Health Innovation Euregion
Dear (starting and established) entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial scientists, innovators and collaborators in healthcare! Especially for you we are organizing - already for the third time - the Health Innovation Euregion Event. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, from 12 to 18 hours you are welcome in Maastricht. Prior to the event there is the possibility for speed dating (from 10.30 - 12.00 hours).
What is the Health Innovation Euregion Event?
In a nutshell, the event is an initiative by Medtronic, Medace, LifetecZONe, LIOF, Brightlands, Rabobank, and the Municipality of Maastricht for anyone working to bring to market innovations in healthcare and the life sciences of the future. We're putting on the Health Innovation Euregion Event 2024 for both established and fledgling entrepreneurs, and for entrepreneurial scientists.
Nearly everyone who has ever attempted to implement a great idea will have faced a series of obstacles at some point. In fact, these challenges are part and parcel of life as an entrepreneur. That said, one thing we've learnt along the way is that entrepreneurship is so much easier, better, and more enjoyable when you have access to tips, answers, advice, and support from all the right people — especially when you're first setting out. This might include professionals, as well as individuals who've been on the same journey as you when implementing their fantastic ideals and great ideas.
Health Innovation Euregion 2024 loves bringing together fledgling entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial scientists, and established SMEs in the Euregion. But we don't stop there: a wide range of relevant entities and parties, investors, experienced entrepreneurs, and other people who might be able to lend a hand are also thrown into the mix. The result is a vast network of people who can point you in the right direction and help you plot the best possible course towards your goal.
Once again, we have also invited a diverse range of speakers who are more than happy to share their experience as entrepreneurs. Sure, there will be success stories, but rooted in the idea that people often learn the most from the mistakes they make along the way, you'll also hear anecdotes about pitfalls, misunderstandings, and picking yourself up and starting again.
On top of that, this year, representatives from the different ecosystems in the Euregion will set out how they support entrepreneurs and provide insight into the strategic developments that are taking place.
Of course, there will also be plenty of time to meet each other in person and network before and after the keynote speeches. Even before lunch, you'll get the chance to speed date with new contacts in a one-on-one setting.
- Keen to learn more about what the Life Science and Health ecosystem of Brightlands and its partners can do for you?
- Want to become part of this ecosystem in the future?
- Eager to roll up your sleeves and expand your network in the Euregion?
- Make sure to sign up now.
Let us know using the registration form whether we can look forward to seeing you on 25 June this year between 12:00 and 18:00 at MECC Maastricht. The final programme will follow in mid May. We hope to see you there!
Program
10.00h Registration
10.30h Matchmaking
12.00h Lunch
13.00h Welcome Kurt Gielen Moderator
13.15h Help! What do I need (to do)? Daniëlle Curfs - Medace
13.45h Patients are waiting, keep moving: the story of Hy2Care® Leo Smit CEO of Hy2Care®
14.00h Biotech from Scratch: Lessons learned from founding a company in the pharmaceutical industry Matthias Gossmann / Peter Linder - innoVitro
14.15h T.b.a.
14.30h Break
15.00h Why is technological innovation so slow in healthcare?Hans Willems - Maastricht University
15.30h How do we bring research ideas into the market?Miroslava Saager - RWTH Innovation
15.45h Open innovation in healthcare at Health Campus Limburg DC: creating ecosystems to bridge worlds Roeland Buckinx - Health Campus Limburg DC
16.00h Health Innovation @ Brightlands Yvo Graus - Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus
16.15h Conclusion and closing Kurt Gielen
16.30h Drinks and network
Source: Brightlands