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October 2015

Canadian Public Health Challenge kick-off

October 23, 2015
Complexe Desjardins Montréal, Qc Canada + Google Map

Hacking Health Montreal invites you to attend the unveiling of the themes for the Desjardins Hacking Health Innovation Challenge (presence is optional) which will take place the 23rd of October at Civic Forum for Innovation and Health Promotion hosted at the Desjardins Complex. This forum is organized by Ste-Justine Hospital as the closing event of its Health Innovation Week. You can participate in a Hacking Health pitch clinic to help you articulate an idea you’d like to pitch and mingle…

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November 2015

Desjardins HH Innovation Challenge

November 6, 2015 - November 8, 2015
GRANDE PLACE DU COMPLEXE DESJARDINS‎, 150 RUE STE-CATHERINE OUEST
MONTRÉAL, Qc H2X 3Y2 Canada

    About this event Health promotion is the best way to stay healthy, live longer, live better and with people you love. Hacking Health and its partners Desjardins,  IBM Canada and CHU Sainte-Justine, teamed up this for design challenge, co-presented by Desjardins Insurance. By organizing the  Health+Promotion Innovation Challenge we brought together professionals from the health and IT sector as well as designers and any citizen committed to their health. Desjardins, Ste-Justine Children's Hospital and Hacking Health worked together to identify 5 key themes…

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HH Mexico City telemedecine café

November 11, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
Wayra, San Luis Potosí 196, piso 5, Col. oma
México, Mexico
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HH Winnipeg 2014 hackathon

November 14, 2015 - November 16, 2015
500 Corydon Ave., 500 Corydon Ave.
Winnipeg, MT Canada
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PRIZE FOR MOST COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL Pre-Operative Testing Team LogixMD Ganesan Abu, Clayton Wilchowy and Keegan Walker (Big Package - Consultation Services from Eureka, Ade & Co, and GDC Manitoba) Read more on this success story here PRIZE FOR INNOVATION DischargeLink Team: Xibiao Ye and Dan Major ($1500 from LSAM for BIO Convention) AUDIENCE CHOICE (DESIGN) AWARD V-Stat Team: Ganesan Abu, Patrick Benske, Patrick Bullert, George Chen, Dennis Koverzin (Passes to Innovate MB’s Launch’pad Workshop)   CHECK OUT PROJECTS   NATIONAL SPONSOR

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HH Hamilton, ON café “Teamwork”

November 19, 2015
Hamilton Family Health Team, 123 James St. N, 2nd Floor.
Hamilton, ON Canada
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Starts at 6:30pm! Hacking Health Hamilton is a forum where innovators in healthcare, design, and technology meet, discuss, and share their enthusiasm for improving healthcare through collaboration and innovation. • You might be a physician, nurse, therapist, or allied health professional with an idea that could solve a problem, and you are looking for technical and design help to make that idea a reality. • You might be an app builder with a concept for improving health and looking for…

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Bench to Bedside – Shark Tank Pitch Day

November 19, 2015 @ 6:30 pm
À déterminer NYC

Our partner healthcare marketing agency gyro:human has invited us to Bench to Bedside Initiative, a collaborative effort between gyro:human, Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering to help PhD students, scientific researchers and physicians translate their scientific ideas into commercial products/services. The semester long program culminates in a shark-tank pitch day where teams will present their businesses plans around unlicensed IP at WCMC, MSKCC, and Rockefeller university for seed stage funding on November 19th. The program is in very early stage but has…

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December 2015

Digital Health Year-End Bonanza

December 15, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Blueprint Health

We are excited to announce the End-of-the-Year Digital Health Party in collaboration with Blueprint Health, gyro:human, NYP Innovation Center, Startup Digest, Rocketure, and other healthcare pioneers on Dec. 15th. Come join us for the night of networking as we usher out a remarkable year and look towards even greater achievements in 2016. We are looking forward to hear your feedback on our ongoing & planned activities and touch-base on Health Hackathon event we are targeting to host early Spring'16. Details will…

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January 2016

Health Data Aggregation & Management

January 12, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
Blueprint Health

Join us for the discussion with the CEO of Open mHealth - David Haddad Open mHealth, a non-profit startup and open source system that's making mobile health data more accessible. Code produced by Open mHealth is open-sourced through the Apache 2.0 license; this means that the code base can be adapted and evolved by the community members, and it also gives the people who uses the platform the ability to customize it for their specific needs. Open mHealth helps healthcare…

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HH Café – Edmonton

January 20, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Startup Edmonton, Mercer Warehouse
Edmonton, Canada
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Hacking Health is designed to improve healthcare by inviting technology creators and healthcare professionals to collaborate on realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line problems. Our hackathons and workshops are fun, intense, hands-on events where small teams tackle tough problems in a supportive community of peers and mentors.   Guest Speaker: Dr. Denis Vincent is a family physician from Edmonton who tackled the frustrating issue of fax referrals at Hacking Health Edmonton 2013. He has since built a team and founded ezReferral,…

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VertMTL Marathon Launch

January 21, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
ArtGang Art contemporain, 6524 Rue Saint-Hubert
Montréal, Qc H2S Canada
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(Event in French) Join us this Thursday for the launch of the VertMTL marathon and to reduce the dependence of Montrealers on fossil fuels. This public consultation, organized by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM), challenges the community to innovate and suggest innovative solutions against the challenges and problems that fossil fuels represent. The marathon is designed to mobilize local citizens interested in the environmental issues, as well as technological entrepreneurs and field specialists in sustainable development and innovation. Admission…

