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We would like to remind you overview of our events that we managed to organize in 2022. You were part of it and we are proud we met live together. 

Through 7 modules and 5 bonus courses, the SCI FI programme gave young researchers the skills needed to transition and thrive as an innovator in the healthcare industry. Now that the course is over, we bring the interview with young researcher Albert Štěrba.

Partners of the eDigiStars project using joined strength created a final video showing good practices from 8 different territories. We proudly represent to you the result of our work.

Christmas is coming... A time of magic and peace.
And a time to remember, to give, to believe.
We can slow down and give thanks.

Selected startups and companies pushing digital health solutions in the Czech Republic (Vitadio, Carebot and Medevio) met on 9.12. with other selected representatives of the digital health ecosystem support including Ministry of Health under facilitation of DEX Innovation Centre to follow up on outcomes of the EIT Health Morning Health Talk from this June to discuss in more details the main challenges in the Czech Republic for further digital health solutions support progress.

Ph.D. students from University of Pardubice were trained on 1-2.12.2022 by DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) on Design and Innovation Thinking during a 2-day hands-on workshop at the premises of the University. The workshop has been based on DEX IC previous experience working with design thinking in designing own innovative initiatives and organizing events for university and PhD students as part of EIT Health Innovation Day, SCI-FI programme and mentoring inside of EIT Jumpstarter programme for early stage startups.

We celebrated our 10th anniversary in 2022. What started out as a small business is now an established and fast-growing hub. It is 10 years of improving societies through digital innovation and research and making positive changes. 

Two megatrends are converging exponentially and on a global scale: technological advancement and population ageing. This phenomenon presages considerable changes in the socioeconomic landscape and cross-sectoral business models. 
eDigiStars project came to offer an innovative system that answers the challenges of both megatrends in an inspiring and easy-to-transfer way.

We would meet you during the our course called How to become a virtual assistant. We will meet in Liberec. The first course takes place on the 23th of November 2022. The second course is planned on the 30th of November 2022. What you can expect? Read further.

At the Morning Health Talk event, representatives from public hospitals, start-ups and research organizations came to HubHub Palace to discuss the engaging hospitals in healthcare innovation.

The i-Days brings together an experts from health with students from public universities and young people from start-ups. The EIT Health Innovation Day took place in the Czech Republic for the fourth time, this year at the Hybernská Campus. 

Heritage4Growth helps establish a new paradigm for upskilled pathways in entrepreneurial education by  addressing the changing nature of ICT, with multiple users interacting with multiple technologies. Boosting green skills considering the 17 SDG and the EU Green Deal. 

Liberec Regional Hospital organized a meeting for all healthcare professionals interested and involved in using 3D prints as part of pre-operational support. Currently, the hospital, thanks also to other cooperating parties of the 3Diamond proof-of-concept project financed through EIT Health RIS innovation call, is developing a software aiming for the product life cycle management issue of 3D printing facilitation in hospitals.

We would meet you during the EIT Health Innovation Days (i-Days) in Prague on the 4th of November 2022! I-Days focuses on healthcare innovation, design thinking and pitch coaching through tackling real-life health challenges. What you can expect? Read further.

International partners of InventHEI partnership (including University of Porto and its Science and Technology Park, University of Sheffield, TTK University of applied sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Valahia University of Targoviste, and INOVA+ Innovation Services) aiming to enhance regional innovation ecosystems and promote innovation driven research were trained on 11.10.2022 by DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) on Design and Innovation Thinking. The training has been based on DEX IC previous experience working with design thinking in designing own innovative initiatives and organizing events for university and PhD students as part of Innovation Days, SCI-FI programme and mentoring inside of EIT Jumpstarter programme for early stage startups.

Hospital in Liberec and Bindworks are improving the life of patients after spinal surgery. 

Every year, between 250.000 and 500.000 people globally suffer a spinal cord injury. There is no reliable estimate of global prevalence, but estimated annual global incidence is 40 to 80 cases per million population.

In cooperation with UJEP and ICUK, we held another meeting of stakeholders who are working together to improve home care in the Czech Republic.

The V4 Startup Force scholarship program helps companies in building a network in the Visegrad region. The main goal of the program is to build bridges between the four countries, which became even more crucial in our current economic situation. Startups can apply for the fall semester until 11 September.

CE-Connector Angel Co-investment fund (ACIF) has achieved the first substantial milestone - 10 early stage startups across CE territories have been invested in cooperation of local facilitators, multiple business angels and providers of public leverage.