All OsloMet students can sign up and will be placed in a group together with PhD-candidates and postdocs from the University of Oslo (UiO) and students from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). Each member of the winning group will receive a gift card worth 4000 kroner.
At HealthHACK, you’ll gain the skills to solve real work-related challenges. In two days, you and your group will work on challenges related to heart health.
This year's partners are the pharmaceutical company Novartis and the health technology company Medtronic. They will provide experts and the competition's challenges. Additionally, each group will have a mentor from one of the universities who provides guidance and facilitates the innovation process.
HealthHACK 2025 challenges you to use technology to discover new solutions for heart health.
Have you heard of hackathons and think that they involve coding and programming? At HealthHACK, no programming knowledge is needed. The challenges are broad and socially relevant. They are solved without programming.
Test your creativity, sign up for HealthHACK by 29 August. 20 places per university – first come, first served.
Prizes you can win
- First place: Gift card worth 4000 kroner per person
- Second place: Gift card worth 1500 kroner per person
- Third place: Gift card worth 1500 kroner per person
Program
It's two days filled with collaboration, networking and free food! Race against the clock with one mission: Solve a real problem.
Day One
- 08:30 Registration and kick off HealthHACK with breakfast.
- 09:00 Get to know Medtronic and Novartis.
- 09:30 An introduction to design thinking – a valuable method for HealthHACK and your future career by Joseph Makokha, UiO Growth House
- 10:00 Work in groups begins. Experts from Novartis and Medtronic are available for the first hour to answer questions and provide insight.
- 13:00 Lunch break.
- 13:30 Continue working on your challenge.
- 16:00 Group check-in.
- 16.30 Presentation with Terje Lindberg from Company Stories. He shares valuable tips on how your team can deliver a compelling pitch.
- 17:00 Dinner.
- 17:45 Meet with mentors for group check-ins.
Day Two
- 08:30 Breakfast will be served.
- 09:10 Continue working on your challenge.
- 12:00 Lunch break.
- 13:00 Continue working on your challenge.
- 15:00 Pitching presentation.
- 16:30 Jury meeting.
- 17:15 Award and closing ceremony.
Organisers
Intelligent Health at OsloMet, the UiO Growth House at the University of Oslo, Startup Smia at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Novartis and Medtronic.