7 - 8 October 2014, Rome, Italy.The European Telemedicine Conference (ETC) 2014 is launching the 2014 Health Technology and Telemedicine Competition for Young Innovators (HTComp for Young Innovators 2014), an international contest for young entrepreneurs and start-up firms focusing on new innovative ideas in the field of health IT and telemedicine. HTComp for Young Innovators 2014 assigns cash prizes to the best ideas expressed in the form of business plans.
The 2014 Health Technology and Telemedicine Competition Award (HTComp) is an international contest for young entrepreneurs and start-up firms focusing on new innovative ideas in the field of health IT and telemedicine.
HTComp is open to teams of no less than two individuals whose average age is 35 years at October 1, 2014. Each team indicates a project leader and an e-mail address to receive all communications from the organizers. Participants must submit a highly innovative business idea based on scientific research in the areas of health IT or telemedicine, regardless of its stage of development, as long as it is the result of the original work of a single person or a team. Companies may also participate provided they are not established before January 1, 2014. The HTComp Scientific Committee reserves the right to exclude ideas deemed not consistent with the objectives and spirit of the initiative.
Please take the time to read the 2014 HTComp Regulations.
For your application and questions regarding the competition, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For further information, please visit:
http://www.telemedicineconference.eu
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