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Driving the digital health forward
Health Tech Challengers identifies and brings top global digital health tech startups together on one stage to compete for global media exposure as well as the attention of 100+ VCs and CVCs.
To enter, startups must be innovators in one of the eight tracks fostering digital health revolution – Mental Health, Gut Health, Metabolic, Cardiovascular, Neurology, MSK, Workplace Wellness, and Clinical Workflow.
Mental Health
Gut Health
Metabolic
Cardiovascular
MSK
Neurology
Workplace Wellness
Clinical Workflow
8 Tracks – 80 Finalists
10 companies in each track are shortlisted by a distinguished panel of industry experts from leading corporations, Venture Capital, ecosystem builders and media partners.
The Top 80 startups are invited to pitch (in-person or virtually) at Health Tech Forward 2022, the leading industry conference of the year, offering valuable media and PR attention, as well as vast networking opportunities.
One company is announced as the ultimate winner of the Health Tech Challengers 2022 award. Other finalists in each track are honored on stage and awarded prizes.
APPLICATION CRITERIA
Timeline
Winners will be announced on October 5, 2022
Application to the Health Tech Challengers is entirely free and each of the 80 finalists (10 per each track) is granted one free (in-person or virtual) ticket to Health Tech Forward 2022. May the odds be in your favour!
MEET TOP 80 FINALISTS!
JURY
Trupen Modi
Director of Digital Health Innovation Strategy @ Microsoft
Reena Sooch
Head of Digital and Connected Health @ IPSOS
Juljana Hysenbelli
Healthcare Senior Program Manager Worldwide Public Sector @ Amazon Web Services
Simon Turner
Partner @ Sofinnova Partners
Sander Ruitenberg
Digital Program Head Connected Health Foundations @ Novartis Pharma AG
Sally Ann Frank
WW Lead - Health & Life Sciences | Microsoft for Startups @ Microsoft
Kasparas Aleknavičius
Head of Medical Affairs @ Kilo.Health
Jenny Wüstner
Communications & Partner Engagement Manager G4A Digital Health @ Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Andy Cachaldora
General Manager Digital Service Northern Europe @ GE Healthcare
Nick West
Chief Medical Officer @ Abbott
Evan Campbell
Lead Health Services Researcher @ NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Daniel Moreno Martinez
Head of the Innovation Unit @ Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Jacqueline Barendregt
Principal & Head of Client Services @ idea pharma
Michael Bidu
Co-founder & CEO @ MYND Therapeutics
Jon Lee Davey
Director of Digital Health @ Quanta Dialysis Technologies
Anne Stake
Chief Strategy and Product Officer @ Medtronic LABS
Ross Farrow
Founder & Chairman @ GOE Development Limited t/a GOE Wellness
Neringa Dubauskienė
Researcher in Interactive Electronic Systems Group @ Kaunas University of Technology
Robert Lugowski
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ COBIN Angels
Daniel Chui
External Innovation Director @ Haleon
Steffanie Bristol
Head, Biogen Digital Health External Innovation and Alliances, Imaging & AI/ML @ Biogen
Dario Heymann
Chief Research Officer @ Galen Growth
Yahel Halamish
Investment Principal, Head of Investor Relations, D&I @ Nina Capital
Imogen Mulliner
Growth Investor @ Sapphire Ventures
Brian Cooper
Chief Information Services Officer @ Synchronous Health
Garet Free
Vice President of Partner Success and Strategy @ Dispatch Health
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