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“Building”­: Hacking Health Hamilton Café January

January 21, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
David Braley Health Sciences Building, 100 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON Canada
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Are you interested in healthcare innovation? Are you a healthcare professional, designer, or software developer? Then this is where you need to be for demos, talks and networking on how we can bring about massive change. For this Café we are at the new David Braley Health Sciences Building right downtown. This beautiful building is a symbol of the investment in healthcare right downtown. Andrew MacArthur: "Building an Internet of DNA to Combat Antibiotic Resistance" Andrew is a professor of…

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VertMTL Ideathon Time: Healthier Social Habits for a greener Montreal

January 26, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
McGill Faculty of Law, 3644 Rue Peel
Montreal, Qc H3A 1W9 Canada
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McGill Law and Hacking Health joins the creative Marathon to present you techniques to incentivize change, followed by a round table period where you can brainstorm your own ideas with other participants!

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February 2016

HH Café – Edmonton

February 10, 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Heritage Lounge,University of Alberta, Athabasca Hall
Edmonton, Canada
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Looking to explore development options for your next healthcare app (perhaps for the upcoming #HHYEG2016 hackathon), or curious about cognitive computing and how Watson can help tame Big Data?  Get up close and personal with experts from IBM to learn about Bluemix - a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that is used for creating, managing and deploying applications on the cloud. Learn more about the Bluemix platform, followed by a short talk and Q&A session with Social Angel, the…

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HH Edmonton Workshop – IBM Bluemix Tutorial

February 11, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Computer Sciences Centre – University of Alberta Alberta, Canada + Google Map

    So you attended our Bluemix cafe (not yet registered? Tickets still available!) and have a better understanding of the many ways the platform can give your next healthcare app an edge. You've heard from the Social Angel team how they leveraged Bluemix to build the top award winning app at the Health+Promotion Innovation Challenge in Montreal. Maybe you've come up with an amazing idea to put the Watson and the cognitive abilities of the platform to work in…

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HH Hamilton pre-hackathon workshop

February 18, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
Innovation Factory, McMaster Innovation Park 101A-175 Longwood Road South
Hamilton, Canada
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  Are you interested in pitching a health care challenge to solve? Need help crafting your project pitch? Need help to develop your solution but not sure who you need on your team? Want to learn more about how a Hacking Health Hackathon works?   NATIONAL SPONSORS DIAMOND   GOLD SILVER     BRONZE     LOCAL SPONSORS TITLE SPONSORS

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Hacking Health – Edmonton hackathon

February 19, 2016 @ 8:00 am - February 21, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) – University of Alberta Edmonton, AL Canada + Google Map

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umho6Ti3T_8   AGE-WELL NCE AGE-WELL NCE (Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life NCE Inc.) is a national research network in technology and aging whose aim is  to help older Canadians to maintain their independence, health and quality of life through accessible  technologies that increase their safety and security, support their independent living, and enhance their social participation. Some of the projects currently underway include: innovative technologies for caregivers, mobile robotics for activities of…

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HH Toronto Cafe: Past, Present, Future!

February 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
MaRS Discovery District Toronto, ON Canada + Google Map

  Happy New Year Health Hackers! We are kicking off the Hacking Health meetups starting in February.   HH Toronto's next Café is about hearing and learning from HH teams of the past. Through the past few years Hacking Health (HH) Toronto has been the catalyst and birth place for some amazing ideas and products whose aim is to marry tech and healthcare. Teams have managed to bring products from ideation to implementation. HH Toronto's first Café of 2016 will bring back…

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HH Hamilton 2016 hackathon

February 26, 2016 - February 28, 2016
McMaster Innovation Park Atrium, 175 Longwood Road
South Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1 Canada
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Challenges To advance efforts to promote healthy living, prevent social isolation and reduce injury, we need new solutions, tools and partnerships.Participate to the Public Health Challenge in Hamilton!   PHRI: Evaluating Digital Cures Health apps are like the wild west, with digital snake oil mixed in with gold-standard health apps and it’s hard to consumers to tell the difference. Population Health Research Institute knows the how to tell the difference from a research point of view, having conducted studies with more than 1,000,000…

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March 2016

HH Vancouver HxD Café: Innovation Boulevard

March 8, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Health Tech Innovation Hub, #201 – 13737 96 Ave Surrey
Vancouver, BC V3V 1Z2
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It's no secret that that the Hacking Health Vancouver and Healthcare Experience Design Vancouver (HxD) communities are big fans of cross-sector collaboration in healthcare technology: we know that the perfect mix of clinical knowledge with technical and design expertise is a surefire recipe for the kind of innovation that can make a real difference. So for this special event, we're excited to invite you to come observe a fantastic example of collaboration in its natural habitat: Innovation Boulevard in Surrey!…

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HH Montreal Healthcare Design Studio

March 22, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
CRCHUM, 5th floor - 900 Rue Saint-Denis
Montreal,, QC H2X 0A9 Canada
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Good design breaks down the barriers to innovation in healthcare. Hacking Health has teamed up wtih Tout Le Monde UX to offer a unique design exercise for healthcare practitioners, technologists, and business people wishing to upgrade the patient experience through excellent use of design. Admission NATIONAL SPONSOR

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Hacking Health Vancouver Café: Crafting the Perfect Pitch

