To identify and support the best practices to challenge the cancer crisis caused by tobacco use, ENSP is organizing a hackathon with the support of Activize Health and FreshBlood, which will look to define new and effective ideas to reduce tobacco use and beat cancer.
ENSP invites individuals or teams from universities, research centers, patient representatives, start-ups, and other relevant stakeholders to register to End tobacco use for beating cancer. International hackathon to collaborate and hack a challenge presented by the cancer crisis caused by tobacco use.
End tobacco use for beating cancer is an International hackathon open to everyone and will take place on December 3-4 and will facilitate mentorship sessions with various experts on the critical role of innovation and health in order develop sustainable solutions and build strong teams. Mentors will be available during the hackathon to provide expert insight on content, strategy, and presentation techniques. The event will be fully virtual, targeting international participants and the teams can be made up of individuals from different countries or groups. Solo participants are also invited to register and will be matched with a team (3-5 members) for the duration of the competition.
All submissions will be carefully evaluated to measure projects for generated value and impact, in addition to considering the possibility to scale across regions and borders.
At the end of the program the jury will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place projects.
The prizes from ENSP for the best three ideas will be a total monetary of 3500 euro: 2000 euro to 1st prize; 1000 euro to second prize; 500 euro to third prize. Moreover, the winning teams will have the opportunity to be invited to take part in the next ENSP projects and benefit from continuous guidance regarding their business idea.
To register, please fill in this form where you will also describe your idea. This is a team registration form, so the team leader has to fill it in.
Registrations for the Hackathon can be done until December 1st 2021 - 23.59 CET after which the submissions will be evaluated and the organizers will contact the selected teams and individuals.
During the event, we will use Discord as a communication tool (like a private forum which enables audio calls/rooms).
For the live sessions (kick-off, webinars, presentations) we will use Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-yoqjwsHNfeGM9gxqc7HRMKcYJ60bOC After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This is the agenda for ENSP`s International Hackathon - End tobacco use for beating cancer:
Friday 3rd December 2021 CET
18.00 - Presentation of the program - on Zoom
18.15 - Introduction to healthcare innovation (30 min) - presentation recorded and available afterwards - on Zoom
18.45 - Q&A + final registration - on Zoom
19.00 - Hackathon kickoff (mentors and judging criteria) - on Zoom
19.15 - Presentation of selected pitches (the registered participants can present their idea if they have one) - on Zoom
20.00 - Hacking Starts (Discord link, mentors list and time slots availability are made public) - on Zoom
21.00 - Q&A - on Zoom
Saturday 4th December 2021
9.00 - Morning Q&A&Coffee - on Zoom
9.15 - How to present your idea (30 minutes) - presentation recorded and available afterwards - on Zoom
9.45 - Discord instructions - on Zoom
10.00-14.00 - Mentoring Sessions for ideas - on Discord
14.00-16.00 - Finishing the `idea to project` presentation - on Discord
16.00 - Presentation submission to the organizers + feedback on presentation - on Zoom
17.00-19.00 - Live presentations of the projects (3 Min presentation + 3 Min Q&A from the jury) - on Zoom
19.00 - Awards communication - on Zoom
We are waiting for you to join us and we wish you best of luck in the competition!
*Tobacco and vaping industry representatives are not accepted to attend this event. The same rule applies to any entity or individual advancing their interests linked to the tobacco and vaping industry in a commercial or non-commercial manner.
There is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy interests. (WHO-FCTC Art.5.3 – Guiding principles)
