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Collaboration is the key to success in the health innovation ecosystem. But how do you establish and maintain strong relationships with different stakeholders, especially healthcare providers? How do you overcome the challenges and barriers that may arise in the process of collaborative innovation in healthcare? And how do you leverage the opportunities and benefits that come from working together towards a common goal?

Women entrepreneurs are driving positive change in their fields and communities across Central and Eastern Europe. They face many challenges but also have many opportunities to grow and innovate. We are proud to be a partner of Womenture, a new project that supports women’s entrepreneurship. Today, we are excited to share with you an interview with Katalin Ertsey, a Hungarian diplomat.

Value-Based Healthcare System will be implemented in 5 territories with Open Innovation 2.0 Principles. Health Labs4Value written by DEX IC brings Advance Patient-Oriented Solutions in Healthcare. Initiative is powered by Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency and in Czech supported by DEX Innovation Centre and Regional Hospital Liberec.

DEX IC is offering exciting new job opportunities for talented professionals looking to work in the cutting-edge fields of innovation co-created with SMEs, startups, universities and research centers and public authorities. Does it sound well for you? Check it out and join our team as Sales Manager and Communication Specialist.

EIT Health helps new businesses grow faster and better by delivering innovative products and services. Through its network of top-notch healthcare organizations, EIT Health connects entrepreneurs with the knowledge and resources they need to scale up and out quickly. We present 3 Bootcamp programmes for teams at any stage of development. We also showcase EIT Jumpstarter 2023 programme and the new programme that empowers women entrepreneurs - Womenture.

This March, we join the world in celebrating Women’s History Month, a special occasion to recognize and appreciate the remarkable achievements of women across various domains of human activity. At Dex Innovation centre, we are passionate about research, science and innovation, and that is why we have chosen the theme of “Women in Science” for this month. 

You have a brilliant idea that can make a difference in the world. You have a passion for solving problems and creating value. You have a dream of becoming an entrepreneur and building your own business. But you also have some challenges. You don’t know how to validate your idea, develop your product, find your customers, pitch your solution or raise funds. You don’t have enough resources, connections or support to make it happen.

Four innovation agencies, the Hungarian Design Terminal, the German Spinlab, the Estonian Technopol and the Czech DEX Innovation Centre, will launch their joint pan-European initiative on March 8, on International Women's Day. The main goal of the program is to make way for female entrepreneurs on the continent.

DEX Innovation Centre visited several installations of the HeatVentors technology product called HeatTank in Budapest during last week. Together with InnoEnergy, we bring this unique technology of thermal battery for cooling and heating to Czechia and Slovakia for all market segments that want to decrease costs for energy related to cooling and heating with very short return on investment (between 3-5 years).

The winner of V4 Startup Force shared with us his feelings and experiences from the programme. We asked WisePorter, the successful finalist at V4 Startup Force Programme and winner of the autumn edition 2022, to find out her experiences with the program full of workshops, business meetings, and tailor-made mentoring as well as team building activities and social events during the final 7 days they spent in Budapest.

Ph.D. students from University of Pardubice were trained on 27.1.2023 by DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) on presentation skills during a 1-day hands-on workshop at the premises of the University. The workshop has been based on DEX IC previous experience working on pitching and presentation skills with startups, technological teams and students as part of EIT Health Innovation Day, SCI-FI programme, DEXIC and 4DigitalHealth acceleration programmes and mentoring inside of EIT Jumpstarter programme for early stage startups.

We are very excited to share with you new startup programmes - the V4+ Innobooster and V4 Startup Force. These programmes are now open and you have the opportunity to apply for them.

We also offer programmes coming up, such as Womenture and new programmes from EIT Health. Read more below!

It has never been easier for unemployed young people and especially mothers on maternity or parental leave or to gain new digital skills. Digital Job Onboarding offers unique courses where you can learn everything and get a job easily. Read more.

The MyVA national piloting sessions have taken place in the November – December 2022 period. In all partner countries young and future entrepreneurs have tested the Mini MBA course, the platform, which is the developed open educational resource for future Virtual Assistants. Alongside useful information about how to set up an enterprise, the MyVA resources play an important role in understanding the use of the platform and the developed materials.

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.