Approach
Studio Zao collaborated with EAHSN and The Bradfield Centre in Cambridge to design and run MedTechBOOST, an intensive one-week sprint. In this time we created 6 AI-based MedTech ventures to tackle challenges in Mental Health and Healthy Ageing.
We designed and managed the end-to-end programme by:
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- Scoping the challenges with the NHS and EASHN leadership
- Recruiting and teaming applicants across Cambridge Academia and Startup ecosystem
- Preparing and delivering the actual sprint content through expert facilitators and trainers on the field
- Selecting speakers, judges and industry-leading mentors
During the first two months, we interviewed and screened over 60 applicants and created 6 teams all of which included industry experts and top Cambridge talent — such as researchers, PhD, post-doctorates and early-stage startups from a variety of disciplines, freelance software developers & technologists, doctors and other clinicians — for an intensive and focused 5-day sprint.