March 28, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Lighthouse Labs, 128 West Hastings Street #300
Vancouver, BC V6B 1G9
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Communication is key to effective collaboration. At this pitch clinic, we'll help you learn how to effectively craft a 60 second elevator-style pitch that will convey your idea in a way that transcends disciplines and reaches each individual regardless of their background or perspective! If you are considering pitching an idea at the April 2nd Hacking Health Design Challenge kickoff event, attending this pitch clinic is highly recommended: we'll help you learn how to deliver the right type and amount…

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April 2016

HH Halifax Café & Chapter Launch

April 14, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Goldbloom Atrium at the IWK Health Centre Halifax, NL Canada + Google Map

Join us at Hacking Health Halifax Café on April 14 Be a part of the first Hacking Health chapter in Atlantic Canada! Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups to discuss and debate digital health topics – where people and ideas mingle. Hacking Health aims to transform healthcare by connecting healthcare professionals with designers, developers, innovators and entrepreneurs to build realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line healthcare problems. We'll be hosting cafes and workshops leading up to a weekend hackathon in November 2016. Who…

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Hacking Health Toronto: Designing For Health

April 26, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
MaRS Discovery District Toronto, ON Canada + Google Map

  HH Toronto's next Café is about the importance of design in healthcare and how that ultimately helps make an impact on the patient. Join us on Tuesday April 26th to hear and learn from our guest speakers Here is how the night is going to go: 1. 6:00 - 6:15pm: Networking and food 2. 6:15 - 6:30pm: Opening remarks, word from our partner IBM 3. 6:30 - 7:50pm: Guest Speaker Presentations 4. 7:50 - 8:30pm: Wrap-up and Networking Guest…

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May 2016

Big Data in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

May 10, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Amphithéâtre Justine Lacoste – CHU Sainte-Justine Montréal, Qc Canada + Google Map

  Opportunities and challenges of big data in healthcare.  This edition of the Hacking Health Café aims to bring together industry professionals and academic researchers to discuss cutting-edge innovation in healthcare possible with big data, open data and artificial intelligence. Do not miss this opportunity to withness first-hand the stories and experiences from professionnals and to interact with them during the panel discussion! How you can take advantages of big data in your organization? Participate in this Hacking Health Cafe…

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HH Ottawa: Designing for Healthcare

May 11, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
Impact Hub Ottawa, 6th floor, 71 Bank St
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5N2 Canada
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  Are you a developer, designer, policy analyst or engaged citizen interested in the healthcare industry? Are you someone simply looking to learn more about innovating within healthcare? Join us at our Hacking Heath Cafe for and informative, fun and an inspirational evening! There is free parking in the underground garage across the street from us (the C.D. Howe Building at 235 Queen).       NATIONAL SPONSORS DIAMOND   GOLD SILVER     BRONZE     LOCAL SPONSORS TITLE SPONSORS  …

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HH Vancouver Design Challenge Café #2

May 11, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
UBC Medical Student & Alumni Centre, 2750 Heather Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4M2
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  We're already half-way to e-Health - the perfect time for another Hacking Health Vancouver Design Challenge café! Join us on Wednesday, May 11th at the UBC Medical Student & Alumni Centre (at 12th Ave. and Heather, near VGH). We'll catch up, share progress, and hear words of wisdom from an inspiring speaker with clinical, business, and technical perspective on what it takes to turn a great idea into a successful venture!     Guest Speaker Featuring special guest: Peter Payne Co-Associate Director, SFU Venture Connection…

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Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit II

May 13, 2016 - May 15, 2016
Toldo Health Education Centre @ University of Windsor Windsor, ON Canada + Google Map

  Welcome to Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit II! Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together IT and healthcare professionals across the US-Canada border to collaborate, dream up & design apps for patient-centric care. The first Windsor-Detroit Hacking Health was held at Tech Town Detroit – an innovation hub just five minutes from the border in May, 2015. Building on that success Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit II will be crossing the border into Windsor May 13-15, 2016 which…

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Les 24h de l’innovation

May 24, 2016 @ 9:00 am - May 25, 2016 @ 9:00 am
À déterminer MTL

An international competition: Teams have 24 hours to find creative solutions to challenges put forward by businesses. Take part in the 2016 edition of Les 24h de l ‘innovation; be ready to play on May 24 at 9:00 a.m Admission   NATIONAL SPONSOR

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Hacking Health Vancouver Design Challenge Demo Workshop

May 24, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lighthouse Labs, 128 West Hastings Street #300
Vancouver, BC V6B 1G9
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  With e-Health right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about presenting your amazing work to the conference delegates and judges! We'll start off by covering everything you need to know about e-Health demos, and how to showcase your project and develop a killer presentation within the guidelines you'll have there: An overview of the presentations to come (Sunday night recaps/preliminary judging/final judging), and the format and timing of each A review of the judging process A talk…

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HH Montreal @ C2MTL: Innovative in the workplace through health challenge

May 25, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
C2MTL Montréal, Qc Canada + Google Map

  80% of today's workforce has a sedentary job and 78% identify of employees their workplace as stressful.  MONTREAL, MAY 25 2016 Event recap - Hosted by Juliana Alvarez, Designer in Residence in Co-Director of Research, Hacking Health In collaboration with the Government of Québec, Hacking Health hosted a co-creation workshop at one of the most captivating conferences of the year, C2MTL. Charged with the mission to re-think the workplace of the future and the future of collaboration, Hacking Health…

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HH Toronto Cafe: Ontario’s Health Innovation Agenda

May 27, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MaRS Discovery District Toronto, ON Canada + Google Map

