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Within the framework of the Summer University for e-health, Castres-Mazamet Technopole organizes the e-health Trophies rewarding the best innovations in e-health. Discovery.

This international eHealth Trophy competition, organized by Castres-Mazamet Technopole, supports the development of application solutions in the field of ICT for health.

Open to all stakeholders in the e-health innovation ecosystem – entrepreneurs, researchers, patients, health professionals, students – who have developed an e-health tool or application.

The eHealth Trophies aim to promote the use of digital technology in health systems, care, autonomy and well-being. They are an opportunity for project leaders to give a boost to their innovation, to forge commercial partnerships and to promote their solution to a wide audience.

A new format for this 2019 edition

This year, the eHealth Trophies are getting a facelift by offering project promoters increased and privileged visibility among the press and the main players, decision-makers and funders in the sector.

For this 2019 edition, only 12 finalists, from the best candidates, will be invited to come and present their project to a large jury of experts on July 2 in public session. The next day, there will only be 6 in the running for the Grand Prix.

By “project”, it is understood any technological or service solution, in the course of study or having been the subject of a marketing from January 2017. Unlike in previous editions, there is no longer thematic categories.

The projects will be evaluated according to different criteria. Each file will be scored on the basis of the following 4 axes of evaluation (a score of 0 to 5 will be assigned for each of these axes (5 being the best score):

  1. Identification of the need and knowledge of the market: the problem identified, its impact and consequences in terms of public health and the players and solutions already in place to respond to it.

  2. Value proposition and description of innovation: the benefits that innovation brings compared to the competition as well as the perception of value made by the user, whether he is a patient, a healthcare professional, a caregiver, a researcher …

  3. Economic model and strategy: the key steps (past and future) for the development of the innovative solution. Demonstrate the economic viability of the project through the clear presentation of the economic model.

  4. Entrepreneurial capacity: composition of the project team. Highlight internal skills, their complementarity and overall coherence to carry out the project.

Opening of applications

Applications to participate in this new edition of the eHealth Trophies are now open. Information and registration methods are available on www.universite-esante.com/trophees-e-health-2019

The main stages of the Trophies

  1. Applications open: March 12, 2019

  2. Application deadline: April 18, 2019 midnight, closing

  3. Announcement of finalists: May 21, 2019, announcement of finalists for the 2019 eHealth Trophies

  4. Oral presentation: July 2, 2019, presentation of the 12 selected projects and jury deliberation. On July 3, 2019, presentation of the 6 finalists and deliberation of the jury.

  5. Announcement of winners: July 3, 2019, Awards ceremony.

Depreciation

  • A Grand Prix of the e-health Trophies: 6,000 euros

  • A Silver Prize for e-health trophies: 3,000 euros

  • A Bronze Trophy for e-health: 1,500 euros

The new edition of the Summer University of e-health will take place as every year in Castres on July 2,3 and 4, 2019.

Source: Castres-Mazamet Technopole

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