Diabetes Innovation Hack-a-thon on Oct 10

Over 200 participants expected to tackle diabetes healthcare challenges in India

The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Global Health will host a ‘Diabetes Innovation Hack-a-thon’ at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Gachibowli on October 10 and 11.

The event will bring together some of India’s brightest minds to develop innovative and affordable health technologies that will improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes across the globall.

Speaking about the event, Director at CAMTech Elizabeth Bailey said, “As the diabetes capital of the world, CAMTech wanted to direct the innovation efforts to India.

Through our hack-a-thon, we can identify the clinical challenges influencing this epidemic and mobilise a talented network of innovators from all over the country.”

The event will mark CAMTech’s 11th medtech hack-a-thon, and will offer monetary prizes of $2,750 USD for the top innovations.

Participants will work round the clock to pitch healthcare problems, form teams, prototype solutions, and develop business models before presenting their ideas to a panel of judges from public health, engineering and business.

Prior to the Hack-a-thon, CAMTech will host the ‘Diabetes Clinical Summit: An Ecosystem Approach’, at L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad. Dr Gullapalli N Rao, founder and chair at LVPEI and an ophthalmology expert, will give the keynote address at the event.

The day-long event is made up of a series of panel discussions featuring a diverse group of stakeholders, including patients, physicians, nurses,

ASHA workers, government and industry representatives, and public health experts focused on tackling pressing clinical health challenges and barriers to diabetes care in India.