HH Toronto's next Café is on learning about Ontario's health innovation agenda, and find out about new funding opportunities to prototype and scale healthcare projects. Our guest speaker is William (Bill) Charnetski, Chief Health Innovation Strategist for Ontario. Here is how the night is going to go: 1. 6:00 - 6:30pm: Networking and food 2. 6:30 - 6:35pm: Opening remarks 3. 6:35 - 7:35pm: Guest Speaker Presentations 4. 7:35 - 8:00pm: Wrap-up and Networking We will update this post as…

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HH Montreal – Health: Ideas to improve access to care

May 31, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
À déterminer MTL

  Speakers Can the public and private systems co-exist? Access to free health care is a right protected by law in Canada. The word "private" is perceived by citizens as a threat to this right. If the public health care system utilises the private system to make care more accessible to patients; does it become less public? This theme is aimed at identifying the true issues by looking at a few real life case studies. Alain Vadeboncoeur shares a recent presentation. Suggested…

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June 2016

HH Vancouver Design Challenge

June 5, 2016 - June 7, 2016
The Centre for Digital Media & The Vancouver Convention Center Vancouver, BC Canada + Google Map

  About Vancouver Design Challenge Hacking Health partnered with eHealth 2016, its national sponsor Desjardins Insurance and local sponsor Gevity to deliver the 8-week Design Challenge. The competing teams' efforts culminated in a showcase presentation with prizes awarded at the  e-Health 2016 Conference. The challenge initially began with the Kick-Off Event on Saturday, April 2nd at the Centre for Digital Media,  an event co-presented by Desjardins Insurance. Design Challenge Projects Missed the event? Watch the micro pitches below and learn about some of the great ideas developed…

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HH Halifax: Design Thinking Café & Workshop

June 22, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Innovacorp Enterprises Centre, 1344 Summer Street
Halifax, NS Canada
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Join us at Hacking Health Halifax: Design Thinking Café & Workshop on June 22 Be a part of the first Hacking Health chapter in Atlantic Canada! Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups to discuss and debate digital health topics – where people and ideas mingle. Hacking Health aims to transform healthcare by connecting healthcare professionals with designers, developers, innovators and entrepreneurs to build realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line healthcare problems. We'll be hosting cafés and workshops leading up to a weekend hackathon…

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HH Montreal – Hacking Memory: Exploring Tech in Neuroscience

June 28, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
De Grandpré Communications Centre (MNI), 3801 rue University
Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Canada
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  Hacking Health Montreal and NeuroTechMTL invite you to an exciting café where a unique combination of perspectives will come together to explain how advancements in neurotechnology are going to change how we understand and work with memory. Researchers, physicians, technology entrepreneurs and caregivers are all an important part of this journey and you will hear what each has to say. Refreshments will be served. SPEAKERS Dr. Frank Knoefel Dr. Knoefel will provide a brief overview of dementia and some…

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HH Toronto Cafe: Physician-Led Innovation

June 30, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cossette Health, 32 Atlantic Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
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Hacking Health (HH) Cafés: where ideas and people mingle. Join us at our next Hacking Health Café for an informative, fun and inspirational evening! Hacking Health, in partnership with Cossette Health, is proud to present a Hacking Health Café event on the theme of physician-led innovation. Opening remarks will be made by Hadi Salah and the Managing Director of Cossette Health, Dr. John Reeves, who has been disrupting healthcare since entering clinical practice in 1994. Dr. Reeves believes that physicians…

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July 2016

HH Ottawa Huddle

July 27, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
Impact Hub Ottawa, 6th floor, 71 Bank St
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5N2 Canada
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  On the road to medical innovation It’s time for all of us who are passionate about innovation in healthcare to unite once again to work on real problems that were identified with CHEO’s healthcare practitioners! The HHOttawa Huddle is designed to start ideating and working on specific problems in healthcare that need our immediate attention. This will be a precursor to our Hackathon in 2017 so we can hit the ground running. And like any HHOttawa event, we offer…

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August 2016

Joule H 2– Hacking Health Design Day

August 20, 2016 @ 9:00 am
Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC Canada
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  About this event Do you spend time thinking about ways to make an impact on patients’ lives and the future of health care? Maybe you already have an idea or many and are looking for a way to bring them to life. Then this event is for you!   Physicians, let's redesign healthcare! Joule TM is partnering with Hacking Health to host a fun Joule H2 TM - Hacking Health Design Day in Vancouver this summer! When: Saturday, August…

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September 2016

Hacking Health Café – Québec – Sept 7, 2016

September 7, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LE CAMP | Accélérateur-incubateur d’entreprises technologiques Québec, Qc Canada + Google Map

  Check the French version of this event for more information (Francophone event).   Introduction processus HHQuébec (5 mins) Présentation générale 5 à 10 défis (2 mins / défi) (10-20 mins) Rencontres en rafale avec les porteurs des défis. (5 mins / défi) (50 mins) Présentation plateforme d'idéation et processus Marathon (15 mins) Étape d'idéation, échange et entrée des idées dans la plateforme (1h 25 mins) FIN   SPONSORS NATIONAUX DIAMANT   OR ARGENT     BRONZE     ORGANISATEURS…

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HH NYC Entrepreneurship Series – Biotech

September 13, 2016
Zuckerman Auditorium, 417 East 68th Street
New York, NY United States
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Hacking Health NYC is continuing to support entrepreneurship initiative started with the Bench to Bedside Initiative. BBI is starting its 12 week seminar series “From Bench to Bedside: Business Fundamentals for Entrepreneurial Scientists”. The program aims to educate scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University about the fundamentals of starting and building a company in the healthcare industry. The end goal is to help these inventors turn their intellectual property into feasible businesses. The program will…

