NIHR Innovation Observatory: Hacking Child Health Innovation

What is the Hacking Child Health event?

Hacking Child Health seeks to stimulate horizon scanning and advance innovation related to devices, diagnostics, and digital technologies for children. Children represent an underserved population for innovation, and our pre-event seeks to stimulate ideas, creativity and collaboration in this space.

Early-life curative and preventative interventions represent an unrivalled opportunity to maximise life-course health and wellbeing, both for the individuals and the society. Yet, innovation and research for children’s health and wellbeing is substantially behind that for adults and ageing.

Who is the event for?

The event will be particularly relevant to innovation funders and entrepreneurs, developers and designers of health technology across academia, industry and business, as well as health and care professionals, decision-makers, and families.

Where is the event?

The event will take place in The Catalyst and Frederick Douglass buildings in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE4 5TG). Both buildings are located next to one another and are around a 10 minute walk from Newcastle Central train station, and a short walk from local metro and bus stations.

What will Hacking Child Health cover?

Hacking Child Health will focus on three different areas across two days: paediatric neurological trauma; child mental health; and everyday health behaviours for children.

DAY 1, The Catalyst: We will showcase latest innovations across the three event themes, focusing on sharing intelligence about the innovation landscape alongside interactive elements to generate discussion. Day 1 will be open to everyone.

DAY 2, Frederick Douglass Building: We will host three parallel, highly interactive workshops surrounding the themes of the Hacking Child Health Event. If you would like to join either the paediatric neurological trauma or mental health workshops, please let us know when registering for the event – places will be limited so we cannot guarantee spaces.

Host or Publisher NIHR Innovation Observatory