EIT i-Days 2022:
NeuRO Innovations
What are i-Days?
The i-Days event, powered by EIT Health, focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare and associated domains. i-Days also provide a good environment to nurture soft skills such as teamwork and communication. This year, HIVE Innovation Center, through EIT Health i-DAYS 2022, brings in the public attention one of the most studied topics: neurology and neurosciences.
Currently, there are a wide variety of neural issues, brain cell degenerative affections, neurological disabilities, nervous system illness etc. and the patients diagnosed with these kind of problems have limited ways of treatment, as well as preventing them requires updated solutions, examination ways and upgraded devices.
EIT i-Days 2022: NeuRO Innovations
EIT i-Days 2022: NeuRO Innovations is the 4th hackathon in a row organized by HIVE Innovation Center and EIT Health, in which young minds have the opportunity to present innovative approaches for current neuro issues, under professional mentorship and inter-curricular environment.
About the Hackathon:
This hackathon will be a 2-day event, ONLINE, hosted by HIVE Innovation. The hackathon will concentrate on neuro issues, having few broad challenges as guidance (these challenges will be soon published). In the 2 days, participants will be able to receive mentoring from various domains (IT, healthcare, business, e-Health, innovation etc.) and to create conceptual innovative ideas to improve current neuro related issues. These 2 days will be preceded by 2 training sessions, so the participants will acquire few new soft skills and knowledge.
When?
28-29 October 2022 + 2 days a priori for trainings (1h/day)
Where?
Online (ZOOM and Discord)
The participation will be done on teams. Each team can contain 2-5 people each, preferably from at least 2 different areas (eg: IT/soft dev/computational sciences and medicine/pharmacy/nursing etc.).
Participants can register by pre-formed teams or individuals and we will organize a team formation before the hackathon.
Click on the “REGISTER NOW” button and accept the challenge and improve the current neuro related issues.
Agenda
18:00-19:30 🕙 Training → Pitching your idea
Trainer: Razvan Chereches
18:00-19:00 🕓 Training → Innovation in healthcare and patient management
Trainer: Ion Gheorghe Petrovai
18:00-19:00 – Welcome & program presentation
19:00-20:00 – Ideas presentation
09:00-09:30 – Coffee & Q&A
10:00-14:00 – Mentoring
Working hours
17:00-18:30 – Final pitches
19:00 – Prizes & closing
Prizes
1st -1000 euro
2nd – 500 euro
Event Steps
- Event registration;
- Pick a challenge for your team and form an innovative idea;
- Mentorship and validation
- Polish the innovative idea
- Idea pitching & jury evaluation
- Win one of our prizes
Challenges
Innovative use of Eyetracking Technology
Description: Eye tracking is a sensor technology that can detect a person’s eye gaze behavior in real-time. The technology converts eye movements into a data stream that contains information such as pupil position, the gaze vector for each eye, and gaze point. This technology “translates” eyes movements into code that can be used on a variety of applications, including neural affection research (neurologic disorders, Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease), market research, machine learning, etc.
How can Eyetracking Technology be used in an innovative way in neurologically-related activities?
Management and follow-up of the patient (“Patient Journey”) diagnosed with neurological diseases
Description: Around 1 billion people are diagnosed with neurologic issues at the moment. Every year, around 1% of the global population dies due to these neurologically-related afflictions. Even if medicine and medical research has achieved great success with new therapies and technologies, the patient still needs hospital and social care as well.
Usually, the diagnosed patient has to deal with the pathophysiological issues the disease spectrum is triggering, but he/she also simultaneously needs to manage the emotions, thoughts, cognitive and behavioral outcomes associated with the diagnosis. On top of all of these, the diagnosis and treatment journey have short and long term effects, increasing the need for follow-up, in order to provide physical and mental/emotional support.
How can the management and follow-up of the patient with neurological diseases be improved in order to offer a better experience in hospital (inpatient and outpatient) care, as well as home medical care (to facilitate and ensure the patient has a smooth journey)?
Innovative use of qEEG Technology
Description: Electroencephalography (EEG) is the measurement of electrical patterns at the surface of the scalp which reflect cortical activity (“brainwaves”). Quantitative Electroencephalography (qEEG) is a procedure that processes the recorded EEG activity from a multi-electrode recording using a computer, the data obtained being analyzed and converted into “Brain Maps”.
This technology has a multitude of uses, including neurological research for cognitive processes and functions, diagnosis of psychiatric issues, treatment and treatment response prediction, brain evaluation for surgical interventions, etc.
How can qEEG Technology be used in an innovative way in neurologically-related activities?
Innovative use of r-TMS Technology
Description: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive technology of brain stimulation, which uses a certain range of impulses to stimulate specific areas of the brain. This technology is applied in various neurological disorders and affections, such as depression, behavior, obsessive-compulsive and eating disorders, and even dementia-related disorders. On top of these, the rTMS technology is used as a medical research tool to further study and identify neurologically related issues.
How can r-TMS Technology be used in an innovative way in neurologically-related activities?
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