BEHEALTH 2026 - International Hybrid Event in Healthcare
Organised under the NoBoCap project
Hosted within BEHEALTH 2026
The Safe
MedTech
Challenge
Build safe, useful and validated MedTech solutions for patients, clinicians and healthcare systems.
About the Hackathon
The Safe MedTech Challenge is a practical hackathon inside the BEHEALTH 2026 International Hybrid Event in Healthcare. Participants work in multidisciplinary teams to design, prototype and pitch MedTech solutions that are safe, useful, clinically relevant and understandable for real users.
The hackathon prioritizes patient safety, clinical workflow fit, validation evidence, usability and responsible implementation. Teams move from a clear problem statement to a demonstrable prototype and credible adoption plan.
Eligible participants
Clinicians, engineers, students, designers, product people, researchers and entrepreneurs interested in safe MedTech innovation.
Teams or individuals
Register as a team or individually. Individual applicants may be matched with complementary profiles during the event.
Recommended profiles
Clinical insight, engineering, data/AI, UX, product, business and entrepreneurship skills are welcome.
Short rules
Be original, disclose prior work, respect data/privacy rules, validate assumptions and pitch work developed during the hackathon.
The Safe MedTech
Challenge
The challenge asks teams to create MedTech solutions that are safe, useful, validated, patient-oriented and practical for clinical users.
Safety first
Risk awareness, data/privacy, safe workflows and responsible deployment.
Clinical usefulness
Clear use case, real workflow fit and measurable value.
Validation
Evidence, assumptions, test plan and feedback from users.
Human-centered
Patients and clinical users remain central to the design.
Hackathon flow
Kickoff & challenge briefing
Welcome, rules, judging criteria, team formation and challenge framing.
Problem discovery & concept design
Teams define users, risks, assumptions, clinical workflow and solution scope.
Prototyping & mentor checkpoints
Build the MVP, validate the concept, prepare evidence and receive mentor feedback.
Pitch preparation
Finalize demo, safety argument and implementation roadmap.
Final pitch & awards
Teams present to the jury. Winners are announced for the three prize categories.
1st Place
✓ Strategic mentoring
✓ HealthTech mentoring
✓ Business model mentoring
✓ Regulatory consulting
✓ GDPR & Cyber consulting
✓ AI Compliance consulting
✓ Communication & website consulting
✓ UX consulting
✓ MEDICA Düsseldorf 2026 opportunity
2nd Place
✓ Strategic mentoring
✓ HealthTech mentoring
✓ Regulatory consulting
✓ GDPR & Cyber consulting
✓ Communication & website consulting
✓ UX consulting
3rd Place
✓ Strategic mentoring
✓ Regulatory consulting
✓ GDPR & Cyber consulting
✓ Communication & website consulting
✓ UX consulting
Mentors for teams
Mentors support teams with problem framing, validation, safe design, prototyping and pitch preparation.
Mentor regulation
Diana Vertelkiene
Alec Macknight
Graham Gavin
Stamatiki Krita
Yves Verboven
Marius Ivanov
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Dr. Ion Gheorghe
Petrovai
Jury
Health innovation, entrepreneurship, MedTech ecosystem.
Flaviana
Rotaru
Jury
Cluster development, healthcare innovation, partnerships.
Prof. Dr. Sorana
Daniela Bolboacă
Jury
Medical informatics, research methodology, evaluation.
Jury Member
Name
Jury
Expertise area to be confirmed.
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