InnoEvent 2018

Odense's mayor Peter Rahbæk Juel opens InnoEvent 2018 on Monday 12 March, and the winners will be chosen on Saturday 17 March after an intense week with lots of networking, new ideas, smart technology and problems from everyday life in the health sector both in hospitals and in municipalities.

COLLABORATION ACROSS

InnoEvent is a special Odense invention with close collaboration between hospital, municipality and educational institutions. During the week, the students meet experts from Odense University Hospital (OUH) and Odense Municipality, and they can pitch their ideas to the participating companies that produce or sell products that can contribute to solving challenges in the health sector. It is CoLab Odense that ensures contact with and involvement of the companies.

Mette Damkjær Syse, project manager at CoLab Odense, says: "InnoEvent is an intense and exciting week that gives students an insight into the challenges of the healthcare sector and creates a framework for developing their entrepreneurial skills and interest. The municipality and hospital get new angles and input on the chosen challenges, and the companies can present their products, get new ideas and strengthen their networks both in the health sector and among the talented students."

InnoEvent ends on Saturday 17 March when the 40 judges choose a winner from each of the four cases in the competition. This year, the Odense company Public Intelligence has issued a prize for the best business opportunity, and the prize is an entrepreneurial course at Public Intelligence.