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Hacking Health Café – Québec – Sept 21, 2016

September 21, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Université Laval, Espace Jardin, Pavillon Alphonse Desjardins
Québec, Qc Canada
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  Check the French version of this event for more information (Francophone event).   Introduction processus HHQuébec (5 mins) Présentation générale 5 à 10 défis (2 mins / défi) (10-20 mins) Rencontres en rafale avec les porteurs des défis. (5 mins / défi) (50 mins) Présentation plateforme d'idéation et processus Marathon (15 mins) Étape d'idéation, échange et entrée des idées dans la plateforme (1h 25 mins) FIN   SPONSORS NATIONAUX DIAMANT   OR ARGENT     BRONZE     ORGANISATEURS…

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HH NYC – SKIN HEALTH DIGITAL COLLABORATORY

September 21, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Nestle Skin Health, Alexandria Center for Life Sciences, 430 East 29th Street, 11th Floor
New York, United States
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Hacking Health NYC is hosting a Kickoff Meetup for an exciting three-part series we’re co-organizing: the inaugural SHIELD SKIN HEALTH DIGITAL COLLABORATORY – LET’S CONNECT AND TRANSFORM SKIN HEALTH! This Meetup is the first of three SHIELD digital collaboration events and will feature a talk and Q&A with Dr. Warren Winkelman from Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD (Skin Health Investigation, Education and Longevity Development). At this Meetup, Dr. Winkelman will introduce you to the basics of skin health, why it matters…

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HH St. John’s Café & Chapter Launch

September 27, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Medical Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Clinch Cresent
St-John's, NL Canada
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Join us for the first Hacking Health St. John's Café on Tuesday, September 27th at the Medical Education Centre in the Faculty of Medicine. Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups where technology innovators, healthcare professionals, students, researchers, and community advocates meet to discuss and debate the challenges of our healthcare system and technologies that will overcome them. Our first Hacking Health Café will introduce the Hacking Health model to the St. John's community and lay out our schedule of events…

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October 2016

Hacking Health Café – Québec – October 5, 2016

October 5, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
À déterminer Québec

  Check the French version of this event for more information (Francophone event).   Introduction processus HHQuébec (5 mins) Présentation générale 5 à 10 défis (2 mins / défi) (10-20 mins) Rencontres en rafale avec les porteurs des défis. (5 mins / défi) (50 mins) Présentation plateforme d'idéation et processus Marathon (15 mins) Étape d'idéation, échange et entrée des idées dans la plateforme (1h 25 mins) FIN   SPONSORS NATIONAUX DIAMANT   OR ARGENT     BRONZE     ORGANISATEURS…

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HHNYC @ SINAIMedMaker Challenge

October 21, 2016 - October 23, 2016
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
NYC, United States
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HH St. John’s Café #2

October 26, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
College of the North Atlantic, Prince Philip Drive
St. John's, NL Canada
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  Join us for the second Hacking Health St. John's Café on Wednesday, October 26th at the College of the North Atlantic on Prince Philip Drive. Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups where technology innovators, healthcare professionals, students, researchers, and community advocates meet to discuss and debate the challenges of our healthcare system and technologies that will overcome them. Café #2 will focus on the top ideas from our first café, as voted by attendees: integrating healthcare data, preventive healthcare,…

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November 2016

HH Québec Cooperathon

November 3, 2016 - November 5, 2016
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HH QUÉBEC HEALTH INNOVATION MARATHON

November 4, 2016 @ 8:00 am - November 6, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
Université Laval, Espace Jardin, Pavillon Alphonse Desjardins
Québec, Qc Canada
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Check the French version of this event for more information (Francophone event).   Bienvenue Description du déroulement et règles du jeu Présentation projets Formation des équipes Début du marathon Planification et vue d'ensemble Ouverture des portes - Déjeuner Présentation de la boîte à outils HACK! Dîner HACK! Pause Santé HACK! Ouverture des portes - Déjeuner Préparation présentation Démos Vérification technique Audiovisuelle Dîner Présentation des démos Remise des prix Fermeture des portes     SPONSORS NATIONAUX DIAMANT   OR ARGENT  …

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Hacking Health Waterloo Hackathon

November 18, 2016 - November 20, 2016
Kitchener City Hall ON Canada + Google Map

  Presenting Sponsor   Our first annual Hacking Health Waterloo Hackathon is a weekend-long hackathon that breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together IT and healthcare professionals to collaborate, dream up & design apps, devices and solutions for patient-centric care.   Register here!   This year's theme: Brain Health, Aging and Wellness Our Hackathon Challenges: Emergency Department Visits: Solutions that reduce or avoid unnecessary emergency department visits for older adults living with dementia. Falls prevention: Solutions that prevent…

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HH Ottawa: Health Innovation Platform Launch

November 23, 2016
Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Road
Ottawa, ON Canada
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  Think there are inefficiencies in the healthcare space? Want to be part of the solution? Join us, we are looking forward to launching HIP - Ottawa's first Health Innovation Program with our anchor partner CHEO-OCTC (Children's hospital of Eastern Ontario/Ottawa's Children Treatment Center). Hacking Health Ottawa has invited Ottawa's leading healthcare professionals, digital creatives and entrepreneurs (that's you) to come together for a night of inspiration on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. In addition to launching our official event lineup leading…

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HH St. John’s Café #3

November 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Medical Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Clinch Cresent
St-John's, NL Canada
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Join us for our third Hacking Health St. John's November Café on Tuesday, November 29th at the Medical Education Centre in the Faculty of Medicine. Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups to discuss and debate health and technology – where people and ideas mingle. See you there!

