisers (+7000
followers/connections in
tech/health) and promotion via
partners (e.g. posters & flyers
distributed at all Flemish
universities and University
Colleges)

11. PARTNERS on BOARD

12. If you succeed…
This brand-new business will be
yours to launch on Monday
morning – or to pass on to the team
and stay on as advisor.
And, you’ll have the network to build
it!

13. Schedule
April: choose your challenge, meet your
customer.
May: think, research, plan.
Friday, May 17: pitch your project, recruit your
team, brainstorm.
Saturday, May 18: build prototype, prove
business case.
Sunday, May 19: Finish up. Create presentation.
Rehearse. Pitch.

14. Developers
Technology entrepreneurs
Healthcare practitioners
Designers
This is your opportunity to create
something
GOOD
www.hackforhealth.be
Stand up and apply now