During the hackaton you will be part of a team of care professionals, policy makers, technical people and other professionals!

The teams will be developing new ICT applications which will give an answer to a formulated today’s need in healthcare to optimize the life of the elderly.  We are looking for developers, UX designers, marketeers and more! At the end of the hackathon every application or game will be linked to an active business plan and will be presented to a team of venture capitalists.

The event consists out of two parts. Each part can be joined seperately.

Brainstorm: The purpose of this brainstorm is to capture the needs and challenges existing in elderly care today and see how ICT can be the solution to optimize the situation or solve the problem.

Hackathon: The results of the brainstorm will be used as challenges during the two days hackathon. You will be part of a team of care professionals, policy makers, technical people and other professionals. The teams will be developing new ICT applications which will give an answer to a formulated today's need in healthcare to optimize the life of the elderly. Every application or game will be linked to an active business plan and will be presented to a team of venture captitalists. This hackathon will take place in Ghent on September 23rd and 24th 2015.

When?

Brainstorm: September 22nd

Hack for Health: September 23rd - 24th

More info? www.hackforhealth.be