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December 2016

HHNYC – The Nestle Skin Health Digital Design Collaboratory

December 6, 2016 @ 5:30 pm
Alexandria Lifescience Center New York City, NY United States + Google Map

  The Skin Health Digital Design Collaboratory is your head start to compete in the February 2017 Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD Hackathon where you can pitch your idea and win a $25,000 prize and a year-long partnership with SHIELD and co-working space.   The Skin Health Digital Design Collaboratory is open to anyone with fresh ideas and the desire and drive to create real solutions. Whether you’re coming from healthcare, technology, dermatology, engineering, research, business, or you’re just interested in…

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January 2017

HIP613 CAFÉ

January 11, 2017
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eHealth is a Team Sport

January 19, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Rm 204, McMaster Centre for Continuing Education, 1 James St.North
Hamilton, ON Canada
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eHealth is a Team Sport This month, McMaster's Master of Science in eHealth program is hosting us at the new McMaster Centre for Continuing Education, right at the corner of King and James. You may have noticed this ultra-modern upgrade to the existing building as you passed by. Now we have a chance to get inside and enjoy their hospitality. What are they up to at Mac eHealth? You may also have heard about the Mac eHealth program. It's a…

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February 2017

HH Ottawa: HIP613 – Design Thinking Workshop powered by IBM

February 1, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
BM Design Studio, 3755 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1V 1B8 Canada
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HIP613 - Design Thinking Workshop powered by IBM Come learn the collaborative design approach to solving problems at IBM’s Design Studio! Be prepared to dive into your projects and get your hands dirty as we give you the toolkit needed to work through your design problems in preparation for the hackathon. You’ll come away with an understanding of your key stakeholders, their current experience, and sketches of new solutions, as well as new collaboration tools. If you don’t have a…

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Age-Well – HH Design Workshop

February 3, 2017
MaRS Discovery District Toronto, ON Canada + Google Map

  About Ideathon: A Canada wide competition for Healthy Aging An ideathon is a collaborative, workshop-like event where diverse stakeholders harness their collective knowledge and creativity to brainstorm innovative solutions to pressing challenges. Participants use patient-centric design techniques and methodologies (such as ideation, journey mapping, and prototyping), and the creation of an initial business case to propose a novel solution. The first event will take place Toronto February 3, 2017 at the MaRS Discovery District, and will required a small…

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What the future holds for ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid in 2017

February 6, 2017 @ 6:30 pm
Blueprint Health

  Adam Sabloff, one of NYC's best healthtech startup CEO will be joining us to discuss what 2017 holds for ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid and why (and how) population health management is becoming increasingly important for healthcare systems. More about the event: We are happy to bring you yet another awesome meetup on a very interesting and hot topic: Population Health. Pay-for-Value reform is keeping healthcare organizations challenged on many aspects. As much as providers and payers are trying to keep up and…

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Café

February 9, 2017
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CIHR Hackathon

February 9, 2017 - February 10, 2017
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MedHealth Innovation Summit

February 14, 2017
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HH St.John’s Café

February 15, 2017
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Health in the Workplace – Workshop

February 15, 2017 @ 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Université de Montréal (CEPSUM) Montréal, Canada + Google Map

The FIT24 Network is the interdisciplinary group of health and productivity researchers and their 9 confirmed partners who are interested in the "Active Office". They are funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Researchers include Mickaël Begon et Marie-Eve Mathieu from UdeM and Pierre-Majorique Léger, Elise L-Lemoyne, and Sylvain Sénécal from HEC Montreal. This co-design workshop + cocktail activity to enhance the partnerships of the "Network FIT24 Network" is the first…

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HH St-John’s NL Pre-hackathon café

February 16, 2017
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HH St. John’s Café #4

February 16, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Medical Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Clinch Cresent
St-John's, NL Canada
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Join us for our fourth Hacking Health St. John's November Café on Thursday, February 16th at the Medical Education Centre in the Faculty of Medicine. Hacking Health Cafés are informal meetups to discuss and debate health and technology – where people and ideas mingle. See you there!

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Feb Meetup @IBM

February 16, 2017 @ 6:30 pm
BM Collaborative Innovation Centre Hamilton, ON Canada + Google Map

Collaborative Innovation in Hamilton with IBM This month, IBM's Collaborative Innovation Centre – Healthcare, Hamilton is hosting us at their temporary space on the 14th floor of Commerce Place right at the centre of the city. IBM Canada and Hamilton Health Sciences announced plans to establish a new centre focused on healthcare innovation. The centre will give area healthcare providers, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs advanced technology tools and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes and put Hamilton on the map as…

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Asthma Co-creation Workshop

February 25, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
À déterminer MTL

Hacking Health is organizing a workshop dedicated asthma, a very common but not well-controlled disease. The goal will be to explore and define the challenges surrounding asthma and to design solutions to help asthmatic patients. The Asthma Workshop has been made possible through the collaboration between Hacking Health and Merck Canada Inc. When? Saturday, February 25th, 2017 9am-3:30pm Why? Asthma impacts the lives of a large portion of the population. In 2010, 2.4 million (8.4%) Canadians aged 12 years and over…

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March 2017

HH Ottawa Café

March 1, 2017
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Age-Well – HH Design Workshop

