Kaunas I-Days 2024 | Innovating with Empathy

Name: Kaunas I-Days 2024 | Innovating with Empathy
Start: 2024-10-23T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-25T16:00:00+02:00
Location: LSMU Emmanuel Levinas Centre / Emanuelio Levino centras

Schedule

Wed Oct 23 2024 at 04:00 pm to Fri Oct 25 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

LSMU Emmanuel Levinas Centre / Emanuelio Levino centras | Kaunas, KU

Guess What? EIT Health i-Days Returns to Kaunas! Tell a Friend!
➡️ What's i-Days All About?
i-Days aim to inspire health innovation among university students across Europe through multi-day programs. Students from various fields learn practical tools and work in teams to solve real-world health challenges set by EIT Health and various organizations. The winning team of each i-Day will attend the Winners’ Event, a final competition that unites students from around Europe. The event in Lithuania is organized annually since 2019.
➡️ About Kaunas i-days 2024
Innovating with Empathy: Designing Disruptive Solutions for Patient-Centered Care
➡️ Event details:
✍️ Apply here: https://bit.ly/Kaunas-IDAYS-2024 (register as „Individual Student“)
📅 Date: October 23-25, 2024
📍 Location: Emmanuel Levinas Centre, V. Putvinskio gatvė 14, Kaunas
- Event Type: In-person
- Full agenda: TBA
➡️ Is it for me, if I am student, but not from health-tech field?
All students are welcome! Whether you're in medicine, engineering, business or design (or you name it!) your unique skills and knowledge are needed to solve real healthcare challenges.
➡️ What to expect during the event?
- TEAM UP! You will collaborate with students from the different disciplines.
- UNDERSTAND PATIENTS! Focus on the needs and expectations of focus groups like elderly, pediatric patients, and those with neurodegenerative disorders
- FIND PROBLEMS! Whaaat? I mean - IDENTIFY PROBLEMS of PATIENTS. Pinpoint main issues affecting the well-being of patients.
- CREATE SOLUTIONS and MAKE IT HAPPEN!. Design innovative, early-stage prototypes with guidance from expert mentors.
🎓 The workshop will be led by
- Edvinas Grauželis: CCO of UAB Nanologistics, VDU Minded Partnership Associate Professor, mentorship project manager, team and group coaching specialist, and ICF board member.
- Mindaugas Šerpytis: Lecturer at VDU Faculty of Economics and Management and Minded, business partnerships developer, and marketing specialist.
➡️ Why to join?
- Enriched TEAMWORK: benefit personally and professionally from diverse skills and perspectives to create holistic solutions.
- Valuable MENTORSHIP: learn about the innovation process through insights from experienced mentors.
- Innovative TECHNOLOGY: discover how disruptive technologies can revolutionize patient care and drive change in healthcare.
➡️If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us:
You can send us a private message on Facebook or contact us via email:
Viktorija Butrimaite at [email protected]
Vaida Morkunaite-Maciuliene at [email protected]
The event is organized by EIT Health Hub Lithuania: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Startup Space. The partner of the event - Minded VDU.