FRONTIERS HEALTH 2016 PROGRAM

Despite all the advances in modern medicine, universal access to healthcare is still arguably the single largest unmet medical need. Sometimes, the only difference between a good idea and a great idea is a little bit of support. That is where Sandoz HACk comes in – the Healthcare Access Challenge. Catch Sandoz HACk Team around Frontiers Health conference to network, learn more and apply!

Bridging the gap between innovation and regulation is a huge challenge in eHealth, but a vital one to advance the healthcare system and the way people are involved, addressed and treated while keeping costs manageable. More

mySugr is the world’s leading mobile application for diabetes management. Its mission: Make diabetes suck less. Co-founder Fredrik Debong showcases how the startup – inspired by the founding team’s own struggles of living with diabetes – went from underdog to global leader in the field of digital health. More

With smart technologies at our fingertip, how can agile digital health startups and healthcare corporates work together to boost innovation? What are the gaps between these two forces and what can be done how to bridge the gaps? More

In this interactive masterclass, Peter Cook will discuss the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) healthcare environment we face and examine strategies to ensure that your company is resilient, agile and creative in its responses to such a world. More

The dacadoo Health Score & Lifestyle Navigation Platform is being licensed to key Life & Health Insurance companies and global healthcare operators. Dacadoo measures your health and well-being with your personal Health Score and engage in healthy living with real-time virtual coaching and feedback. Engage in activities, share progress and successes with friends, win challenges.

One Drop is a diabetes management platform that harnesses the power of mobile computing and data science to empower people with diabetes to live healthier lives, together. By logging your daily activities, you can see the relationships that food, insulin, and activity have with glucose levels and learn how others in the One Drop community navigate their daily lives, from one good glucose reading to the next.

Mana is a Hawaiian word that means “flowing energy.” Our mission is to help healthcare data flow more easily across the healthcare system to deliver better care. ManaCloud is the next-generation data platform optimized for advanced clinical applications. We give you interoperability, innovation, and a future-oriented architecture so you are ready for what comes next.

Doug Hayes, the CEO of Junto Health, a New York City based consortium of companies that represent the spectrum of the healthcare industry, will discuss the evolution of innovation in healthcare. More

How are large life sciences companies developing digital health solutions – a look at key initiatives, partnerships, investments, and dedicated teams being built out:
– Partnering with large life sciences companies as go to market channel for startups
– Investing in ecosystems vs investing in individual companies

We live in a world of digital ubiquity, where all aspects of our daily lives are being infused with technology that helps us look at, understand and manage different aspects of them in new and more efficient ways – including our personal health and healthcare. More

This talk introduces the audience to EMA’s strategic approach, activities and ongoing initiatives leveraging digital health opportunities. The EMA as enabler of innovation in science, technologies and methods to optimise medicines development and evaluation, provides opportunities for constructive early interactions with innovators.

If built to treat, diagnose or manage a medical condition, an app is a medical device. Yet apps are consumer goods, and need to be and stay appealing. Combining the two, tricky. More

Lessons in longevity from a tiny Italian village that history has forgotten [but technology can revive]. More

In a VUCA healthcare world, a core skill for all leaders is that of improvisation. We can learn much from improvisation from the field of music. In this mini masterclass, Peter will outline and demonstrate the principles of improvisation using music with parallel lessons for leaders.

What are the considerations and approaches to launching a digital health company? How do you get investors to buy into your vision, and what are some of the inevitable pitfalls to expect and prepare for along the way? More

We started back in 2004, and we never stopped since then. With relentless drive, first at Nike then Jawbone, we designed and brought to market the most innovative solutions in sport and fitness. More

The individual experience of healthcare is too often one of chaos – random, disconnected movements of patients, professionals, blood samples, images, and pieces of paper. More

Example Germany: 40 Mio. online healthcare surfers and thousands of health related websites, apps, startups. In this reach driven online market, the healthcare systems player always loose. We observe increasingly new scenarios where digital interventions (from startups) converge with the medicare touchpoints and create new digital care scenarios.