March 3, 2017
Montreal

  About Ideathon: A Canada wide competition for Healthy Aging An ideathon is a collaborative, workshop-like event where diverse stakeholders harness their collective knowledge and creativity to brainstorm innovative solutions to pressing challenges. Participants use patient-centric design techniques and methodologies (such as ideation, journey mapping, and prototyping), and the creation of an initial business case to propose a novel solution. This event is part of a series organized by AGE WELL and HACKING HEALTH, and will culminate with a grand…

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Nestlé Hackathon

March 10, 2017 - March 11, 2017
À déterminer NYC

Hacking Health NYC is excited to partner with Nestle Skin Health SHIELD to tackle the fourth most common cause of all human disease - SKIN HEALTH AND WELLNESS. Skin wellness is about more than just disease. Our skin is our largest organ, our interface with the world and our window inside our bodies. If you have an idea and the drive to create real solutions for skin health and wellness, The SHIELD Skin Tech Hackathon is for YOU! Win up…

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Pre-hackathon café

March 16, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
115 King Street East, 3rd Floor,, 115 King Street East, 3rd Floor
Hamilton, ON Canada
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Artificial intelligence could cut healthcare costs by up to 50%. AI empowers machines by allowing them not only to perceive and analyze, but also react and take action. When it comes to healthcare, how does this translate on the field? Speakers Dr. Richard Sztramko Dr. Richard Sztramko practices both Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine at St. Peter’s, Hamilton General, and Juravinski Hospitals. He received his Bachelor of Health Sciences from McMaster University and Medical Degree from the University of Toronto.…

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Lean Startup Workshop

March 22, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
EN 4002, Engineering Building, MUN 240 Prince Phillip Drive
St. John's, NL Canada
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The Lean Startup provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups and get a desired product to customers' hands faster. The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup (how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere) and grow a business with maximum acceleration. It is a principled approach to new product development. On March 22nd, John Beresford will lead a session that will provide attendees with the following learning outcomes: - Path to Problem…

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Pre-hackathon café

March 22, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Kivuto Solutions, 126 York St #200
Ottawa,, ON K1N 5T5 Canada

HIP613 Café - Turning Ideas into Projects and More Success Stories What does it take to create a successful project? Join us for a panel and learn how ideas turn into projects and success stories! You can expect to hear from passionate leaders that have been obsessed with helping the healthcare sector by creating solutions to help hospitals and patients. We will learn from them that have successfully brought an idea to life to inspire you to create big for…

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HH Monterrey Marzo Meetup 2017

March 23, 2017 @ 7:00 pm
Av. Revolución 756, Nonoalco, Benito Juárez, 03700 Ciudad de México, CDMX
Mexico City, Mexico City 03700 Mexico
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Hacking Health Monterrey te invita al HH Marzo Meetup 2017 este Jueves 23 de Marzo 2017 a las 19:00 hrs en El Cowork, con el tema de "Manejo de Datos Personales en Salud" con la presentación del Ing. Jorge Alan Garcia Bazan, Information Security Manager at Nemotek. REGISTRO EN EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hh-marzo-meetup-2017-tickets-3156994656

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Hacking Health Halifax Hackathon

March 24, 2017 - March 26, 2017
Innovacorp Enterprises Centre, 1344 Summer Street
Halifax, NS Canada
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Join us for our FIRST Hacking Health Halifax Hackathon! March 24 - 26, 2017 REGISTER NOW! Our first annual Hacking Health Halifax Hackathon is a weekend-long hackathon that breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together IT and healthcare professionals to collaborate, dream up & design apps, devices and solutions for patient-centric care.   We've set up our Sparkboard! This site will help us know who is coming to the event, what ideas teams are working on, and who…

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Colloque de Santé Numérique UdeM

March 25, 2017
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HH Ottawa: #HIP613 – Healthcare Insights with Cognos and Watson Analytics

March 30, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
BM Design Studio, IBM Canada Inc., 3755 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1V 1B8 Canada

#HIP613 - Healthcare Insights with Cognos and Watson Analytics Join us to learn how to take advantage of the power of Cognos and Watson Analytics to analyze real world healthcare data to explore and discover new insights. We'll start off by looking at some simple use cases and end up ramping it up to showcase some awesome techniques. Analyze your data, find some key insights and build a great looking dashboard in just a few clicks. Learn how to get…

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Hacking Health St. John’s Hackathon

March 31, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - April 2, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
Medical Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Clinch Cresent
St-John's, NL Canada
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POSTPONED: Due to the forecasted storm this weekend, the Hacking Health Hackathon is postponed. Updates regarding the rescheduled date and venue will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Eventbrite, and http://hackinghealth.ca/stjohns/ when available. Have you identified problems related to health promotion within your domain? Do you have a solution in mind but need help realizing it? Do you have an idea for a mobile or web-based application that can change everything for you or your colleagues/patients? Register today and share it!…

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April 2017

RESI @ MaRS

April 4, 2017 - April 5, 2017
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HH Ottawa: #HIP613 – IBM Bluemix For Healthcare (Part 2)

April 7, 2017 @ 12:00 am
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HH Ottawa: #HIP613 – IBM Bluemix For Healthcare (Part 2)

April 7, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

#HIP613: IBM Bluemix For Healthcare (Part 2) In this part 2 of the IBM Bluemix workshop we will continue to build on your new skill set needed for you to develop your own program during the Hacking Health Ottawa hackathon. (Sign up for Part 1 of this workshop here.) Furthermore, will build a dashboard to show data being streamed in real time. Preparation We highly suggest that you attend part 1 of this workshop to ensure that you’ll be able…

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HH Ottawa: #HIP613 – IBM Bluemix For Healthcare (Part 1)

