NYU Healthcare Makerthon 2016
Date and time
Location
Leslie eLab
19 West 4th 16 Washington Place New York, NY 10003Description
Join us for NYU's 2nd Annual NYU Healthcare Makerhthon
Turn your tech or design ideas into reality with a cross-disciplinary team at the Makerthon weekend. Are you ready?
Pitch your solution IDEAS for the real world healthcare challenges identified from front-line practitioners here.
Bring YOUR solution ideas, we provide:
- MENTORSHIP from healthcare and industry experts to help you trouble shoot
- Industry experts to SUPPORT you as you build with Apple ResearchKit and
Apple CareKit and Biodigital Human API - PRIZES, be one of the four teams to win $10,000 and more
- CONNECTION to experts, entrepreneurs, and investors
For tech enthusiast, you’ll receive hands-on support with Apple CareKit and ResearchKit APIs and Biodigital Human API, the google map of the human body. This is your chance to create apps or sensors for communication and or engagement in healthcare with Apple healthcare tools.
For designers and business students, this is your chance to hone in your business acumen and design skills while working with your team to solve healthcare challenges.
For biomedical and healthcare students and experts, this is your chance to help ideate and create the right solution for healthcare challenges
Also, check out our sponsor, Stryker's challenge. They are looking for connectivity and design solutions.
Learn about the challenges, makerthon weekend agenda, and form teams at www.nyuhealthcaremakerthon.com
Summary of Weekend Agenda:
Fri, Nov 18: Pitch your tech ideas and team-up
Location: 19 W. 4th Street, Lecture Hall 101
Sat, Nov 19: Teams receive hands-on tech support with APIs
Teams receive coaching from entrepreneurs, UX designers and investors
Location: Leslie eLab, 16 Washington Place
Sun, Nov 20: Present your prototype and business opportunity
Get feedback from judges
Location: 19 W. 4th Street, Lecture Hall 101
Win PRIZES; Apple Products; Swag
Participating teams will present their solutions to a panel of judges at the end of the makerthon weekend for a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash prizes and other great perks to help move your ideas forward.
Food will be provided for participants
*No prior experience in healthcare or at hackathons necessary.
*Bring your spunk!
About the NYU Healthcare Makerthon
The NYU Healthcare Makerthon is a collaboration between the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and the NYU School of Medicine to bring together the diverse talent from around the University to identify and solve the key challenges facing our healthcare system today.
*Please note that this event is open only to current students, researchers, faculty and staff of NYU and Langone Health System*
Thanks to our sponsors!