MEDICA App COMPETITION 2017

MEDICA 2017For the 6th time, MEDICA 2017 will see the world's largest live competition for the best App-based Medical Mobile Solution for use in the daily routine of a patient, a doctor or in the hospital - the MEDICA App COMPETITION 2017 - hosted in the 7th session of the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM on Wednesday, 15 November 2017.

From 15 May to 30 September 2017, developers from all over the world can submit their App-based Medical Mobile Solutions. These submissions will be pre-selected by a MEDICA Expert Team - a top-class jury. Those 15 developers whose App-based Medical Mobile Solutions match best the submission criteria based on the jury's point of view, will qualify for the participation at the live pitch at MEDICA.

All App-based Medical Mobile Solutions which are nominated for the live event will be notified beginning of October 2017 accordingly. The pitch itself happens live on stage of the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM in hall 15, on Wednesday, 15 November from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm during MEDICA runtime including a Get-Together.

Each team has 3 minutes to pitch their App-based Medical Mobile Solution. Another 2 minutes are reserved for the jury to place questions. After all 15 presentations the jury deliberates in the background. Finally the top 3 placements and the winner of the competition will be celebrated befittingly on site.

The Rewards

The most important reward certainly is the global awareness created at MEDICA as well as through MEDICA means.

In addition the solution ranked number 1 will be rewarded with EUR 2,000, the number 2 with EUR 1,000 and the number 3 with EUR 500.

In addition the partner SXSW grants two (2) 'SXSW 2018 Interactive badge registrations' worth USD 1,325 per pass to the winning team for accessing the cult event SXSW 2018 in March 2018 in Austin, TX (USA).

The partner Startupboothcamp (SBC) Digital Health sponsors following vouchers for the top 3 places:

  • 1st price winner gets one (1) exclusive ticket to attend SBC Masterclass in Berlin during the next SBC Health program
  • 2nd price winner gets a dinner with a SBC mentor in Berlin
  • 3rd price winner gets one (1) hour of SBC Online Mentor Office Hours

For further information and to apply, please visit:
https://www.f6s.com/medicaappcompetition2017/

For further information about MEDICA 2017, please visit:
http://www.medica-tradefair.com

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