April 7, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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HH Ottawa: #HIP613 – IBM Bluemix For Healthcare (Part 1)

April 7, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Crafting the Perfect Pitch

April 12, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Impact Hub Ottawa, 6th floor, 71 Bank St,
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
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HIP613: Crafting the Perfect Pitch What does it take to create a successful project? Communication is key to effective collaboration. At this pitch clinic, we'll help you learn how to effectively craft a 60 second elevator-style pitch that will convey your idea in a way that transcends disciplines and reaches each individual regardless of their training or perspective! If you are considering pitching an idea at the Hacking Health Ottawa #HIP613 Hackathon attending this pitch clinic is highly recommended: we'll…

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Health Data: The Whole Patient Narrative in one place

April 18, 2017 @ 6:30 pm
ManaHealth, 242 West 38th Street 3rd floor
New York, NY 10018 United States
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  Come and hear health data pioneer Mana Health talk about the (occasionally scary and intimidating) healthcare data landscape. There are thousands of medical databases and hundreds of devices that need to be interconnected in order to optimize patient care. These connections have traditionally been complex and difficult to achieve but we are at an exciting turning point where this old paradigm is undergoing a massive transformation into a new reality of unified, easy access to the whole patient narrative…

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Joule Design Day

April 27, 2017
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HH Querétaro Launch café

April 27, 2017
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HH Ottawa: Hackathon #HIP613

April 28, 2017 - April 30, 2017
Shopify, 150 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L4 Canada
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Hacking Health Ottawa #HIP613 Hackathon « Nous sommes plus qu’un hackathon, nous voulons apportez de l’innovation aux soins de santé. » Le Hackathon est enfin arrivé! Postulez ici (formulaire disponible en anglais seulement), et n’oubliez pas d’enregistrer la date! La priorité sera donnée aux participants engagés, alors venez rencontrer notre communauté avant le hackathon. Ajoutez votre idée ou inscrivez-vous à une équipe sur le Sparkboard. Les personnes intéressées sont encouragées à assister aux événements préparatoires. Si vous souhaitez simplement être…

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HH Hamilton 2017 Hackathon

April 28, 2017 - April 30, 2017
Mohawk College Hamilton, ON Canada + Google Map

Hacking Health Hamilton Hackathon 2017 Be part of a global movement bringing innovation to healthcare...Right here in Hamilton!

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HH St-John’s NL Hackathon

April 28, 2017 - April 30, 2017
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Hackathon HIP

April 28, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - April 30, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
Shopify, 150 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L4 Canada
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Hacking Health Ottawa #HIP613 Hackathon “We’re more than a hackathon, we’re bringing innovation to healthcare” The Hackathon is finally here! Apply here to participate, and don’t forget to Save the Date! Priority will be given to engaged participants so come and meet our community before the hackathon. Add your idea or sign-up for a team by joining our Sparkboard. Interested applicants are encouraged to attend preparatory events. If you would just like to be an observer for the night (pitch/finale)…

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May 2017

Hackathon III

May 5, 2017 - May 7, 2017
TechTown Detroit, 440 Burroughs Street,
Detroit, MI United States
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  https://youtu.be/Ily7Jgp7gUo Register now for Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit III Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together IT and healthcare professionals across the US-Canada border to collaborate, dream up & design apps for patient-centric care. The first Windsor-Detroit Hacking Health was held at TechTown Detroit – an innovation hub just five minutes from the border in May, 2015. Building on that success Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit II crossed the border into Windsor May 13-15, 2016 which was…

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Patients-centered design

May 11, 2017
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Age-Well – HH Design Workshop

May 13, 2017
Innovacorp Enterprises Centre, 1344 Summer Street
Halifax, NS Canada
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  About Ideathon: A Canada wide competition for Healthy Aging An ideathon is a collaborative, workshop-like event where diverse stakeholders harness their collective knowledge and creativity to brainstorm innovative solutions to pressing challenges. Participants use patient-centric design techniques and methodologies (such as ideation, journey mapping, and prototyping), and the creation of an initial business case to propose a novel solution. This event is part of a series organized by AGE WELL and HACKING HEALTH, and will culminate with a grand…

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HH Ottawa Cafe

May 17, 2017
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24h de l’innovation

May 19, 2017 - May 21, 2017
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HH NYC From Research to Healthcare Startup: Meet Blink

May 20, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Blueprint Health

Join us and welcome our guest presenter David Schafran, co-founder of Blink and EyeNetra! Launched in 2015 in NYC, Blink uses technology developed at MIT Media Lab and powered by a smartphone to dramatically improve the convenience and accessibility of vision testing services. Blink uses highly trained Visioneers to conduct in-home and at-work vision tests in concert with a network of licensed optometrists to provide convenient prescriptions for glasses. The Blink service is based on FDA registered technology and products from EyeNetra.  EyeNetra,…

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HH Guadalajara 1st anniversary meet-up

May 23, 2017
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June 2017

eHealth Conference

June 4, 2017 - June 6, 2017

Calling all hackers, designers, developers, and engineers! Join Hacking Health Toronto and CIHR at eHealth 2017 for the biggest hackathon EVER with up to $675k of grants allocated to transform your hackathon prototypes into fully baked and potentially commercially viable solutions. Hacking Health TO is back at the National eHealth 2017 conference in collaboration with CIHR and the Mental Health Commission of Canada to tackle one of Canada’s most pressing challenges: workplace mental health and wellbeing. The goal of this…

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HH Ottawa post-hackathon cafe on IP

June 7, 2017
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HH Montreal Big Data + Pharma

June 15, 2017
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