Health Tech
Hub Styria
The Health Tech Hub Styria is an initiative of 7 leading stakeholders in the Styrian innovation system. We link the relevant players in the fields of technology, science and industry.
Share our passion for networking at
- HTH 2023: Pitch & Partner
March 30, in Graz
The speakers
INPUTS
IDEAS
INSPIRATIONS
We are very much looking forward to the great variety of inputs from our speakers!
Stay tuned: The list of speakers is updated continuously!
Nadine S. Sommerfeld
Andreas Lymberis
In 1999 he joined the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) as a scientific officer in eHealth where he initiated R&D activities on “smart wearable health systems and biomedical clothing”. Senior research program officer in electronic components and systems from 2004, he has been appointed in 2016 as head of sector "Wearables and Bioelectronics" and in 2020 he joined the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) as Head of sector “Project Management” in the Unit EIC Accelerator – SME Instrument.
He is currently head of sector EIC Challenge-based Accelerator at the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) established by the European Commission. He is Senior IEEE Member and chaired the IEEE-EMBS Technical Committee on Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems (2004-2007). He published over 60 articles in journals, conference proceedings & books and he is editor of 2 books on wearable and mobile health systems.
About us
The Health Tech Hub Styria is an initiative of 7 leading stakeholders in the Styrian innovation system
30+
speakers over the past 4 years
50+
nations
1600+
participants over the past 4 years
1600+
B2B-Meetings
What we do
Strong networks in tech industry
Especially in our times, building strong networks is more important than ever. This is why we aimed to offer the participants of this year’s HTH Styria event access to many relevant players in technology transfer, academia/industry collaborations as well as early-stage innovations. We have seen, that fostering a European marketplace for pre-seed and seed investments in the health-tech and life sciences field can help to secure our future.
For whom
The HTH connects all members of the healthcare ecosystem.
Start-ups
What would a community be without fresh ideas?
Investors
Even the best idea needs financial support to grow.
Industries
A backbone of every business network
eHealth Experts
A modern healthcare industry cannot be conceived without digitisation
Research
Progress needs research, especially in the health sector.
Companies
The diversity of companies in the healthcare space is huge, from small digital start-ups to large, manufacturing industrial companies – and everything in between.
Health care providers
They work very directly for our common objective: the health of each and every person.
Benefits
We work
differently
Together
We believe that we can only find the answers to many current questions in collaboration with each other.
Trust
We trust that our community members share our goals and communicate and act fairly and openly with each other.
On equal terms
We are committed to promoting innovation together. This needs an open and cooperative mindset.
Communication
Despite all the enthusiasm for digital forms of communication, there is no substitute for face-to-face contact. We try to meet personally as often as possible.
Our Success Stories
Nighttime safety for AHA
The European reference region for “Active and healthy aging” (AHA) of Styria unites about 30 companies from science, industry and politics. For the corporate call, they were represented by Johann Harer, then CEO of Human Technology Styria and experts from Joanneum Research Health, Sanlas Holding and Merkur Versicherung.
The winning bid was “Elly,” a development by the Graz-based start-up Opus Novo. Elly is a small device that gives people in need of care safety when leaving their bed at night by lighting up in a way that can be individually adjusted. At the same time, the caregiver is notified via an associated app – both a great relief for persons in need of care and their relatives or caregivers.
As a prize, in addition to a HTS membership for one year, Opus Novo received the participation in the four-month “Acceleration program Techhouse” in the Innovation Hub Unicorn as well as a HealthcareMovers® benchmarking report, thus services with a total value of around €50,000.
Artificial intelligence for Lebenshilfe
Lebenshilfen Soziale Dienste was looking for different approaches to bring health knowledge to people who have little or no access to the usual information platforms, such as people with disabilities or the elderly. The Know-Center has significant experience and knowledge in this area. Based on their extensive expertise in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Human-Machine Communication, Big Data and Data Driven Business, it develops customised learning solutions for different target groups. “The expertise and the very human-centric approach of the Know-Center, despite all the technology, fits very well with our requirements for an innovation partnership,” said Sabine Ettema, Innovation Manager at Lebenshilfe. The foundation is now being laid for future collaboration.
3D heart for K-Businesscom
“Smart medical applications for clinical users” was the topic Kapsch BusinessCom had defined for its call in 2022. The Italian company Artiness has indeed developed something very smart: 3D visualisations of the heart to be operated on enable teams of doctors to plan possible steps before the operation and to discuss them in the team, thus achieving greater safety. “This is a solution that makes the work of the clinical user easier and increases patient safety”, said Michael Baumgartner from K-Businesscom.
The winners benefited from workshops with experts from Kapsch BusinessCom and further cooperation opportunities – in addition to prize money of €2,000.
News & Events
Successful premiere for HTH Virtual!
On January 26, the small, fine online event "HTH Virtual: Climate and Health" celebrated its successful premiere. For the first time, this session was organized as a digital "warm-up round" for the big face-to-face event "HTH: Pitch & Partner" on March 30 at Med Uni Graz.
Investor Pitching 2023 – Apply now!
Your chance to apply for the Investor Pitching Session 2023 is here! Science Park Graz and SFG are looking for innovative health and biotech projects, which are at least at proof-of-concept stage.
Kick-off for the Corporate Call 2023
The Styrian Human Technology Cluster, the research center "Virtual Vehicle" and the association "Smart Ageing" call for start-up pitches. The search is on for innovative solutions in the fields of "Data acquisition/sensor technology in vehicles" and "Active and Assisted Living". The winners will be determined on 30.3. at the Health Tech Hub Styria: Pitch & Partner in Graz.
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