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Health Innovation Space

Ideation Week | 27.10 – 29.10.2025

Ideation Week 2025 is a unique opportunity to learn about the most pressing challenges in healthcare, collaborate with industry experts, and develop viable start-up ideas.

Join us for the Ideation Week 2025, where you will:

  • gain in-depth insights into the healthcare sector
  • work with peers (group of 3-4 participants) to tackle real-world healthcare problems
  • collaborate with top experts from the pharmaceutical and hospital sectors
  • compete for a spot in the prestigious Startup@HSG talent program

 

Application Process:

  1. Fill in the form below
  2. Submit your CV
  3. Outline your motivation in 3–5 sentences

Contact:

Daria Bukanova-Berend, Maxime Sapin 
healthscienceunisg.ch

https://med.unisg.ch/

Registration

The Ideation Weeks 2023 and 2024 were success stories!

The Ideation Weeks 2023 and 2024 were success stories!

We brought together:
15 participants with background in Business, Medicine and Economics,
20 experts from Academia, Pharmaceutical and Hospital Sectors to develop innovative solutions in the field of healthcare.

The winning team (cleriq.ai) successfully participated in the Start@HSG program and keeps developing their project further

Organised by

Prof. Dr. Alexander Geissler - Academic Director at the School of Medicine, Chair Holder Health Economics, Policy and Management

Dr. Justus Vogel – PostDoc, Research Group Leader

Dr. David Ehlig - PostDoc, Research Group Leader

Daria Bukanova-Berend – Research Associate & PhD candidate

Preliminary program

27 October (Mon.)28 October (Tue.)29 October (Wed.)
09:00 // Welcome & Intro09:00 // Start up success stories09:00 // Inputs from Experts
10:00 // Health Systems & Health Economics10:00 // Pitch session (Startup@HSG)10:00 // Elevator Pitches @ Experts
11:00 // Grand challenges of Health Systems
12:00 // Lunch12:00 // Lunch12:30 // Lunch
13:30 // Challenge(-s) for the Ideation Week

13:30 // Group work:
Idea Elaboration & Pitch deck finalisation

 

13:30 // Finalisation of pitch decks
14:30 // Ideation process (Startup@HSG)15:30 // Pitches
15:30 // Coffee Break
16:00 // Ideation process (Startup@HSG)17:00 // What could be next
17:00 // Apéro & Networking17:00 // Award & Apéro

 

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